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Find out more about the Urban Dove’s Camp Lenox Project on the site! UrbanDove.org

Fundraising for non-profits and special causes is always a struggle, no matter how large or small your Organization/Group is.  Crowdrise aims to help all of the groups in their efforts. Crowdrise.com is a new  online community of volunteers and fundraisers that are answering the call to service and raising money for charities. Charities can use Crowdrise to raise money in new ways by turning their grassroots supporters into grassroots fundraisers. It’s free, its fast to sign up, and most of all; its fun!  See how it works below.  Also checkout the interview with it creator, actor Ed Norton after the jump…

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An amazing open-source, non-profit video player

Learn more at GetMiro.com

American Express Small Business OPEN forum disscusses a little known secret to getting better Google rankings; Videos!

They explain that Google are increasingly using “blended” search results – articles, video, pictures, and other forms of content. So video inherently gets more play because there is less competition for video results.

Check the article out here.

Below are the meat & potatoes of the article:

1. Create some great video for your site. Note: Research indicates that if you have video on your homepage, up to 80% of your visitors will click that first, so it better be good!

2. Post it prominently throughout your site.

3. SEO it and submit it. Here’s the trick, and it is two-fold. First, you must optimize the video for search engines. That means key words and phrases must be used in the file name, in the captions, etc. Second, once posted on your site, you must then submit the video itself using XML tools to Google and the other search engines.

INC.com talks to the founder of one of the most popular blogs on the net, and goes into the story behind MediaTakeOut.com. With the very low start-up cost, and all the fun you have running them, blogs are always an attractive project for entrepreneurs. Check the interview out here.

If you are interested in starting your own blog, UtterJargon can get you all setup! – UtterJargon Blog Package

Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to go to WordPress Wordcamp NYC 2009. It was awesome! It really gave me a greater appreciation for the utility and definitely more of an understanding of where it is going. See some of the scenery, useful websites, music (yes, music),  and reoccurring quotes of the conference below…

The Reoccurring points for WordPress Users:

- “When deciding to build a site, its always better to go with CMS over Static…”

- “WordPress is like the swiss army knife of the web”

- “WordPress is 508 compliant” (accessible to people with disabilities.)

- “Aways Always Always back up your database! (But you already knew that…)”

The Scenery

The Music

Music From WordPress Wordcamp NYC 2009

The helpful Links

CoreyEulas.com

ButYoureAGirl.com

AreYouSociallyAcceptable.com

www.StrangeWork.com

FreshWorkshops.com

WeLoveWP.com

Late registration is still available!

For all of the up-and-coming musicians out there, we @UtterJargon wanted to make sure you knew about TheSixtyOne.com. This website is a great resource for musicians who are looking to put their music on the web and possibly have it rated by your future potential customers: The General Public. The highest rated songs show up on the websites homepage. Once you sign up for an account, you have the ability to post music, pics, bios and promote your gigs and albums. You are also granted the ability to rate fellow musician’s music as well.  If your not a musician, and would like to hear a wide range of new independent music, then just visit the site  to keep  fresh tunes playing while you work!

Get more ammunition for your music career here at TheSixtyOne.com