Resource Roundup 9/26

Comparison of Email Newsletter Tools - Updated for 2008 (ONE/Blog)
Update of ONE/ Northwest's terrific, detailed comparison (with matrix and all!) of a number of blast emailing tools.

Make a Comic (The Bamboo Project)
This is fun: it's a list of tools that can help you easily create a comic, using wizard-like tools. I've been thinking of comics as potential ways to communicate concepts myself.

Web Apps Failure: A Pain in the SaaS (Small Business Computing)
High level look at what you can do to protect yourself from hosted application downtime and failures - by asking the right questions up front.

Grating Expectations: Sending Constituents the Emails they Expect (Beaconfire)
Thoughtful exploration of what supporters might expect when they join an email list, compared to what we send them - and how to make them match.

Measuring the Effects of Social Media Marketing (e.politics)
Great look at the difficulties and possibilities in measuring ROI of social media

New Metrics for Success: What I Learned from the Drudge Report (NTEN)
NTEN provides a thoughtful look at the online metrics they're using to measure their own efficacy

Salesforce 101: Fun with Campaigns and Workflows (A View from Judi Sohn)
Great case study of how the Colorectal Cancer Coalition is using campaigns in Salesforce to support less obvious processes - like event registration and memorial gifts

7 Ways To Stay Informed And Up-To-Date Online (MakeUseOf.com)
Nice overview of tools that help you monitor what's being said about you or a topic online