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10 Social Media Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations (and How To Track Them)

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“A survey of 200 charity and foundation professionals revealed that nonprofits are finding it difficult to determine how valuable social media tools are for their organizations. Many small-to-medium sized nonprofits do not realize how little traffic their website is actually getting. I only launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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To the Small Nonprofits on the Social Web: 5,000 is the Magic Number

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I wrote about it in Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits : Communities begin to grow exponentially when they reach 5,000 members. Large national and international nonprofits have little problem reaching this benchmark, but small and some medium-size nonprofits will. Work toward that goal of five thousand.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Pinterest

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Not relevant to the vast majority of nonprofits and (whew!) I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring. That said, here are eight steps to get your nonprofit started on Pinterest: 1.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general?

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. The process has opened – so you can browse and vote for the nonprofit panels you think are worthy of being on the program until September 2, 2011. There are over 3,000 panels available for voting and 149 in the nonprofit section.

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Charitable Giving in a down economy: Performance strategies for any market

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An expert in her field, Lori has several decades of experience working with some of the largest commercial and nonprofits in the world, but prefers to use analytics for the greater good by helping social good organizations make a bigger impact in the work that they do. The economy is complex, and uncertainty is high. Follow the Leaders.