NetWits

JUNE 7, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Promotion is ke y - Donors will not know about new happenings without advertisement and promotion. Download the report now! .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

Seventy-nine percent said they hadn’t found ways to do so.” – Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 12, 2009. Early estimates for 2009 show an increase in online donations of 46% from 2008. Facebook/YouTube/MySpace Comments and Twitter Mentions. Pitches in Tweets and Status Updates help too. Online Donations. Volunteers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. Let your donors know that.

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Social Media ROI Media Myspace 223

NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2010

Here are the most clicked on "Things We Like" links from 2009. Actually, some of the funniest protest signs of 2009 would make good spam comment fodder, if you happen to work for a fly-by-night SEO firm. The report we did with Idealware on Donor Management Systems proved very popular, as well. Patience pants.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook? 60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

During 2009 I created and promoted 34 TwtPolls to help better understand the needs of nonprofits. 2) ATTN Donors: Have you ever donated to a nonprofit organization through your cell phone? [ [link] ]. 4) ATTN Donors: Do you prefer to give $$$ to your favorite organizations via: [ [link] ]: 71% The organization’s website.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

Earlier this week, an announcement on the Causes Application blog broke the news that over $20 Million has been donated since May 2007 via donors using the social networking application. You can read more about the MySpace/Facebook move here , here , and here.). million raised by 2009 America’s Giving Challenge participants.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Much of the functionality of these new Apps is based on adding buttons that link to your Twitter profile ( the mobile version ), Facebook Page ( the mobile version ), your blog (using RSS) and links such as your website, donate now page, and e-newsletter and text alert subscribe pages. To reach out to your text-to-give donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Your supporters and donors now expect well-executed, integrated social media campaigns. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly. As a starting point, all nonprofits should be investing time and resources in the “Big Three”: Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Armed with a fundraising page and email tools, peer-to-peer fundraisers turn their family and friends into donors. Several years ago, I had one friend reach his goal of finding a donor in all 50 states, and this got me thinking about what makes a campaign successful. Provide Event Donors with Opportunities to Become More Involved.

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NetWits

MARCH 23, 2012

Every nonprofit sector has seen double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. >> The more effective you can be at helping your donors see how their money is making a difference in the world the better of you’re going to be. Online giving up 13% year-over-year *. Email is a great way to do that. 5) Make it Shareable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

in September of 2009, I had very low expectations. That said, in addition to being a great tool to build your e-Newsletter list , if your nonprofit is regularly updating Facebook and Twitter accounts, then your organization needs to be able to produce, contribute, and distribute fresh, quality content. Post calls to action.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. Highlight Special Donors, Fundraisers, and Volunteers. Blogs are a great platform for highlighting donors, fund-raisers, volunteers, and other supporters through “of the month” posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2009

I want to thank the other 31 Facebook friends for their donations to the Sharing Foundation in honor of my Birthday Cause. This all works well for psychology of collective influence which is an important part of Facebook application design. Will you be a free agent fundraising and make 2009 be the Year of Living Givingly?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

The Donor Power Blog shows that to give, is to receive. Beth Kanter digs deep to try and figure out how to pull RSS content into Facebook I review Facebook’s new ad platform. at 10:04 pm Donor Power Blog 11.21.07 I’m a real fan of Craigslist. Katya gives us a “Craigslist&# of social marketing principals.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

A year ago, I was bear-ish on Facebook, and said I wouldn’t Twitter. Now, I tell my clients that they really have to think about a Facebook strategy, and that nonprofit staff can gain a lot from networks like Twitter. A note : Most people will notice that I have pretty much lost my curmudgeonly approach to social media.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

Below are key highlights from the study: 74% have a presence on Facebook with an average community size of 5391 members. See Frogloop’s recent article on Facebook Causes ). On Facebook, almost 40% of respondents raised money via fundraising, but 29% have raised $500 or less over the past 12 months. Thanks for this post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Not two minutes had passed after I set up my birthday campaign and added it to my profile, I got pinged from Facebook friends asking how they could install it. But it set up my goal as 18 donors for $969.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

And, a record 47,534 donors logged on to GiveMN.org to donate to their favorite Minnesota charity. That tops last year’s donor record by nearly 5,000. In total, GiveMN has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009. On November 16, 2011, more than $13.4

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Proposed solution: CC developed Red House 2009, which had three event components: Traditional cocktail party for its major donors, Nonevent called Stay@Home, and. Execution: The major donor cocktail party was by invitation only to CC’s largest donors. In 2009, Red House 2009 generated $23,000 in donations.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2009

Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The question is: Are the two disciplines of “Social Media&# and “Social Entrepreneurship&# friends on Facebook? Already Twitter, Facebook, and the rest are revolutionizing the business and marketing of social impact. Location: MIT room 3-270 (click for map). Absolutely, we say.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

In 2009, for example, two trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing emergency numbers directly. Donors could communicate with the students, and they thanked participants directly – building lasting relationships. It could be checking in with people on a location-based social network.

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Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

billion online - an increase of 40% over 2009. In 2010, 6.42% of advocates were also donors. This compares to 5.97% in 2009. Email open rates for fundraising appeals fell slightly to 17.67% from 18.55% in 2009. Email click through rates for fundraising appeals rose slightly to 1.76% from 1.72% in 2009.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Earn a permanent spot on the GlobalGiving website by raising at least $4000 online from 50 individual donors in three weeks. Use an array of social media channels -- including Twitter , Facebook and crowd-sourcing to turn our small group of tech savvy supporters into a powerful fundraising force. The goal was simple. What We Did.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Launched in 2009, the third match day will happen on Wednesday, November 16th. So far, the Give to the Max Day events in 2009 and 2010 have raised $14 million and $10 million respectively, more than in any other community. Relationships with donors. All of this relationship building helps us build the relationship with donors.

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Care2

JUNE 16, 2009

60) Search « VolunteerMatch.org Opens Public Access to its Network | Main | How Sticky is Facebook? 60) Search « VolunteerMatch.org Opens Public Access to its Network | Main | How Sticky is Facebook? Donors love knowing that even a small gift will go 2, 3 or 4 times as far in making a difference. • Ask early!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

million raised for over 4,300 nonprofits and schools by more than 53,000 individual donors. But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Each year since the event started in 2009, we’ve seen these numbers grow.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

" They probably said the same thing about Facebook, Twitter, and other social media tools. Blackbaud studied 1,274 nonprofits to compare their online fundraising results for the first six months of 2008 to the same period of 2009. Research by Target Analytics looked into donors and the channel flipping that they do.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

60) Search « Nuts and Bolts of Online Advertising | Main | Webinar: How Online Marketing Can Be Your Nonprofits Fundraising Stimulus Plan » Friday Feb 20 2009 Tapping Small and Local Donors on Twitter: A Girls Inc. I followed with a post to our blog , Facebook pages, Twitter and an email blast. on Friday Feb.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The one-day fundraiser is modeled after the very successful Give to the Max Day that was launched in Minnesota in 2009 and raised over $14 million in one day for local nonprofits, but also incorporates a contest that will give some extra motivation for nonprofits for getting the most donations or donors. as a first time donor.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2014

After some research, it turns out that this meme was started in December of 2009 in Canada. On January 8, 2011 the meme ranked number 11 on Google Trends search queries and the Susan G Komen Foundation said that their Facebook page grew by over 100K “likes” in 24 hours. What’s a Facebook “Like” Worth?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The 13 winners were selected from 60 finalists drawn from 1,702 nonprofit taglines submitted to the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards competition. Searching on Google or even on Facebook for issues or ideas can tap into words in your tagline that may not be included in your organization’s name. Big History.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Care2 is pleased to provide this overview of The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships just released by Network for Good and True Sense Marketing. million gifts to 66,470 different nonprofits from 2003 – 2009.&# First, focus on making your donor experience seamless. Here are some key findings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Today’s nonprofit donors, volunteers, and fans are living a complex world, have busy lives and probably receive more messages and information than they can deal with. (Don’t Facebook Ladder of Engagement. How To Build A Ladder of Engagement by MixTape. Does your organization have a ladder of engagement?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The challenge in online fundraising today is that it's more than just email: it's Facebook, and Twitter, and e-mail, and widgets, and your website, and your blog, and your supporters blogs, and. In 2009, we didn't put an end date on our campaign. Donors felt no urgency to get their part done. well, you get the idea. .

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

But then you're asked, "Hey, are you on Facebook?" " The blur between our personal and professional identities on social networking sites may seem all too obvious, but the issue is becoming more prevalent as we use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as professional networking tools. Know the Risks.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

On Thursday, I attended the unconference/open space portion of SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009). That is really the reason we even do face-to-face these days, as much of the content at conferences is pretty much the same conversation again and again, at least in the nonprofit tech world (Twitter or Facebook?

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