Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

Here are five best practices from BuzzFeed and ten tips from Upworthy about how to craft engaging and “viral” content that can be applied to your nonprofit’s social media content. The common tip? Craft good headlines. Write at least 25 headlines —simply because your first one will likely suck.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 12, 2019

You want to call the audience to action without commanding them to action, so shape your message to sound like it’s coming from a very persuasive friend. Receive weekly tips on…”. Keep in mind, however, that popup headlines are best when they’re clever and specific to your organization. Sign up and get…”.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Making our email more visual, with direct calls to action, increased our click rate. For best practices moving forward, we took away the following: Use more images in our emails, paired with a strong headline and a clear call to action. We're now planning to expand this to the rest of our emails.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

This week guest blogger Gail Perry is back with her top tips to help us all raise more money by mail. 112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail. I’ve updated my annual list of Top Tips to Raise More Money by Mail with the latest 2014 research and recommendations from my favorite mail gurus. like these tips.). Thanks Gail!

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Care2

MAY 4, 2010

She provides gre at tips for making your website mobile friendly which is becoming increasingly important as more people access websites via smartphones. Tips include: Setting up a blog on WordPress which can easily be converted into a mobile site through vendors like Mofuse Premium. Read the full article. Read the full article.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 9, 2018

In this article, we’re going to share: Why nonprofits are investing in mobile giving to reach their fundraising goals. Actionable tips for getting the most of our your investment in mobile giving. Related Articles. 5 Tips For Steering Your Organization Toward Online Fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2018

Those breaches have also become much more substantial, with examples like those that hit Equifax and Target in recent years making major news and causing users to take actions such as putting freezes on their credit and changing their online shopping habits. Let’s talk specifically about cardholder data for a moment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

One of today's New York Times' headlines is, Economy Shed 598,000 Jobs in January. Twitter According to the Wall Street Journal article, Twitter Yourself a Job , Alexa Scordato sent out a message to her Twitter followers saying that she was looking for an entry level social media job in Boston. Within two weeks she had a job.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

Integrate any relevant and current “take action” items such as “sign the petition to stop Big Oil from drilling in the Arctic Refuge.” ” Provide links to resources, fact sheets, and important articles so users can easily click to read more. Also try and use headlines, par"you" or "your" where possible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Encouraging actions such as signing petitions or driving social media engagement. Small nonprofits are eligible for Google Grants and they can often reap the same advantages that a larger organization can reap such as additional donations, increasing their audience, and encouraging people to take action. Audiences should be defined.

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sgEngage

APRIL 22, 2021

Earth Day was no exception to the trend of using protesting and collective action to voice concerns and enact change. Our environmental challenges aren’t just playing out in the natural disasters we see capturing national headlines. They published this article “What is Climate Gentrification?”

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

In this article, I’ll define each of these measurements, review what impacts them, and share some easy math tips that are guaranteed to make you smarter than most of the people around you who might be sticking their noses into your email performance data. Are my volunteers willing to complete this action? Now, you wait.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Decide on your Call-To-Action before you start writing A Call-To-Action (or CTA) is anything you ask your reader to do. ” Both are a good way to get people to take an action with them feeling over-Asked. Follow these tips to keep the readability high and the boredom low. Asking people to volunteer is a CTA.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Here are 10 tips to help you improve your year-end donation pages: 1. Feature a Clear Call-to-Action Headline. The most effective way to answer both is with a clear and compelling page headline. Keep the Page Focused on a Single Call to Action. The first two questions of any visitor to a web page are: Where am I?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Although sadly our unabbreviated name is too long to fit the 25-character limit on ad headlines.) Now, our goal is to increase our conversions — the number of people who click on an ad and then sign up to join our e-mail list, or download a free resource, or take another action. Have you experimented with Google AdWords?

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The following articles were curated between September 2nd and September 8 th 2017. 3 Fall Fundraisers Planning: Tips And Ideas To Get Ready For Fall Planning is key to a successful marketing campaign. Is your audience most receptive to certain headlines or promotional offers? 1 How Many Email Platforms Do You Use?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Although sadly our unabbreviated name is too long to fit the 25-character limit on ad headlines.) Now, our goal is to increase our conversions — the number of people who click on an ad and then sign up to join our e-mail list, or download a free resource, or take another action. Have you experimented with Google AdWords?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2021

Action Item #1. The rest of this article will give you hands-on tips on what to improve and help you design the page as if you’re speaking to someone who knows nothing about you, why they should donate, or what you’ll do with their money. Action Item #2. Action Item #3. Action Item #4. Action Item #5.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Case studies of nonprofits winning at social media is an opportunity to see the strategies in action. Often times this requires shifting through many useless articles in the hopes you’ll find one that will make an impact on your organization. of people who engage with nonprofits on Twitter end up taking some sort of action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

I was happy to discover Laura Quinn's recently published and very good article on TechSoup, " A Few Web Analytics Tools." Since this screencast will only show how one tools works, Google Analytics , her article provides the larger context and summarizes the pros/cons of the complete range of tools. Learning Goals.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Here are the 7 Things You Need to Know About 2013 Online Donors from Gail Perry, with action steps you must take to ensure your site is armed and ready for the online giving season, and every season in between. Being liked isn’t everything, especially if those likes don’t translate into further action.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

3 Fall Fundraisers Planning: Tips And Ideas To Get Ready For Fall Planning is key to a successful marketing campaign. Is your audience most receptive to certain headlines or promotional offers? 4 The Ultimate Email Marketing Cheat Sheet: Facts, Stats, And Actions. Do you notice a pattern? The Format Is Engaging.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Web publishers use RSS to easily create and distribute news feeds that include links, headlines, and summaries. According to the 2005 article, "Blog Readers Spend More Time and Money Online,” by Sean Michael Kerner: Blog readers tend to make more online purchases. blog nonprofit net2 nptech.

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M+R

JUNE 7, 2023

What would an ideal article or broadcast segment about this project look like? What is our ideal headline? The best course of action is to always politely ask what language the individual uses to describe themselves, and if they would like you to use the same. What types of media outlets do we want to target?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2021

Action Item #1. The rest of this article will give you hands-on tips on what to improve and help you design the page as if you’re speaking to someone who knows nothing about you, why they should donate, or what you’ll do with their money. Action Item #2. Action Item #3. Action Item #4. Action Item #5.

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

We’ve committed to a list of actions as a company that we are continually expanding and improving upon. The Conscious Kid —The Conscious Kid is an education, research, and policy organization that supports families and educators in taking action to disrupt racism, inequity and bias. Boston Juneteenth Events. DC Juneteenth.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 13, 2018

This blog post will complement the strategies and tips outlined in both assets, and will help you better understand multichannel fundraising and how to apply these principles to your next campaign. Let’s get to some of the top tips we’ve rounded up to help drive your multichannel fundraising success. Ask for specific amounts.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

If your goal is action-related (donations, email signups, actions, etc.), then look at adding a strong call to action on pages that are already ranked high for a related phrase -- or consider building a newly optimized page whose focus is completely conversion-focused. And yes: that's another article entirely.).

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 5, 2021

But what I really want to highlight is how they divide up the newsletter sections with great headlines. They use very catchy headlines that show the organization’s work. Unlike some of the other emails that we’ve looked at, this one does not use headlines or varying weights of text to make the copy easier to read. Here's How.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So using everything I’ve learned to spark action across Latin America and to create communities and inspire people to take action on social and environmental issues. So now my action for this type 1 if you have asked these questions at some point or type 2 if you’re going to start. So WhatsApp in action.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Calls-to-action. The ads are text only, containing a headline and a few lines of text. Your website doesn’t have a clear navigation or clear calls to action (so users get stuck on a single page). A conversion rate is the percentage of the people who click on your ads who then go on to complete a specific action on your site.

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Media Cause

JUNE 20, 2023

Take action. But not the go-to, sign-a-petition ‘slacktivist’ actions that we’ve grown accustomed to (and that unfortunately everyone has started to ignore). Instead, Gen-Z led efforts have been able to grab headlines and achieve victories in areas where established efforts have failed. for abortion funds across the U.S.

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