Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

Networked Nonprofit: Care2 Webinar. Join Allison Fine and me on June 21st at 1-2 PM PST/4-5 PM EST for the launch of The Networked Nonprofit published by Jossey-Bass. One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

Julia Campbell has been helping nonprofits make the most of their social media presences for years. She knows what strategies work on social media, what strategies fail, and how nonprofits can use social channels to make a big impact on their community. You need to understand what the other nonprofits in your industry are doing.

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M+R

APRIL 27, 2023

This year we are serving up data from 215 amazing nonprofit partners, with a refreshing mix of fundraising, advocacy, engagement, and marketing. Total online revenue for nonprofits decreased by 4% in 2022 , and nonprofits reported especially sharp drops in revenue on Giving Tuesday and December 31.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2010

A couple days ago, Facebook announced some major changes in its platform that will make the entire web more social: "We're building toward a web where the default is social. Facebook calls this new social paradigm the "Open Graph," and Zuckerberg called the shift "the most transformative thing we've ever done for the web.".

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M+R

APRIL 27, 2022

Go explore the findings, charts, and analysis at mrbenchmarks.com. . We’ve put a year’s worth of data from 187 amazing nonprofit partners through the X-ray machine, and we’re ready to take you on a tour of digital ads, social media, email, web traffic, and more. . No other social media platform reached 10% participation.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ]. After Hours Posting Timing is important for a communications channel like Facebook. John Haydon did a pattern analysis of different Facebook Wall posts that were questions to illustrate this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

“ If Facebook does decide to flip a switch faster than expected and your nonprofit isn’t the first, will that spell disaster instead of success? Fast implementation is less important than being effective and strategic – so stay calm. Are you ready for possible new changes to Facebook Brand pages?

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Robert Weiner

JULY 9, 2009

The recent analysis of giving through Facebook Causes by The Washington Post was not encouraging. It found that only a fraction of the 179,000 nonprofits that signed up for the Causes application have brought in even $1000, and only two have brought in over $100,000. percent said they had raised over $10,000. read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

But if Autism Speaks or any of the other countless charities continue to use twist popular memes to support their good causes on Facebook, they be punished for using “crappy memes.” In this TechCrunch post , it explains how the Facebook newsfeed is changing for brands. Now, Facebook is saying you’re wrong.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 16, 2014

Perhaps you saw last month’s news that Facebook posts are now reaching just 6% of fans ? An Ogilvy & Mather analysis of 100+ brand pages found the organic reach of Facebook posts has declined 49% since October. Facebook admitted an impending drop-off in organic reach last December.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 26, 2021

Many nonprofit organizations know about search engine optimization (SEO), but do they fully grasp why it is necessary? Before you dive into optimizing your nonprofit’s website, let’s go over why it is necessary. Why Optimize A Nonprofit Website for SEO? The post Why Does a Nonprofit Organization Need SEO?

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Classy

MAY 6, 2021

We consulted with Classy partner Community Boost, a digital marketing agency working with nonprofits to help them accelerate and scale online revenue and impact. Before diving into how Apple’s changes impact your nonprofit, it’s useful to understand exactly what these changes are. Potential Challenges for Nonprofits.

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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Now let’s take a quick look at the trends and top-line findings from 33 of the nonprofits we work with and see where they’re pointing us as we head into the final thirty days of 2023. Giving Tuesday is a big day for nonprofits, and it’s getting bigger every year. Giving was up… mostly. Many donors give late in the day.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 6, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become mainstream in a variety of sectors, including the nonprofit space. Technologies like AI have dramatically altered the way nonprofit professionals at tech-savvy organizations work, and they have the potential to become a staple in the fundraising process. Measure affinity in real-time.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

As a nonprofit organization, you’re always looking for ways to save money and stretch your budget. Benefits of Social Listening for Nonprofits. There are many potential benefits of social listening for nonprofits. Twitter’s API made it really easy for developers to build listening and analysis tools with their data.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Organization’s Fax Number.

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

When it comes to nonprofits – and particularly, nonprofits on Facebook – we're all looking for the answer to the question: What's the ROI? If you're only focused on one aspect, you may be missing Facebook's larger value. If you're on Convio, sourcing Facebook recruits is easy. actions each thus far.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Regardless of what type of business a nonprofit organization does, it requires a marketing campaign. Below you will find a short but informative template that contains everything about creating a nonprofit marketing plan. Despite being a nonprofit organization, timelines and goals should be clearly defined. The Final Verdict.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

By recognizing and learning from the marketing mistakes that hold nonprofits back , you’ll have everything you need to drive success. . It’s about strategically planning how you’re going to get your nonprofit in front of the people who will best connect with your mission. . Producing irrelevant content. Neglecting site design.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

NTEN offered a fantastic Webinar today featuring Randi Zuckerberg, Director of Marketing at Facebook and Adam (didn't get his last name) from the DC Office on the emerging best practices for nonprofits who want to set up Facebook Fan Pages. Lexicon on Facebook lets you track words and phrases. Here's the description.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2017

Are you a small nonprofit trying to make the most of social media? If you’re responsible for your nonprofit’s social media, you probably know about how many Facebook fans you have. In our 2017 M+R Benchmarks study , we found that on average, a nonprofit will reach just 8% of its fans with a post that isn’t promoted. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. How would you describe Virgin America in social networking analysis and mapping terminology? . I flew back from DC last night on Virgin America. Source: Monitor Institute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2012

It is a nonprofits dream – to have its advocacy campaign messaging go viral on Facebook or social media channels. Here’s an analysis of what and why it happened from the HSUS’s Director of Emerging Media – Carie Lewis. and a Facebook share graphic was born. What happened?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

There’s nothing more exciting than making the decision to start a nonprofit! But first, you need to build a solid foundation so your nonprofit will thrive, not struggle. Seriously, about half of all new nonprofits don’t make it through the first year or so. Everyone starts a nonprofit to make a difference.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 17, 2024

2003 People: We can just upload all these party pictures to Facebook for fun. As your company or nonprofit starts your generative AI journey, avoid putting plastic in your LLM ocean. The truth is that one party photo of you on Facebook from the 00’s (probably) won’t ruin your career. Bigger is different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

I launched a Facebook Fan Page for my blog over the summer shortly after Facebook announced vanity urls. To create a listening post to understand the questions and concerns from nonprofits about implementing an effective Facebook presence. The Facebook Insights tool lets you see trends Fan acquisition and subscription.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Facebook’s algorithm has always been tricky for marketers to figure out. And now a n ew study by Applum, the developer behind Page tool EdgeRank Checker says that using 3 rd party apps like Hootsuite to post Facebook updates decreases comments and Likes by 70%.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

It’s incredible what we can learn about our audience with Facebook Insights. However, despite how useful Facebook Insights can be, one big question remains unanswered among nonprofit community managers: What type of content should my nonprofit post on Facebook? Export your nonprofit’s Facebook Insights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Mari Smith pointed to this blog post from All Facebook explaining the metric and how it has been implemented in apps. Photo by lecercle. A few hours ago, it went public – at least on your FB page for the world to see, but it isn’t yet visible to page administrators in the insights program. Checking in at a place.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Under 45 and giving micro-amounts is pretty much matching with our own analysis, but at Donadora we don’t measure political views of our community, so I can’t answer on this point. 4) Tell the Nonprofit Tech for Good community about Donadora: Are the donors predominately Mexican? are quickly replacing TV.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

We’ve built a flow to gather this data and carry out statistical analysis on the numbers. Qualitative Data Analysis. If you want us to keep you up to date, you can follow us on Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn , or Instagram , and sign up to our tech newsletter. Numbers Only Tell Half a Story. This is where stuff gets crazy.

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NetWits

MARCH 23, 2012

We recently released the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. Every nonprofit sector has seen double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. >> Understanding the data and where the nonprofit industry is headed can be useful, but without action it’s purely academic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

At Zoetica, we facilitating a social media peer learning project called “ Leveraging Social Media: Becoming A Networked Nonprofit.&# Devon Smith, who writes the 24 Usable Hours blog, and a self-described “data nerd&# did a benchmarking analysis for participants. Devon summarized the data in the above presentation.

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Blogs, newsletters, periodicals, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter … people are still talking about it. Wow – that’s a problem almost every nonprofit would like to have, right? It is time for data mining, data analysis, data science. million new donors. The same advice applies to any charity in a similar situation.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The year-end giving season kicks off with a lot of hype around GivingTuesday, when nonprofits invest significant time, energy, and resources into launching campaigns for the special day. As nonprofit professionals, we wait and hope all day that this is the year our campaign will go viral and bring in millions of dollars in donations.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 26, 2021

Many nonprofit organizations know about search engine optimization (SEO), but do they fully grasp why it is necessary? Before you dive into optimizing your nonprofit’s website, let’s go over why it is necessary. Why Optimize A Nonprofit Website for SEO? The post Why Does a Nonprofit Organization Need SEO?

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

But before you can capitalize on the information stored in your CRM or other nonprofit software, you need to know exactly what analytics to track in the first place. Team DNL provides Digital Nonprofit Leadership to mid-sized and large nonprofit organizations. This includes assisting with nonprofit analytics!

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