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Frank Barry, Guest Post: 4 Keys to Building a Successful Nonprofit Web Site

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Use Google Analytics (GA) to see things like how many unique visitors you’re getting, what content is being viewed the most, what keywords or phrases people are using to find you and where people are coming from when finding you. This is only a glimpse into what you can do with analytics. Put these tools in place. Off we go.

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APIs for Social Media Integration and More: A Gentle Introduction for Nonprofits

NTEN

Take a look at the kind of data they keep by looking up your own info. Companies like WealthEngine, Target Analytics and even FirstGiving Insights will take your existing donor data and utilize APIs from across the Web to create a richer picture of your constituents. The nonprofit community calls this type of data mining “prospecting.”

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NpTech Tag Summary: Putting the U in YouTube, Some Cool Events, and Electronic Sheep Dreams

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. NetSquared.

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Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I did set a pretty high bar a while back for the next social network I’d join. I’m not joining any social networks like this anymore. at 12:39 am Spokeo connects people from different networks together, just like how RSS readers connect disjoint blogs into one united Blogosphere. Walk right under it.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Meetup Recap: Jen Burton from Causes on Fundraising and Online Communities

Tech Soup

Strengths of the Causes Network. Ability to utilize social networks to drive a message. Weaknesses of the Causes Network. The Open Graph integration creates a Facebook Fan Page for all new causes, and integrates analytics. Massive number of people. Singularity of focus. Anyone can create, promote, and grow a cause.

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10 Things Every Nonprofit Should Know About Social Media and Online Communications - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The Twitter community likes to be engaged.