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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. 51% of its users are college-educated , 20% are senior-level professionals, and the average salary for a LinkedIn user is $46,644 USD per year. That changed when LinkedIn was purchased by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.2 LinkedIn Pages.

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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. Unfortunately, many nonprofits upload horizontal logos to serve as their avatars, resulting in the obvious cropping of the images.

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Top 5 Social Media Best Practices for #GivingTuesday

Nonprofit Tech for Good

800 x 400: Best for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. Create an ambassador sign up page and provide sample email text and social media graphics/avatars. Optional: Post on LinkedIn , Google+, Pinterest, and Snapchat. Write an article or blog post summarizing the success of your giving day and then: 1. Countdown graphics.

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Cause Awareness & Giving Day Campaigns for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Provide sample email text and social media graphics and avatars to your ambassadors. Post on LinkedIn , Google+, Pinterest, and Snapchat. Write an article or blog post summarizing the success of your giving day and then:1. Consider a.ngo domain for your landing page, microsite, or third-party redirect. are still available.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. Even though Google Profiles must be individuals, you can still help brand your nonprofit by adding your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your profile picture: 5. Encourage staff and volunteers to +1 each others articles, posts, and photos.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn is a powerhouse in ROI. All nonprofits should also experiment with Twitter.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He publishes how-to articles on NTEN, TechSoup Canada , and the surprising Nonprofit MarCommunity site. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. I comb through LinkedIn groups quite a bit. I’m a contributor to the Canadian Nonprofit Technology LinkedIn Group.