Byte Technology

MARCH 30, 2017

Is it the visual appeal of the site itself? Here are some tips that should be taken to heart when crafting a winning WordPress blog site. Remember that you want visitors to focus on the words, and a junked-up and cluttered site is a big turn off, especially in respect to sidebars. But what makes one blog better than the next?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2014

In reviewing the data and themes from the audience input, some terrific questions about engagement popped out: How can we become better at using social media so that our channels experience more engagement and convert people to get involved? How can we get people to talk to us? Craft good headlines. Do you want people to click?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 25, 2022

If you’re at a nonprofit trying to understand the 101 fundamentals of cryptocurrency fundraising, check our article on how to accept bitcoin and other crypto donations. adults hold crypto ( How Many People Own Bitcoin? Embed a crypto donation widget on top of a dedicated crypto donation page. Currently 22% of U.S.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

This means you can target Facebook ads to appear on the feeds of people who have donated to your nonprofit. You can also expand your reach by creating lookalike audiences , who are people that share common qualities with your target audience. Remarketing helps you reach people who have previously visited your website or used your app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is an adaptation of the article “ Nine Valuable Marketing Lessons From a Nonprofit – Charitywater.org ” written for the KISSmetrics blog by Chloe Gray. This is an adaptation of the article “ Nine Valuable Marketing Lessons From a Nonprofit – Charitywater.org ” written for the KISSmetrics blog by Chloe Gray.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I thought a library was one of the few sites where the urge to conserve and the desire to improve—twin poles of our political mind—were easily and naturally united. This is mostly just a really great headline. Give yourself a long afternoon and read it. OR IF YOU HAVE A SHORTER ATTENTION SPAN. SPEAKING OF RELEVANCE. Happy reading!'

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NTEN

APRIL 26, 2013

News headlines distract me, my to-do list grows, and I have to work hard to sustain the energy that was so palpable just days before. The 12 different CoPs are made up of people who meet here on our site to discuss shared interests all year round. Share an article that fired you up or a blog post you wrote. Monday comes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The rise of social media and mobile technology has changed the way people process information. The 24/7 news cycle is overwhelming to many people. Use bold for headlines. Articles and information pages that are text-only tend to overwhelm visitors. You can view their website at defenders.org. Repetition is key.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Off page SEO factors – factors that are behind the scenes and used by search engines to communicate with your site (e.g. In other words, when people search for a keyword that is valuable to your brand you want to be the one ranking on the first page to drive more traffic to your site. With search engine optimization.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Giller, a journalist, established the Seattle-based nonprofit as a destination news web site for environmental news, reports and opinion with a wry sense of humor. That content is some of the site’s top content and people spend longer reading it. Food and climate change are related, but most people don’t associate the two.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 4, 2011

Consider the following: On the same day in the fall of 2007, two contradictory newspaper headlines accompanied high profile, front-page articles in both the East Valley Tribune and the Arizona Republic. The headline in the East Valley Tribune was, "More Arizona public schools are excelling." Schools are Failing or Lagging."

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2015

Voices are constantly peppering you with how to simplify your donation form, employ stronger calls to action, and use headlines that even a 15-year-old playing a video game wouldn't be able to ignore. When I talk to nonprofits, I hear one of two things: "When new people visit our website, a lot of them will donate online immediately."

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Journalists are busy people, and they do not have time to read through an essay about how amazing your nonprofit is. This article from PRDaily offers some really useful tips on crafting a press release. This article from PRDaily offers some really useful tips on crafting a press release. My favorite tip?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Let's get this out of the way up front: it's not true that people don't read on the Web. Instead of saying, "People don't read on the web", it may be more accurate to say, "People don't read." That was the genius of USA Today: they understood people's reading habits before the Internet.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Linking to and integrating with your web site. Use the same appeal message and call to action in your mail solicitations, on your web site, and in your email communications – and reinforce your message over and over. If you let well-meaning but unknowledgeable people help write your appeal, they will ruin it. Maintain control.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. Think of Twitter as the headline machine. These people have friends, families, jobs and lives, just like you. It is the idea of finding real people to support your brand that is the true power of the tool. This might blow people’s minds, but….you

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. Getting Your Site Ready for Google Ads. Many small organizations accomplish a lot with their Google Ads Grants.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2015

But what happened next was truly inspiring—the way the people of this city came together. The entire nation tuned in as news of the event made front page headlines on sites such as CNN and ABC. Articles started trending. I will gladly take a trend where people can come together for something positive.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 19, 2007

And knowing that engines like Google rank pages by "authority" -- by how many pages link to them - site owners were engaging in link exchanges and other less honest games to increase this statistic. The daily posts to your blog increase your site's "cross section" and thus the likelihood that a search will hit one of your entries.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 15, 2007

But the non-profit world is also full of accidental marketeers: people who are experts in their subject but struggling beginners when it comes to selling their organization's programs to donors. Getting people talking The book is sandwiched between a forward by Seth Godin and an afterword by Guy Kawasaki. Then do better.

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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. Also, people often share job openings with their LinkedIn network before they post it elsewhere. You can also look on an organization's site, or contact them directly for information about volunteer opportunities. Within two weeks she had a job.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

I joined LinkedIn in 2004, but I only recently actually completed my profile and given some attention to adding people to my network which now has what one friend say "a crap load of contacts." Networking: I add people to my network when I met them face-to-face at a conference or meeting or virtually. Well, she did !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Kaushik's thinking is based on " Occam's Razor Principle " (which boils down to a poetic way of saying " KISS ") The screencast will show some practical examples of how at least one nonprofit organization's web site, the Idealist , is using the software in practice. What follows is a very rough draft for a script.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

The big takeaway is that: if your nonprofit has a website, and it would be valuable for you to reach people who are Googling topics related to your work, the Google Grant is one of the most cost-effective and powerful tools available to reach your audience. In addition, hundreds of people complete the online screening. .

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

You can use this tool to calculate an estimate of cost and return on investment for the recruitment and fundraising efforts of your staff in social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace. Viral benefit of social networks : if you have a network in place, you might increase your chances of reaching a lot of people during a crisis.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2021

Not only that, 36% of social media users say that they have used social media sites like Facebook and Twitter in the past month to show support for a cause. The only true currency on social media is trust and attention, and the only way to get it is through valuable communication that is craved – that people would miss if it went away.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Visitors who clicked on the ads were encouraged to complete the voter registration form on our site, sign our Pledge to Vote form, and check out our educational resources on women and voting. Although sadly our unabbreviated name is too long to fit the 25-character limit on ad headlines.) Back to Basics.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

” Visitors who clicked on the ads were encouraged to complete the voter registration form on our site, sign our Pledge to Vote form, and check out our educational resources on women and voting. Although sadly our unabbreviated name is too long to fit the 25-character limit on ad headlines.) They might even make a donation or two.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

You can use this tool to calculate an estimate of cost and return on investment for the recruitment and fundraising efforts of your staff in social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace. Viral benefit of social networks : if you have a network in place, you might increase your chances of reaching a lot of people during a crisis.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

You can use this tool to calculate an estimate of cost and return on investment for the recruitment and fundraising efforts of your staff in social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace. Viral benefit of social networks : if you have a network in place, you might increase your chances of reaching a lot of people during a crisis.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

They are a tool that allows for a conversation between the reader and the writer, and for information to reach people quickly all over the world. There are a lot of people out there reading and writing blogs. Web publishers use RSS to easily create and distribute news feeds that include links, headlines, and summaries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

So far, I have interviewed people who I have met face-to-face or have known through my work in the nonprofit tech field. I am working on making a living turning other people on to it all. I try to make my blog a place people can come to learn about new developments on the web. human aspects of technology.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

So, as you collectively develop web sites to recruit, engage, retain, and cultivate your constituents, you must ensure your content in fact meets the needs of your target audiences. In order for your site to be truly OPTIMIZED for the search engines, you'll need: To be free of technical issues that would hinder spidering.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Often times this requires shifting through many useless articles in the hopes you’ll find one that will make an impact on your organization. It’s got to be said—their use of people to spread their message is what they do best. People like hearing about people, and you can use this to your advantage. Neverthirst.

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