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JUNE 18, 2008

In addition to her advertising and marketing experience, Dana brings to Care2 a longtime devotion to several causes, dating back to her time at Tufts University (where one of her classmates was our own Heather Holdridge). Previously, Dana also sold online advertising for Womensforum.com, a large network of assorted websites for women.

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MAY 22, 2008

The concept was born out of the e-commerce landing page optimization research done by Marketing Sherpa and Marketing Experiments. The result was an in-depth eleven page report. Donordigital and Amnesty wanted to test the concepts against nonprofit landing pages, so they worked with Optimost to perform sophisticated tests.

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MAY 22, 2008

The concept was born out of the e-commerce landing page optimization research done by Marketing Sherpa and Marketing Experiments. The result was an in-depth eleven page report. Donordigital and Amnesty wanted to test the concepts against nonprofit landing pages, so they worked with Optimost to perform sophisticated tests.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Rick is a seasoned professional in the field of nonprofit direct marketing and fundraising, including more than 20 years of experience in direct mail prior to his success in the online world. Give them options for how to process their gift (pay pal, online form, print form and mail). If you have a street address, mail them!

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MARCH 23, 2009

If they do match up, good job, but they can still help you shape your content and provide a better user experience once visitors come to your site from their search results. If not, try editing your content to focus on the keywords that are important to you.

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JANUARY 6, 2009

In my experience different views and insuring that they are in alignment with the goal of the website is critical. To be honest the approach provided is also lacking by many companies. As commented on before the data is not necessarily the issue as opposed to how to look at it and what you want to look for. So is flexibility.

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MAY 31, 2007

Through this experience, Americans now realize not only that they cannot take their parks for granted, but how powerful they can be within our democracy when they have a consensus opinion and take action. 60) Search « Think Like a Designer: Viral Video and Paradox | Main | Web Metrics Wilderness: Find Your Site Conversion Pages.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

NARAL won the “Integrated Fundraising Campaign” prize for a multi-channel (email plus direct mail plus telemarketing) campaign that acquired 11,300 new contributing members at a 20% to 30% conversion rate. Baghat also praised four nonprofit organizations that did not win, but which deserved “Notable Mentions.

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JUNE 22, 2007

Everyone will agree that in places where there is a lot of text to read it is important to make the experience as comfortable as possible. Just such a place is a webpage or email newsletter. Two important aspects affecting readability are line spacing and contrast.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Refining the Process Figuring Out What Works Over the first few months of our grant, we continued to experiment with our ads and keywords, and to monitor how each of our campaigns was performing. Back to Basics We’re still keeping a close eye on the performance of our campaigns, and experimenting with new topics, ads, and keywords.

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APRIL 22, 2009

But mostly I just wanted to try something new and experiment -- throw something at the wall to see if it stuck. I was looking for ways to be accessible to our constituents, grow our audience, and virally promote our content, so Twitter seemed like the way to go. DZ: Was there any organizational resistance to Twitter (or other social media)?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2006

As Swartz states in her blog, "This is a great opportunity for community-based nonprofits, or national organizations working on regional or local projects, to be funded to experiment with online communications innovations." 60) Search « How can nonprofits make money off of this?

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JUNE 21, 2007

Ana Maria Cuenca from NGOConnect shared that in her experience visitors only read 160 words of your website before deciding whether or not its worth looking at further. Post these videos on your main page as a unique, interactive way to share your nonprofits message. SplashCast Media and Searchles can help you out.

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DECEMBER 4, 2007

But in the first 6 months of 2007, I was experimenting with social networking and bookmarking tools on Green Brooklyn, including and especially the Care2 News Network , and saw such a great result that I decided that I needed to redesign everything ASAP. 60) Search « Care2.com 60) Search « Care2.com

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APRIL 14, 2009

Volume of discussion isn’t a bad thing – especially if you can turn what was a negative experience into a positive. While many organizations would prefer to see less conversation during a crisis, instead of more – the internet will fill in the conversation for you if you don’t have it yourself.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Social Media Nonprofit Poetry Slam When: Saturday, March 14th from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Room 18BCD Description: Using a poetry slam format, each panelist will present a five-minute poem or story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy experiment and how they considered the ROI.

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MAY 4, 2009

Based on our extensive experience with multivariate testing, well explain what kinds of changes on Web and email landing pages have significantly improved completion rates for leading nonprofit organizations -- and give you a checklist of what to test for on your Web pages. Now find out what it really takes and learn from their experiences.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

He has 20 years of management, public relations and media-development experience, including the production of TV and radio commercials and award-winning rich media websites. Thats why we typically provide a registration module and track this info for our clients. The future is live.

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AUGUST 16, 2008

Many right now are just starting to get their feet wet and experiment so I would say that the best is yet to come. There has been a huge influx of nonprofits joining YouTube since we launched the Nonprofit Program last fall, but I dont think weve even begun to see the extent of what nonprofits can do with video. Everyone is on YouTube.

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OCTOBER 20, 2007

The upcoming donations API will allow organizations to deliver a completely customized donation experience. 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!"

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JULY 14, 2008

Many right now are just starting to get their feet wet and experiment so I would say that the best is yet to come. There has been a huge influx of nonprofits joining YouTube since we launched the Nonprofit Program last fall, but I dont think weve even begun to see the extent of what nonprofits can do with video. Everyone is on YouTube.

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MAY 7, 2007

Did you experience any increased site traffic to HSUS as a result of your MySpace presence? 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!"

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JULY 26, 2007

You can quickly see the actual cost per friend you recruit, the supporter you recruit, or cost per donation and hopefully compare that to other options - web traffic, direct mail, ads, email, events, etc. Hopefully others will chime in on this point with their own experiences from adventures in social networks.

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JULY 17, 2007

You can quickly see the actual cost per friend you recruit, the supporter you recruit, or cost per donation and hopefully compare that to other options - web traffic, direct mail, ads, email, events, etc. Hopefully others will chime in on this point with their own experiences from adventures in social networks.

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JUNE 1, 2009

60) Search « Social Media Webinar on June 10th | Main | Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? 60) Search « Social Media Webinar on June 10th | Main | Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? 60) Search « Social Media Webinar on June 10th | Main | Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit?

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JULY 10, 2008

I can speak from first-hand experience that we at Artez provide access to the identical set of code/tools/platform to all of our clients; some nonprofits raise millions online, and some raise $50,000. I think the campaign or event idea itself is at least as important--if not more important--than the technology.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

You can quickly see the actual cost per friend you recruit, the supporter you recruit, or cost per donation and hopefully compare that to other options - web traffic, direct mail, ads, email, events, etc. Hopefully others will chime in on this point with their own experiences from adventures in social networks.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

That said, even if you are the resident marketing guru, your number of Facebook friends is far more important than your number of years of experience. 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? Mobilize your current assets Credit to the Beaconfire Wire for this one.

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JULY 24, 2007

That said, even if you are the resident marketing guru, your number of Facebook friends is far more important than your number of years of experience. 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It? Mobilize your current assets Credit to the Beaconfire Wire for this one.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Now, we’re seven months into our Google grant, and with it we’ve been able to bring in more than 2000 new members to our e-mail database ? Above all: Experiment. And once you’ve found some ads that work for your organization, keep on experimenting. with a cost-per-acquisition of zero. Did It Work?

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APRIL 2, 2008

Check back soon for an article covering one nonprofits account of their experience with the program. 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!"

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Don’t panic by dramatically ramping up the number of hard ask e-mails -- to the exclusion of almost everything else. Experiment with a closed-ended sustainer drive asking those who can to make a one year monthly commitment. 60) Search « Patch-Through Call Services – Finally Ready for Prime Time? Plan for success.

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APRIL 17, 2008

But then I recalled my own personal experience with getting my feet wet in Web 2.0 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!"

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APRIL 16, 2008

But then I recalled my own personal experience with getting my feet wet in Web 2.0 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!"

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) January 26, 2009 CiviCRM was the first nonprofit-focused open source CRM (one of only two, at this moment.) has also released a few more drupal integration modules.

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MAY 4, 2009

Really good communications still centers on creating a need or fulfilling a psychological/social/emotional need and this is what makes for a fulfilling user experience. Id elaborate on your Ninth Point and really further flesh this out in another article that focuses on how to create demand.

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MARCH 13, 2009

Some Experiments of Civic Participation Whitehouse 2 : Were imagining how the White House might work if it was run completely democratically by thousands of people on the internet. said Greg Elin of the Sunlight Foundation. said Greg Elin of the Sunlight Foundation.

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