article thumbnail

The Importance of Branding Your Nonprofit on Social Networks Through Graphic Design

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The were active on Myspace, YouTube, and creating Facebook Groups long before most of the companies that are often praised for being the pioneers of social media. A good content strategy requires time and skills to execute and the successful management of your social networks requires training. An Avatar :: 200 x 200 pixels.

article thumbnail

HOW TO: Add YouTube’s New InVideo Programming to Your Nonprofit’s Videos

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Seemingly less than 1% of nonprofit have upgraded to YouTube’s new One Channel design , but even fewer appear to be utilizing YouTube’s new InVideo Programming option. Step 2: Select “Feature your channel” to add your avatar to all your videos. Social Media YouTube'

Video 212
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

11 Obvious Signs Your Nonprofit Needs Social Media Training

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) Your avatar is cropped, shrunk, blurry, or too small to make an impact. Your nonprofit’s avatar is the brand identity upon which your social media campaigns are built and resources should be allocated to ensure that it’s visually compelling and memorable. Give them retweetable content ! into Google+.

article thumbnail

Five Pinterest Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for January 2012 illuminating that Pinterest now drives more referral traffic than Google+, YouTube, and LinkedIn combined will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

Practice 239
article thumbnail

12 Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Google+ Pages have a vast tool set and Google’s quest to integrate Google+ into their most popular products, such as Search, Gmail, YouTube, Local, and Wallet, is paying off as active monthly users continue to grow. Curate good content through sharing. Merge your YouTube Channel with your nonprofit’s Google+ Page.

Google 245
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Five Nonprofits That Have Found Their Twitter Voice

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They vary their content – it’s not all just about them. They have personality and its obvious that there is a human being behind the avatar. They are engaging and listening and not just broadcasting content, and have discovered the right amount of tweets to interest, rather than annoy their followers. Tate :: @ Tate.

Voice 250