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11 Obvious Signs Your Nonprofit Needs Social Media Training

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many nonprofits need social media training - they just don’t know it. There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment). Google, etc.

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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I’ve watched the early adopters of MySpace in 2005 propel themselves into the national and international spotlight using social media, and I’ve seen latecomers begin to dabble with Facebook and Twitter just this year. Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. Absolutely not! Craziness!

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Four Creative Uses of Facebook Profile Pics by Nonprofits on Facebook Pages

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Beyond the obvious graphic design work, what’s exceptionally clever is that they have created long vertical profile pics that when cropped in Status Updates produce a solid, square avatar that’s seen by their Fans in their News Feeds.

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HOW TO: Custom Design Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Timeline

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Next, hover over your nonprofit’s avatar and upload a profile picture. As I have said many, many times your avatar a.k.a. stories to the news feed. Building a powerful visual brand of your nonprofit’s avatar is crucial on all social networking sites and a cropped, messy logo a.k.a.

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Donor Personas: How to Identify Your Unique Donor Audience

CauseVox

Social media platforms : help us gauge who and what our audience is engaging with. So, start by picking a few meaningful data points for your organization, let’s say: social media and email marketing analytics. For instance: Customer Relationship Management systems (CRMs): help us track donor interactions and giving histories.

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10 Simple Nonprofit Twitter Tips

TechImpact

It is easy to overlook some small aspects of Twitter, that’s why we’ve compiled this list of simple things you can do to help increase interaction on your nonprofits Twitter account according to Julia Claire Campbell of JC Social Marketing. Upload an avatar, and fill out a short blurb about your nonprofit in the bio. Tweet pictures.

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Five Things Your Nonprofit Needs To Know About YouTube’s Cosmic Panda

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Beyond accruing a lot friends to distribute your avatar throughout the YouTube community, it’s was never clear what the benefits of having friends were. Subscribers, on the other hand, see your video activity and bulletins in their video/bulletin feeds. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits.

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