Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

A benchmarking process can be as simple as finding a handful of similar nonprofit organizations and comparing your key performance metrics. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest. Or you may use a sector wide benchmarking study such as the NTEN Social Networking Benchmarking Study. By: Rebecca Shore.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Today, nonprofits worldwide have access to online fundraising tools that could not have been imagined at the turn of the millennium, and current best practices are shaped by 20+ years of innovation and experimentation.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. When done well, email newsletters can be fast and cheap for you and heartwarming for your donor, basically meeting everyone’s needs. Your newsletter’s audience Who you should sent your newsletter to?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

You can repurpose the digital assets for your website, newsletter and social media posts. The non-partisan organization, Issue Voter, uses user-generated content on social media for its #WhyIVote campaign to raise awareness about the importance of voting and motivate others to vote.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Facebook Fundraisers are a relatively new fundraising tool, but they’re already driving a major boost in revenue for some nonprofit organizations. The 2019 M+R Benchmarks Report observed that for certain nonprofit sectors the impact has been “dramatic,” and for health nonprofits, in particular, it appeared “nothing short of transformative.”.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

After all, organizations can raise up to 31% of online revenue in December , as reported by M+R Benchmarks. Even though many nonprofits use the season as an acquisition tool, it’s an even bigger opportunity to retain the long-term support of year-end donors. Make an even bigger impact: Don’t be afraid to make another ask.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

According to the Nonprofit Email Engagement Benchmark Study by M+R , the average email open rate for nonprofits is around 25%, while the click-through rate hovers at 2.5%. That’s right, your lovingly crafted social media content is often met with nothing more than a virtual tumbleweed rolling by. of their total audience.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks Study , monthly giving increased by 11% in 2022, making up 28% of all online revenue. Once you know exactly what you want to achieve, glance over the tools and technology available to your organization. Engagement with content. Time-Bound: Give your team a deadline.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Giving them the tools they need to be successful fundraisers is important, but beyond that there’s so much more that can be done. You can do this type of education for your participants through web content, embedded web videos, scheduled webinars and/or on-site open houses. 1) Engage. 3) Involve.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Get the point across by highlighting a monthly giving plan on the homepage, spotlighting an outcome made possible by sustaining donors, and including recurring gift options in all newsletters. This makes it easier to visualize and benchmark fundraising performance to identify opportunities for improvement.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Before even getting started, be clear on what you want to achieve, starting with specific goals and KPIs in mind will help you measure whether or not your campaign has been a success and will give you a benchmark for the next year. Cultivation and engagement go a long way and are key to turning one-time supporters into regular givers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Folks with regular cell phones with Internet browsing wouldn’t be able to read the content of those links at all. If you are going to use one of these early do-it-yourself smartphone App tools, then you most definitely need mobile versions of your about, donate, e-newsletter subscribe and text alert subscribe pages.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

All content should be in small bite-sized chunks. Most online donation tools offer default language for this, but you need to customize it so the language is warm and on brand. Like the donation button, the newsletter opt-in box should be present on every page. Use well-written and concise copy, with no long paragraphs or lists.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

You not only get a great mobile wireless plan, but through their nonprofit giving partners, a person in need will receive a mobile device loaded with content to help break the cycle of poverty and empower their life. Whether compared to adoption of the wheel, the car, or even fire, the mobile phone is the most popular tool in human history.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

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!" Here are some useful tips to increase your e-newsletters performance rates.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. Or, you might determine that your email newsletter receives a lot of engagement, but you’re struggling to grow your social media following. Ensure you have access to these useful tools: CRM. Offers accountability.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To jump-start your group, you will need to promote it on your website, in your e-newsletter, and in your social networking profiles. As with most other communities, the magic number when you no longer need to actively promote your group and it grows on its own hovers around the 5,000-member benchmark. Publish Group Rules.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

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!" What do Convios latest benchmarks mean for your nonprofits online program?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 27% of online donors say that email is the tool that most inspires them to give (social media 29%, 18% website, 12% print). Email messaging raised 28% of all online revenue in 2017.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Of those, 41% send newsletters monthly, 27% quarterly, 17% twice monthly, 10% weekly, 3% twice weekly, and 2% send daily. M+R Benchmarks ] 74% of nonprofits send an automated welcome email after joining a newsletter and these messages have an average open rate of 202% higher than traditional email campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

With over 100 tools, approaches and platforms for measuring impact, the process can be overwhelming and time consuming. newsletters, social media, blogs, annual reports, etc.). If you want to go for extra credit, you can also do sector benchmarking with resources like B Analytics and CSR HUB. How can they get started?

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Care2

AUGUST 14, 2007

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!" " No matter how much killer content you have, if people arent looking at, its doing you no good.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2016

M+R surveyed organizations about their onboarding strategies for its 2016 Benchmarks Report and found that "Sixty-four percent of respondents send at least one dedicated welcome message to new subscribers. If you have automation tools at your disposal with your online platform, then I recommend sending the first message immediately.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

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!" WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

This article was originally posted in AFP’s weekly eWire newsletter. They send relevant content based on subscriber interests, preferences and actions. Delivering personalized content to your audiences can significantly increase click-through rates. During the webinar, I shared several ways to personalize email content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The model was also used for advanced practitioners as a benchmarking framework at Social Media Week in DC last week. Sure, you can deliver a lot of a great content, but the real joy of being a trainer is seeing how your participants apply what they learned. Have they been able to put the ideas into practice? Stories from their peers?

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

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!" Remember, content is still king.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

Creative Commons CC BY copyright provides a standard way for content creators to grant someone else permission to use their work with attribution (giving them due credit). The easiest way to find Creative Commons licensed YouTube videos is through the Creative Commons Search Tool. Creators fully own the content they post on Instagram.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Third, if your nonprofit regularly shares stories on Instagram, make a strong first impression by creating custom Highlight covers using a graphic design tool or a mobile app. Post Content That Inspires Engagement.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

If you look at the latest M+R Benchmark study , the number of donation appeals sent per year to nonprofit supporters averages about twenty-four. Furthermore, those appeals might be buried in a newsletter – not even a standalone appeal in which the only call to action is to donate. In short, more good emails = more revenue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. 3) Upload visual content that tells the story of your organization. In terms of Facebook Ads cost benchmarks, here is a useful summary from Web FX based on $300 million in spending: 4) Add a “Donate” button to your page and posts.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

I often get asked questions about how a nonprofit’s website should look and behave and what benchmarking or evaluation tips I might have. I advise using Google Analytics to determine the browsers and devices visitors are using to view their site, make donations, or read newsletters.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. So, if you have to leave early, you just want to review the content later on, share with a friend or a colleague, don’t worry, we will get all that good stuff in your hands later on today.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . If it’s just content, then link directly to the content. Blogs : Add Blogs to your site to introduce a different kind of media to your site content mix.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2015

Blackbaud’s most recent P2P Benchmark reports have proven year over year that returning participants continue to rock. Past participants already know how to use the tools, they know what your event is all about and they are comfortable with fundraising. Feature a top team or top fundraiser in your newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

You have early adopters, a big scary chasm, and then more mainstreamed adoption of the tools. This pattern is the same no matter the tools. There are many different tools to support this - from leaving comments on blogs or using twitter. The simple fact is that “ Technology Changes, Humans Don’t."

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

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!" Use Googles Webmaster Tools to get information about your site and how people find it.

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