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To the Small Nonprofits on the Social Web: 5,000 is the Magic Number

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I’ve observed this phenomenon on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace, and Foursquare. Large national and international nonprofits have little problem reaching this benchmark, but small and some medium-size nonprofits will. We worked so hard to get to 5,000 and then we took off!

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Social Media Nonprofit Benchmarks

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One of the biggest questions nonprofits have been asking for the past couple of years, is what benchmarks should they be using for social media? The 2010 Nonprofit Benchmarks Report released by NTEN has some great data that nonprofits can use for guidance. Nonprofit Social Media Benchmark Data You Need to Know. in 2009 to 48.1%

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Are Nonprofits Raising Money Via Social Networks?

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The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report provides some incredible data on how 11K+ nonprofits are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. Facebook is the most popular commercial social network for nonprofits. Nine out of 10 nonprofits have a presence of Facebook. Big Picture Data.

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HOW TO: Launch a Group Text Messaging Campaign for Your Nonprofit for Free

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Over the last decade nonprofit communicators have been perfecting e-newsletters to drive traffic to their organization’s website, blog, Facebook Page, etc. 2010 Nonprofit Text Messaging Benchmarks Report. I like to think of group text messaging campaigns as the e-newsletter of the Mobile Web – just much shorter.

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The Online Giving Study: A Summary

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Until you master fundraising on your own site, you SHOULD NOT spend loads of time fundraising on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. This will help you raise more money and deal with list churn, which according to the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services can be almost 17% per year for nonprofits.

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How Useful is Social Media to Nonprofits?

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According to Idealware’s survey of over 750 nonprofit staffers: Almost 80% "think" that they reach new supporters using Facebook, Twitter, video sharing sites like YouTube, and blogging. Less then 40% think using MySpace to reach new supporters is helpful. About 55% think that LinkedIn is a good source to reach new supporters.