Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Members will see relevant and useful Sponsored Updates in their homepage feed, and will have the option to follow, comment on, share, or ‘like’ posts. Filter engagement trends by type and time period. See the growth of your follower base and benchmark it against similar brands.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). But here's the thing: the trends aren't actually that good." Change the internet? Change the way we associated with others on and offline?

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MARCH 26, 2009

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MARCH 28, 2008

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APRIL 24, 2008

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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APRIL 15, 2008

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Classy

JULY 19, 2021

3 Nonprofit Video Marketing Trends to Note. World Central Kitchen posted a video on Instagram following the June 2021 condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida with an update on their efforts to feed all on-site emergency personnel. Just like any other trend, nonprofit video will continue to change as our world progresses.

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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. Plus, you can identify trends or patterns that illustrate where you’re most successful and where there’s room for improvement. Offers accountability. But what does a fundraising strategy look like in practice?

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MAY 14, 2009

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). One of the things we wished for as we navigated the campaign: benchmarks. Besides average gift amount, what might we expect?"

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AUGUST 8, 2011

If you are a social media data junky, then you are in luck because M&R and NTEN recently analyzed Facebook statistics for the 40 organizations surveyed in their 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. They categorized organizations as small, medium, or large, based on the number of fans their pages have, and also looked at groups by sector.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

The comprehensive study tracked 53 nonprofits, including UNICEF, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, AARP, Feeding America and the Human Rights Campaign. Download the full 2014 M+R Benchmarks Study. Eliminate them and make your form as lean (and less intimidating) as possible.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

“As Likes and comments increase a post’s prominence in the news feed, driving more impressions and clicks, all Pages using auto-posting apps should look to switch to manual posting if possible.&#.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

When you track your nonprofit administration spending, you will have several categories feeding into what is considered overhead, including management, general, and fundraising. After all, you can’t figure out the right balance for your organization if you don’t know what to categorize as a fundraising expense. Hosting a super-fancy gala.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

However, to stand out from the other nearly one hundred million Facebook Pages vying for likes, comments, and shares, your nonprofit needs to excel at Facebook to ensure News Feed exposure. Their experience of your page will occur primarily in the News Feed. First impressions are important on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Treesaver is significant for nonprofits because it combines important trends – open source software, web standards and mobile applications. Feeding America has a national hunger study. The Alliance for Biking and Walking has a benchmark report about the levels of biking and walking in the US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. If you're using Google Reader, use the Reader Trends page to figure out what blogs you're actually reading regularly and unsubscribe from those you are not. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

"   I've been trying think through a benchmarking process that would identify metrics to track, how to track, and how to reflect on the data to make improvements in your blog. .    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "  

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When the donor clicks through to the donation page, a call to action should be prominent like “Your gift helps us feed the homeless!” Make it part of the header or main menu so it shows up on every page. Make sure your donation process is easy and that it works. Test it on various browsers and on a mobile device, just to make sure.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Bonus Tip: Rather than email alerts, you can use a feed reader like Google Reader to collect all of your listening alerts and searches from Google, blog search engines and Twitter into one place. Google Reader will also suggest more relevant blog posts based on your feed subscriptions, all the better for listening. Choosing Keywords.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Known for having higher engagement than other social media, Instagram is evolving and it is becoming increasingly more difficult for nonprofits to get exposure in the Instagram Feed. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

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JULY 10, 2008

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JUNE 26, 2009

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APRIL 16, 2008

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AUGUST 12, 2008

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Pages Have Access to Users’ Feeds - When Facebook users become a “fan” of your nonprofit page, they will be notified of your status updates every time you make one! Integrate your blog /web site content via Blog RSS Feed Reader. Which also means you can boost your search engine rankings (SEO). Stand up 2 Cancer. Red Cross Fan Page.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Let’s continue the trend of YoY Giving Tuesday growth ! Once you understand what actions you want to drive on the day, set milestones and benchmarks for success. Feed 50 more families? To put that in perspective, the year before the first #GivingTuesday in 2012, there were just $6.6 million in online donations processed.

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JANUARY 19, 2009

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

Her PBS station's first foray into Twitter was to set up a feed for Wired Science. She notes, "Wired Science site had a number of feeds and we thought it was appropriate way to experiment." "We don't have all the benchmarks yet, in part, because social media is so new." Be patient. They can help you.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2009

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MAY 1, 2008

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JUNE 18, 2008

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MARCH 30, 2007

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JANUARY 6, 2009

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