Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2019

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) increases your organization’s visibility in organic (not paid) search results, making your organization easier to find and driving people to your website. The way to get a higher ranking is to use the right keywords… not words your organization uses but words people use in searches.

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll not only explore the importance of building strong networks and how to find the folks with whom to prioritize building relationships. This link is a quick way to give funders a high-level, credible understanding of your organization and the difference you make.

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TechImpact

JULY 17, 2014

In part 1 of this blog series , we discussed how essential posting and maintaining quality content on your nonprofit’s website is to generating traffic. Search Engine Optimized Content. In a previous blog post, we discuss in-depth strategies for optimizing your content for search engines. Commenting on other blogs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

This is the eighth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. To begin, and this is important, your nonprofit should conduct a search on LinkedIn to see if a page already exists for your organization.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 24, 2022

However, many are still searching for new revenue streams to make up lost ground and better prepare for an uncertain future. Follow up with first-time donors after your summer fundraiser and offer volunteer opportunities, helpful or informational content, or questionnaires to gauge interest in different cause areas.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Byte Technology

MAY 2, 2017

Stay tuned for more fixes for common problems in future blog posts.). Here you’ll see different default categories; simply switch it to any other one beside “Uncategorized” and save your changes. This will tell your WordPress program to automatically search for and install updates when they’re available.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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). Take a query like [taj mahal].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 26, 2010

There are lots of friendly activists and comment fairies on MySpace that do care very much about social causes and nonprofits. I really think each each community is unique and requires a different tone and approach. Comments are up. And traffic from MySpace to my blog is way up. They want a human behind the avatar.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Her Blog has been recognized as one of the "Best 21st Century Leadership Blogs" and also as a "Top 100 Socially-Shared Leadership Blog." Be sure to visit both her website and her blog. Search “Debbie Laskey” for previous appearances. If not, well, users may comment using the hashtag #brandfail – and be confused.

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TechImpact

MAY 7, 2014

Image courtesy of Search Marketing Standard. As detailed in yesterday’s blog , today, more people are using mobile phones today than tooth brushes. Let us and the other readers know in the comment section below. When catering to the mobile user, Keep It Simple Silly (this is a family friendly blog). Be responsive.

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TechImpact

MAY 8, 2014

Let us and other readers know in the comment section below. Each one of these very different social media channels has the potential to help your nonprofit achieve its mission. Start your search there. What are problems your nonprofit’s run into with its social media campaigns? Too many social media channels.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The unfortunate reality is that most readers, even those truly dedicated to your site, may not have the time and patience to search through past content to find the most outstanding posts that everyone loved but that they missed when they were fresh and new. Well, as the (new) old saying goes, there’s an app for that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

The origin of this phrase was a blog post announcing BackType Connect , " a one-stop destination for retrieving comments on just about any topic across a wide variety of blogging platforms and social services." The conversation graph is the mapping of conversations and how they're related across social platforms and blogs.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Social media provides plenty of tools to help you create an effective strategy that can make a huge difference in your organization and help you meet the goals you set. You can also use tools to target specific audiences for your different campaigns, helping you ensure your reach the people most likely to support your cause.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

There were some similarities and differences in both the questions and perceptions around engagement and community. I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. Both of these presentations had participants primarily from the public media sector.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! We welcome your comments and feedback. posted by Mark Hager, Ph.D.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. Once you understand the basic elements of a good story and a few different ways to tell them, the rest is just practice, practice, practice. What Makes a Good Story?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

These are my links for January 16th through February 6th: How Twitter is Being Used By Companies | Mobile Technology in TAFE - Great post from Sue Waters about how different companies are using Twitter. Interesting to compare different styles and approaches. Check it out! Here are some thoughts to help improve your back and forth."

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 15, 2020

Youtube is a massive platform, it’s now the second largest search engine and is the fastest growing video sharing website in the world. . Understandably, a lot of nonprofits struggle with this, as youtube seems to fall in a grey area between a search engine and a social media platform, with its own set of rules and opportunities.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

Campaigning can mean many different things and we want to keep the definition of the topic fairly open for this chat, in order to keep insights, resources and conversation in the Q/A format as open to valuable input as possible. change campaigns vs political campaigns (similarities vs differences). About the Topic. Feeling brave?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

They voraciously consume nonprofit technology blogs and study the mobile and social media campaigns of other nonprofits for inspiration. To add a donate button, e-newsletter, mobile alerts opt-ins, and social network icons to your blog, for example, you need to know how to work with an HTML editing software. Creative Thinking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. A public search has a way of getting in front of new eyes, thus new donors and sponsors. Related Webinar: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Also, since Google+ Business Profiles will launch after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. A Google Account is different from a Google Profile. Add Google’s +1 button to your desktop and mobile websites and blog. John Haydon.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

If after asking yourself the 10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project, you've decided that a blog is good tool for you, consider incorporating the following 10 elements of an effective nonprofit, or do-good blog into your blogging strategy: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

People who can touch API's out there have been fooling around with trying to extract data from the NpTech tag for analysis as well as think about ways that we can make the data that has been tagged more filtered via social search, collaborative filtering, and whatever else. Update: See Ben's Comment over here. January 12, 2007.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

In the last few months, participation had diminished to only a handful of actual commenters during the chat (though there were always many more “lurking” or following without commenting). I opened up a blog posts similar to this one where much of the feedback said a monthly chat was all that people had capacity for.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

I originally wrote this post for the NetSquared Blog. Earlier in the month I taught a Nonprofit Blogging 101 workshop at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. How do we decide if our organization should have a blog? How do we decide if our organization should have a blog? What questions and answers would you add?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

While I curate a lot of information online , I also still appreciate the printed word – either on paper or as an e-book. It is always good to have a place to start to read up on a topic before searching online. John’s book takes you through the technical and practical aspects of marketing on Facebook, particularly brand pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2008

Post frequently but not at the expense of quality, use images and photographs, write well, compelling headlines, shorter posts, keep it real, and use different formats. Blog about something you care about. Difference between broadcasting your message and engaging. Link to blogs at are at the same stage as you. Keep at it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Last year, I was on a panel organized by Ed Schipul and we were hoping that there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this year I just scanned the list of over 1200 panel submissions to SXSW in search of nonprofit oriented panels (in addition the two I submitted) and found a number of them for your consideration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Note from Beth: Last week, I wrote about the launch of LinkedIn’s Board Connect tool that helps nonprofit identify potential board candidates through searching the networks of their board members on LinkedIn. Geri Stengel who has written guest posts about LinkedIn on this blog offered to share some tips.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. 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).

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Additionally, write search engine optimized blog content to drive traffic to your site. Establish an initial connection with potential influencers by engaging with their content, leaving meaningful comments, and sharing their posts. Build authentic relationships. Establish clear collaboration guidelines.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Each platform has a different purpose and caters to different audiences. If you need help figuring out which channels to focus on, search for other nonprofits on social media platforms and check out where they focus their efforts. A great way of doing this is by engaging with the people that comment and share your content.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

You may not see a significant difference in the features you’ll use when comparing free and paid options. You may not want to change how you currently manage donors, which means you’d like to invest as little as possible in a different solution or approach to donor management. Is it worth it to spend the money?

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