Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

Susan Chavez is a blogger for TechSoup's Online Community team. Last month, TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's hourlong tweet chat explored content curation and the best tools for it. Last month, TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's hourlong tweet chat explored content curation and the best tools for it. The Human Element.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 12, 2017

One of the biggest obstacles bloggers encounter—whether they’re on the WordPress platform or not—is how to create content that is based on currently trending topics. Fortunately there’s help in the form of tools and techniques that make the whole process considerably less painful for the blogger. Google Trends. Comment Sections.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2015

Your nonprofit could have a wide variety of excellent blog content , but if your blog’s design doesn’t make a positive first impression, then few will read it – much less share it with their followers on social networks. Prominently featured a “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

By Brent Merritt , a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. About the Author: Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. 3) Send direct invitations to past creators.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

So the beginning blogger may be asking themselves, how can I help ensure that my blog lasts? How can I garner attention amongst all the millions of other bloggers out there? This means setting a specific schedule for posting new content, whether it’s once a week, twice a week etc. Be consistent and frequent with your posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

These resources are invaluable when looking for quality content to utilize and share on social media sites. Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. IconsPedia : A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 21, 2014

Content marketing isn’t a widely used term in the not for profit world. On the other hand, nonprofits produce and use content all the time in order to connect with their supporters! Blackbaud Partners with The Content Marketing Institute (CMI). Why do we Need Nonprofit Content Marketing Research? What gives?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Working within the confines of an almost non-existent online communications budget, my primary responsibilities were to maintain our website and publish a twice-monthly e-newsletter, quarterly print newsletter, and numerous print fundraising appeals through out the year. It’s not the tools. You need a good avatar.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 22, 2010

Have you started a blog for your nonprofit organization and then got stuck trying to come up with content? Here are some ideas for content: Tell stories about people you are helping. Re-use stories from your print newsletter. Invite guest bloggers in – clients, staff, Board, volunteers, and donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather Mansfield, owner of DIOSA Communications , principal blogger at Nonprofit Tech 2.0, The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment). The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

When you post on social media, you don’t know how many people actually see your content. Think about it: If you receive three or four emails in a row from a nonprofit you support, a blogger you follow, or your favorite store and the content is boring or useless to you, how long before you stop opening them? Right after.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In this blog, you’ll learn about: Annual Giving, Donor Retention, Major & Legacy Gifts, Online Fundraising, Boards & Leadership, Content Marketing, Social Engagement , Strategy & Management, and Culture & Values. And their content will challenge you to do the same. Clairification . NTEN CONNECT BLOG.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Writing a blog and keeping the content fresh and engaging can be hard work, but it pays off. With a dedicated six hour time frame an effecting blogger should be able to compose two posts weekly and add compelling imagery and video. Facebook is an almost must-have for today’s non-profits.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 11, 2017

It’s amazing to think that, when it was first launched, WordPress was a fairly simple and intuitive content management system designed to help the beginning blogger get their feet wet in the virtual world. The homepage is all widgets, which makes dragging and dropping content really fast.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2014

The event was co-hosted by the Lean Content group , which is another local group focused on sharing resources and best practices. The speaker was Ally Greer, the Director of Community and Content at Scoop.it. before at TechSoup for content curation so I was curious to hear Ally's take on building an online community.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 24, 2014

Content marketing isn’t a widely used term in the not for profit world. On the other hand, nonprofits produce and use content all the time in order to connect with their supporters! Blackbaud Partners with The Content Marketing Institute (CMI). Why do we Need Nonprofit Content Marketing Research? What gives?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather Mansfield, owner of DIOSA Communications , principal blogger at Nonprofit Tech 2.0, The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment). The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

That’s okay—mine the ideas your organization already has, like old grant proposals, newsletter content, informational handouts, and other similar sources for inspiration. Her early career focused on content creation, engagement and digital storytelling work. Mind blank of ideas? Just start.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It’s important to have a place that you can link to for more information and for follow-up, instead of sharing news or updates only in a tweet or facebook message, and especially if it is just in an email newsletter. What kind of content do you already have that you could reuse (videos or interviews from events, data or research, etc.)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Each day, typically multiple times a day, I read LeadershipDigital , an aggregator of some of today''s most influential bloggers about leadership and management -- including: Tanveer Naseer Ron Edmondson Linked 2 Leadership Karin Hunt In all, the website features content, updated daily, from more than 70 bloggers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather Mansfield, owner of DIOSA Communications , principal blogger at Nonprofit Tech 2.0, The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment). The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Sadly, the vast majority of nonprofits are dreadfully behind on understanding the importance of creating mobile content and incorrectly conclude that it is expensive to launch mobile campaigns. For 2012, watch how the early adopters use text messaging to drive traffic to their mobile content and inspire donors to give through mobile channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

e-Newsletter. Post quality content to the Google+ Stream. However, in the beginning I want you to ask yourself before each and every post to the stream: Will this content be interesting to our followers? “Share” content posted by others on Google+. Add the Google+ icon to your website, blog, and e-newsletter!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

These best practices serve as a foundation for your online fundraising campaigns, but much of your nonprofit’s success also depends upon the service you choose to process your online donations and the design and frequency of your e-newsletter. Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Facebook tends to leak information that only keeps bloggers and nonprofits guessing and confused. A lot of nonprofits will now have to update their website, e-mail newsletters, and most costly, their print materials. 2) From my e-mail newsletter. Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

e-Newsletter. Post quality content to the Google+ Stream. However, in the beginning I want you to ask yourself before each and every post to the stream: Will this content be interesting to our followers? Add the Google+ icon to your website, blog, and e-newsletter! Does it tell our nonprofit’s story?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2011

Maria Rainier , Freelance Writer & Blogger. Through pages, you can publish content that will appear in the main news feed, send messages and other notifications to a large list of fans, and create interactive content. Add Unique, Interactive Content. Be sure to update your page regularly with engaging content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Over the last six years since our founding, MomsRising has worked with hundreds of bloggers and has learned how to strategically use social media to ensure that key audiences don’t miss compelling posts. Here are seven lessons we have learned along the way: Lesson #1: Publish compelling content that will appeal to your target audience.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 25, 2012

But I’m a first time blogger here, so before I invoke that well-worn (but apt!) My guess is that we are larger than the average Arizona nonprofit, in both employees and revenue, but if part of your organizational mission is to deliver information, content or education, this story may resonate. cliché, I think some context is in order.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1. From Yahoo!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Blogger and LinkedIn both launched in 2003. If your communities are not growing, then something is missing from your social media strategy (good content, right voice, e-newsletter, blogging, etc). That said, here’s a tool kit to help you ask for that raise and get it. Good luck. 2) Ask for a social media budget.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 1, 2009

One of the things I have to do for my job at C3 on a regular basis is produce our monthly e-newsletter. Contrary to what the bloggers want you to believe, email is not dead. Way more folks subscribe to C3’s content via email as compared to Facebook, Twitter and RSS feeds combined. By a very wide margin.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. Just because you have a blog, doesn't mean you should stop having an e-newsletter, or print newsletter. In fact, it can help provide content for both. Blog posts, on the other hand, can be written in 15-30 minutes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

Not only will this give you a feel for the different styles of blogs, but it will also provide content for some of your first blog posts. A natural person to be the staff blogger is whoever writes the organization's newsletter or e-newsletter. Post consistently. The most important thing is to be consistent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I tend to lose more followers, fans and friends on weekends than during the week, and my stats show that there is very little ROI [Return on Investment] in terms of traffic, e-mail newsletter and mobile subscribers, event sign ups, etc. from working on the weekends. Pick a time to quit in the evening and stick to it. Stay focused on the Good.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own Web sites, blogs, podcasts, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations.

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