Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The discussion about the recent changes on Facebook has focused mostly around what it means for individuals, particularly the tension between openness and privacy. Many people are wondering what it means for nonprofit brands using Facebook as one of their marketing channels. That is what a lot of us are doing.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

How Journalists Are Using Social Media to Report on the Egyptian Demonstrations – "The demonstrations are continuing despite the government’s attempts to block communications channels, including the Internet, SMS, TV broadcast by journalists, and mobile networks.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Think Outside the Race: 5 Innovative Ways to Use Your Fundraising Platform Year-Round Ever wondered how you can leverage your fundraising platform beyond the usual annual events? This is where a versatile all-in-one fundraising platform like Flipcause can make a difference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn. If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. Wait for maturation? During the Webinar, I polled the group’s general approach.

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CauseVox

MARCH 9, 2021

You create hype around them. CauseVox is a digital fundraising platform for nonprofits that helps you raise more with less effort through our fundraising software. It’s up to you to show that recurring donations hold a special place in your fundraising strategy. How do you tell your donors that recurring donations are important?

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Half the battle of organizing an event is marketing it and creating enough hype to maximize registration numbers. There are several platforms that make up your digital marketing strategy, but we’ll walk through three platforms that are easily leveraged regardless of budget size: . for the event messages on each platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

We could tell that some of the confusion and resistance we were seeing around adoption was due to organizations’ inability to look past the technological nature of these new channels. But what sorts of hurdles are arts groups facing in terms of human resources and management attitudes, and which channels are working for them?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Kristine Miller, Program Manager at Gonzaga University, s hared her experience utilizing their fundraising software to develop a data-driven, multi-channel approach to fundraising. bbcon 2020 featured 1 5 higher education focused session s , many led by customers and industry experts. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2009

Once this is in place, it is important to understand how the tool can or can't be use to reach that goal, what the limitations are, and how to take a "multi-channel" approach. And, while it may be an argument about semantics, it further illustrates this tension.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2010

Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. Its true impact has yet to be measured, but Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and every other social media platform have already caused a revelation in how people want to communicate. They want to connect.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 4, 2016

Be prominent on your local channels, newspapers, newsletters, etc. Use them to boost hype for a special occasion that needs an extra kick. As we’ve talked about this past month, integrated marketing is all about conveying one consistent message across all your communications platforms. Public Relations.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 15, 2022

Take a multi-channel marketing approach. Take a multi-channel nonprofit event marketing approach. Chances are that not all of your supporters use the same communication channels, and your potential attendees can only get excited about an event that they know is happening. Add incentives. Sell branded merchandise. As part of.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

This nonprofit marketing guide will cover the following topics: The Importance of Creating a Marketing Plan Nonprofit Marketing Plan Basics Nonprofit Marketing Plan: Channels to Promote Your Nonprofit. It’s easier to get sidetracked, and it’s harder to stay on topic as you share content across your different marketing channels.

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Qgiv

APRIL 8, 2024

Think about your donation amount descriptions and images, update the language on your donation button, and change the colors of the form to match your custom images if your donation form platform allows you to make those customizations. Remind donors that the day is coming and build hype.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In fact, one of the most in-demand job skills for digital marketers and fundraisers is knowing how to effectively use social media advertising channels and Google Ads. That said, most nonprofits have enabled the “Message” button on their pages. The same is true with Facebook Stories.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

When your nonprofit uses online fundraising platforms and follows best practices, you can meet your supporters where they are—online—and enable them to give quickly and easily. The cost of online fundraising software can be fairly inexpensive, only requiring a small platform fee and processing fee. Increase brand awareness.

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Qgiv

JUNE 27, 2023

Drive donor engagement by utilizing an online fundraising platform to create brandable forms and custom messaging that are both easy to share and simple to use. Segment your donors by their behavior by reviewing donor data collected from CRMs, fundraising platforms, and social media.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Nonprofits can set up their silent auctions using a platform that gives people the opportunity to make mobile bids (or bids made at home on their computers), and then run a live auction for extra-special or exclusive items. Anyone planning charity auctions can benefit from using a dedicated auction platform. Online-only auctions.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 16, 2007

There's a more measured article about twitter from the MIT Technology Review that gets beyond the hype to talk about twitter's functionality. Twitter is a tool with a specific functionality—it allows short-form communication across multiple platforms between groups and individuals.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2022

Build hype. However, giving volunteers a platform to connect, like an online member community, is more likely to keep them naturally engaged. . If your association already has an online member community, consider creating different channels or subgroups for your volunteers to increase engagement. Design your online community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Rather than comparing Woolworth sit-ins to the much-hyped Twitter Revolution, finding the latter coming up wanting, and stopping there, Gladwell might have given some space in the New Yorker to dig a little deeper to find examples of folks using technology to organize in intriguing, successful ways. First, a smaller quibble.

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 15, 2023

It allows organizations to break through the clutter of other communication channels and reach supporters directly, thus offering an exciting new opportunity for nonprofits of all sizes. This can all be impactful in creating hype around your fundraising event and encouraging people to sign up.

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