Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Note from Beth: Alison Zarella is the co-author of the recently published “ The Facebook Marketing Book.&# I received a review copy from O’Reilly. Alison will join the Zoetica Salon today and answer your nitty gritty Facebook questions. Focus on quality, not quantity on Facebook. Any guidelines?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement. followers, can tweet and receive significant engagement (comments, retweets, likes) without having to engage their followers.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2011

And while it employs several methods to attract and retain volunteers, it’s found Facebook to be a good way to help meet its volunteer needs. We’ve had a certain amount of success using Facebook,” said Sue Yacka, AVP’s grants and communications coordinator. “I Volunteers for that program are also recruited through Facebook.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2011

TechSoup kicked off its Social Media Mondays in May , designed to accompany the launch of the Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , with a discussion on using Facebook for nonprofits. Organizations just getting a their start on Facebook can find themselves unsure of what type of account to set up and why.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 23, 2016

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been close to 10 years since Facebook first introduced the News Feed. And since then, Facebook has implemented over 30 major algorithm changes to determine what is prioritized on your Facebook News Feed. Please share in the comments section below! This 2-step instruction is the easy part.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2008

So, presumably this helps spread the word about your Cause virally on Facebook. Yesterday, colleague Dave Pentecost suggested on a previous post about Facebook Connect in the comments that this automated spreading of messages as a form of spam.

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NetWits

JUNE 30, 2011

Let me know that there are other things I can do to support you that aren’t all about money like: take an advocacy action, share with a friend, like you on Facebook, play a game, attend an in person or online event … and then, yes, ask me for money. That is called spam, and it’s frowned upon. But just don’t do it all the time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. More recently, facebook and twitter were considered likely candidates for killing it off. I’m sure I’ll miss some, so please add more in comments.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Facebook Requirements. It seems that you have to have an organizational presence on facebook in order for the project page on Jumo to work/look right – I put in my facebook ID, thinking it was verifying my association as the admin on the organizational account, but instead it put my photo and info as the organization’s!

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 4, 2010

It's just the real senate.gov site in an iframe (loaded on a Mac after logging out of Facebook and Twitter, of course): More fun to take a look at the who.is - Registered by a Turkish registrar and name server in Hong Kong. I guess the idea is to get unsuspecting organizations to actually make the change, and then switch for spam/ad site?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ ’ Well, now’s your chance!

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 9, 2009

Last month I posted about how Facebook was making money by datamining my friends. Today I received spam from a site called Frens Zone that will allow me to make money off my social network. You are rewarded with valuable points whenever you post photos, videos, blogs, comments. earn instant cash by just referring your friends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Nonprofits have spent years promoting Facebook and get rewarded with a 2% organic reach. Millions of nonprofits worldwide have been asking supporters and donors to “Follow Us on Facebook!” ” or “Like Our Facebook Page!” Our sector has provided billions of dollars of free advertising for Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

Reciprocity : Roger Carr helped me with winning the America's Giving Challenge he blogged (more than once I might add), left supportive comments, retweeted to his network ( connected me to Dr. Mani ), and personally donated to my campaign. Relationship : It's spring fundraising season and I'm getting spammed. What no coffee?

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam. Perhaps it's something else, but regardless the cause, some ingenious script-kiddy has turned the tables and suddenly you're responsible for thousands upon thousands of spam messages. Please share in the comments, below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But a good CMS can also facilitate constituent relationships in a number of other ways, including facilitating comments, blogs and social media. A good CMS should also include a built-in Spam filter to keep obviously unrelated content from cluttering your comments sections.

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NetWits

AUGUST 15, 2011

Spam email from a stranger. Facebook update from someone you haven’t seen in ten years. Comment on a blog post you wrote three days ago. Phone call from your mom. File on the intranet you’re supposed to read before the end of the week. Post on Google + from a friend of a friend. Latest volley in a flame war.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Maybe you’ve also taken the next step of strengthening your stakeholder community by engaging in back and forth dialog online – whether in existing social spaces like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, or in a custom built online community. commenting on any item. If you open up comments to all users, you are going to get spammers.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are getting far more use now that many of us are stuck at home. Use this time to re-direct those in the comments to your live stream for an exclusive look at the event. You do not want to spam the recipient, leading them to ignore you or unsubscribe.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Comment on articles, share your knowledge, and you will naturally attract people to want to know more about you. It should go without saying that we’re not advocating spamming blog comments with embedded links to your website – not only will that guarantee your comments get deleted, but you can also get yourself blacklisted.). (It

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2010

Not only is it nifty piece, it attracted some of our best spam comments of the year: "Thanks for pants. Actually, some of the funniest protest signs of 2009 would make good spam comment fodder, if you happen to work for a fly-by-night SEO firm. Patience pants. Have you thought of making a whole patience outfit?"

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Don’t spam your followers with posts that don’t have a purpose. Going overboard on hashtags can restrict your reach on social media platforms because algorithms may read the excess of hashtags as spam content. Answer comments from your followers to show your nonprofit is more than just a logo and a name asking for money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Since the game launched, more than 9,000 people have been asked to play via e-mail, twitter and Facebook and more than 2,700 have made commitments and tagged others. For the first few days, you could tag 20 Facebook friends at a time by posting a Tag challenge to their Wall. Facebook shut down all of the site’s Facebook interactivity.

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See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

We are working with our clients to engage constituents on sites like YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. The amount of junk e-mail has skyrocketed despite a 2004 US CAN-SPAM Act that placed restrictions on sending unwanted messages and sanctioned penalties for “spammers,&# according to California-based Barracuda Networks Inc.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are getting far more use now that many of us are stuck at home. Use this time to re-direct those in the comments to your live stream for an exclusive look at the event. You do not want to spam the recipient, leading them to ignore you or unsubscribe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

You’re more likely to get noticed and receive comments and likes as well when you post authentically. The click-through rate on LinkedIn is phenomenal, often higher than that for Twitter or Facebook, provided your content is good. Automated tweets just clutter the feed, and many people find them annoying.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 26, 2010

Like I needed to be spending the time I should be relaxing in bed and enjoying time with my online friends instead resetting my Facebook password and cleaning up every single authorized application? They all look like typical "so and so commented on your/someone's status" alerts. Leave a comment »

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

In addition, Andy Amsler, a volunteer for another organization in the bottom 30% of the leaderboard as of this writing, left this comment on a blog post about the value of the contest for their organization. Well…sheer hustle, an inspiring video , and a supportive network. Thanks for reading and of course, you can vote for us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2007

Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile. Facebook has been taking down organizational profiles for nonprofits, including Ranger Rick's profile. Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook. Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook. social networking sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

During the process, you will be prompted to connect your Instagram account to your nonprofit’s Facebook Page account. It’s worth noting that you must be an admin of your Facebook Page to take this action. Again, like Facebook, if your nonprofit does not inspire engagement on Instagram (likes, comments, etc.),

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

If you are using Facebook, share your blog's feed in your Facebook news feed with the Notes application. Facilitate commenting Allow commenting. Moderate your comments if you are concerned about inappropriate remarks, or spam. If they are civil, allow comments that are critical of your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Using Facebook and Linked but in the basic stages Gave an overview of some statistics of Internet usage/access of the world's population. They will be using Skype, Second Life, Facebook, and MySpace. What kinds of comments do you make on other blogs? Generally I wrote an honest comment and respond to what the blogger wrote.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Sign up for Facebook and search for your organization's name there, too. You can also find people you know on Facebook simply by importing your email list from Outlook. Facebook doesn't automatically spam your email contacts. You may even find a LinkedIn group using your organization's name. Don't worry.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 26, 2010

Like I needed to be spending the time I should be relaxing in bed and enjoying time with my online friends instead resetting my Facebook password and cleaning up every single authorized application? They all look like typical "so and so commented on your/someone's status" alerts. Leave a comment » But check again.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

In fact, with blogs and the ability to post comments, sometimes you're not even involved in some of your best or worst marketing efforts. When you launch an integrated marketing plan, you're most likely producing content for a web site, a landing page, a blog, a newsletter, and perhaps a Facebook or MySpace page. This is great, right?

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