Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Is there a fine line between sending too much that's irrelevant vs. useful information? Make sure you're sending useful, relevant information, and do your best to spread it out. Also, try not to tweet about your own org on an average of more than once every seven or so tweets. Quality is more important than quantity.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. Search engines constantly scour the web for information using this method -- but bots are also used by those nasty folks on the web that like to steal your information or trash your website. They may be infected. Well, it's back.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And we called it Project Launch just because we know that when you’re ready, Aaron, to launch that campaign, we want to make sure that we’ve given you all the information to be successful. You know, that all flows up the org chart to me at the top. Hey, Steven, we’re excited to share some of this information.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

A good site gives users the information that they need quickly and efficiently. You’ll find it’s not hard after spending a little time away from it to cut down unnecessary text and still convey the relevant information. Here’s a list of 10 best practices you can follow when working on your site content.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

I like to keep these, you know, lean and mean, not a ton of extra information. So the Foundation Center has the funding information networks. So this is the Foundation Center grant database available for free use as part of the funding information network. That can tell you sometimes. Who’s going to fax their donors?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

I hope that information helps you in your analysis. Feel free to drop us a line at info [at] yugma [dot] com. Thus, you can use Palbee for small group video meetings but also, you can use it for presentation, teaching, or any other information delivery. Drop by [link] for more info. One last thing.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

Clearly this indicates the importance of contacting new online subscribers as soon as possible. And what should that contact look like? Or, is it more effective to cut to the chase and make the initial contact a direct fundraising ask? But how soon, exactly? She can be reached at 202-465-3777 x9107 or karen@earth.care2.com.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

Clearly this indicates the importance of contacting new online subscribers as soon as possible. And what should that contact look like? Or, is it more effective to cut to the chase and make the initial contact a direct fundraising ask? But how soon, exactly? She can be reached at 202-465-3777 x9107 or karen@earth.care2.com.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The core of a CRM system is a database that holds individuals’ records, with information like their name, phone number, address, etc. At the core of a nonprofit CRM sits its database, which serves as a centralized repository of donor information. Once you get above 1,000 contacts, there are no more revenue caps.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So I hope that you can kind of take some nuggets of information to kind of help you think through ways that you could be more responsive, build a better process related to grants. Are you gathering information from those who are in the frontlines who are actually doing the work or is this something that you’re just kind of doing ad hoc?

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

If you can’t meet with them virtually, if you can’t have an event virtually right now, it’s just not going to happen for your org, this is the way that you re-engage. So it’s okay to have wins, it’s okay to be successful in challenging times, and it’s okay to share that information. Absolutely.

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Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Q: What percentage of people who are contacted using these methods do you expect to donate in the first campaign? Q: Are there ways that smaller orgs working on same issues within the same community collaborate to raise funds instead of competing? Just be careful how you “share&# that contact with other organizations.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

There’s less personal contact, more virtual communication, and there are consequences for this. Harvey: When I worked in international development, we said, okay, this org, we’re spending 8% on administration, this organization spends only 4%. So how do we keep you informed about what we’re doing?

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