Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

A new year brings new goals and now is the perfect time to plan your social media content calendar for 2019. A content calendar is the link between posting daily on social media and a social media strategy. It will help you stay organized by planning your content in advance, without being overwhelmed by last-minute deadlines.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In today’s world, success is measured by more than just clicks and open rates. There are many marketing technology tools that can help you measure success. Are you tagging your content, products and events? You can learn more about content tagging and taxonomy in this blog. How are you tracking success?

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TechImpact

JUNE 19, 2014

Knowing who shared your content, how many times it’s been read, and how long people spend on a web page was an impossible dream. Big data and robust analytic measuring tools have enabled this revolution to go from a pipe dream to reality in only a few short years. Start measuring, and reporting. Keep measuring.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). DIY Community Engagement Metrics. Step 2: Define the goals that match each group. Presentation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

A well-crafted year-end fundraising plan helps nonprofits define clear and specific fundraising goals, identify potential donors, and tailor their messaging better to resonate with their supporters. Due to back end constraints of social media platforms, nonprofits are more limited in making year-end social content accessible.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

Basically the potential podcast listeners are there – if you have the right content. If you are going to pour the amount of work necessary into creating a podcast, you will want to measure its success — but how? Ways to measure a podcast's success! Trying to track podcasts is pretty similar.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. It can be near impossible to measure the success of a story if you haven’t first thought about what your desired outcomes are and drivers of success. Start by narrowing down what you’re using storytelling for.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

Content – This person takes the resulting data and tailors your association’s content, events, and other activities to appeal to the right audiences. Setting up a schedule will help you establish repeatable processes, manage expectations, and work towards achieving your association’s long-term membership goals.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In this guide, we’ll walk through three key social media fundraising metrics, as well as how you can improve them: Social Media Engagement Rate Conversion Rate Social Media Return on Investment Ready to tap into the full potential of social media fundraising? Let your data lead the way. Then, multiply that number by 100.

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Forum One

JUNE 22, 2021

Your content strategy is a living document that should be adjusted and optimized on a regular basis. Creating a well-thought-out content strategy, tracking meaningful KPIs, and analyzing how it’s performing can help your organization optimize your website. Why you need a measurement plan. Set clear goals, tactics, and KPIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

One of the posts that got a lot of engagement and contributed to the uphill trend in the metrics was about editorial calendars. I asked fans on Facebook, “Does your organization use an editorial calendar and “editorial meetings” to get ideas and manage content for a content strategy?” My answer: Yes!

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Brainstorm which tactics, content, and communication channels will best engage each audience to increase the chance that they will purchase your product or service. Publish relevant, high-quality content that targets specific keyword phrases, such as “dog daycare near me” or “best pet boarding businesses.”

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 25, 2022

Goals and success metrics. Be sure to define your organization’s goals for the online community so that your entire organization knows what you’re trying to accomplish. For example, at the highest level, your goals might be to: Grow your existing online community . TIP: These are examples of high-level goals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

Does it still reflect your mission, purpose, strategic goals, and the ways your audiences use the internet? HSNY’s website now also targets individuals looking for hunger-relief services for themselves and their families, and offers content that reflects this shift, such as a SNAP pre-screening tool. The web is always changing.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. First, we’ll cover how to determine your goals for your monthly giving program. When laying out your goal, consider following the SMART model for goal setting. Engagement with content.

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Forum One

APRIL 27, 2021

It’s not enough to build a new website—organizations need to create meaningful, cohesive, and sustainable content to attract and engage audiences. With a well-thought-out content strategy. What your content strategy is—and is not. You will want to note the status of your content as well, and how often it should be updated.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Step 1: Set objectives and goals Start by outlining your campaign’s strategic purpose and objectives. Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Be sure to make your campaign’s goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound ( SMART goals ).

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

There is so much expert advice out there about how much you should post, what types of content are the best, and how to reach new audiences. As you define your goal(s), also think about how to measure it. Create an engaged online community: success is measured by an increase in engagement, particularly comments and re-shares.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2024

Whether you’re recruiting for a professional association or a union , these tech-savvy tactics can put your organization on the map and push your recruitment goals across the finish line. Ensuring your website is accessible to all web visitors increases the amount of potential members who can view your content. Audit for accessibility.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Nonprofit marketing goals often focus around building recognition, fostering community, and increasing your funds raised. Nonprofit marketing content also needs to consistently tie back to your cause and the work you do. SEO content Creating compelling content is only half the battle when it comes to online marketing.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Mastering relevant content marketing. If you don’t use analytic tools, it’s impossible to know how many people are engaging with your content and what, if any, action they’re taking after that engagement. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

These will support your business case by aligning with your goals: Consistent, trusted data with standard interactive reports using a common language that employees throughout your organization easily understand – all in a secure data warehouse. This will align the organization by having clear success metrics and KPIs.

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Media Cause

JULY 11, 2023

In the nonprofit sector, where scaling reach and impact is a common goal, automated email marketing is the secret sauce that allows for meaningful connections with an ever-growing supporter base without stretching your resources too thin. Personalized Content Automation doesn’t mean one-size-fits-all.

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Media Cause

JULY 14, 2023

Digital marketing is a powerful tool for businesses of all sizes to reach their target audience and achieve their goals. Measure Impact: Define the metrics that will help measure the impact of your digital campaign. Follow accessibility guidelines! Risk Management: Every project comes with risks.

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CauseVox

APRIL 6, 2023

We will cover topics such as setting fundraising goals, recruiting and engaging fundraisers, leveraging the power of AI to create a fundraising plan, campaign content and donor communications, and how to set up a campaign.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. Paid social media can help you further your nonprofit’s reach so you can reach and surpass the SMART goals you set.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Because what gets measured gets better.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2013

During our discussion, Jessica and I talked about nonprofit and political campaigns obsession with vanity metrics. The other problem with relying on vanity metrics is that it dilutes social media’s real purpose – to be social. This is one way communications and there is nothing social about it. Focus on Target Audiences.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Our goal for these videos has always been to reach younger audiences and those with a preference for video content, as well as captivate our existing followers on social media. While video views are nice, we measure our success by engagement—using likes, comments, saves, or shares as our metrics. What happens next?

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Forum One

OCTOBER 17, 2023

City Health Dashboard NYU’s Langone Health’s Department of Population Health developed the City Health Dashboard to share and compare data on 37 measures of public health across more than 500 U.S. Using language or tactics from product strategy can help organizations focus on goals and audiences within larger projects.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

A set of rules, metrics, or policies established by an organization to bring clarity and ease of use to data practices is a data governance policy. However, according to a Gartner survey, 42% of data and analytics leaders do not measure or assess their data. What is data governance? .

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

That’s why you need to change the way you measure social media and declare a war on vanity metrics. Last week during the Salsa Conference, I was asked this very question, why is social media data important - by Adrianne Burke, of Salsa Labs, during our panel Measuring Your Social Media. Why is Social Media Data Important?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Set Program Goals & Metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How are you measuring your success? What can you do to improve the metrics that matter? Marketing goals: You must have marketing goals that are tied to your fundraising plan. Create SMART goals for your marketing activities so you know where you are going and what you need to measure. What’s working?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

They want us to invest in digital analytics tools to measure our efforts, but I’m not really sure what this will tell us. In fact, a study by Salesforce found the number one most valuable metric of success for service organizations is customer satisfaction. Ask yourself: What are your goals? Number two is revenue.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Therefore, when we create a media campaign , we always have a plan in place to measure paid media ROI (return on investment) and the success of every dollar invested. Paid media helps nonprofits reach an audience that owned media (the content that you own, such as your website and social media posts) cannot.

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