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. Content Mapping. >> Step 1: Identify all the content.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 26, 2023

Applying for the Google Ad Grant can help you reach new heights with your digital marketing. Whether you want to boost donations, promote your services to beneficiaries, or share educational content about your cause on Google Search, the Google Ad Grant can help you get there. How do Google Grants work?

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fusionSpan

AUGUST 17, 2023

Membership associations thrive on being a place their members can go for specific content, training and events for their area of expertise. But while an org’s content will already be focused on a particular domain, their audience of members will break down into multiple niches all with their own unique combination of interests.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Google has emerged as one of the most influential and powerful organizations of our time. Starting out as one of many search engines, Google has since branched out into software, mobile devices, and other technology ventures. . Eligible charitable organizations apply to Google to receive $10,000 a month to use on Google Ads.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are what everyone must follow to make the web a more inclusive experience. The WCAG “define how to make Web content more accessible to people with disabilities, ranging from visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological.” . Contrast Checker.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The world of social media is constantly evolving, and understanding social SEO is imperative for your nonprofit to make the most of organic content. Organic social is considered free, non-paid content created, uploaded, and shared within social platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Nonprofit marketing content also needs to consistently tie back to your cause and the work you do. Attracts new supporters and partners with information about how they can help change the world. SEO content Creating compelling content is only half the battle when it comes to online marketing.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Now that Google Analytics (GA4) has officially replaced Universal Analytics, many mission-driven organizations are not loving the new normal. From a steep learning curve to having to interpret new metrics, the frustration is real. The planned phaseout of Google Analytics was a shock when it was announced.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2021

More nonprofits are beginning to see the immense value of the Google Ad Grants and have acquired it for themselves. From there, your organization has to stay on top of task management to maintain compliance with Google’s standards, make the most of your Google Ad Grant, and jumpstart your organization’s digital marketing efforts.

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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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John Kenyon

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Your nonprofit’s best online strategies are the ones informed by your data. Data not just on activity but also on what content is most popular across your website, emails and social media channels. You don’t have to be a data expert to have great data-informed online strategies! Top Online Content.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 20, 2020

5 Tips to Increase Donations with the Google Ad Grant. Getting the Google Ad Grant is step one, now you need to make sure your using it wisely to increase your donations. The Google Ad Grants provide up to $10,000 worth of Google search advertising every month to nonprofits across the world! by Olivia Warnes.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Let’s say you’ve been tasked with researching potential nonprofits to partner with on an upcoming funding initiative by doing some online research, using Google, Candid’s nonprofit profiles , or the like. HubSpot’s recent research helps to answer this question: branded video content is the most memorable. Craft a compelling storyline.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Chat-first search, where people use conversation interfaces like chatbots to find information, is poised to overtake traditional search engine usage sooner than you might expect. on Google present day (Q2, 2023). This screenshot is from the Google Bard chat results for the same question (May 2023).

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

The audience should set the tone for your campaign, including the messaging and content creation. Types of advertisements, topics, and content they respond to. Where they look for information online, such as the media outlets, thought leaders, or social media accounts they follow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Alex Abelin: Google + for Nonprofits. Does Google + have the potential to be a valuable platform for nonprofits or is it just another shiny object to distract nonprofits? Should your nonprofit do more than simply set up a presence on Google + and not invest any more time? Become Familiar with the Google + Landscape.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Chat-first search, where people use conversation interfaces like chatbots to find information, is poised to overtake traditional search engine usage sooner than you might expect. on Google present day (Q2, 2023). Notice how Whole Whale’s same content is now pushed into a footnote, while the full answer is provided.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2024

It sometimes sounds as though tools like ChatGPT or Gemini could entirely replace humans in writing website content. The ease of generating content these days is both a danger and an opportunity for nonprofits. Creating insightful content does require time and effort— but it can be a very useful part of an overall engagement strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Google Ad Grants are a terrific fundraising and marketing tool that Google makes available to nonprofits and charities. So what are Google Ad Grants ? A Google Grant provides $10,000 each month to nonprofits to spend on Google Search ads. How Can You Use a Google Grant? Absolutely.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Share stats and information that people can easily understand. Here are a couple key metrics: Donations : Have your donations increased? Social media engagement: Are people interacting with your social media content? Tell your impact story. People are more likely to support organizations that they feel connected to.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

But before you can capitalize on the information stored in your CRM or other nonprofit software, you need to know exactly what analytics to track in the first place. Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics. There are virtually unlimited metrics you can track— if you can collect the data, you can analyze it.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Flexibility : The best dashboards are flexible enough to track the metrics that are most important to your nonprofit. This way, you can see all of your data in one place and make better-informed decisions about where to allocate resources. In October of 2022, Google is merging Data Studio into Looker. Data Studio.

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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. Are people sharing your content with their friends and inspiring them to get involved with your organization? For example, look at your Google Analytics to give you an understanding of your website traffic and referrals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Facebook’s new changes (and Google +) gives us a couple of shades of gray. You need to think about what you’re sharing and who you are sharing with. Professional: This content generally includes sharing trade craft, resources, and other items related to professional skill sets. What Are You Sharing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2011

The always thoughtful and inspiring, Avinash Kaushik, suggests that there four social media metrics that we should focus on measuring across channels. Of course, you need to start with. We have IT-minded people engaging in massive data puking (one report with 30 metrics anyone?) Social media is evolving at an incredible pace.

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Kindful

MAY 12, 2021

What new information did you learn? Now think about where you found that information and the answers to those problems. When it comes to answering your questions as a nonprofit professional, using search engines like Google is a fast and effective way to find information. Source: Google Trends. Expand your reach.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

Some of the most helpful solutions for fundraising are data processors like IBM Watson or Google Cloud AI. You add the data to a machine-learning solution, which uses the information to learn about your donor base. You can use this information to identify trends and patterns in donor sentiment.

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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. Without that information, you won’t know what you need to adjust, scrap, or continue doing. Let’s say you’re a food bank.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This week, as part of Member Appreciation Month, we're talking about technology that supports communications and information, so I thought I'd share some of the metrics we use to track our effectiveness that don't really warrant a complete blog post in-and-of themselves. We'd also love to hear about your favorite metrics.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Have you ever experienced a twinge in your neck, itch in your throat, or another random symptom, and turned to Google for answers? Optimizing your healthcare organization or hospital’s website design ensures patients and community members can find the information they need quickly. Optimize the user journey. Assess website analytics.

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Care2

AUGUST 31, 2015

Are Google Analytics your best friend? Analytics and metrics are what should be informing your content, your strategy, and your nonprofit campaigns. But you also don’t have to be metric-savvy before diving into the report. Does data that gives you insight into your fundraising and advocacy strategy make you happy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points (fancy way of saying metrics) that will help you harvest insights to improve your social media strategy. For blogging, you have to use a couple of different tools to get the different metrics you need. The tools include Google Analytics, PostRank, Feedburner, and others.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2022

The Digital Strategy Summit (March 28-April 1) is five days of online content bringing you and your team the latest trends in digital strategies for nonprofits, charitable campaigns, and advocacy movements. Both SEO and Google Analytics have a mysterious air to them and seem difficult, but they couldn’t be easier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. The purpose is to call attention to the problem of Information Overload, how it impacts both individuals and organizations, and what can be done to lessen its impact. Take my information overload quiz. Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI.

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Make your blog the place where you produce original content that’s tailored to your audience. Remember, great content is the key to successful social media. Create great content. The hard part is creating the great content. Here’s a few creative content ideas for you. Google Analytics is free.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

If you haven’t already started using Google Analytics 4 (GA4), there’s no time like the present. What is Google Analytics 4? Understanding the history of Google’s analytics suite is useful in better understanding GA4. Google changed it to Universal Analytics after they acquired it in 2005.)

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon.

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