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? This is where your social media engagement rates come in.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Every interaction your volunteer has with your organization matters. From the moment they land on your website to sign up for an opportunity to when they check out of their shift, your volunteer’s experience can directly impact your organization’s ability to meet its goals. WHAT do they need or want from your program?

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 14, 2023

Organizations that rely on donations to continue serving their communities or participants, whether they are nonprofits, schools, or sports teams, must focus on providing high-quality donor experiences. But how can you make sure the act of donating is both easy for donors and maximizes results for your organization?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Is your organization feeling the changes in our economy, society, and communities? In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to pivot to survive. Why data should drive your decisions Many key industries, including retailers, manufacturers, and healthcare organizations, use data to inform decisions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

DIY Community Engagement Metrics. When people who work in services, programs, grant writing and fundraising, for example, all share their view of the groups in the community, not only can you start mapping the network but you can also have really rich discussions about the way different parts of your organization view the community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Incorporate Wellbeing Metrics into Your Performance Reviews The good news is some organizations are already taking it a step further. The alignment between an individual’s values and the organization’s mission is essential for success in the nonprofit sector.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Last week, I sat down with Amy Peyrot, Senior Consultant, Social Media Specialist, and resident mathlete at M+R , to discuss all things social media metrics. Once you know what qualifies as success, Amy suggests setting your goals based on benchmarks you've established for your organization, although this is a good place to start.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Using that knowledge, we’ve created this guide to help your team understand major gift KPIs, the metrics you should be tracking, and the top tips to do so successfully.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Optimizing your healthcare organization or hospital’s website design ensures patients and community members can find the information they need quickly. A professionally designed website can help establish your organization as a reputable, trustworthy institution. Make your donation and volunteer opportunities easy to find.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

Nonprofit teams have a lot on their plates: not only do they have to run their programs as best they can to help their beneficiaries, but they have to run their internal organization also. They have to do all this while regularly drafting and submitting grant requests from funders who have different and changing priorities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

As a nonprofit organization, securing funding is essential to fulfilling your mission and driving meaningful change in your community. And it’s made specifically for nonprofit organizations, so it fits your needs perfectly. By automating tasks and centralizing data, these tools have saved organizations time and resources.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 29, 2010

It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize business processes—principally sales activities, but also those for marketing, customer service, and technical support. Now we could easily translate that into “managing and nurturing an organizations’ interactions with donors and constituents.&#

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Not surprisingly, a 2020 report from Wild Apricot showed that 68% of organizations have difficulty growing membership. Target new audiences – We focus on member experience, satisfaction, and retention, but what about the more tangential groups we touch as an organization? What’s slowing these association’s down?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report addresses metrics for success for investing in broad field social movements or networked approaches to social change. The report lays out some new metrics for movement building – that are paths to the more easily counted tangible results and where the unit of analysis is the movement or network, not an organization.

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EveryAction

JULY 12, 2023

Whether your nonprofit organization has used an omni-channel donor engagement strategy for years or you’re just getting started, busy fundraising seasons are the most important opportunities to communicate cohesively across mediums with your supporters.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Member scoring is a crucial topic for organizations because providing superior member experience drives all associations. Any guidelines for determining member values will differ from organization to organization because membership needs are unique in each association. How are these lists different?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

By Jen Frazier , President at Firefly Partners – a women-owned, LGBTQ+ certified, and minority-owned digital marketing agency that develops accessible online experiences that empower progressive organizations to thrive. It should convey the organization’s impact and the urgency of supporting its mission.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

The first time I focused on DIY Community Engagement Metrics and shared lots of templates and examples. This time around, my topic was Crowdsourcing vs Community-Sourcing, answering questions about the difference is and what the opportunities are for organizations looking to get connected outside their organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I’ve been reading Social Media Metrics Secrets by John Lovett who is a senior partner at Web Analytics Demystified where Eric T. One point that he keeps making over and over: Metrics must have meaning or else they’re just numbers. Peterson is the founder and senior partner. Click for larger image.

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Achieve

MAY 3, 2024

Here are some metrics to watch for that can be tracked through most professional email delivery services: Open Rate The open rate is the percentage of emails opened out of the total number of emails sent. the head of your school or organization will shave their head if you reach your goal).

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Whole Whale

APRIL 5, 2024

TikTok Ads Library: [link] Shows ads from brands, creators, influencers across different ad formats like in-feed, brand takeovers, etc. Google Ads Transparency Report: [link] Provides ad spend data across different advertiser industries and political entities. May not allow visibility into US ads.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Association membership marketing is much different than marketing a product for sale. This is how you organize and describe your data. Once you have your taxonomy and metadata in place, you can use metrics to analyze the performance of your marketing channels. Sales are instant. Let’s use email as an example.

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M+R

APRIL 16, 2024

So here’s your action item: If your organization hasn’t already, save any existing UA data before this date for historical tracking! You can use this handy template as a model of relevant UA data to archive (monthly total visitors, organic visitors, pageviews and donations) and follow the Benchmarks instructions on how to pull this data.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

Optimizing your healthcare organization or hospital’s website design ensures patients and community members can find the information they need quickly and without hassle. This can establish your organization as a reputable, trustworthy institution. Make your donation and/or volunteer opportunities easy to find. Let’s dive in!

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Websites Organization Tips Map 77

Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In June 2007, Apple launched the iPhone, and in subsequent years we saw the rise of apps as a competing method to websites for how people interact with organizations. For organizations using both apps and websites, there were challenges in seeing how the data interacts—are web visitors the same people using the app?

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Everyaction

AUGUST 23, 2018

When sending a fundraising email, nonprofit Digital staff are keenly aware of the metrics that they need to achieve; a high open rate means the most people are actually seeing the content of the email, and a high click rate indicates that the email's messaging was persuasive enough to move people to donate. What is email deliverability?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

That’s why we put together a list of the five essential metrics you need to know, as a fundraiser, to achieve higher retention rates. Tracking these metrics will help you keep a pulse on the current engagement of your donors so you know which efforts are working and which ones need to be increased or modified. Donor Attrition Rate.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 8, 2021

In today’s world, organizations simply cannot afford to invest their time and limited resources in initiatives that do not demonstrably deliver outcomes that support their goals. For example, your organization may have a 2021 goal of “increasing membership.” What metrics could you use to predict whether you will achieve your goals ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2013

The other is about using data to make decisions, but for the start up audience. They have some ideas in common – including finding the “One Metric that Matters.” Hunter who shares his approach to working with top nonprofits organizations to embrace performance management.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Nonprofit marketing is one of the key components of getting your organization seen by potential supporters! Learn more about how nonprofit marketing can benefit your organization: What is nonprofit marketing? What is the difference between inbound and outbound marketing?

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Forum One

JULY 6, 2023

Customer experience (CX) is the sum of every interaction a member of the public has with your organization. How do your audiences feel about your organization and brand? There has never been a more critical time for mission-driven organizations to prioritize creating an inclusive customer experience.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Focus on the Outcomes Embracing the Future: We know change is hard and in long-standing organizations, can be met with resistance. These could be qualitative or specific metrics or KPIs. Consider the different departments in your association. The apprehension to adopt a new system or modify a current one is real.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Be sure to ask stakeholders in different departments. The outcomes you can achieve tend to fall into four buckets that benefit your organization. This will drive adoption of being a data-driven organization. This will align the organization by having clear success metrics and KPIs. Ask your colleagues questions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

Imagine what your organization could accomplish in 2022 if you began each initiative with clean, streamlined donor records that record donations from your online forms and update automatically , an arsenal of canned reports to track key metrics, and a solid plan to prioritize each donor segment individually. Winter 2022. Crowdfunding.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Nonprofits that are reliant on organic search traffic need to start optimizing for this new reality now to mitigate the drop in engagement and support as the sea change happens. Take a look at your Google Ad Grant and pull a past year’s keyword traffic report Organize and categorize the keywords with the buckets above.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2022

As an animal-related nonprofit, you often compete with other similar organizations, not to mention thousands of other deserving causes, for every donation. Pet businesses—from kennels to dog washes—are a logical connection to your organization. Fundraising for any nonprofit can be a challenging task. Let’s get started! Sponsor a class.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Nonprofits that are reliant on organic search traffic need to start optimizing for this new reality now to mitigate the drop in engagement and support as the sea change happens. Take a look at your Google Ad Grant and pull a past year’s keyword traffic report Organize and categorize the keywords with the buckets above.

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