Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Whether you’re responding to an email, watching video, shopping, or following a Facebook post, if the site doesn’t respond. STAT: One report estimates that 60 percent of mobile users expect a site to load in less than three seconds! email with an invitation to an event from your favorite nonprofit on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Pages Have Access to Users’ Feeds - When Facebook users become a “fan” of your nonprofit page, they will be notified of your status updates every time you make one! Integrate your blog /web site content via Blog RSS Feed Reader. Because we know that email is still a HUGE way people like to be communicated with. One Campaign.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Find those tasks and outsource them STAT. No calls, no texts, no emails. As a leader, you need to make sure you’re taking time to feed your soul and recharge your batteries (two of the best defenses against burnout). You need to communicate with your team and tell them you are overwhelmed. And then you need to DELEGATE.

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Care2

JANUARY 31, 2010

Generating a high fan rate is important, since news feeds carry that activity to potential new fans. However, it’s important to note that 2% of Facebook fans either removed themselves or chose to hide the news feed monthly. Measure your organizations stats and engagement now and focus on improving those results over time.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2011

As you read that stat, you’re probably saying to yourself "wow, that’s impressive. And while it maybe true that your organization needs a better Facebook strategy, it’s also important that you dig a little deeper into social media stats. They were email. Internet population each month.". Analytics are limited.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

The average one-time donation went up as well, from $60 to $68 ($57 via email only), and overall nonprofit website traffic grew 16%. The comprehensive study tracked 53 nonprofits, including UNICEF, Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, AARP, Feeding America and the Human Rights Campaign. More than 5.5

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Should you buy a list of 50 – 60 year olds, or should someone on your staff become savvier with email marketing and social media?

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Test Forms - Test donation and email subcription forms to be sure that funds are processed properly and contact info transfers to your database. Burn your feeds – You’ll want to make setup your RSS feeds properly in Feedburner so that you can track subscriber numbers and click-throughs from RSS readers.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

I could write a three-page specification for an "Email this page" button. I have filled them with all different kinds of stats, from pageviews to visits to most-printed pages. Feed your curiosity. Using stats to figure these things out can be fun, and can give you a valuable look at your users. [1]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

Brian Kelly, whose blog feed I've added to my "Circle of the Wise" feed folder, has a section on his blog called ' Experiments. My subscriber stats went down and I got several emails from folks asking me if I was okay. In my workshop, I cover Web2.0 But, what the heck does that mean? Claim your Blog???

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2013

I just responded to a text message then took a quick peek at my Instagram feed (I'm addicted!). 41 percent of email is now opened on a smartphone or tablet ( eConsultancy ). Try to remember: what was the last thing you did on your phone? Now, think about the last time you thought about your organization's mobile strategy.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Provide them with graphics, sample posts, press releases, email templates and more. Ask them to compose a quick, hand-written note or an email or see if they can make time for a phone call or even a lunch with top donors. They raised $92,000 to feed families in the Seattle area, more than tripling their original goal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

We also just started reporting on the metrics we already had available (web analytics, FB insights, email campaign stats) and are now moving towards more of a “digital content services&# model with metrics related to specific campaigns, etc.&#. In the end only one thing worked: small, “non-threatening&# pilots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics. Jay Dedman pointed to an analysis Feedburner by Chris Baskind.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

The majority of nonprofits use email as a primary method of communicating with their constituents. You can connect many existing tools, or you can build into it and feed it data to display. In my office, we have a TV displaying all the stats we can think of, and it helps our team make decisions based on this data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Save the Children’s Ettoré Rossetti, Director of Digital Marketing & Social Media for Save the Children USA, emailed me an infographic on the impact of the Syria crisis on children. These facts are alarming and hence the data visualization of these stats is alarming. It wouldn’t be a complete campaign without a T-shirt.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? ARC - gather data every morning and share with organization via email; issues that seem sensitive or are newsworthy will contact subject matter experts to follow up. Feed digest. listening has been to the community and to the quantitative results. Listening based on location?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

I'm not so sure of all RSS readers are so rigid in their subscribe behavior because I notice quite a bit of "churn" in my own RSS sub stats - yet I retain a loyal readership! In fact, I emailed Amanda Lenhart who now works at the Pew to query re: RSS readership habits. Cherrypicking certain posts/feeds?

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Custom RSS feeds let you get quick updates on blogs that mention your organizations name.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 9, 2015

20 Marketing Stats on the Trends of 2015”. “15 This is what’s filling up all of our social feeds—and we click on them. But don’t fret, because this can be anything from sending a direct mail piece, email, newsletter or even making 100 calls in a particular month. “5 Marketing Trends for 2015 That You Can’t Ignore”. “5

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 1, 2007

Add a stat counter to your blog like sitemeter , StatCounter or Google Analytics so you can see when someone links to your blog. Make sure your blog has an rss feed so that people can subscribe to it in a feed reader. They will let other blog search engines know that you have added a post. blog traffic marketing

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Known for having higher engagement than other social media, Instagram is evolving and it is becoming increasingly more difficult for nonprofits to get exposure in the Instagram Feed. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 19, 2019

90% of emails are read within 3 minutes, so why not leverage the power and popularity of text messaging to stay in touch? Email them. In today’s digital world, a modern, updated website packed with touching photos, heartfelt testimonials, donation and registration forms, and social feeds is a must. Engage them consistently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

I don't have the stats to back this up, but anecdotally, I believe that Twitter can generate more giving than Facebook Causes. You might start by importing your email list and suggesting they become fans of your page / join your group. What are some best practices on Facebook to generate followers and turn them into donors?

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Take a look at the stats below. Reader Comments (7) Excellent stats Allyson.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Online fundraising, email list growth and website traffic continue to increase.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" How were people who signed up via the internet but did not receive the email counted?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

Widgetbox Widget displaying all tweets from the official conference Twitter feed 7. Conference Twitter Feed. The official conference Twitter feed was used to promote the conference ahead of time and keep the momentum going after the conference by staying in touch with attendees. email blasts 4. Cross promotion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I have some static resources there, several dynamic resources (like syndicated feeds of certain categories of my Furl archive and the main column of posts or articles. I set them up with a nice looking site, ancillary services like a traffic monitor, email-subscribe service, RSS feeds and explanation, syndicated headlines from elsewhere, etc.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

We’ve put together a list of the most up-to-date stats on how nonprofits are using social media to make a difference. You don’t want your entire feed to be made up of retweets, but it helps to intersperse them with your own posts. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. What We Can Learn.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

WorldChanging Book: Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century You can find more blogs using blog search engines: Google Blog Search Technorati You can read blogs in a feed reader like: Bloglines Rojo Google Reader Create your own blog with one of these “platforms”: Blogger Wordpress.com Wordpress.org Typepad Movable Type Your blog readers (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

I asked people to participate via my blog and I also IM/emailed a few folks. Can help you easily link to other sites, content, or individuals or republish your feeds. In a follow up email, I asked her if she read me via a blog reader and did actually click through to my site via her browser. " Know Your Audience.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Full disclosure: Care2 operates the Frogloop blog, and hired me to be its editor.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By thinking through your fundraising strategy before October 1, you can collect your stories and integrate your efforts, keeping your messaging and images consistent through mail, email, social media, events, and any other channels you may use. So, what does an integrated year-end fundraising campaign look like? No one cares about your goal.

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Care2 Stats for June 2006 | Main | Does your organization have a community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

That is, until he emailed the above photo to accompany this interview with him (see below). So the work flow goes -- check for new comments, respond, check RSS feeds, decide whether to write about it, rinse cycle and repeat. He's also on my "buddy list" for one of my too many IM clients (yet opportunity for distraction).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Full disclosure: Care2 operates the Frogloop blog, and hired me to be its editor.

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