TechImpact

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Because of all the uncertainty and danger, we’ve provided you 10 social media stats to help you conquer the social media frontier. online adults are now Facebook users. users spend 114 billion minutes a month on Facebook. users spend 114 billion minutes a month on Facebook. According a Pew study , 73% of U.S.

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

You’ve had blogs yelling at you for years, urging you to take advantage of social media to help promote your nonprofit. Understand what your goals are for the account, what audience you’re trying to engage, and how that account will help you accomplish that goal. Social media only helps engage younger audiences.

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TechImpact

JUNE 10, 2014

Their combined capacity to connect donors to nonprofits worthy of help is shaping an all new way fundraising. Facebook refers 29.4% updates on Facebook and 5.3 Twitter’s annual growth rose 46% while Facebook’s rose 37%. Responsive design doubles giving on mobile devices. of traffic to donation pages?on on #GivingTuesday.

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TechImpact

MARCH 20, 2014

Here are a few tips that can help smaller nonprofits create more content, better utilize social media, and get more interactions. 4 days per week, post on Google+ and Facebook. They may become frustrated as a result, fold the idea, and not utilize the dynamic platforms to their full potential. 5 Days a week, post to Twitter.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 14, 2014

We’ve discussed what they are , how they can help your nonprofit, and how to effectively implement your new software to get it up and running faster and more efficiently. what exactly is a CRM, and how can it help my nonprofit? This information is invaluable, and helps you understand the best way to approach a donor in the future.

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TechImpact

MAY 8, 2014

Twitter, Vine, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram. Each one of these very different social media channels has the potential to help your nonprofit achieve its mission. Some nonprofits struggle with multiple profiles being made by staff members or volunteers who are eager to help. Too many social media channels.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 26, 2015

Nonprofits of all kinds are using it to disseminate information about their cause and help marginalized groups that need more awareness get the attention of the masses. LGBT organizations, for example, are using channels like Facebook, Twitter […].

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TechImpact

JANUARY 27, 2014

Image courtesy of Fundraiser Help. It is amazing that every nonprofit does not already have a Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or all three and more social media platforms. If you’re interested in reading more, subscribe to our blog for more helpful articles to help advance your nonprofit! Interact via social media.

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TechImpact

MAY 20, 2014

It offers a mostly free platform that helps nonprofit communicate with seemingly infinite numbers of prospective donors, volunteers, and other constituents. Twitter has a character limit on tweets, Facebook and most other social networks do not. Nonprofits have been utilizing Twitter since its inception. What’s not to like?

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TechImpact

JULY 22, 2014

Your direct marketing and other offline marketing campaigns can help support your online campaigns, too. Try using a unique address that will help you track those conversions. Facebook has a built-in email capture widget that, when turned on, can bay dividends. Integrate with offline campaigns. Social media matters here, too.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Using data from a 2013 study conducted by Dan Zarella , we explore the 4 factors that will help your tweets get retweeted more, and more often. The phrases “Please help, Please Retweet, and Plrease RT” all saw the most retweets of all. The more retweets a tweet gets invariably means more eyes will see it. Sweet spot.

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TechImpact

JULY 28, 2014

Aside from showing your dedication, can social media really help with fundraising, though? Reaching out to constituents through multiple networks, and using these powerful social platforms in a targeted way can help take your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts to the next level. The answer is an emphatic yes. Follow more.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 28, 2014

Subscribe to our blog for daily tips and information to help streamline your nonprofit’s tech growth. The nonprofit social media platform was pretty much dominated by Facebook and Twitter until Instagram came along. These sweeping changes are not something you or your nonprofit can afford to miss. Mobile video goes mainstream.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The huge increase in revenue generated by online donations also helped fundraisers realize their market is now, firmly, online. million people age 55 and over engaged in social networking with nearly 19 million of those people using Facebook (comScore). Image courtesy of Modern Senior.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 14, 2013

If you aren’t including images on your blog posts and Facebook, then you are missing out on readers. Social networks like Facebook, blogs, and Google+ rely on not only text and links, but images–the trifecta. Start a conversation about your post by placing a question in the post. Add a picture. Acknowledge contributors.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Encourage your volunteers to ‘check-in’ at an event or the nonprofit’s organization via Facebook, Instagram, FourSquare, and other social sites and apps that help spread awareness to new networks your charity might not be reaching. email, phone, and social), and identify your nonprofit’s top volunteers.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Celia Astheimer, a CRM Consultant at Tech Impact, helps nonprofits find sustainable solutions for managing their growing supporter database. This type of information is crucial to know and will help you make more personalized appeals or connections. Analyzing the analytics from a CRM can help you identify trends and gaps in your data.

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TechImpact

JUNE 11, 2014

Between your nonprofit’s website, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube channel, Instagram account, and whatever else your nonprofit uses to advertise online, it can be hard to keep up. Here are 5 common sense approaches to your nonprofit’s digital marketing strategy to help you get noticed, and take your nonprofit to the next level.

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TechImpact

JULY 30, 2014

Or have you ever wondered how many visitors arrive to your site from Twitter vs Facebook. By understanding where they come in, and where they drop off, will help you plan ways to keep them on the site, longer. Want to know how many people landed on your website this month? No problem. Piece of cake. Use funnel conversion tools.

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TechImpact

APRIL 23, 2014

For the vast majority of this demographic, they will land on your webpage, snoop around for a moment, then return quickly back to Facebook, Twitter, or whichever outlet they were scrolling. Putting your website URL on all advertising mediums helps to drive traffic. Use this information to adapt your content to meet their needs.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Your donors are following charities and nonprofits on their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and other social sites while on the go. Today, people are all about quick and easy–many want to make feel like they are helping, but need a straightforward and instantaneous way to do so due to limited time.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Here are a few tips to help you make the most out of your fundraising campaigns this holiday season, as according to Entrepreneur. Twitter and Facebook are still the two most used outlets, but other spheres, such as Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, and more are gaining more ground every day. Educate Your Donors.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 21, 2014

This combined with the fact that over $100M has been invested in content marketing in 2014 so far, which has helped companies and marketers realize the potential of story telling and content marketing. Yes, 80% of social sharing happens on Facebook and Twitter. This happens. Social sharing.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Collecting this type of information and automatically storing it will help you identify stats about the average donation amount, donor demographics, isolate ‘big’ donors, and recognize returning donors, among many other stats–depending on the questions you ask with your forms.

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TechImpact

MAY 26, 2014

Here are 6 ideas to help you get started retaining donors, and increasing your donations quickly and easily. You’ve spent all kinds of time and effort regaling a success story and sharing it through social media platforms, so do not just assume that people saw your post on Facebook. Report to the donors the impact of their donations.

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TechImpact

JULY 24, 2014

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn are all garnering huge amounts interaction from a wide array of people. The less prominent social media networks typically attract a more niche audience than the mass networks like Facebook and Twitter. Image courtesy of Blogging4Jobs. There are a lot of social media outlets out now.

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TechImpact

APRIL 8, 2014

This innovative feed provides information about the always changing Facebook algorithm. This Twitter feed will keep you and your nonprofit up to date on everything that is happening and changing about Facebook, and what those changes mean to your nonprofit. EdgeRankChecker. GoogleNonprofit. AllFacebook. GordonJayFrost. JohnHaydon.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Here’s an infographic we posted a while back that has helped us increase our reach on social media! Total reach: In Facebook’s attempt to generate more advertising revenue ( it worked ), they’ve effectively squashed the amount of organic reach an organization’s posts on the popular social media site can generate.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Shortly following The Furrow’s release, Michelin developed “The Michelin Guides” a 400 page guide developed to help drivers maintain their cars over longer periods of time. Nonprofit marketers cite Facebook as the platform they use most. From being utilized to recruit potential donors to communicating.

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