ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 6, 2011

Facebook is a leader in social media, with approximately 500 million users across various demographics. By using Facebook, nonprofits can connect with other organizations and reach supporters. Here are a few tips for getting the most out of Facebook: Create a Page, Not a Group. Don't let your Facebook page languish!

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Explore advertising opportunities such as: Your email newsletter. You likely send a weekly or monthly newsletter to update supporters on your current projects, fundraising progress, and any upcoming events. Also, use this time to look into platform-specific fundraising opportunities, such as Facebook fundraising. Your website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

A blog carnival is a series of blog posts related to one theme, in this case, the promotion of USDA-proposed nutritional standards for snacks in schools, which coincided with a Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project poll showing that most Americans support the guidelines. Lesson #5: Craft those thank you notes!

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Your donor engagement strategy may outline different recognition tiers by gift amount ($50 donations receive a shout-out in your newsletter, and $250 donations receive a plaque, for example). Knowing what channels to use—like whether you need to email donors versus posting on Facebook—is one thing. Encouraging conversations.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For example, if a mailed appeal with a matching gift incentive consistently outperforms others, keep using that format. Sending a recurring newsletter or print mailing to engage supporters. There are tons of ideas that you can shop on Meta (Facebook) Ads Library. Avoid changing messaging just for novelty’s sake.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

I have been mulling this post over for months, and with some recent changes made by Facebook, the time has come. Some of the opinions I express below I have had for a while and speak to them in my webinars and trainings, but some are so recent that I am still in the stage of “Seriously Facebook? That said, people love Facebook.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2011

Finding out could be as simple as conducting a survey through your newsletter or website (try free tools at SurveyMonkey.com ). Make sure you're providing timely, valuable information, and using tried and true tools like newsletters and e-mail to remind people of the value you provide. Think Old School. Start a Conversation.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

If you only engage with your supporters via one digital communication channel, such as just Facebook or Instagram, you might find that you’re starting to repeat yourself or your post formatting is getting stale. Remember, a multichannel strategy requires considering every channel at your disposal — including direct mail. millennials.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The survey also showed that 55% of those polled expect ROI from email to become higher than any other digital channel. The clear benefits of email was demonstrated by the 67% of respondents who said that email has contributed to a boost in their sales. For more details, check out the full survey.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

in combination with the other delivery methods tailored to your particular audience and message, such as reports, newsletters, fact sheets, etc., Facebook Applications for Your Non-Profit Page. How to Set Up a Non-Profit Facebook Page. E-mail marketing. Reader Polls. both electronic and print. Accessibility.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

If you only engage with your supporters via one digital communication channel, such as just Facebook or Instagram, you might find that you’re starting to repeat yourself or your post formatting is getting stale. Remember, a multichannel strategy requires considering every channel at your disposal — including direct mail.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Rather, they needed to be presented with a great, big, flashy exit sign to “Donate Now,&# which gave rise to the all-powerful e-newsletter. Nonprofit fundraisers spent the first decade of the 21st century perfecting e-mail communications and fundraising. Notice the larger jump in giving in 2007? Guess what happened that year?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

So let me start right away with a poll here. So I’m just going to launch our first poll here. I have a couple of polls today. I’m going to end the polls and see what it looks like. They can do it on their, you know, desktop, on their phone, mail, tablet, wherever you are. All right.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

60) Search « A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising | Main | Five Tips for Online Fundraisers from a Direct Mail Dinosaur » Thursday Nov 08 2007 MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? Does their profile have an e-mail capture box on it? There are few concrete numbers to look at like there are for the Facebook Causes App.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

60) Search « A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising | Main | Five Tips for Online Fundraisers from a Direct Mail Dinosaur » Thursday Nov 08 2007 MySpace.com: A Place for Donors? Does their profile have an e-mail capture box on it? There are few concrete numbers to look at like there are for the Facebook Causes App.

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Social Media Place Myspace Advocacy 28

Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I’m going to be kicking things off in a couple minutes with some awesome polls to get to know you better. And I’m going to start off by doing some polls, and I’m going to launch this poll right now. Take my poll, fundraising friends. They do the mailing. So type your questions in any time today.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

YouTube , Google Maps , DIGG , TypePad , MySpace , Facebook , Plaxo, or Salesforce , then youve likely run across an API. APIs achieve this by opening small windows into a database that allow light-weight applications to access and display the data in a variety of places online. If youve ever used My Yahoo!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

With the exception of mobile pages created specifically for group text messaging and QR code campaigns (donate, petitions, polls, and so on), most people will browse through only the fresh content on your mobile website. Link to your Facebook Page, Twitter Profile, YouTube Channel, Flickr Photostream, etc. content on a mobile website.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I’ll review some new developments in email technology including Gmail’s new tabbed inbox and how it affects your charity newsletters, and the array of new email filtering services that cut down on email overload. Chances are that a fair number of your email newsletter subscribers are on Gmail.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

e-Newsletter [see right column]. A section of the e-newsletter entitled “Resource of the Week” features a new resource/tool in each edition. TwtPoll enables nonprofits to create polls that can be shared on Twitter or any any other social network. Zeen :: zeen.com. Wufoo :: wufoo.com. Viddy :: viddy.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

e-Newsletter. A section of the e-newsletter entitled “Resource Spotlight” features a new resource/tool in each edition. Aradium is a new service that enables nonprofits and small businesses to create and host online stores inside of their Facebook Pages. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This time we’ll report on some climate change news, the TrashOut app, the difference between cloud backup and cloud storage, the heartbleed bug, a green energy innovation in Latin America that works – and another one that doesn’t, and the epic digital inclusion drone wars being waged by Google and Facebook. Recycling.

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Care2

APRIL 17, 2008

One day I wasn’t involved and had no interest and then suddenly I’m a twitter addict with multiple blogs and a Facebook account on overdrive. April 23, 2008 | William Tam Americans love polls, surveys and sound bites. But then I recalled my own personal experience with getting my feet wet in Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

A common mistake is to assume that because a person is “young&# and has been using Facebook for years to stay in touch with friends and family, then they must be good at using social media for branding an organization. E-mail marketing took off and promotional materials were loaded with plugs to “Visit our website!&#.

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ROI Social Media Measure Myspace 215

Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

One day I wasn’t involved and had no interest and then suddenly I’m a twitter addict with multiple blogs and a Facebook account on overdrive. April 23, 2008 | William Tam Americans love polls, surveys and sound bites. But then I recalled my own personal experience with getting my feet wet in Web 2.0

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Social Network Sites: In an effort to court the younger voter, candidates have built presences on My Space and Facebook. As of October 9th, Obama's campaign had more than 2 million Facebook supporters, with John McCain at 565,000 and Ralph Nader at almost 10,000. Will a letter in the mail work better?

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Achieve

MARCH 17, 2023

Instead of focusing your communication efforts on one platform—like email or direct mail—multichannel marketing helps you expand your reach and keep your existing supporters engaged across multiple channels. Facebook works well for longer form text content in addition to photos and videos. Generate blog content.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Get her newsletter. But The Harris Poll that was conducted between late March and early May found that between 46% and 51% of U.S. What I found interesting is that of those people that donated 89% said they’re likely to give through Facebook again. Steven: I love it. Julia: It’s important. Follow her on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Chatfuel is platform that enables users to create Facebook Messenger bots without any coding experience. MobileMonkey is a platform for marketers to create, manage, and promote their brands with Facebook Messenger bots. Nonprofit Social Media Storytelling Facebook Group :: facebook.com/groups/socialmediastorytelling.

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