Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2018

A question I have often heard: should nonprofits focus on email or Facebook? ” In fact, the two channels work best when they work together — email and social CAN play as a team. Facebook Strengths: . Though email is now a mobile medium as well, Facebook and mobile phones have long gone hand in hand (hah!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

In early October we made the rounds to promote the book in Boston and I had a chance to meet Brooke Freedman and Brian Halligan at Hubspot. I happened to mention that I was seeing reports from nonprofit folks about the recent change in the Facebook Algorithm and Megan Keaney Anderson offered to write this guest post. What has changed?

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2011

And while it employs several methods to attract and retain volunteers, it’s found Facebook to be a good way to help meet its volunteer needs. We’ve had a certain amount of success using Facebook,” said Sue Yacka, AVP’s grants and communications coordinator. “I Volunteers for that program are also recruited through Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 7, 2011

It’s at that point that the spammers take over and once a LinkedIn Group becomes overrun with spam, forget it. Nothing kills a LinkedIn Group community faster than spam. Today, those 14,000 members result in more ROI than 16,000 Facebook Fans and run a not-so-distant second to 411,000 Twitter Followers. No kidding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Note from Beth: Alison Zarella is the co-author of the recently published “ The Facebook Marketing Book.&# I received a review copy from O’Reilly. Alison will join the Zoetica Salon today and answer your nitty gritty Facebook questions. We used to work together and would hang out after work and talk shop.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement. From big victories to little wins, focusing on the positive angle of your work is beneficial to your social media content strategy overall.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

When your group reaches that size, it’s likely to produce more traffic to your website and new e-newsletter subscribers than 10,000 fans on Facebook or followers on Twitter will do. It doesn’t work, however. Requiring approval to join forces you to be engaged in your group on a regular basis and take responsibility for monitoring spam.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

my recommendations are highly affected by my location, my work experience, and limited to those tools and resources that I am well familiar with, but I hope your NGO finds the information useful. It’s important to be aware that e-newsletters that are sent BCC often trigger spam controls and are blocked by email servers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2011

TechSoup kicked off its Social Media Mondays in May , designed to accompany the launch of the Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , with a discussion on using Facebook for nonprofits. Organizations just getting a their start on Facebook can find themselves unsure of what type of account to set up and why.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2023

How NOT to use social media Before you start planning your social media for Giving Tuesday , it’s important to know what’s not working. Don’t spam your followers with posts that don’t have a purpose. Here are five things to avoid when creating effective social media content: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 13, 2009

NTEN offered a fantastic Webinar today featuring Randi Zuckerberg, Director of Marketing at Facebook and Adam (didn't get his last name) from the DC Office on the emerging best practices for nonprofits who want to set up Facebook Fan Pages. A question that everyone asks - "When should my group set up a Fan Page versus a Facebook Group?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. More recently, facebook and twitter were considered likely candidates for killing it off. It works best for larger groups, but it’s a pretty amazing tool.

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Roundtree

APRIL 20, 2022

Print magazine advertisements can start at $4,000 per issue while digital ads are substantially less (ex: a $100 Facebook ad campaign). Download our overview and explore our services with samples of work. And we're promising not to spam you. Trade shows and sponsored events can easily run $5,000-$10,000. GET IN TOUCH.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

And the anonymous nature of said forums means you don’t really have to work to cultivate close relationships, let alone have face-to-face interactions. Join a Facebook Group. If you’re one of the one billion Facebook users you’re already in a great position to hop into a WordPress group.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

You want to be careful not to spam your supporters. Facebook For Facebook, ramp up to three to five posts on Giving Tuesday. Content ideas can include duetting or stitching videos from other users or posting compilations of your nonprofit’s work. Your first post should be early in the morning from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Nonprofits have spent years promoting Facebook and get rewarded with a 2% organic reach. Millions of nonprofits worldwide have been asking supporters and donors to “Follow Us on Facebook!” ” or “Like Our Facebook Page!” Our sector has provided billions of dollars of free advertising for Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

It’s been quite a frustrating process, especially when inputting 33 different countries one by one in the “where we work&# section just to have the “save&# not work. Facebook Requirements. So, patience and persistence are the keys to success. Transparency. “Amy Sample Ward wrote on her/her profile:&#.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 8, 2011

Also, Facebook initially deleted personal profiles that had been converted into brand profiles without notice which angered a lot of nonprofits who didn’t realize they had set up their Facebook presence incorrectly (Facebook is currently working on a solution to convert those profiles into pages). Sign up here !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2007

A few months back, I wrote about a Facebook campaign to reinstate Ranger Rick's Facebook profile. Ranger Rick Raccoon, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , was taken down by Facebook staff because it violated the Facebook's terms of service (no fake people.) We aren't talking about commercial use or spamming.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Some common metrics to monitor are website traffic, blog traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, online dollars raised, volunteers, and event attendees. It will help you centralize all your efforts and reduce the amount of spam and notification e-mails sent to your work e-mail account.

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NetWits

JUNE 30, 2011

We work with local farmers to distribute excess produce to families in need. Let me know that there are other things I can do to support you that aren’t all about money like: take an advocacy action, share with a friend, like you on Facebook, play a game, attend an in person or online event … and then, yes, ask me for money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

39% Yes… it’s in the works. 5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 1% Yes… they donate on our website after reading something on Facebook, Twitter, etc. 7) Is your nonprofit monitoring your Website stats to see how much traffic is coming from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn Groups, etc.? [ [link] ].

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

Most of these contacts will likely unsubscribe quickly (or mark you as spam!), This results in better email open rates , email deliverability, and clickthrough rates, and lower spam complaint and unsubscribe rates. or “Keep up with [Organization Name]’s work with our bi-weekly newsletter.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

Relationship : It's spring fundraising season and I'm getting spammed. are sending me broadcast emails and generic private messages on Facebook asking me to donate. Dr.Mani - Spamming for Good??? Are you spamming for good or are you using the three R's effectively? What no coffee? Roger Carr didn't do that.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Solid donor engagement strategies help organizations improve their donors’ connection with their work, establish strong donor relationships, and retain their donor base. Knowing what channels to use—like whether you need to email donors versus posting on Facebook—is one thing. Host an “Ask Me Anything” session. Teaching them something.

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NetWits

AUGUST 15, 2011

But it’s also very though provoking in terms of our work in the nonprofit space. Spam email from a stranger. Facebook update from someone you haven’t seen in ten years. How are you getting people to make your organizations work a priority in their lives? Getting on the list. Your Organization. Your cause.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Still others are marked as spam and go to the trash folder, never to see the light of day again. . For those who are new to your organization, you’ll need to include more information about: The work that you do . Highlighting one or several of your donors on your Facebook page or other social media platforms.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

The initial work you do here can result in greater engagement, much sooner. When that happens, your ask looks like spam in my inbox. ” Focus on the stories that resonate most with your supporters (here’s where your data, including Facebook analytics, can come in handy). Spend some time on your welcome email.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The problem is that there so many hashtags floating around on Twitter, that’s it tough to keep track of which hashtags work best and reach the most individuals. There is such a thing as hashtag spamming. philanthropy : This hashtag works best for anything related to grantmaking, foundations and donor trends and behavior.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

can work together to create more effective campaigns than either can alone. . 14% of nonprofit emails are sent to spam folders and posts on social media websites like Facebook only reach 4% of supporters. Your direct mail and digital marketing campaigns are most effective when they work together to build momentum.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

According to Shim, Facebook is a primary communication tool for young people. It's a burial ground for spam." In an effort to be more efficient, Shim set up a personal Facebook account and began using that to communicate with his program participants, instead of calling them on the phone. Have [Facebook] boundaries.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are getting far more use now that many of us are stuck at home. Take the time to correct pixels or resize the image to the proper dimensions for channels like Facebook and Instagram. . You do not want to spam the recipient, leading them to ignore you or unsubscribe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

mail-tester:: mail-tester.com This free tool reveals if your email domain is on a blacklist, flagged for spam, and properly set up for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC protocols. Tools like WordPress (website and blog content) and MailChimp (email marketing) are much easier to work with if users can make simple HTML edits. See also OptInMonster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Two grantees that work on Children’s Healthcare at the national level and have experience using social media as part of an integrated campaign were co-presenters. The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Maybe you’ve also taken the next step of strengthening your stakeholder community by engaging in back and forth dialog online – whether in existing social spaces like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, or in a custom built online community. It implies not just “information”, but also understanding how things work.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 29, 2009

You see all of these other orgs using Twitter, Facebook, Digg, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, Blogger and the list goes on… How do you make sure you are using the latest and greatest in new media that will effectively contribute to your movement? I recently had a friend tell me she was thinking about getting off of Facebook.

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