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6 Tips on How to Use Social Media to Acquire New Donor Prospects

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Gone are the days of list acquisitions and swapping of mailing lists. Surely, we should be looking at social networks as a “cultivation” and “relationship-building” tool in the same sense that we do offline in person. 3) Capture social media followers that visit your website. Robin L.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Relationships That Raise Funds: 5 Tips for Creating Successful Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers

NetWits

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc).

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Aunt Mabel, $200K, 5 Months and You!

NetWits

What I do have, though, is a family, a best friend, a neighbor (an Aunt Mabel, if you will) that I’d much rather receive an e-mail, Facebook post or Twitter mention from than pretty much any non-profit organization. — Full disclosure: I don’t actually have an Aunt Mabel. If you can do it, make sure your participants can do it, too.

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5 Web Reports Every Nonprofit Should Know

NetWits

Click any of those datapoints to add an Annotation, such as “May eNewsletter Sent,&# “20/20 Interview,&# or “May Gala appeal mailed,&# to keep track of historically significant events. When used specifically with offline campaigns, appeals or ads we can use as a source metric.

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5 Tech Best Practices Universities Should Use To Keep Alumni Connected

Everyaction

While the internet is an incredibly popular way of communicating with alumni, classic direct marketing techniques such as Direct Mail and telemarketing continue to form the backbone of many fundraising programs. The key to running a cost-effective direct mail program is effective testing. Social media integrations and monitoring.

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5 Tech Best Practices Universities Should Use To Keep Alumni Connected

Everyaction

While the internet is an incredibly popular way of communicating with alumni, classic direct marketing techniques such as Direct Mail and telemarketing continue to form the backbone of many fundraising programs. The key to running a cost-effective direct mail program is effective testing. Social media integrations and monitoring.