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

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In this age of Google Ad Grants and inexpensive Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter targeted advertising, one can drive traffic from what is a primary relationship-building platform to an organization’s website or to a lead or landing page. Very rarely will folks sign up for a newsletter from a newsletter sign-up form upon first glance.

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[DATA] 14 Must-Know Stats About How Nonprofits Use Social Media

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To receive future updates about the Global NGO Technology Survey data, please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter. 60% use Twitter – up from 46% in 2019. 17%: Twitter. 1%: “Donate” button in Facebook Live video stream. 2%: “Donate” button in Instagram Live video stream. 5% use TikTok.

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Top 5 Social Media Best Practices for #GivingTuesday

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Prominently feature the date (November 28), the #GivingTuesday hashtag, a “Donate” button, links to your social networks, social sharing, and an e-newsletter opt-in. Thereafter and through November 27, add a #GivingTuesday footer or header image (600 x 200) to your email newsletter that links to your #GivingTuesday website.

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11 Obvious Signs Your Nonprofit Needs Social Media Training

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Unless you study Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. 2) You are rarely retweeted on Twitter. People follow nonprofits on Twitter to learn about your cause or because they care about the work you do. Pinterest is like Twitter. websites, e-newsletters, donate now fundraising) and Web 2.0 Google, etc. Pace yourself.

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How to Report Live from Nonprofit Events Using Periscope

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Nonprofit Tech for Good experimented with Periscope for live streaming for the first time during the 2015 Independent Sector Conference. Streaming from events is an obvious fit for Periscope, but site visits and interviews with communities served, that’s where the real power of Periscope will unfold. Our Periscope use was basic.

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Five Types of Nonprofit Tweets Guaranteed to Get Retweeted

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Now, of course it’s humanly impossible to follow the tweets of that many Twitter accounts, so to make the chaos manageable I organize my favorite nonprofits and those whose tweets consistently stand out from the rest into Twitter Lists. Translation: Please stop posting a steady stream of “Thanks for the RTs!”

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

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e-Newsletter. Post quality content to the Google+ Stream. However, in the beginning I want you to ask yourself before each and every post to the stream: Will this content be interesting to our followers? That said, most posts to the Google+ Stream should include a personal message and thumbnail.

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