Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Five Tips to Make Virtual Work Less Exhausting. see the photo at the top). The pandemic has inspire a new breed of online collaboration apps that facilitate drop in video chatting for serendipitous conversations that your team might want to test. We are also sensory deprived of smell and touch. Here’s a list of dance music.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. You’ll start with your initial “investment” costs like staff time and additional costs (ie photos). I say this because getting a pure A/B test can be a challenge. This could be a quarter, month or week.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

This guide will review these tips for bringing in more donations: Prioritize building strong supporter relationships. As you incorporate these tips, work at fostering genuine supporter relationships, and strategize ways to improve the donor experience, you can generate more reliable revenue streams over time. Leverage A/B testing.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2022

Follow these tips to ensure that your letter is as effective as possible: Once you’ve completed this process and feel like you’re ready to do a final review of your letter, ask yourself the following questions: Is your appeal letter easy to read? When possible, include photos and videos and share these in your appeals. .

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

So, it’s worth taking the time now to make sure everything is working and in tip top condition before guests arrive at your online door. Greg Adkins of New Frame Creative says that “crafting a successful landing page is a bit of an art form,” and he offers some tips: a. Use compelling photos and video.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Photos, videos, selfies, and personal stories allow us to embed emotional content in fundraising campaigns. Below are six tips for nonprofits that want to use digital storytelling to engage donors and boost giving. Tip 1: Create a Strategy. What photos and videos can you use to tell your campaign story?

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Byte Technology

MAY 16, 2017

This could be photos of staff members, your office space or store or simply a message thanking them for taking the time to complete the form. Lastly, once your form is completed test it thoroughly to make sure it’s working properly. So send yourself a test submission and have your family, your friends and your colleagues do the same.

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Classy

MAY 25, 2021

Be sure to test and experiment to continually improve your conversions. . On Classy, you can effortlessly maintain brand consistency by enabling domain-masking, plugging in photos or video, customizing your messaging, and elevating your email receipts with a unique headline, background image, and thank you note.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. Sharing photos from reunions or Alumni meetups on campus is another way to make that connection like this Twitter example above from Ramah Seminar. Use Nostalgia (old class photos) to Spark A Trip Down Memory Lane.

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NetWits

JANUARY 3, 2011

Direct mail may use different friendly URLs to test response rates. Email may test different “Donate” calls to action to improve click-through rates. Now that they’re one step closer to becoming a donor, event participant, or email subscriber, do you stop testing? Why is testing important? Are you sure?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

But, if you use reflection, documentation,pilot tests, and iteration, it is like tasting your soup while there’s still time to make adjustments. I use both. Here are six tips that will help you deliver highly successful technology training workshops by using effective evaluation techniques. Group Photo. Documentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

Here’s a summary of tips, tools, examples, and resources for getting the most of our your nonprofit event with social media. (Here’s a curated link list used to create this post). Here’s some tips and best practices for live tweeting. Shonali Burke has a terrific tip. The first step is to get organized.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Donation Page Tips for Skyrocketing Conversions 1. Ideally, your page should, in 30 seconds, make clear to donors the ins-and-outs of your cause through engaging text, enthralling photos, videos, and graphics. Embrace a Sleek, Speedy Design Slow page loads are like elevators without music—awkward and patience-testing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The photo was my classroom. We’ve had weather disasters, policy changes, protests, racism, missile testing, and more. This beautiful retreat center is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains and offers professional development on a wide range of leadership, wellness, and other topics.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Early on, it became clear that photos and videos could make or break a Movember campaign. A heavily commented photo will show up in people’s news feeds (because of all the activity), which can really help promote the message. c: Do you have any online fundraising tips you’d like to share?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One last pro tip: Make sure you have a reliable text fundraising tool to make your text campaign successful! Pro tip: Get as many of your sponsors involved as possible, whether that means donating items or providing a venue for the day of. Pro tip: Include some questions about Giving Tuesday—just don’t make them too hard!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2014

tips on creating a good mobile web site. If you’re using several photos, make sure they’re. Like too much text or too many photos, a cluttered design is a turnoff on. One last tip: before you go live, don’t forget to test with different devices and different orientations of the same device.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is the fourth part in my series about learning how to test the usability of your online donation form and website with real donors. Part one discussed why to usability test , part two outlined crafting your test , and part three gave best practices for recruiting participants. Today, we gear up for your big test day!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

To see the effect format can have on your video, check out the results of an A/B test run by The Jane Goodall Institute. Non-profits can use affordable solutions like Animoto and these tips in order to maximize their social media marketing efforts without spending a lot of money or time. Then they placed the same ad spend against both.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

They’re the stars of books like Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point because they’re good connectors, and they offer up their opinions freely as a way to help you shortcut forming your own. They say : “They need to see we’re effective and happy photos show that.”. They say : “I suppose we could test one appeal photo against another.”.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2022

In this guide, we’ll review proven tips for creating more inspirational calls to action, including: . Use A/B testing to assess the effectiveness of your CTAs. Let’s take a closer look at each tip. Also, use text and photo CTAs throughout your blog posts or informational pages to direct readers to take certain actions.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Not to worry, here are some tips that Avi Kaplan and I of Rad Campaign compiled to help nonprofits rock your online presence. Look for opportunities to test different calls-to-action and other key content that is important to your organization. Test 3-4 new Facebook Ads: Test different ad types (promoted post, sponsored story, etc.),

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Candid

MAY 14, 2024

Test the link as a user to ensure it’s working. Search for duplicates or lost accounts A couple of weeks ago, some colleagues reached out to tell me that Candid’s Facebook page had reshared one of their personal photos—which is something we would never do. If a staff member has left, make sure to remove their permissions. 3.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

But it’s really not hard, thanks to some great tools available on the market and the tips I’m about to give you. All About Your Brand: Logo, Typography, Colors, Photos, and Tone What do you want the look and feel of your site to be? and it is communicated through your logo, typography, colors, photo style, and tone or voice.

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Classy

JUNE 16, 2021

Explain the process step by step and have someone who has never done it before test your instructions to make sure they’re easy to follow. In your instructions, you can also include helpful tips for things like what campaign photo the fundraiser might want to use, or ideas for their campaign page’s headline. Outreach Tips.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This guide will walk you through some of the top tips we have for recruiting volunteers during this time and even a list of top virtual volunteer ideas to try out. Depending on the platform, you can even include photos or videos to tell your story. Invest in top volunteer management software. Take your training online. Good luck!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

14 Tips for Nonprofit Storytelling In a study by researchers Dan and Chip Heath, only 5% of people could recall statistics from a presentation they’d just heard. These tips will help you do it! Quote over a photo of a woman speaking. Fundraising Nonprofit Video Tips for Busy Fundraisers 9 min read Read Now 7.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

Whether you’ve created a social media content calendar before, or you’re creating one for the first time in 2019, these tips will help you improve your social presence this year. Ideally, it’s good to test tools around scheduling, campaign management, image and video editing to find what works best for your organization.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Canva lets you edit photos and upload them straight from your mobile device, instantly reaching supporters! Google Optimize — Top Fundraising App for A/B Testing Google Optimize allows organizations to test different website variations to best appeal to the expectations of their audience. Split URL testing.

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Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

What We Tested. With all the upsides, why did we even need to bother with a test like this? Our test focused on GlobalGiving donors based in countries using the euro. When a user from a euro-using location arrived on the GlobalGiving website during the test, they were randomly placed into one of two groups. Our Method.

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Global Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Anacostia Riverkeeper’s team regularly tests the water quality, but current methods take days for the results to come back. This delays when the results can be shared with the community, which is problematic because test results can become outdated quickly. coli levels in the water are at unsafe levels. LEARN MORE.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

Below, we’ll explore best practice tips and tricks to help your nonprofit team attract the right guests, engage them in your fundraising, and continue the excitement long after the fundraiser wraps up. By using an official hashtag, your team has an additional opportunity to showcase guest photos. Planning an event?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API). I also have been taking photos of buildings and locations and sharing them back to the community to continue documenting the world around us.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

In It's Not You, It's Your Stories at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Steve Daigneault (VP of eCampaigns at M&R Strategic Services ) and Sue Citro (Director of Digital Strategy, Global Programs at The Nature Conservancy ) shared their tips for telling better and more effective stories. Tips and Gut Checks.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Photo Ads Photo ads are one of the most common types of promotion on Facebook. When designing graphics for Facebook Ads, remember these three tips. Use before and after photos to show what your nonprofit is capable of. Testing different ad styles will show you which type of ads to allot your budget to.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Facebook is pretty picky about what you can and cannot do on their platform, but the available tools and options are beginning to shift as they test what works for people and orgs, and what doesn''t. Pages can still edit text on photos that they''ve uploaded, but not status updates. The downside? You publish a Facebook status.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Yet many nonprofit leaders are intimidated by videos and more comfortable with traditional stories and photos to tell your organization’s stories. Photo or video montage: This is a popular type of fundraising video designed to tug at the heartstrings. In short, videos make an impression. For a longer, talking-head video, use a tripod.

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