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“Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations” LinkedIn Group Reaches 40,000 Members

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group reached 40,000 members today – a benchmark that took three years, 323 days, and countless clicks of “Flag as Promotion” and “Block & Delete” to keep the group as spam free as possible and on its trajectory of growth.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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. Create custom graphics for powerful quotes, statistics, and call-to-actions. Don’t be a photo tag spammer either! Twitter Communities.

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82 Fundraising and Social Media Stats for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

million) due to spam filters ( EveryAction ). million) due to spam filters ( EveryAction ). However, nonprofits lose 20.18% of their revenue due to spam filters. 19% of donors would give by scanning their smartphone at a digital billboard on public transport or at an airport ( Global Trends in Giving Report ).

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Do You Need to Register to Fundraise Online? A Crash Course

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According to 360MatchPro’s fundraising statistics report , online fundraising is only growing in popularity as 63% of donors in the U.S. Labyrinth’s guide to fundraising legal requirements discusses three cornerstone pieces of digital privacy legislation that nonprofits should be aware of: The CAN-SPAM Act.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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. You should also never automate content using these tools, or spam each community with the same message. Share only content that is meant for public consumption. Engage in conversation.

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How To Make The Most of Google For Nonprofits

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Statistics like this make it clear that it’s in the best interest of every nonprofit to explore all of the ways that using Google for Nonprofits can benefit your organization. On average, there are over 70,000 Google searches conducted every minute, which averages out to be approximately 5.5 billion total searches per day! Google Calendar.

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Interview with Brooklyn Museum's Shelley Bernstein

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Spam, obscenity--they just aren't an issue at all. We get so much spam on MySpace, whereas on Flickr and Facebook and the blog we never get spam. We know that the actual statistics of people coming through the door is not quantifiable yet—we haven’t done a visitor survey in a couple years. MySpace is, but Facebook isn’t.

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