TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

You’ve had blogs yelling at you for years, urging you to take advantage of social media to help promote your nonprofit. There are so many social media platforms available to us now, it is not necessary to have active accounts on all of them. Social media only helps engage younger audiences.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Twitter is a powerful tool for any nonprofit. It is easy to overlook some small aspects of Twitter, that’s why we’ve compiled this list of simple things you can do to help increase interaction on your nonprofits Twitter account according to Julia Claire Campbell of JC Social Marketing. Image courtesy of The Telegraph.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 13, 2014

We all know social media is the preferred means of connecting among millennials. Here are 4 statistics about how millennials use Twitter straight from the horse’s mouth at Twitter headquarters. Millennials check Twitter whenever they check their phone. Millennials check Twitter whenever they check their phone.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Twitter and its other social media feeds is your nonprofit’s public voice. Your social media manager should be central to your nonprofit’s communications strategies. Here are a few things your social media followers hate about your feeds! Image courtesy of Disruptive Communications.

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TechImpact

MARCH 21, 2014

So your nonprofit start up their Twitter account a few months ago and you’re rolling about 5-6 Retweeets per day. What you didn’t know is just how many Retweets and social interactions some of the largest international nonprofits receive on a daily basis. Not too shabby.

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TechImpact

JUNE 13, 2014

Is your nonprofit’s Twitter account lacking? But armed with the right tools, the right knowledge, and a few well written tweets, it won’t take long before your nonprofit’s Twitter account is racking up the engagement numbers. Social Tech nonprofit technology npTech social media technology'

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TechImpact

JULY 28, 2014

We all know that using social media to engage with constituents is a good idea. Aside from showing your dedication, can social media really help with fundraising, though? And social media is one of the most effective digital means for generating leads. Image courtesy of Home Business Rotator. Follow more.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 23, 2014

Their donations fund your initiatives, thier bodies attend your events, and interact with your social media accounts. Because their importance can not be understated, it is crucial that you take the time to thank them publicly through your social media feeds when appropriate. Host a Twitter chat. Thank you Tweet.

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TechImpact

MAY 27, 2014

There are almost 700 million active Twitter users in the world today, and almost 10,000 tweets being sent out per second. Nonprofits have identified the power of this social media platform, and are doing everything within their power to connect with and engage as many of these users as possible. Image courtesy of 1stwebdesigner.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Petition + Twitter = Twitition. If you integrate your nonprofit’s Twitter account to your constituent relationship management system (CRM), you could create and track the campaign while building a list of potential supporters. Social content marketing CRM facebook social media twitter'

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TechImpact

MARCH 20, 2014

To many nonprofits (especially smaller nonprofits) social media was once viewed as a burden. However, once social media established itself as a full fledged phenomenon nonprofits quickly jumped on the bandwagon. The lack of man power is what hampers the progress of many social media accounts for most smaller nonprofits.

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TechImpact

APRIL 28, 2014

Your nonprofit’s next event, big or small, will likely be announced and hyped up using social media. Step 3: Decide who you want to be attractive via social media, and focus your campaign around targeting them. It is important when doing any social media campaign that your define a target audience.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

But what about your nonprofit’s social media feeds? The truth is your nonprofit’s Twitter is producing just as many important analytics as your website is, and you should be tracking and reporting on them. Twitter Counter. Twitter Analytics. Take a look at each and decide which one you want to use.

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TechImpact

JUNE 5, 2014

Few things have so dramatically altered our lives the way social media has. Defining an entire generation of Americans, and altering the way nonprofits and corporations view marketing, social media’s role in contemporary society and is only going to continue expanding. from social media, up from 26% last year.

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TechImpact

MAY 8, 2014

Nonprofits have been told since Facebook’s rise to prominence that they need to be investing in a social media marketing / fundraising campaigns. Too often, the problem nonprofits face is they’re treating their social media fundraising campaigns like their direct mail, telemarketing or email campaigns.

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TechImpact

JUNE 10, 2014

Social media, mobile technology, and fundraising are unequivocally attached at the hip in contemporary nonprofit marketing. Twitter sent 700% more visitors to Canadian donation pages on Dec. 55% of those who engage with nonprofits via social media have been inspired to take further action. Image courtesy of nsemo.

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TechImpact

JUNE 8, 2013

For some companies, social media at work remains a taboo. Facebook, Twitter, these are networks that employers have traditionally classified as distractions. But according to a recent post from Social Media Collective, more employers are realizing that social media often plays a critical role in day to day operations.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 26, 2015

Social media serves is a tool for not only updating your status, or posting picture of your lunch. LGBT organizations, for example, are using channels like Facebook, Twitter […]. LGBT organizations, for example, are using channels like Facebook, Twitter […].

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 15, 2014

There are almost 700 million active Twitter users in the world today, and almost 10,000 tweets being sent out per second. Nonprofits have identified the power of this social media platform, and are doing everything within their power to connect with and engage as many of these users as possible. […].

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TechImpact

MARCH 2, 2015

While many organizations use Twitter to further their mission, utilizing Twitter lists often falls by the wayside. Twitter lists are a great way to organize your non-profit’s Twitter experience by helping you find, monitor and engage with your target audience. Here is how to best use Twitter lists to aid your non-profit.

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TechImpact

MARCH 5, 2015

When it comes to Twitter, it’s not uncommon for fake accounts to clog up your social media channel. The post How To Find (And Remove) Fake Followers On Twitter appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. They might be following you or you could even be following them without realizing it.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

If you still have an intern running your Twitter strategy, you need to reevaluate your social media strategy. Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported Google search results will now integrate Twitter’s content in real time. That means 284 million users will now be indexed by the world’s largest search engine.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 19, 2015

We’re tracking not only the performance of our Twitter account, but we’re also […]. The post 5 Social Media Analytics Your Nonprofit Should Care About appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. Social Tech analytics data database nonprofit technology npTech' And why wouldn’t we?

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TechImpact

MAY 20, 2014

They’re precious validation that your nonprofit’s presence on Twitter is not only being well received, but it is reverberating through the annals of the highly trafficked social network. Nonprofits have been utilizing Twitter since its inception. Truncated automated tweets from other social networks.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 4, 2014

Social Media can be a fickle beast. You’re posting based on a calculated system , when the social media network in question is most active. You’re posting based on a calculated system , when the social media network in question is most active. Only using hashtags on Twitter. So what gives?

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 2, 2014

And more specifically, to social media and content marketing. Luckily for you, Tech Impact is here to clear up any misconceptions you might have about social media marketing, and help your nonprofit better harness the power of content and social media marketing. Email marketing ROI is around 4,300%.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

According to The Foundation Center , only 45% of nonprofits are actively utilizing the power of social media to reach and interact with the public. According to most, using social media to communicate your message is not a choice it is imperative. Of the 45% of nonprofits using social media, only 40% use Twitter.

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TechImpact

MARCH 17, 2014

These ten statistics about nonprofit technology, fundraising, and social media offers us insights into the effectiveness of our strategies, and can help us redesign strategies in the future. Source ) Nonprofits maintained on average 21,788 Twitter followers in 2012. Source ) 6.4% Source ) 18.2% Source ) 6.4% Source ) 18.2%

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TechImpact

MARCH 25, 2014

But traffic from your newsletter or Twitter links are driving huge donations. Visitors to your site via a specific source, be it Twitter, Facebook, or emails, tend to donate more on average, you will have a better idea of where to focus fundraising efforts. Traffic sources leading to donations. Referrals leading to most donations.

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TechImpact

MARCH 10, 2014

Search engine result pages are difficult to grasp and take complete control of, while social media feeds become more saturated with our peers, Even more difficult and mysterious, especially to many of us in the nonprofit sector, is the search engine and where it places our websites and social media outlets on those first few pages.

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TechImpact

APRIL 23, 2014

Social media. Social media is a less used, but no less important, means of generating web traffic. For the vast majority of this demographic, they will land on your webpage, snoop around for a moment, then return quickly back to Facebook, Twitter, or whichever outlet they were scrolling. Direct traffic.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 21, 2013

This novel idea becoming increasingly popular among other nonprofits, growing on social feeds such as TWitter with the hashtag #GivingTuesday (you’ve probably seen it). Are they primarily on social media, your blog, or do they subscribe to email and text updates? Develop Your Strategy. Where is your audience?

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TechImpact

JANUARY 27, 2014

Interact via social media. It is amazing that every nonprofit does not already have a Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or all three and more social media platforms. Social media accounts are free, easy to use, and incredibly powerful. Nothing reaffirms a donation like a genuine “thanks!”.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Social media rules the world. One way to do so is keep up with what is trending on Twitter and other social media outlets. By simultaneously talking about what the majority of social media users are talking about you are greatly enhanching your ability to connect with larger groups of people.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

This shift is due to an increase in social fundraising–in fact, for every 1,000 email subscribers, there are currently 149 Facebook fans, 53 Twitter followers, and 29 mobile subscribers. Fundraising Leadership Tech benchmark study email fundraising Mobile Fundraising social media technology'

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TechImpact

MARCH 31, 2014

Like it or not, social media is evolving. Instagram is a rising social platform on its way to becoming one of the most important social media outlets around. Hashtags (#) are perhaps even more important in Instagram than they are on Twitter. hashtags are still important.

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

But as we’ve detailed in previous blogs , with all the increased competition online, getting noticed through the typical social media feeds and through your website is becoming increasingly difficult. Social media feeds are powerful tools that are just waiting to be effectively utilized. Attract volunteers steadily.

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