Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 7, 2011

It’s at that point that the spammers take over and once a LinkedIn Group becomes overrun with spam, forget it. Nothing kills a LinkedIn Group community faster than spam. Today, those 14,000 members result in more ROI than 16,000 Facebook Fans and run a not-so-distant second to 411,000 Twitter Followers. No kidding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

These best practices will also be demonstrated live in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn. When your group reaches that size, it’s likely to produce more traffic to your website and new e-newsletter subscribers than 10,000 fans on Facebook or followers on Twitter will do. for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

Micro-blogging website Twitter has seen an upsurge in traffic from Hispanic and African-American audiences. At a time when Facebook was primarily used by college-educated individuals from the middle and upper classes, Myspace was open, diverse, creative, and seemingly the epitome of an online grassroots community.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Twitter is meant to improve communication, not just by limiting you to 140 characters, but also using the limited space in your profile page. This encompasses almost all screen resolutions – and if you don't stick to the dimensions it can start to tile, stretch, or be covered up by your Twitter profile.

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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Read time: 5 minutes. Developments out of Twitter have been coming in fast and furious since our last blog post providing initial guidance on Musk-era Twitter. The platform is hanging on for the time being — but of course, we can’t tell yet how things will ultimately pan out. Have you seen an uptick in spam replies?

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Truth be told, I typically delete such useless drivel right away as blog spam. I don’t remember the last time I looked at traffic stats. They didn’t know that I have 1,000 more followers than their company Twitter account does. The link in question was on a comment at the bottom of a 5 year old blog post.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

If used correctly, #hashtags can be very useful to nonprofits on Twitter. The problem is that there so many hashtags floating around on Twitter, that’s it tough to keep track of which hashtags work best and reach the most individuals. There is such a thing as hashtag spamming. Tags: Twitter. That said: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Whether you’ve been using social media for years, months, or days or you have yet to get started, the information and strategies in this chapter can save you a lot of time and frustration. If your nonprofit is on the right track with social media, then you’ll notice an increase in the metrics from month to month over time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook’s organic reach is equivilent to sending 100 donors a fundraising email and having 98 of them classified spam and consequently blocked. That’s a wasted use of time and resources and that’s how many nonprofits are feeling these days about Facebook. Don’t. Just block and forget.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They have since published a report on The Real-Time Web and Its Future. The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. More recently, facebook and twitter were considered likely candidates for killing it off. Reports of the death of email are, of course rampant, for the past, oh, 10 years or so.

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NetWits

JUNE 30, 2011

Well, I wish more of our constituents did the last time we sent an email appeal! But just don’t do it all the time. That is called spam, and it’s frowned upon. You are sending your appeal at the wrong time. There are two schools of ‘best time to send emails.’ Brilliant, right? Have you grabbed your credit card yet?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 25, 2013

When everyone''s favorite spam twitter account revealed itself to be an art project, there was a little but of uproar. Which brings up an interesting question: Can spam be art? It''s harvest time in the Northern Hemisphere and the Boston Globe has some great images of this year''s harvest. nptech nten'

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). But if you subscribed us to your organization's bulk email list without our permission, then you are sending us spam." " Lights.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

1% Yes… they donate on our website after reading something on Facebook, Twitter, etc. 7) Is your nonprofit monitoring your Website stats to see how much traffic is coming from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn Groups, etc.? [ [link] ]. Warning: Poll has been spammed: [link] ]. 25% Twitter. 10% Other. 9% Flickr.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2017

This issue of email deliverability — the percentage of email that actually makes it into inboxes and not spam folders — is becoming a critical issue for nonprofits of all sizes. How Your Emails Become Spam. Find Michael Stein on Twitter at @mstein63. Email Deliverability Defined. Manage Your Inactive Subscribers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

I spend a lot of time listening on the social web using a radar that I've put together with a combination of free tools and the Stradivarius Violin of listening tools, Radian 6. It is based on real data pulled from a huge number of Twitter profiles of people who have used Twitter Grader. Nonprofit Best Practices on Twitter.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam. The following is real — or should I say, sotto voce, the following events occur in real time. Worse, there are a couple of thousand anti-spam-bots gunning for you now. If you think otherwise, Pollyanna is going to bite you in the butt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

Relationship : It's spring fundraising season and I'm getting spammed. Dr.Mani - Spamming for Good??? I'm thinking about the personal approach the Jen Lemen used to raised for her mission to Rwanda - and she did it in record time -- that is the result of relationship building. Mani ), and personally donated to my campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

That said, I do not cover personal LinkedIn Profiles in my upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn , but LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages are covered in detail in both the webinar and in the book. The time you spend mastering LinkedIn benefits both your long-term career and your current nonprofit employer.

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NTEN

JANUARY 20, 2011

The system will send you a confirmation email you must respond to before you can log in for the first time. It went into my spam filter, FYI.) Here's what you need to do: Create an account at our auction site. You must use our link to register: [link]. You should also choose to "Follow" any items on which you bid.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

But as a busy fundraiser or nonprofit marketer, it can be challenging to find the time to make social media a priority. To make posting easier, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite time-saving tools to help you create the best nonprofit social media campaign ever. The good news? We’re here to help! Check out some of our favorites!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

You can bid on nearly 100 items in the first silent auction , getting something great for yourself, and supporting the campaign at the same time. The system will send you a confirmation email you must respond to before you can log in for the first time. It went into my spam filter, FYI.).

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NetWits

AUGUST 15, 2011

A trending topic on Twitter. Spam email from a stranger. New review in the Times of a restaurant you happen to be going to tonight. Personal note from a good friend. Three or four recommendations from trusted colleagues, each with the same link. The latest on Reddit. Phone call from your mom. Latest volley in a flame war.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 25, 2021

Giving to all nine major categories of recipient organizations grew, making 2016 just the sixth time in the past 40 years that this has occurred. QGIV found that “for every 1,000 email subscribers, nonprofits have 817 Facebook fans, 291 Twitter followers, and 149 Instagram followers.”. These numbers count. What are people donating to?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Are you trying to connect coworkers during this challenging time? It is easy for online conversations to descend into chaos, so if you add structure to the event, you can avoid some of the wasted and time and energy that comes with having to constantly refocus the group. . Do you want to connect industry professionals?

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This type of sponsorship provides the time and space to present a well-rounded narrative as to what benefits your event will have for that audience. Social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are getting far more use now that many of us are stuck at home. Sponsorship of another conference.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2012

We have the group set so topics are public, but only members can post and membership has to be approved to avoid spam. Every time I log in to the old interface to accept new users I was nagged in a bar at the top to switch to the new UI. I sent out pleas for help on Twitter and Google+. I looked in every setting.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam? Doing Good.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2010

Twitter’s beta advertising model via "Promoted Tweets" and Facebook’s new Fan Page “Like&# button (which is replacing the “Become a Fan&# button) is buzzing with critics’ opinions. Promoted tweets are what Twitter plans on offering to organizations that want to advertise on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Bruce Lesley said his organization takes a moderate approach with new platforms as an organization. Bruce notes, “I was one of those people who said, not too long ago, that we’d never be on Twitter. Jeremiah Owyang has a good analysis of what features Google + needs to go mainstream.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Maybe you’ve also taken the next step of strengthening your stakeholder community by engaging in back and forth dialog online – whether in existing social spaces like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, or in a custom built online community. Nptech resources can be found on delicious , flickr , slideshare , and Twitter.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Follow her on Facebook and Twitter to read all of her latest posts. _. Email Spam Test. Are you worried your emails are getting thrown into spam folders? This free service allows you to run your email through a filter to see if there are any words that might trigger a spam flag. Litmus Subject Line Tester.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Representing the youth perspective was Shub Sengupta (at 18, surely one of the youngest NTC presenters of all time), a current college student and former Pathways to Education program participant. It's a burial ground for spam." For example, when Shin's organization started using Twitter, it wasn't successful at all.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

That said, I do not cover personal LinkedIn Profiles in my upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn , but LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages are covered in detail in both the webinar and in the book. The time you spend mastering LinkedIn benefits both your long-term career and your current nonprofit employer.

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Linkedin Profile Professional Tips 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Since the game launched, more than 9,000 people have been asked to play via e-mail, twitter and Facebook and more than 2,700 have made commitments and tagged others. For the first few days, you could tag 20 Facebook friends at a time by posting a Tag challenge to their Wall. Follow them on Twitter @HandsOnNetwork. Is that good?

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