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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. One of my goals for 2011 is to better track the amount of time I spend on social media posting, planning, etc, and measuring that against actual engagement, as measured by: donations (via special source codes) and engagement (comments, reTweets, etc).

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

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Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. We track ROI by looking at a couple of different factors – first we see how much revenue is generated from sites like Facebook Causes, Crowdrise , Social Vibe , etc. Direct mail and e-newsletters are still the leaders.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. In 2011 I had gotten in the very bad habit of listening to (mostly) CNN in the background while working… all day long. e-Newsletter. Learn basic HTML.

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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

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Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI. Oh yeah, PLEASE make a donation!

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Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

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Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. A quick Google search of “social media stats 2011″ pulls up a wide range of stats to share with unaware executive staff. VIDEO] Social Media Revolution 2011. Get training.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Pinterest

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When Mashable first started buzzing about Pinterest in December 2011, I took a quick look at the site and thought to myself, “Shopping, crafters, and foodies. Be sure to add a description with a link to increase your return on investment (ROI)/traffic from using Pinterest. e-Newsletter. Happy pinning!

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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10) Track the growth and ROI of your online communities. Almost three years ago I wrote and published on this blog a simple system for tracking your Social Media ROI (Return on Investment). I am firm believer in the math of the social media – as your communities grow, so does your ROI.