Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about actionable social media measurement strategies that are fit and trim and light on their feet! Inspired by the Measure Everything: Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? , You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin.

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Media Cause

JULY 14, 2023

Digital marketing is a powerful tool for businesses of all sizes to reach their target audience and achieve their goals. This knowledge will guide you in tailoring your campaigns to resonate with your audience and create meaningful connections. Consider expanding beyond those platforms to test and reach a wider audience.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Issue awareness is often a foundational step in advocacy work, and it’s important to make sure that your organization’s issue awareness work uses specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals to measure progress. By meeting supporters in the moment, you have a better chance at driving them to action.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

Digital advocacy forms are tools used to move nonprofit supporters to take action in support of your mission—no matter where they live. In order to channel that enthusiasm, it’s important to make advocacy accessible to supporters and not leave anyone behind. Why should nonprofits use digital advocacy forms now?

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A holistic nonprofit digital marketing plan involves weaving together multiple channels and strategies into a unified approach that resonates with your target audience. Measurable. These allow you to determine whether the actions you’re taking are actually contributing toward the results you want to see. Achievable.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll unveil the art of transforming individual stories into a collective force that not only resonates with your audience but also propels your cause forward. These narratives can resonate deeply with your audience, fostering an emotional connection and a deeper understanding of your mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

How do you get your appeals in front of your Facebook audience despite the significant decline in organic reach and the resulting reduction in engagement caused by changes to the News Feed algorithm? The risk is low, and the potential rewards are great, so be sure to consider testing this channel as part of your next fundraising effort.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2012

We’ll also share some some tips and frameworks for measuring engagement to improve relationships with your organization’s stakeholders. (Don’t Being able to have your stakeholders engage with you – through social channels or otherwise, is what can help you win their hearts and minds, and eventually their donations.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

She knows what strategies work on social media, what strategies fail, and how nonprofits can use social channels to make a big impact on their community. So, if someone was looking to put together a monthly calendar for their social media channels, what are the types of posts they should look to include in that plan?

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Determine your goals and audience. The first step to creating a nonprofit content strategy for WordPress is to determine your goal and your audience. To help you figure out your goal and audience, answer the following questions: Why do you want to start a WordPress site? What actions do you want visitors to take on your site?

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Therefore, when we create a media campaign , we always have a plan in place to measure paid media ROI (return on investment) and the success of every dollar invested. Paid media helps nonprofits reach an audience that owned media (the content that you own, such as your website and social media posts) cannot.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

When leveraged with other communication channels, direct mail can generate significant engagement and gift-giving from donors. This shows that appreciation for this communication channel is growing among younger generations. Additionally, audiences are likely to open and engage with direct mail. Research and exploration.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2024

Marketing campaigns dedicated to membership recruitment can help you build brand recognition, reach the right audience, and grow your networking opportunities — increasing your membership’s value in the process. As for choosing new recruitment channels, start with the ones your target audience prefers. Communicate benefits.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Unlock the fundraising potential of your nonprofit by understanding your target audience. This will help you understand the types of supporters that are most likely to be interested in your cause and guide your efforts in targeting the right audience.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Some assume direct mail is ineffective today and that younger audiences don’t want to receive it. Segment Your Audience Segmentation isn’t only essential for email campaigns—segmenting your direct mail recipients personalizes your message and improves engagement. Direct mail is too often associated with the past.

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Media Cause

MAY 8, 2023

With the ability to run paid advertising across a variety of different channels and placements, it can all seem a little daunting. How will you measure the success of your paid advertising campaign? There are tons of online resources that share benchmarks for specific channels and industries—like Wordstream and TechSoup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. We view our social media channels as a fun on ramp to our ladder of engagement.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Personalized Communication Ideally, your marketing efforts will reach vast audiences. Along with the need to grow your audience, you also need to ensure each supporter feels individually connected to your nonprofit. You can also create audience personas to help you plan future communications. Measure campaign effectiveness.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

You can also use tools to target specific audiences for your different campaigns, helping you ensure your reach the people most likely to support your cause. By targeting specific audiences, you can also tailor the type on content you’re posting to increase the likelihood of viewers turning into donors. Engagement. Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2013

Those decisions are implemented across the organization’s web properties and social channels. So we want to make sure that we getting conversions from our content — which, depending on the content type, is a variety of next actions.” ” What are the metrics for measuring your content?

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories. The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It also requires strategic planning, effective communication, and innovative marketing techniques to reach your target audience and inspire them to take action. Leverage Multiple Marketing Channels If you want to attract the attention of as many supporters as possible, develop a multichannel marketing strategy.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A cause marketing campaign provides your nonprofit with a wider audience, an increase in revenue, and wider awareness for both your cause and your nonprofit. By building these connections, your for-profit partner reaches a new audience in your supporters, and your organization finds new supporters in their customers.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Here’s what we’ll be covering to better utilize marketing for donor engagement: Core Nonprofit Marketing Channels . Integrating Marketing Channels . Core Nonprofit Marketing Channels. Let’s focus on these four main channels: Direct mail. Integrating Nonprofit Marketing Channels. Donor Profiles and Records .

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

Start by understanding your audiences and tailoring content and outreach to their needs. Marketing automation tools, such as Mailchimp, Salesforce/Pardot, and Marketo, can assist in personalizing the content in your emails by using automated sequences based on a contact’s actions. Personalize your content. Flip the physical to digital.

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Care2

APRIL 30, 2014

Do you know what types of content or campaigns resonate with your audiences on your website, email list, and social media channels? Perhaps you have a hunch, but the only surefire way to know this info is to develop a tracking and measurement plan. To help get you started, here is a list of some of my favorite measurement tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

They allow you to communicate a clear call to action and show supporters the tangible impact they create. After all, strong storytelling can help build meaningful connections with your audience and even move them to rally around your cause. Giving Tuesday is your chance to shine in front of donor audiences you may not typically engage.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Digital channels have made it affordable for brands to communicate their message to a broad audience. You may have written something of value, but none of that matters if you can’t get it in front of your audience. Email marketing is an effective channel but your message is often isolated to people who already know you exist.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

You can manage 10 social media accounts, but if you are not telling great stories and cutting through the online clutter, your audience will not engage. The key is using stories to get people’s attention on social media channels. Social media by itself is not a very effective channel for direct fundraising. 4) Use quotes.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

Metrics like these measure your digital marketing campaigns in different ways, but they all seek to answer the same question: “Are your campaigns raising or losing money?” . Measuring inputs and outputs Calculating ROI and other relevant metrics requires measuring your campaign’s inputs and outputs. . or $1 raised for every $0.40

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Alfred Prufrock : “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; New Feature: The Timeline. One of my favorite lines of poetry comes from TS Eliot’s The Love Song of J.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It aims to help people become more aware of or engage in something and can be applied not only to external audiences but internal ones too. Audiences are increasingly more savvy and sophisticated. By using behavioral science principles, you can design your messages to be more impactful and drive greater actions and better behaviors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

One of the fun exercises I facilitated is a “Fishbowl” where a small group of participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar based on their key goals and audience definition. We hope our suggestions will spark ideas for additional hooks to feed your content strategy and engage your audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2019

They attract an ideal audience—donors and businesses with high-capacity networks often interested in supporting community events with exposure to an affluent and influential demographic. Start with broader objectives, then narrow in on SMART (Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, Timely) goals that fall under each.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

It empowers individuals to be part of something greater than themselves, channeling their collective energy towards positive change. The immediacy of the call to action can rally communities to come together and provide timely assistance, demonstrating the power of collective goodwill.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Convey the mission as urgently needed and highly solvable to inspire hope and action.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Ways to measure your efficiency and success within each . “ Zoom fatigue is real, so it’s important when creating a virtual fundraising event to be mindful of duration and timing, as well as ensuring that all content offered within your event provides value and actionable takeaways. How to Measure Success.

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