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eMetrics Panel Slides, Notes, and Blog Posts: ROI of Blogging, Twitter, and Digg for Nonprofits

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.  So, in that spirit,  I'm sharing my presentation from last week which is a case study of my blogging ROI.    My main point is that you just think of ROI as math , then you're missing the a lot of the value of doing an ROI analysis.    They follow below.

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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

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I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. And while you can use this method to do an ROI analysis, the real gold is the deeper understanding of what works and what doesn't. It got 189 diggs. Why was it a success?

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Unpacking Engagement Metrics for the Nonprofit Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "   The areas of the blogging ROI analysis included:  author contribution, readership growth, reader engagement, authority, cost, and value.  Should also note, re.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. PostRank scoring is based on analysis of the " 5 Cs " of engagement: creating, critiquing, chatting, collecting, and clicking. This analysis took all of five minutes. Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg?

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Web Analytics Webinar from Idealware

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chris's key point is: A few good metrics in the context of social media goals and strategy are valuable to determine the ROI and continuous improvement of your social media plan. ROI and Continuous Improvement both Lead To Actions. The ROI on the other hand is about revenue - did your effort yield results? measures of success???

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NpTech Roundup: Grasshoppers and Ants - Social Fundraising Off Season

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Small Change blog points to First Giving Digg Contest which was one of four social media promotional ideas using social media tools. Beaconfire Blog, " The Twilight of Direct Mail " provides an analysis of the role of direct mail in Obama Campaign. Which one worked best? Adam Hurst asks " Is Causes.com really costs.com?

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Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The reports are filled with listings on Technorati, Google, Diggs, and links back to your website.