Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I spent a year co-writing on a book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” with measurement guru KD Paine because I felt strongly focusing on vanity metrics such as follower counts or Facebook likes was a waste of time. I didn’t get asked ”What are the best tools to measure followers on Twitter?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The answer is in understanding your goal and audience, and then matching your pitch to the prospect. Where am I going to find the time and resources? The reason we start this process with a goal is that you’ll have no way to measure the efficacy of your efforts without one. . The next question, of course, is how?

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Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

Tie past spikes in registrations to the marketing initiatives taking place during that time so you can better understand which approaches and messages led to the most registrations. What factors influence first time attendees? Consider a technology approach that enables real-time access to your event registration data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

When nonprofits started to read and apply our book, ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” I noticed this tweet from the ACLU in NJ showing a white board capturing their team meetings to define success for social media. How did your organization apply it to social media measurement? Influence —> take action.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

Before you get started, it’s important to grasp the basics of podcasting for nonprofits, including: Understanding why podcasts work for nonprofits Identifying your podcast’s purpose and audience Crafting your podcast’s content Let’s dive into these podcasting essentials so you can add them to your nonprofit marketing plan.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

City Health Dashboard , a project of the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health, supported by Forum One, is a model for making their rich data accessible to all of their audiences and at data-driven storytelling. Know your audience. Understand your capacity. Commit to a schedule.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

As the old saying goes, time is money. Thankfully, the book Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits breaks down, in clear and concise terms, just how much time an organization should devote to building and managing a social media campaign. Facebook is an almost must-have for today’s non-profits.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

If you think it may be time to update your nonprofit’s branding, it’s helpful to know what to expect from the process. Before you commit to a complete overhaul of your nonprofit’s branding , make sure you understand what a rebrand entails: Your audience’s perception of your nonprofit will change.

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Secure Your Supporters’ Trust: Mastering Privacy-Compliant Fundraising In an age where every click, like, and share is meticulously tracked, the landscape of digital fundraising is evolving rapidly. Their policies directly influence how nonprofits can access, use, and leverage user data for fundraising.

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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.

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Classy

JULY 5, 2021

However, corporations also receive many requests for support from nonprofits, so it can be more difficult to make your proposal stand out, especially if you’re a smaller organization with less audience reach. Influencer. An influencer matching partner is an individual with a large social media following. Small Business.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 23, 2017

Welcome to the world of social media influencers. A social media influencer is essentially someone with a large following on social media platforms who has the ability to influence their followers. As a marketing tactic, they use this to persuade their audience to buy or use a product or service. So let’s recap.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 17, 2020

They’re going to enable the new feature a step at a time. . But this is not the time to give up on an opportunity like this. We can see big brands paying influencers to promote their product. After they eliminate likes, consumers’ dependency on influencers can gradually decrease. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2021

Similar to other social platforms, you can follow your friends, creators, influencers, or celebrities. This enables you to curate organic, moderated conversations across a variety of topics to an audience of your choosing. . These rooms can be open to everyone, limited to just your followers, or closed for invite-only conversations.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Many organizations have to strategize around limited budgets while trying to reach the largest audience possible to get their mission out there. Most businesses are trying to sell something with their marketing campaigns and don’t need as much of a personal connection with their audiences as a nonprofit would.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

With the right digital marketing campaign and the proper automated tools, your virtual event could see a lot of attendance, while promoting audience engagement, authority, and longevity. . Instead, opt for marketing campaigns that will put your event in front of the right audience in an exciting way. Sponsored event speech.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Defining and measuring impact is a tough nut to crack. In our recent webinar, “Measuring Impact: A Recipe for Mission-driven Work” , we shared how we approach impact, challenges we are looking to overcome, and a framework for building an impact measurement foundation to help you overcome the challenge of defining impact.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2023

Your supporters are ultimately in charge of their own journeys, but you can certainly take action to influence and guide them. Planning a series of steps to engage your first-time supporters with your organization increases the likelihood they’ll remain engaged. Truly, the sky’s the limit with segments. Why might that be?

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AccelEvents

JULY 26, 2021

By integrating your event marketing strategy with a content marketing strategy, you can effectively promote your online event, grow your content backlog, and improve audience engagement. . If you produce no content other than what is shown at your digital event, your audience might be a little wary at first. Audience Engagement.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

A matching grant pledge prior to the big day encouraged supporters to dig deep, resulting in a 40% revenue increase compared to the previous year’s total by the time the day drew to a close. Any number of variables can influence these metrics. Supporters took advantage of the second chance. Fundraisers have other metrics available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2009

Photo by Smitty42 Lucy Bernholz has a great post called " Metrics Are Good, Unless They Are Bad " which talks about the problems we encounter when we're trying to measure hard to measure stuff - like social media, social return, and social enterprise. She gives a seven step framework for measuring the ROI of relationships.

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2021

Just like the private sector, mission-driven organizations need to ensure they are providing personalized marketing and digital experiences in order to effectively engage their online audiences. When first starting this process, look for opportunities to segment your audiences based on the marketing vehicles you’re already using.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Private, public, and nonprofit organizations are seeing that the more they invest time and resources into their communications, the more likely they are to create impact and inspire real behavioral change. . Audiences are increasingly more savvy and sophisticated. Behavioral science principles include: Addressing audience needs.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

The Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation came to us with the goal of rethinking its digital ecosystem from the ground up and optimizing how they attract, engage, and grow their target audiences, including donors and supporters. To achieve this, March of Dimes and Forum One worked together to develop Compass by March of Dimes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Should your nonprofit do more than simply set up a presence on Google + and not invest any more time? What is a productive way to experiment and learn to the answers to these questions without wasting time? How are you measuring that? How much time are you investing? Become Familiar with the Google + Landscape.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

One of the recommendations often given as a part of any digital strategy process is to take a good look at who your current audience is to find out more about them and what they want, but what about identifying and serving a target audience that you know isn't finding you yet? Identifying New Audiences. How to do that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

The term “call to action” (CTA) is used multiple times in the list. Make a one-time or monthly financial contribution to the organization. This could be done annually or just one time. Stay in regular contact with newsrooms and pitch stories to help the organization reach a larger audience. This works.

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Forum One

JUNE 22, 2021

Let’s break down how measurement planning and an agile approach to managing and assessing your content allows you to optimize and track the effectiveness of your content strategy. Why you need a measurement plan. This is where a measurement plan is useful. Creating and implementing a measurement plan.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 10, 2023

In today’s digital age, having a strong media presence can significantly influence the success of an event. They also create compelling narratives to capture media and audience interest. The Media Relations team leverages social platforms to create buzz, engage with the audience, and share event updates in real-time.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

What’s the Best Way to Measure Influence? Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - : As nonprofit senior leadership starts taking social media more seriously to engage supporters, they are also starting to ponder their own organization’s influence. DIY NotKlout! Fair enough.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

With the right digital marketing campaign and the proper automated tools, your virtual event could see a lot of attendance, while promoting audience engagement, authority, and longevity. . Instead, opt for marketing campaigns that will put your event in front of the right audience in an exciting way. Sponsored event speech.

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Media Cause

JUNE 28, 2021

Whether your goal is to drive traffic, acquire leads, get donations or even gain learnings, having a defined why for your campaign will help you plan for, and ultimately measure, success. Channel selection comes down to a few things: your goals , your audience and your budget. Who is your target audience(s)?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

Every audience expects personalization and will be more loyal and supportive to organizations that deliver it. BBBSA’s digital transformation enabled the organization to use technology to learn more about its constituents, make better matches, and more effectively measure the progress of the connections between Littles and Bigs.

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2023

Your nonprofit can use Giving Days throughout the year to rally individuals, businesses, and organizations to drive significant change in a short amount of time. A Giving Day is a focused and time-limited event dedicated to inspiring generosity. What Is A Giving Day? Finally, outline the desired impact of the Giving Day.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

It’s no secret that the most effective fundraising strategies begin with understanding your target audience. However, Generation Z is still an audience to be explored. As their giving capacity grows, it’s only a matter of time before Gen Zers take up the mantle as the next wave of nonprofit supporters. Who is Generation Z?

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

Comprehensive online auction software improves every aspect of the fundraising process, from sending personalized communications using your donor data to generating real-time analytics that measure engagement and fundraising progress. Being able to accept, process, and track bids in real time is essential for success with any auction.

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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. Second, social media isn’t enough on its own to expose your organization to a new audience. Note: Only 4.5%

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