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Using Metrics To Harvest Insights About Your Social Media Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). Analyzing Your Blog Content With Metrics and Insight Of course, you need to set overall goals for your blog and understand your audience. You should be looking at monthly trends over time.

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Making the Most of Your Nonprofit’s Website: Understanding the Basics

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According to these stats from Double the Donation , online giving from individuals continues to make up a larger and larger portion of nonprofit revenue. In terms of visual frontend elements, the contrast ratio between your site’s text and its background is key. This is a trend worth adopting! Backend Elements of Your Website.

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7 Tips for Measuring the Success of Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Analyzing your blog content First, you need to set overall goals for your blog and understand your audience. She recommends that you don't go into your analytics or stats program without composing a specific question first. You should pay attention to monthly trends of content consumption over time.

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Measuring Your Blog's Outcomes and Use of Other Social Media Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But the stats. Word Press users can use General Stats plugin. I agree, but is a ratio the best number? Counting and seeing trends in my RSS subscribers/readers was a pain because I have several feeds and only one of them is in feed burner. With all that aside, I'm pleased with these stats! Only 40% of the direct.

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Podcamp Session on Social Media Metrics: Thank You Jeremiah

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Also, most of the audiences I'll be talking to are not web analytics geeks either, so will need a basic and condensed overview too. Don't get distracted by the data you may or may not have, but look at more than one source of data (both quantitative and qualitative), look at trends and always link information to decision-making.

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Measuring the Value of Your Blog: Reflections Over the Last Year

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Audience Growth (content consumption ??? Word Press users can use General Stats plugin.). Audience Growth. And how has the audience grown overtime? I think the more important metric here is RSS subscriber trends or what Kaushik called "off-site audience." Last year, I had a ratio of 1.4