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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. 51% of its users are college-educated , 20% are senior-level professionals, and the average salary for a LinkedIn user is $46,644 USD per year. That changed when LinkedIn was purchased by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.2 LinkedIn Pages.

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Top 5 Social Media Best Practices for #GivingTuesday

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To tap this potential, your NGO, nonprofit, or charity needs to activate its social media presence before, during, and after #GivingTuesday to help build the movement and, in the process, raise awareness and funds for your organization and mission. 800 x 400: Best for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. Countdown graphics. Powerful stats.

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Social Media for Social Good :: Your Nonprofit Tech Checklist

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Hire a graphic designer to design a square avatar(s). Launch a peer-to-peer fund-raising campaign, if applicable. 5) LinkedIn . Reserve your LinkedIn Public Profile URL. Join and participate in LinkedIn Groups. Experiment with LinkedIn Answers. Claim and set up your nonprofit’s LinkedIn Company Page.

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10 Signs Your Small Nonprofit Excels at Social Media

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LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube, Google+, Vine, Tumblr? Even more cumbersome is the trend to not only publish your stories on your blog and website, but to also have to publish them on Medium , Steller , as Facebook Notes , on LinkedIn Publisher , and soon directly into Google.com. Yeah, right.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

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Not everyone is a natural-born Twitterer, and it may take time to find the right person at your nonprofit to be the voice(s) behind your Twitter avatar, but it’s worth the investment of resources. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn is a powerhouse in ROI. It’s a brave new world in online fund-raising.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

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Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites. It’s very important that you invest the time and resources needed to designing a visually distinct, square avatar that matches the overall branding of your nonprofit. Learn Basic HTML. Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Tell your boss that.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Social Media: To effectively promote your monthly giving program on social media, you’ll need to create a series of promo graphics that are properly sized for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Crowdfunding is when a nonprofit creates an online fundraising campaign to fund a specific project or program.

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