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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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11 LinkedIn Group Management Best Practices for Nonprofits

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The best practice listed below are result of spending the last three years maintaining and building the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. These best practices will also be demonstrated live in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn. for Nonprofits. Require Approval to Join.

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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). Create a Twitter Profile. Set up Flickr Profile. 5) LinkedIn . Create and complete your personal profile. Reserve your LinkedIn Public Profile URL. Join and participate in LinkedIn Groups. Experiment with LinkedIn Answers. 2) Twitter.

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Top 5 Social Media Best Practices for #GivingTuesday

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800 x 400: Best for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. Create an ambassador sign up page and provide sample email text and social media graphics/avatars. In the weeks leading up #GivingTuesday, email your ambassadors and ask them to update their social media profiles. Optional: Post on LinkedIn , Google+, Pinterest, and Snapchat.

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11 Obvious Signs Your Nonprofit Needs Social Media Training

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1) Your avatar is cropped, shrunk, blurry, or too small to make an impact. Your nonprofit’s avatar is the brand identity upon which your social media campaigns are built and resources should be allocated to ensure that it’s visually compelling and memorable. 4) You have not claimed your LinkedIn Company Page.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

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In the meantime, nonprofit staff can prepare for the launch of the new brand pages, also known as Google+ Entity Profiles , by creating a Google Account and then setting up your personal Google Profile (which then also becomes your personal Google+ Profile when you get invited to join Google+ or the site comes out of beta).

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HOW TO: Create a Google+ Page for Your Nonprofit

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If you are new to Google+, then first please read carefully my Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits to become familiar with Google+ so that you make sure that you set up your Google Account and Google+ Profile correctly before following the instructions below for creating a Google+ Page for your nonprofit. e-Newsletter.

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