Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2013

See3, YouTube and Edelman have released a new report and guide for nonprofits about using video. The report, “I nto Focus: Benchmarks for Video and A Guide for Creators ,” is based on a survey of 500 nonprofits and interviews with experts (including me). Free webinars are being offered to share the report.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

We saw some of the impacts of these changes in this year’s Benchmarks. Apple Mail Privacy Protection works by pre-loading email content — including open tracking pixels. Reminder, email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in email content. How does your email program record and report those opens?

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 25, 2021

For example, if you read this blog at all, you’re probably familiar with the benefits of using Nimble AMS to manage your association. Some recent reports from Community Brands studies include: Association Trends 2020 Study: How a Global Crisis Has Shifted Member Expectations. Of course, those are important. Visibility.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

This is the ninth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Twitter Cards allow website developers to clarify how website and blog content should appear in tweets. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

According to Marketing General Incorporated’s 2021 Marketing Benchmarking Report, 50% of associations surveyed believe lack of engagement is the top reason members didn’t renew. Because engagement is critical to retaining members, many associations are using a member engagement score to track and build loyalty.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

According to the 2022 Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmark Report , the annual value of a sustainer is four times greater than a one-time donor. The post 10 Simple Fundraising Tips Guaranteed to Improve Effectiveness first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Tell a Powerful (and Personal) Story Humans are hardwired for narrative.

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M+R

JUNE 10, 2021

A quick reminder: email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in the content. In SparkPost’s 2021 Benchmark report, almost 40% of all opens and clicks came from an Apple Mail app client (25.7% The new feature helps users prevent senders from knowing when they open an email.” on iPhone, 9.6% on desktop, and 2.8%

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M+R

JUNE 22, 2021

June 24, 2–3:30pm ET: “2021 M+R Benchmarks: A Deep Dive” with The Nonprofit Alliance. This year’s annual M+R Benchmarks Study includes front-page news, long-form analysis, mild-mannered reporting, and even a crossword puzzle all about the newest news and topical trends affecting nonprofit digital marketing, advocacy, and fundraising. .

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M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

Infrastructure : you’ll still need some: staff to manage influencer relationships, ways to track and report on metrics — essentially what your digital program already does. Looking for benchmarks? We’ve got some Benchmarks. Build relationships — especially when rapid response needs come up.

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M+R

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Tune up your tracking in advance of key moments. If you’re just getting up and running with ads, check on your Meta Ads Manager Account , a tool to run and report on ads for Facebook and Instagram. For ads tracking and more, we highly recommend Google Analytics. For ads tracking and more, we highly recommend Google Analytics.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Donor Management: All donation platforms should provide reports and real-time tracking information for every gift, including recurring donations. Impact reporting derived from this data also allows you to show donors how their contributions make a difference over time. first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2017

It’s a new year and that means a new, comprehensive benchmark report on the performance of nonprofits using Luminate Online. Data showcases impact and lets us know how far off/on track we are. The ultimate benchmark, the one that really matters, is YOUR performance. 2015 Charitable Giving Report. Giving USA.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

At the 2022 Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) conference, a few fellow evaluators and I discussed the findings of the AAPIP report Seeking to Soar. The report, citing Candid data, exposed vast funding disparities, with just 0.2% We decided to develop a shared definition is for benchmarking only.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000.

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Givinga

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Donation Tracking and Impact Reporting. Otherwise, your positive impact can’t be tracked back to profits or business improvement. How Donation Tracking and Impact Reporting Affect Profits. A custom platform will almost always include tracking and reporting tools like the ones described above.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

As I announced recently , Advocacy Online and Fairsay have jointly produced a benchmark report to examine key e-campaigning performance measures. The benchmark data is derived from the activity of over 2 million supporters from 50 campaigning organisations in the UK, Canada, and several other countries. Report Highlights.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. According to the 2020 Benchmarks Report , revenue from monthly gifts increased by 22% in 2019 and now accounts for 17% of all online revenue for nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

I’m here at NTEN’s 09NTC and am going to live blog Beth Kanter’s session on mapping your social media strategy to metrics. Below is the live blog or the archive of the live blog. The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. industry benchmarks.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

[Editor's note: this is cross-posted from the M+R Research Labs blog ] By Ezra Billinkoff, M +R Wow! Over 450 people joined us for the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook webinar we co-hosted with NTEN and the Ad Council last week. That’s why we included a Glossary at the end of the report – download the report and check it out!

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2015

This year we’ll be producing the third edition of the annual report — Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends ! They’ve been producing a similar report for the business world for years. Take the short survey. We’re Partnering with The Content Marketing Institute (CMI) Again!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

As one participant points out, “It is very hard to get departments to agree because Web wants one thing, Membership wants another, Communications has it’s own tracking.&#. In the nonprofit sector, there is no universal review mechanism to benchmark against, but Great Nonprofits is beginning to fill those shoes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

It is the synthesis, sense-making, and sharing of the abundance of stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom that is happening in real time in the form of e-books or blog posts. One question that bubbled up was about specific techniques to measure or benchmark your nonprofits social media strategy and execution.

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Measure Social Media Media Benchmark 101

Care2

MAY 22, 2009

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!" Leave comments on blogs. What is Earned Media? Word of mouth, etc.

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Track Social Media Media Advocacy 41

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

According to the M+R Benchmarks 2023 report , 62% of nonprofits used text messaging for fundraising purposes in 2022. Promote text-to-give opportunities Spotlight your text-to-donate opportunities using your blog posts, social media posts, and even in your direct mail communications. Ability to reach new supporters.

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Mobile Guide Giving Fundraising 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2013

With the digital communications landscape evolving at light speed we wanted to track challenges, leadership attitudes, measurement strategies and 2014 investment plans. It appears to be an even greater hurdle to adoption than expertise (only 50% reported lack of expertise as a problem) or budget (reported at 52%).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The model was also used for advanced practitioners as a benchmarking framework at Social Media Week in DC last week. It’s still scary to set quantifiable goals for a project and report on whether we reached them. And it’s still hard to carve out time for tracking. I started with this basic tracking worksheet.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

I shared results from the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R Strategic Services. Create context for sign-ups – include options for people to stay informed about a topic from a blog post or an action alert by including a sign up form and a source tag (on the back end) for that topic.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

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!" Check out the full study here.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

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!" Given the slow down, nonprofits should continue to track their own quarterly results and plan accordingly.

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Convio Benchmark Studies Social Media 31

Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

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!" Check out the full study here.

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Benchmark Convio Social Media Advocacy 28

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

But before we get too far into the report details, let’s start with a simple definition. Let’s take a look at a few of the key findings from the second nonprofit content marketing benchmark report – produced by Content Marketing Institute and Blackbaud – Nonprofit Content Marketing 2015: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Running periodic fundraising reports. Where are the milestones in our history that best display our track record of success and/or history of serving our community? Fundraising team functions include, but are not limited to: Conducting initial research. Generating and maintaining prospect lists. The public.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Now its fourth edition, the 2019 Global NGO Technology Report has over 1,000 useful statistics for NGOs, NPOs, and charities worldwide. The data is also available in the report in infographic format by region: Africa, Asia, Australia & New Zealand, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the United States & Canada.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

Since the release of the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we know many of you have been hard at work looking at how your programs measure up against industry benchmarks. But the Benchmarks Study is really meant to help you think (or rethink!) Let's say you want to track your email fundraising open rate. Not too shabby.

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Metrics Benchmark Rate Newsletter 55

Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Once again, it’s time for annual reporting! Are you ready to level up your annual report to highlight the true value of your association? Learn how to refine your annual report to reflect your staff’s hard work and your organization’s accomplishments. A call to action. For example, did membership increase this year?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But without the right systems in place, administrative tasks like pulling grant reporting can be time-intensive and error-prone. With a fund accounting system , you can easily track that restriction back to the donor or grant that trusted your organization with those funds. Provide clear stewardship for restricted funds. It’s several.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. Reports of the Death of Social Networking for Nonprofits Are Not True!

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