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Decoding Nonprofit Research: Ensuring Authenticity Over Marketing Hype

Neon CRM

Being able to benchmark performance against what other nonprofits are doing is an important starting point to understanding your own data. These types of reports may include benchmarking data, but that data will be much more specific than reports that explore broad trends.

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Key Takeaways From The 2014 Luminate Online Benchmark Report: Sustainers Going Strong!

Connection Cafe

Have you downloaded the 2014 Luminate Online Benchmark Report yet? Throwing back to the 2013 Benchmark Study , we witnessed an explosion of growth of sustainer giving – a 27% increase over the previous year. This year, Rachel was thrilled to author the 2014 Luminate Online Benchmark Report. overall year-over-year.

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10 Reasons to be at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (#14NTC)

Connection Cafe

The official hashtag, #14NTC , is starting to buzz on Twitter, and I’m getting hyped about connecting with nonprofit leaders from around the globe! Dennis McCarthy gave us a sneak peak of the 2013 online benchmark report last year , who will make an appearance this year? View the complete lineup of Science Fair activities.

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The accepted best practice is to post to Instagram once to three times daily, but for most nonprofits posting more than once daily is a ridiculous benchmark. To reach the 10,000 follower benchmark, send an email to your list asking your supporters to follow you on Instagram or purchase advertising to secure more followers.

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Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) The Mobile Web for Good: Hype or Reality?

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In terms of Facebook Ads cost benchmarks, here is a useful summary from Web FX based on $300 million in spending: 4) Add a “Donate” button to your page and posts. There’s a steep learning curve to Facebook Ads and to improve you’ll need to experiment and track your results in Google Analytics.

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Event Fundraising Contests That Will Blow Your Mind!!

NetWits

Here’s what it would look like if you were on par with our benchmarks … If one of your participants sends 30 emails on the day of your contest they’d receive 7.5 For more Friends Asking Friends benchmarks, see Amy Braiterman’s post “ Averages, medians and modes … Oh my! ”. Don’t go too crazy on contests.

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