Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Just remember to hang a sign that lists your social tags nearby. FYI, nonprofits have an average email open rate of 24.11% , so use that if you’re in need of an initial benchmark. Let them capture the moment: A photo backdrop and some props can give your attendees an opportunity to make some memories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The M&R social media benchmarks study is a good start, although the benchmarks are based on a small sample size. Sysomos did a benchmarking study of all Fan Pages on Facebook that looked Fan Page "popularity" (number of fans) against content posting frequency. Tags: facebook metrics.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. The findings mirror many of benchmarks in the Convio report. Tags: Influence Performance Measurement Tips & Trends.

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NTEN

APRIL 23, 2010

We've recently released the 2009 IT Staffing and Spending Report and the 2010 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report (in conjunction with Common Knowledge & thePort). Next up: the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study we're releasing with M+R Strategic Services. Tags: benchmarks NPTech NTEN.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Benchmark Data Now. Some things to keep an eye out for: Day of the week with best and worst open rates Time of day with best and worst open rates Trends in subject line copy (action-oriented words, emojis, merge tags) Preview test copy. UTM tags don’t rely on either. Use your UTMs. Follow Apple’s Announcements.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Don’t be a photo tag spammer either! It’s a good practice to occasionally tag important partners and sponsors in image tweets, but doing so often will only annoy them. 3) Tweet content that inspires engagement. It’s hard to get noticed on Twitter without purchasing ads even if you have a large following.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Session: Online Fundraising Benchmarks and Metrics. Industry benchmarks are meaningless unless you know how your organization compares to them. Tags: 10NTC 5 questions NPTech NTEN Fundraising. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Speaker: Steve Maclaughlin, Blackbaud. Blog: [link].

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2009

We just released the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study with our fantastic friends at M+R Strategic Services. Get the recording to see how Children's Defense Fund and HRC use benchmarks to increase the performance of their online campaigns. To help folks get started, we hosted a release party. What are you struggling with?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2009

Convio has released a new online fundraising benchmark report that is based on data from 600 of Convio's nonprofit clients from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008. Tags: Online Fundraising. The study reports: Positive year-over-year growth in all of the key areas of online success. in 2007 and 2008.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Q: Tell us a bit more about The Alford Group TAG: The Alford Group is a national, full-service, equity-forward consultancy serving nonprofits in nearly every state in the country. TAG: Both The Alford Group and Qgiv are members of The Giving Institute, an association of nonprofit consultancies and service providers. TAG: Ah, so many!

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

The event will reveal the results of the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , which: Provides updated industry-wide metrics to analyze your online program. Tags: Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Fundraising Online Seminar Social Networking Tech Planning Using the Web and Internet Web Building. Starts now!

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2009

Allyson Kapin, Editor-In-Chief ‘Tis the season for benchmark studies. In that spirit, Convio released their comprehensive online marketing study today that looked at close to 600 nonprofit organizations’ online marketing results and compiled benchmarks for evaluating fundraising, email, advocacy, and marketing success online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Then tie your user-generated stories together using hashtags and encourage them to tag your organization and share it with their social networks. Explain in detail what aspects of their stories you want them to share, why you want them to share, and the social media platforms you want them to use.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

M&R and NTEN just released an impressive benchmarks study that analyzed 32 nonprofits online advocacy and online fundraising programs in 2007 and 2008. Tags: Case Studies Marketing Research Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Online Advocacy Online Fundraising. Here are the highlights.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 5, 2010

Convio released their 2010 Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study in March, based on results from nearly 500 clients. Tags: TechSoup. I t's the season for a slew of reports analyzing last year's online giving results. Its findings included: 14% growth in online giving overall. As Convio found, average gift size declined.

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M+R

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Set up Google Tag Manager to centralize tracking codes across platforms to enable faster and easier updates. Using M+R’s digital ads Benchmarks , you can set your own KPIs for cost per donor, return on ad spend, and more—and even game out in advance what happens when you hit (or don’t hit!) Optimize donation pages for paid traffic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The next action was an uncontrollable desire to compare my “People Talking About” with my peers, realizing that benchmarking of meaningless data is well, meaningless. Checking in at a place. My first reaction was – what does that stupid number mean? How is it calculated?

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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.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

After all, organizations can raise up to 31% of online revenue in December , as reported by M+R Benchmarks. We used merge tags to include the date of when their last gift was given to help personalize it further,” says Heather Thompson, Chief Development Officer at Norwescap.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study A visual version of the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study by M+R Strategic Services and NTEN. Tags: Fundraising , Nonprofit Trends , nptech , Online Giving , Social Media , Web 2.0 Based on 2006 data, the chart features the 10 major sources of revenue for U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Nonprofit Text Messaging Benchmarks 2010. Tags: Mobile Fundraising Mobile Technology. Related Links: 10 Nonprofit Mobile Websites. 10 Nonprofit Text Alert Campaigns. Webinar: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Successfully Utilize Group Texting, Mobile Websites, and Smartphone Apps.

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2010

Tags: NPTech NTEN. Your input in the discussion would be most welcome. You should register for this (free!) webinar here. Presented by: Jeff Patrick, Common Knowledge Remember, we're not saying you can't have fun using social media at work, just that collecting data proving that fun is valuable will serve you well in the long run.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Just tag it #luvnptech. Lucy Midelfort, 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks: Am I Normal? , #12NTCBench. Since we don't like to make anyone wait for the nptech love, we've asked some of our 2012 NTC speakers to send in video valentines telling us why they love the NTC. Check them out and add your own video telling us why you love the NTC.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2009

But in any event, it’s great that it exists, and it’s a great benchmark for CMS/CRM integration. Tags: CRM salesforce Nonprofit Tech Web Tools CMS plone. I don’t know how much code tweaking is required to really get this going.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2010

2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Collaborative Benchmarking Analysis); * The average online gift was $144.72, according to BlackBaud though M&R’s benchmark study noted that the average one time online gift was $81. Tags: Online Fundraising. How Does Your Nonprofit Measure Up?

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

A ratio of 4:1 is a good benchmark: ensure that for every 4 emails you send out, you only have one that directly solicits funds. Tags: Internet. Make sure you have an email strategy in place that does more than just solicit donors. Ensure you mix up your content and that it’s engaging between asks. What are your thoughts?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

2010 Nonprofit Text Messaging Benchmarks Report. Tags: Mobile Technology Text Messaging. Webinar :: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Group Texting, Mobile Websites, and Smartphone Apps. Mobile Technology for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2009

Stay focused : We all create goals and benchmarks and metrics. Tags: community mission social change strategy. But when we get down in the weeds of our projects and campaigns it is easy to take our eyes off the mission and direction we are headed. I big, heartfelt thanks to @EngageJoe for sharing the video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Tags: Conferences womenwhotech. How do you put a monetary value on branding?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The data would certainly help fine tune nonprofit's strategy using Causes and figure out whether email announcement blasts turn people off or encourage a closer connection. Geez, it might even help us start to look figure out some benchmarks. Tags: facebook. So I asked them on Twitter. At least they are thinking about it.

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Care2

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Tags: Marketing Research Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Online Advocacy Online Marketing Online Organizing. The key is to make online members feel like their opinions count and that your organization cares. Also ask members what motivates them to take action and donate money.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2010

The Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report , our joint project with Common Knowledge and thePort, told you that 86% of nonprofits have a presence on Facebook. Tags: facebook NPTech NTEN Social Media. It's got great information on community sizes and staff time devoted to maintaining a presence, as well as some fundraising numbers.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2009

Chris suggests: Before you start the clock it is a good idea to benchmark where you’re at. Make a note of the less obvious benchmark s (such as SEO rankings and referrals, customer satisfaction scores and other business data). . Make a note of ROI benchmarks. Tags: socialmediametrics ROI.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The list includes See3 Communications '' 2013 Benchmarks for Nonprofit Video , mGive ''s recent Text Giving Study , M+R Research Lab ''s eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , and the 2013 Visual Storytelling Best Practices Guide by Resource Media , all for free! There are even a few international reports.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

We'll make it easy for you to fill the gap between expensive benchmarking services and going it alone by surveying thousands of staff at nonprofits big and small. Tags: NPTech NTEN. What should we budget for IT? What salaries are appropriate? How should our IT staff members spend their time?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

By Aidan Hijleh, Nonprofit Partnership Liaison, Benchmark Email. Most directors are not accustomed to attaching a firm price tag to their organization's activities, preferring to adopt an attitude of "donate what you can." Determine your "pricing" strategy.

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