Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

This week there are two more articles with advice that isn't sleezy, one from a for-profit perspective and the other an nonprofit perspective. There was also a follow up post here. Advertising Article: Video blogger Steve Garfield recently shared an article with me called " Ten Lessons for Marketers About Viral Video.

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Association TV

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Australian toilet paper company Who Gives A Crap donates 50% of their profit to help build toilets and improve sanitation in the developing world. If you’ve ever worked on a single project long enough, you know that elements start to blend together over time.

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Forum One

JANUARY 4, 2024

Customer Experience, or CX, has long been a focus of digital strategies in the for-profit world. Ultimately, we are aiming for every interaction to lead to one of our primary calls to action, which are: Make a donation. Every interaction matters in building a relationship to the point where a visitor will actually donate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Results translated into dollar value (donations or time saved). Defined Audience. Use of metrics to measure your results.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

We all present organizations that we'd like the Foundation to consider donating to that are in alignment with our values of yoga, creativity, and leadership. In an odd way, I feel like everyone who has a for-profit should have a nonprofit arm associated with their organization. I just feel like it makes sense. That's been super handy.

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Givinga

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In 1970, economist Milton Friedman famously used his New York Times article’s headline to quip that a business’s only social responsibility was to increase its profits.¹. Despite promising results, blending multiple CR techniques into a single program that fits business strategy is a challenge.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Whether it’s a “We’re Open” sign or social media graphics, practically all for-profit businesses and nonprofits alike use at least one type of graphic design. Donation Page. Donation pages are great to link to in promotional materials, social media posts and bios, and on your informational web pages on your website.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Do include an action (verb) + urgency, such as “Donate Now” or “Support Today” Don’t be vague. Do prepare for a mid-campaign slump with a period where donations will be matched to activate donors. Optimize your email to make it more likely to drive donations and avoid making common mistakes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

You are about plowing your profits into the neighborhood because you're a nonprofit. So you can say, "Ok, we'll do a lease-to-buy where we will do a five-year lease on the whole building, and you will donate the first year's rent to us--you, the owner. You are about community development. And they get that.

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