Media Cause

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In October 2022, Google announced they would replace their Universal Analytics (UA) with their next-generation measurement solution Google Analytics 4 (GA4) , on July 1st, 2023. One of the more significant issues that went untalked about was the transfer of data—or lack thereof—from UA to the new GA4.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Effective data management is key to understanding your constituency and building better fundraising and engagement strategies. But before you can capitalize on the information stored in your CRM or other nonprofit software, you need to know exactly what analytics to track in the first place. 4 Types of Data Analytics.

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Donor relation management is the process by which organizations organize donor data and maintain donor relationships to support a long-term donor infrastructure. Donor management consolidates and simplifies donor data and fundraising actions so team members can address organizational needs and steward new investors in the network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Allison Fine and I originally published this blog post on the Candid Blog here. AI is a uniquely powerful set of technology tools for making sense of enormous amounts of data. AI is a uniquely powerful set of technology tools for making sense of enormous amounts of data. Using all of this data, Quilt.AI

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Along the way, it’s key to track and analyze your campaign’s performance data. For example, the American Heart Association has dozens of pages and blog posts that align with the keywords that constituents may be searching for, like “healthy lifestyle” and “heart murmurs.” Prioritize educating donors first. Prioritize SEO.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

For instance, lumping all expenses under a generic “operations” category hides the actual costs of specific activities, such as programming versus fundraising. Use financial management software with analytical tools. Broadly grouped expenses or revenues can obscure the allocation of funds across different programs.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. which will make it harder to organize and sync your data.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Tailor your fundraising messages and methods to specific donor categories based on their preferences and behavior. Invest in data analytics : Leverage data analytics to better understand donor patterns and preferences. Use this information to optimize your fundraising efforts and make data-driven decisions.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Before we get into specifics, some business about how we looked at this data: because Giving Tuesday jumps around, we can’t just look at December revenue year over year and keep things apples to apples. Aggregate data is tricky here—we don’t have enough data points to pull out medians without exposing individual organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

One of the key messages in the book is that nonprofits should not start with the tools and data, but start to clearly define success and their audience. By doing so, they will understand the few data points and the tools needed to collect that data to figure out if they have been successful!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

With the right AI tools, you can analyze donor data, predict giving patterns, and provide personalized resources without breaking a sweat. Jasper AI is great for analyzing decisions and making personalized recommendations and is used primarily for marketing copy such as blog articles. Make data-driven decisions.

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Kindful

MAY 12, 2021

In this blog post, we’ll show you how to use search engines to grow your reach online with a practice called search engine optimization (SEO). First, it’s important to check your website analytics tools. If you’re using a website builder like Squarespace , Wix , or Mailchimp , you’ll likely have analytics tools already built in.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Despite these behaviors, a lot of digital marketing looks something like this: Let’s take a look at why this approach doesn’t work: First, it’s easy for content to get lost in the 2 million blog posts published every day. Data collected from Similarweb.com. Was the data not convincing?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

Don’t assume a nonprofit virtual assistant is limited to basic clerical work like data entry and responding to emails. Chances are that most of your tasks will fall into the first category. They can provide you with an analytics report and offer suggestions for improving open rates. You can definitely find a VA to do those.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

A place to quickly get a range of responses to questions, rapid research for blog posts, and social presence. A side benefit is that brings people over to my blog. In Google Analytics I'm closing looking at referrals. She later wrote more about this in a expanded post on the NTEN blog. Is Twitter A Traffic Tool, Not.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Here are a few: The blog at the Nonprofit Times, called “Don’t Tell the Donor&# has a very interesting entry on the flurry of benchmarking studies that came out recently. Everyone (including them) gets better data. It’s titled “ Benchmarking With a Warped Stick.&# Time will tell. { Time will tell. {

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2020

Guest podcasting is the new guest blogging” Seth Godin. Look at pages that already get a lot of organic traffic on relevant topics with Google Analytics and add your podcast player to them. Make sure to also select and prioritize the three main categories that apply to your podcast so it can be found and indexed on various platforms.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. vs Web 2.0 – I wanted to talk about Google Analytics. Google Analytics is also free.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 12, 2022

If this sounds familiar, you have your data to help! Data analytics can be a great unifier for your organization, helping get staff at every level, from the board down to the implementers, align around your important objectives. One group owns the data and another one is driving strategy. Try to speak truthfully.”.

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Plus, they offer unique and impactful tools to help universities juggle prospect management, gift processing, reporting and analytics, constituent relations, donor bio/demographics, and more. Predictive analytics reporting using Salesforce Einstein and other AI-based platforms to provide fundraisers with smarter insights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

A few weeks ago, I started a thread on my blog’s Facebook Page, “What are the best tips and tools for saving time managing your nonprofit’s Facebook Page?&# I summarized the tips shared in this earlier post. Is there a tool that can automate this someone asked on my blog’s Facebook page ?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Last minute tidbits December 20, 2007 This will be my last post of 2007 – I’m taking some days off from work and blogging, and won’t return until the beginning of the year.

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

60) Search « Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team | Main | Year-End Fundraising » Tuesday Jan 06 2009 Defining a Nonprofit Websites Google Analytics KPIs (Part 2) Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 12:43PM | by James OMalley In part 1 of this series, we discussed how to correctly install your Google Analytics.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

My curmugeonly thoughts fall into three basic categories of sucks: time suck, content suck, privacy suck. 2 trackbacks } claudiapena.com » Blog Archive » I’ve Got Beef (theorectically)… 10.04.07 at 12:33 pm I think digital sharecropping works better as an analogy than as an actual analytical insight.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 2, 2021

As we discussed in our recent blog post about retention, data isn’t one dimensional. Considering the data more broadly will help you track trends over time, determine the lifetime value of a member, identify overlapping behaviors, take action to invest more or less in your product offerings, and maximize your return on investment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

There have been lots of blog posts about Spock, mostly negative. 2 trackbacks } Change » Blog Archive » Profile aggregators 12.18.07 at 12:39 am Spokeo connects people from different networks together, just like how RSS readers connect disjoint blogs into one united Blogosphere. Then, for the creepy part.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

This letter is addressed specifically to nonprofits and includes resources for helping all of us to: Demonstrate ethical practices and share data about performance. Database and analytics tools available through TechSoup. measuring success charity navigator transparency nonprofit reporting nonprofits data' Learn More.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

How odd is it then to teach Google Analytics to nonprofit techies but then say that site statistics had nothing to do with a nonprofit’s mission? They can be used for a nonprofit’s mission and that is why nonprofits should exercise transparency on web site analytics. Why bother having a web site at all? 2 admin 09.18.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Laura Quinn at Idealware has been offering Webinars and I will be joining her " Introduction to Website Analytics " on Thursday, September 27th 1:00 - 2:30 EST. You can register here. Through demos of free tools such as AWStats and Google Analytics, we'll look at what these tools can tell you about your site. NEW SEMINAR!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  Where else you could you pick up conference schwag like a google analytics toothbrush with the words "brush, rinse, and repeat" printed alongside the google logo? The second time you go through your data - you can't do discovery - you need to do analysis.  Flickr Photo by Powerbook Trance.

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CauseVox

MAY 11, 2023

Enhanced Data Analysis AI can also analyze data more quickly and effectively. Your organization probably generates and collects a lot of data, and AI-powered data analytics tools can help you gain insights into donor behavior, program outcomes, and other key metrics. This is where ChatGPT comes in.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2017

In my last blog, I talked about how the audit is often viewed as a chore. Insufficient data may have obscured the problem until it was too late. Strategies to manage these risks include: Establishing standard, digitized processes to capture data and supporting documentation—financial and non-financial.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

This letter is addressed specifically to nonprofits and includes resources for helping all of us to: Demonstrate ethical practices and share data about performance. Database and analytics tools available through TechSoup. Manage toward results by focusing on lasting impact and having a clear understanding of our finances. Learn More.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

that specializes in SEO, email marketing and analytics. It instantly qualifies your website into easy-to-understand data. regarding traffic and analytics, and subsequently makes suggestions. specifications like location, organization, category of mission, and so on. constituents and effectively market their missions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

I’m delighted to be hosting the January, 2014 Nonprofit Blog Carnival. I put the call out for nonprofit blog posts on the topic of measuring your nonprofit’s marketing or communication strategies. Blog Posts About Various Steps of the Measurement Process. Want Useful Analytics? Make Sense of Your Data. .”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Making apples-to-apples comparisons of these systems was one of the most difficult analytical tasks I’ve taken on in a while (and, actually much of the heavy lifting of designing the analysis was done by Laura Quinn), and until you attempt such a thing, please be somewhat tempered in your complaints about it.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

By focusing on every step of that donor journey and leveraging supporter data to build better relationships with supporters, your nonprofit can stop focusing so much on acquiring new ones and start reaping the rewards of a loyal donor base. It also involves careful analysis and upkeep of your donors’ data. Then let’s get started!

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