Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2018

In a Facebook post dated January 11th, Mark Zuckerberg shared a completely new direction for the News Feed to make sure the “time we all spend on Facebook is time well spent.”. Public content from businesses, brands and media has “crowded out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with each other.”

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TechImpact

MARCH 10, 2014

Search engine result pages are difficult to grasp and take complete control of, while social media feeds become more saturated with our peers, Even more difficult and mysterious, especially to many of us in the nonprofit sector, is the search engine and where it places our websites and social media outlets on those first few pages.

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CauseVox

APRIL 22, 2021

If you’re part of an organization or business, or even just an individual with a blog, chances are you know that you need a presence on Facebook. You can use it to comment on your friends’ posts, join groups, and (this is important) create a business page or Facebook group. Your personal page is where everything starts on Facebook.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

It’s Time to Kick It Up a Notch The good news is that you only need three things to successfully identify, engage, and convert those elusive brand-new donors, and I’ll bet you already have them on hand: data, content, and technology. You have high-performing content that many potential donors haven’t seen. You have heaps of data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

This is the eighth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. That said, it’s important to understand that the type of content that performs best on LinkedIn is a bit different than Facebook and more similar to Twitter.

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NetWits

JUNE 20, 2011

Subscribe to the RSS feed ›. Make sure to check out his blog [link]. There are seven ways people can interact with your Page , which all effect your ability to show up in your fans news feeds. How many fans have commented on our Page updates? What were the top three days for post comments within a specific time period?

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

First, npENGAGE is home to nine blogs. As a reader, you’ll have the flexibility to consume information across the whole spectrum or to just subscribe to the individual blog that speaks to your needs and interests. Everything previously covered here on NetWits will be in the npENGAGE Interactive Blog. Including NetWits.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 16, 2014

As social media becomes more important to every nonprofit’s marketing plan, targeting youth through the traditional social media feeds is becoming obsolete. Let us know in the comment section below. Vine and Instagram have built in features for sharing, commenting on, and liking content. Short videos. Built in features.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. With the power of shares and the possibility to go viral, even the smallest organization can reach a global audience. Engagement.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2022

While both Facebook and Twitter have fairly robust built-in scheduling tools, in this post we’re listing the top platforms that let you plan and schedule social media content for all your social media profiles from one place: 1. If you want to bulk upload posts via Buffer, you’ll have to connect a third-party app to publish.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 29, 2016

Of course, as with anything new on the Internet, there’s an obvious learning curve to observe, but the possibilities are seemingly endless: not only can people post their latest up-to-the-second video feeds, but the feature is available for use on any device from desktops to tablets to smartphones and even drones. Consider your content.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 2, 2020

So, just as you might comment on someone’s photo in your Facebook feed, you can comment on the status of an event registration record. Or, just as you would read through your status feeds, you can read what your co-workers are working on, realize that you have something to add, and join in the conversation.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 18, 2015

One of the more advantageous developments from social media behemoth Facebook occurred recently when they increased News Feed exposure for links people share with their friends. Simply put, Facebook puts friends “first” in a News Feed. Put a “Like” button on all your website content, even those parts that may seem unimportant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2012

Post consistent content that your audience loves and your social media will be successful. But if you want to get better results, you need a content strategy, strong creation and curation skills, and a robust measurement process. Is it that simple? I like to them print out and keep by my computer as a visual reminder.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2012

] By Laura Quinn, Idealware Odds are good that your organization is using multiple communications channels to reach people, from social media to direct mail and email to websites and blogs. Creating Are you creating new, original, informational content for each channel you’re using? You may not have to.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2010

In December 2009, Facebook announced that Boxes would be removed, Tabs would shrink in size to 520 pixels, and Status Updates showing up in the News Feed(s) would no longer be guaranteed (the more Comments and Thumbs Up your Status Updates receive, the more News Feed exposure you get). Tabs may actually now get more traffic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 27, 2011

They can post more often with less risk of getting hidden or unliked, their fan base grows faster, and they often have great content to share in status updates that easily inspire comments and likes. It takes time, patience, great content, and a commitment to integrated online communications. That said, don’t go overboard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2018

Towards the end of the day, the New York Times published a story about a big announcement from Mark Zuckerberg about a change in the algorithm and newsfeed that it would prioritize what their friends and family share and comment on while de-emphasizing content from publishers and brands.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 16, 2016

Whether you’re a media-conscious blogger, marketing maven for a non-profit cause or a new or established e-tailer, having your content feed into multiple social media platforms is a vital element to increasing your visibility and grabbing the attention you want and need. Make a Connection. Know Your Users. Get and Stay Educated.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

A big thanks to everyone who contributed a post to this month's Nonprofit Blog Carnival! In her post, Nonprofit blogs: why this one works , Lisbeth of Nonprofit Execs on the Edge points to 2 keys to a juicy blog: a focus on storytelling and blog posts that aren't staff-generated. Nonprofit 2.0 Nonprofit 2.0

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2020

Remember to tag the guest and any companies mentioned to increase the potential for engagement and comments. Guest podcasting is the new guest blogging” Seth Godin. If a page like this doesn’t exist, consider creating a new content page around it that is SEO optimized for the topic. Repurpose your content on YouTube as a video.

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NetWits

JUNE 8, 2012

Keep Content Fresh. These are actually best case scenarios – worse is if they simply leave and never come back, which is the biggest risk of stale content! Remember, content is KING and creating an effective nonprofit website takes a lot of it! Try these easy steps to showing your timeliness: Utilize automatic feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

" An activity stream is a feed of recent activities by your blog friends on various social networks - blog posts, new photos, bookmarks on Delicious, Facebook updates, Twitter updates, etc. Ian spoke on a panel called Social Networks and the Need for Feeds at Graphing Social Patterns. Just some more to ponder.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2012

Content Curation for Nonprofits. Here are my slides and curated resources materials for a talk called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet? This area, content curation , is a social media competency that I’m focusing in my own learning and teaching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Note from Beth: Your web site is your home base is the heart and soul of your content strategy. But a good CMS can also facilitate constituent relationships in a number of other ways, including facilitating comments, blogs and social media.

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TechImpact

JUNE 24, 2014

Whether to make us work harder, or make a little bit of extra cash , Facebook’s new algorithm has made the social network a pay to play model, making it difficult for nonprofits to penetrate their Likers’ news feeds. List your nonprofit’s content themes. List sub-content categories. Empower or inspire a certain demographic?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?&# There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. Finding Feeds. Twitter Search.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2008

She has 1,000,000 feed readers. She looks at traffic building in three elements: content, community, and technology that you use to support. Content: Three most important elements of content - useful, entertaining, or timely. Blog about something you care about. Link to blogs at are at the same stage as you.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Instead of personal updates and other news, LinkedIn is for professional content and connections. Whenever you post something on your company page and a staff member or volunteer interacts with it, your post will reach the news feeds of anyone in their extended networks. Create interesting content. Create your company page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

.    A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "   The areas of the blogging ROI analysis included:  author contribution, readership growth, reader engagement, authority, cost, and value.  Reader Sharing (bookmarked items).

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Free blogs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Should all nonprofits have a blog? Can having a blog benefit your organization? Below are eight benefits of having a nonprofit blog. Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. Blog posts, on the other hand, can be written in 15-30 minutes. Blogs can help you work faster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2011

This post summarizes some findings from a recent research report about increasing engagement on Facebook and a couple of conversations about applying the research over on my blog Facebook page. So, I not only got more comments, but they added a lot of value. They also can get collapsed in the News Feed (e.g.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

People either start ignoring your updates because you’re always in their news feed, or they “hide&# you altogether. Posting only (boring) marketing content. Not blogging. Blogging is the glue that holds your social-media strategy together. Blogging is the missing piece in most social-media campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2008

Technologies to Recruit, Organize and Engage Youth for a book giveaway on my blog. Nineteen nonprofit folks left comments and the lucky winner is Maureen Mayer selected by random. I had to define the term blog in a board meeting.3 shall comment no further, but I need some help! Mobilizing Generation 2.0: Lauderdale, FL.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Since then, the site has slowly developed its page content, and nonprofits have caught on, using the site to promote their organizations by gaining individual followers and joining LinkedIn Groups. Organizations can also now comment on or ‘like’ posts on their pages in response to followers under the organization’s name.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

There are bound to be many, many versions of this blog post as people from around the world start investigating the tool and sharing their impressions. Making the options for backing up and downloading your content and data explicit. Privacy within the platform can be on a content by content basis.

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