Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

When you post on social media, you don’t know how many people actually see your content. Think about it: If you receive three or four emails in a row from a nonprofit you support, a blogger you follow, or your favorite store and the content is boring or useless to you, how long before you stop opening them? Hold the acronyms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. People can add and embellish your content and if you have access to the remix, it can give you new ideas. My photos and blog posts have traveled around the world! It provides a huge return on investment. I've used this license.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Craft a strong appeal by sourcing your content early. Engaging individual board members will help you to expand your potential reach by leveraging their personal and professional networks, and it could also provide you with some new content and stories. And make sure you track results on both ends.). Be specific. Campaign Page.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Plan for any additional staff and budget needed for technology, design, content, online advertising, and other implementation costs for the year. Timeline when you will create key content for upcoming campaigns, events and conferences, and marketing initiatives, and clarify who on the team is responsible for overseeing and implementing tasks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2010

BBC tracks me down! The next day, I'm getting a full-on tour of the BBC newsrooms, a preview of the new BBC News website design, an in-depth demo of the content management system including how to move approved stories around in response to user interest, a graphical overlay on these pages showing top links being clicks, and so on.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

She is a writer and blogger with a passion for self-improvement and helping others. Multimedia Content-Sharing Data. Videos, photos and other multimedia content are extremely attractive and give a more personal feel than bare text. Many of them, like YouTube, track many basic statistics for you.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1. From Yahoo!

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Care2

AUGUST 31, 2010

Apps are central to mobile and, mobile web use is exploding, according to Allyson Kapin of Blogger-In-Chief for Care2's Frogloop and Partner at Rad Campaign. The app lets you record “adventures&# to track progress along a map with GPS. Does your organization have a mobile and app strategy?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

A first-of-its-kind Twitter widget that tracks tweets about nonprofits or social causes in real time. All materials created for the site are released under Creative Commons licenses so that other sites and blogs can freely reuse the content. The Socialbrite site features dozens of videos, screencasts and slide presentations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

Provide a link to a page with bios for bloggers. If your blogging platform doesn't allow you to do that, have bloggers include a one-line bio at the end of their posts. Link to other bloggers Use Google Blog Search , Alltop and Technorati to find blogs that write about similar topics to yours. posts, photos, video).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

Photo from Ian Kennedy. I met Ian Kennedy who is the product manager at MyBlogLog, a blogger social network. " 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. I love laptop stickers!

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2016

Optimize Your Content for Your Location. Including the hometown in your donor or client testimonials, featuring local events like your most recent 5K or using photos that include local landmarks are other ways to optimize your content based on your location. First of all, make sure your language is geared towards your city.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Photo by Cambodia4kids Creative Commons License. I would add for blog posts, you can let the author know via track back - which I have done with this post and the one with a screencast from Harry about how he uses Creative Commons. More about Open Content and Creative Commons licenses here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

Photo by Dwinton. I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). I pretty much ignore all other Feedburner metrics because they seem meaningless or not accurate. Reader Growth : This is content consumption. Feedburner doesn't provide those.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

Content of photos of my Dad with personal stories performed the best in terms of engagement. Spent $50 for a promoted post which got over 10,000 views to promote the July 3rd event, but I did not set up a way to track whether the promoted post helped boost participation in the online memorial event. Mashable Story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Photo by M. As one participant points out, “It is very hard to get departments to agree because Web wants one thing, Membership wants another, Communications has it’s own tracking.&#. Dan Michel from Feeding America shared how his team measures and tracks their social media and links to key performance indicators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

I could have created guest author accounts, but I could not figure out a way where I could approve a post in draft and have it also include photos. The google spreadsheet allowed me to easily grab the text and code for the original post, include a bio and photo, etc. See Allistair Croll's guest post on some tracking techniques).

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Part of the webinar included this survey of the listeners below, which in of itself is useful for tracking how nonprofits and libraries recruit and support their volunteers. The 140-character limit to each post means that content has to be concise and much more in "the now," than say, a blog post.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If you are a visual person, check out photo or video sharing. WordPress , Blogger ) Podcast (i.e. YouTube , Vimeo ) Photo sharing (i.e. No one wants to read a gloomy blogger, or interact with a reluctant Facebook friend, or subscribe to a YouTube channel that is never updated. What social media tool(s) should I use?

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Socialbrite

DECEMBER 5, 2019

While content creation may sound challenging with a limited staff and resources, it can pay off in a big way if you use the right tools. Below we outline seven tools and resources you can use for free or minimal cost as part of your organization’s content creation strategy. track the current situation within our cause or niche.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs track blog conversations and respond. A willingness to share information and content, also known as transparency ; planning is discussed and user participation is welcomed. Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. Openness - ????A It's messy.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

The event happens in the week leading up to Mother’s Day and provides a platform where anyone can build a heartspace with text, photos and videos to show their love for their mother, an important woman in their life, or even people that inspire them. It is less about the number of people to retweet or like or blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Thank Yous So far, other bloggers have added the badge to their site or linked to the campaign and I want say a big thanks and in Khmer too ! I scanned, uploaded, and organized photos of Leng as well as our communications into photo sets on flickr. Should have set up a campaign tag to track blog posts, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Photo from Cambodia4kids. Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. Gregg Swanson from HumaniNet picks out a few projects that are based on collaboration/partnership and a track of record of doing projects like the one proposed. Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

There were two full-days packed with excellent content and fabulous speakers. Thousands of photos in flickr (and really good ones). I also have to say that having Chris's mom do such a fabulous job of time tracking helped me end on time (I wish we could clone her for every conference on the planet.) got a 5 point rating ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Flickr Photo from SteveTookIt. Photo by RedRaspus. I have years of blog content and resource collections. Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 13, 2008

Photo by Ezster On Saturday, I attended BlogHer Boston. The networking was fabulous - meeting many new bloggers in the Boston area as well as seeing long-time blogher buddies and of course, Jory, Lisa, and Elisa. Content generation. It was better than eating chocolate! The sessions were fantastic. All in all, a day well-spent.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2006

As Alexandra Samuels wrote today : Network neutrality means that no matter who you pay for Internet service -- whether it's a phone, cable, or other telco -- no matter which web sites you access, and no matter what content you're looking for, your Internet service provider (ISP) will treat that content the same.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

Photo from Photocappy in flickr - a cc "by" license. We're both bloggers, read other blogs, and tag resources. We are also interested in a lot of the same content areas -- nonprofits, collaboration, online communication, facilitation, social media, social networking, web2.0, Our session is: Demystifying Web 2.0

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 10, 2008

It may take you only a few minutes to create a blog, but doing so means (hopefully) a commitment to frequent content posts. Look for photos of you on Flickr and videos about you on Youtube. activities you can initiate without requiring frequent content updates. but attracting followers who will read your content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

It takes some action learning, small focused experiments where you track, evaluate, and learn from before investing more time and effort. Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

More Flickr Photos here. Six Degrees of Separatio: Cult of celebrity, user-generated content, online giving, and social networking. How do you track your subscribers? You shouldn't have a blog for the sake of having a blog because you'll have content. Priscilla has a set of simple guidelines for the bloggers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

From Flickr User Philswin2003 The above flickr photo is from the Nonprofit Software Development Summit and some flipchart notes illustrating what's going on right now: inspiration, matchmaking, and practical methods! A Better World In Second Life Blog is tracking political activism taking place in virtual worlds. nonprofit technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

99 app allows you to easily create panoramic photos on your smartphone. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. CrowdVoice :: crowdvoice.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. Why not join, upload your logo in the photo pool, and write a wall post promoting your latest your Facebook project! Michelle Murrain adds that she won't sign up until the content is more compelling and the social graph is open.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2021

Blogging should be part of most nonprofit’s content marketing plans. Match content to your target audience. When creating a content marketing strategy, make sure to include blog posts of varying lengths. Write engaging content. . This could be anything from sharing quality stories, videos, photos, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. " Some commenters suggest that bells and whistles are mostly for early adopters who can build a lot of buzz and help a site reach critical mass, although clever functionality is not a replacement for good content. There are other nonprofit bloggers who do not use their real names.

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