Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

My guess is that many of those bloggers and journalists have reconsidered now that the initial buzz and euphoria about Google+ has subsided (especially considering that the Google+ brand profiles haven’t even launched yet). Donors over 40 appreciate a strong website and an e-newsletter. Or e-newsletters. Nor does Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

My guess is that many of those bloggers and journalists have reconsidered now that the initial buzz and euphoria about Google+ has subsided (especially considering that the Google+ brand profiles haven’t even launched yet). Donors over 40 appreciate a strong website and an e-newsletter. Or e-newsletters. Nor does Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

However, as LinkedIn, Blogger and Myspace all celebrate their 10-year anniversary this year, nonprofits have now had a decade to study and experiment with social media and create systems for successfully launching and tracking the value of their social media campaigns. Source: Waggener Edstrom. they posted too often. Source: M+R and NTEN.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times , for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. Share Resources and Useful Tips.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2015

Prominently featured a “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons. It’s very rare to find a nonprofit blog that has strategically designed their call-to-action column to include a “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons. Mercy Corps Blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

By Brent Merritt , a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. About the Author: Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. 3) Send direct invitations to past creators.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. IconsPedia : A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. IconsPedia : A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2012

Blogger, LinkedIn and Myspace all launched in 2003. website, e-newsletter, Donate Now campaigns) and Web 2.0 We’re almost a decade into using social media and yet one of the most striking realities when I give in-person social media trainings is the wide variety of experience of the nonprofits in the room.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Working within the confines of an almost non-existent online communications budget, my primary responsibilities were to maintain our website and publish a twice-monthly e-newsletter, quarterly print newsletter, and numerous print fundraising appeals through out the year. You need a good avatar.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

So the beginning blogger may be asking themselves, how can I help ensure that my blog lasts? How can I garner attention amongst all the millions of other bloggers out there? Be consistent and frequent with your posts. Be proactive in regards to the current topics people are searching.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

If you want to be able to add “Donate Now&# buttons, e-Newsletter and text alert sign-up boxes, and/or call-to-action images to your social media profiles, you need to know HTML. I was a reluctant blogger. I didn’t think the world needed another blogger. Launch a blog. I launched this blog in September 2009.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

Chapter 1 Websites, E-newsletters, and “Donate Now” Campaigns. The Importance of the E-newsletter. How to Launch an E-newsletter. Eleven E-newsletter Best Practices for Nonprofits. Eleven E-newsletter Best Practices for Nonprofits. Five Ways to Build Your E-newsletter List.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Finally, remember that blog posts make great content for e-newsletters. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter. Allow Guest Bloggers to Post Commentary and Share Their Expertise. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 received 13,000 visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather Mansfield, owner of DIOSA Communications , principal blogger at Nonprofit Tech 2.0, The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment). The audits can be presented via a three-hour webinar or in person.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2015

It’s good strategy to prominently feature calls-to-action on your landing page so you can convert infographic viewers into donors, followers, petition signers, e-newsletter subscribers, etc. Never promote your infographic by linking to a PDF in an e-newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2012

We were also very excited that these efforts resulted in two popular social media newsletters among Latinos picking up the story. Our ACA story headlined Las Blogueras (hashtag #lasblogueras), a largely Spanish-language Twitter newsletter with 15,000 readers. She is also a bilingual journalist and award-winning blogger.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

These best practices serve as a foundation for your online fundraising campaigns, but much of your nonprofit’s success also depends upon the service you choose to process your online donations and the design and frequency of your e-newsletter. Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. e-Newsletter. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather Mansfield, owner of DIOSA Communications , principal blogger at Nonprofit Tech 2.0, The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment). The audits can be presented via a three-hour webinar or in person.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

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? Especially newsletters. Leave those bits and other news for social media posts, your blog, or your newsletter.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

With a dedicated six hour time frame an effecting blogger should be able to compose two posts weekly and add compelling imagery and video. To that end, Mobile for Good has provided an “estimate of how much time mobile and social media require” for successes to be measured in money earned, volunteers recruited and so on.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 17, 2006

One of their calls to action, is to be a "Blogger for Human Rights": If you are a blogger, you can use your bully pulpit to stand with the victims and activists to prevent discrimination, uphold political freedom, protect people from inhumane treatment in wartime, and campaign to bring offenders to justice.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Each day, typically multiple times a day, I read LeadershipDigital , an aggregator of some of today''s most influential bloggers about leadership and management -- including: Tanveer Naseer Ron Edmondson Linked 2 Leadership Karin Hunt In all, the website features content, updated daily, from more than 70 bloggers.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

That’s okay—mine the ideas your organization already has, like old grant proposals, newsletter content, informational handouts, and other similar sources for inspiration. If that feels like too much, just start jotting down some ideas you have. Mind blank of ideas? Just start.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2014

Just because somebody donates once or twice to a campaign, doesn't mean they want to receive your newsletters, wear your t-shirts, or attend all of your fundraising events. Empower your community's biggest advocates to be guest bloggers. Use guest bloggers as an extension of your brain. All you have to do is ask!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

e-Newsletter. They own YouTube (third most trafficked website globally) and Blogger (the fifth most trafficked)… and Picassa, Picnik, Orkut, Gmail, Chrome, etc. e-Newsletter. That said, these best practices will be a work in progress and updated regularly. Add Google’s +1 button to your website and blog.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It’s important to have a place that you can link to for more information and for follow-up, instead of sharing news or updates only in a tweet or facebook message, and especially if it is just in an email newsletter. Some of the leading platforms you may want to consider include (in alphabetical order): Blogger. MoveableType.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Heather Mansfield, owner of DIOSA Communications , principal blogger at Nonprofit Tech 2.0, The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment). The audits can be presented via a three-hour webinar or in person.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 11, 2017

It’s amazing to think that, when it was first launched, WordPress was a fairly simple and intuitive content management system designed to help the beginning blogger get their feet wet in the virtual world. Digital Online Marketing Commerce Sale Concept.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Over the last six years since our founding, MomsRising has worked with hundreds of bloggers and has learned how to strategically use social media to ensure that key audiences don’t miss compelling posts. We started by proactively reaching out to bloggers of color to participate in the blog carnival.

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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.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Do yourself a favor and bookmark these blogs or subscribe to their newsletters. With years of experience and candid, off-the-cuff writing styles, these bloggers are sure to inspire. And just for fun…. P.S. Make sure to bookmark the Flipcause blog, The Modern Nonprofit !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

That said, promote your “Start A Fundraising Page&# link [ View Example ] on your website, in your email newsletter, on your MySpace profile, your Facebook Page, and your blog. Change.org has numerous Cause Communities and each one is guided by a blogger who is an expert in their field. Post at least 2 “Asks&# a week.

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Network for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Your donors, through no fault of their own, have inboxes that are constantly bogged down with messages from various organizations, businesses, stores, news outlets, and bloggers. Sure, you have a lot of things to tell your donors, but unless this is your periodic newsletter (and formatted as such), keep each email to one topic.

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2011

You convinced the bigwigs to let you start a blog for your organization, you recruited peers to join you as staff bloggers, you’ve set clear guidelines , and shared some creative blog post ideas for your staff to draw from. Your Email Newsletter. Blogger List. While you’re at it you send it to your blogger contacts.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

If you haven't, John Haydon will tell you how: "From what I’ve seen, most nonprofits have no idea that you can add to your list — that precious database of your supporters, donors or newsletter subscribers — by strategically using a customized Facebook Welcome Page or custom tab. " Google+ vs. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons.

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