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7 Tips for Measuring the Success of Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here are seven tips to help you start measuring social media efforts. Understand how Google Analytics calculates unique visitors and how Feedburner calculates subscribers , but please don’t get so hung up on the geeky part of measurement that you don’t have enough time to gather insights and apply them. If not, why? If yes, why?

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Could a Recurring Giving Program Solve All Your Problems?

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Laura’s practical coaching style and results-oriented strategies help her clients set realistic goals and achieve measurable results. Because many donors like doing it, it’s attractive to younger donors, recurring donors tend to give 42% more in a year than one-time donors, and monthly donors renew at a MUCH higher rate than one-time donors.

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The Nonprofit Guide to Optimizing Website Traffic for Maximum Impact

The Modern Nonprofit

It’s different from direct traffic, where people directly type in or bookmark a website URL to access it. It improves conversion rates. Measures interest in specific pages. Bounce rate: Percentage of single page sessions. High bounce rate indicates content or navigation issues. Shows content popularity.

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What are the best metrics to use to measure ROI and improve your blog's content?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I look at several metrics proposed by Avinash Kaushik These include author contribution, audience growth, conversation rate, and authority Then I look at the amount of time in my work flow and reflect on productivity. Measuring engagement in social media as part of an ROI process is tricky, if not a bit controversial.

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Great reads from around the web on February 24th

Amy Sample Ward

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). As with any label, ubiquity is as much a measure of success as a sign of abuse. Have you accepted online technology as your organizational savior?

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Great reads from around the web on September 13th

Amy Sample Ward

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). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Great reads from around the web on March 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

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). New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right?

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