Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

For example, a group of friends shared stories of their beard-growing journey to raise funds for breast cancer research. Start with a list of 100 people that you know and would be willing to take action and put them in three buckets: Promoters - People that will share your campaign and updates via email, social media, etc.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

Part of a personal fundraising page for the Cannonball Kids’ Cancer Foundation ‘s Gold Gala 2021. Pro Tip: Use your fundraising thermometer to share fundraising progress on social media. A Facebook fundraiser enables giving on social media rather than a personal peer-to-peer fundraising page. Sub-events.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The average nonprofit email campaign has less than 25% open rates and less than 3% click-through rates. Help pay for Sally’s cancer treatment. That’s challenging if you’re the American Cancer Society because you’ve got a big, broad anti-cancer mission and it’s hard to drill that back down to Sally’s cancer treatment.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Check out our eBook on awesome seasonal fundraising events for inspiration. Text messages have a 98% open rate, so send teasers to last year’s attendees or prior donors via text. A May the 4th Be With You Costume Contest is perfect for a completely virtual, social media-focused campaign. Want ideas?

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

For instance, fundraisers can post on social media that if they raise $100 they’ll do the fire ramen challenge. Give-it-up challenges – These challenges can be used to give up sweets, social media, or another vice for a certain time period. Download eBook. Auction Fundraising Ideas.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So there’s actually an eBook they wrote on donor acquisition. I started out as a media buyer, traditional media buyer, back in the day, radio, television. They’re, like, “Oh, yeah, I’m a donor for American Cancer,” even if they know, like, “No, I can’t remember when I gave my last gift.”

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Oftentimes, registration rates suffer because of the process itself. And we talked.

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