Care2

APRIL 30, 2014

Do you know what types of content or campaigns resonate with your audiences on your website, email list, and social media channels? Wildfire Monitor : This is a great tool for historical comparisons of the growth of your organization''s social media following vs. other organizations on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We also use the median for our comparisons, so that one outlier doesn’t skew the whole set. This follows the broader trend we see in the e-commerce world: you might also remember that promos started so early that Black Friday seemed more like Black Friday Month. . SMS was 2020’s hottest not-so-new channel. On to the goods! .

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Fundraising Gift Rate email 98

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Where appropriate, we’ll also draw out some conclusions and comparisons to help contextualize where and how GivingTuesday can fit into your nonprofit’s overall strategy. Top GivingTuesday 2023 Highlights Here are some of the top highlights from this year’s GivingTuesday. Click here to see a larger version of this graph. Where Do Donors Give?

Lesson 52

Lesson North America New York Kentucky 52

NTEN

JULY 13, 2011

In May of 2011 we circulated the link to the online survey to the NTEN Community via direct email and announcements in our community channels, including our blog, NTEN Discuss email list, our Facebook page, and our Twitter network. > Download the 2011 NTEN Community Survey Report. We received responses from 1,070 individuals.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 24, 2016

Everywhere you look there are posts about millennials, mainly focusing on their abilities in comparison to their predecessors. Since millennial buyer behavior is so vastly different than what traditional advertising channels can influence, understanding the demographic completely, is vital. How to Train and Develop Millennials.

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Training Train Develop Comparison 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2013

If you are wondering about the different between these two platforms, here’s a good comparison from TechCrunch , but either platform your nonprofit needs to share compelling videos, that use good storytelling , and support your goals.

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Video Storytelling Charity Nonprofit 126

Care2

JULY 16, 2012

There are a ton of smart people writing about nonprofit technology and communications to help nonprofit communicators keep up on the latest online trends and developments. The guide includes a comparison of 29 different systems and offers detailed reviews of 10 of the most popular.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2017

At the same time, our follower growth on Twitter was becoming stagnant, and we decided to see what kind of results we could get for the Foundation by paying more attention to Instagram as a distribution channel for content and campaigns. For comparison, during that same time we gained half as many new Twitter followers.

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Ideas Comparison America Newsletter 47

Care2

JANUARY 24, 2012

Both channels are important and should be a part an integrated communications strategy to reach activists and donors. Social media is a great additional engagement channel, but we find the level of commitment and responsiveness much stronger in email. Check out these email stats: There are an estimated 2.9 billion email addresses.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2011

This is a trend we see frequently: small, unsexy, or unknown nonprofits are having significant fundraising success and larger, better-known nonprofits are wondering why. What are all the channels you can use to get your nonprofit name out there with a big donate button? Facebook ads? 100,000 people. Direct Marketing Reach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2008

is a service for tracking popular URLs people are sharing on Twitter as a way to identify trends, topics, and new and interesting tools and services. pronounced Favored) is a service that channels the most "favorited" tweets on Twitter. Twist analyzes and presents trend comparisons and volume between keywords and tags.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

I'd like to see an analysis of retweeting, number of new donors, an overlay of the blogging campaign with the hash tag trending, how much off twitter promotions generated direct traffic to donations page and vice a versa. pronounced Favored) is a service that channels the most "favorited" tweets on Twitter.

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Donation Tanzania Organization Stats 50

Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

That might seem low, but it’s actually on track with other online trends. As a point of comparison, the U.S. If we were to look at the engagement channels and the transactional channels, we are likely to see a symbiotic relationship between online and offline. of total fundraising revenue. of total sales.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

You’ve no doubt labored over the perfect end-of-year plan that falls in line with the continuing trend of covering all of your multi-touch, multichannel donor experiences. Remember, we want to be able to report across channels. You’ll want to track the obvious: donation amount, number of donations and average gift per channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Then at the end of the month, allocate a half hour to look at the numbers for the month in comparison to other months – and look for insights and trends. I keep notes on when I’ve tweeted a link, speaking dates, posting updates in my status about my fan page and all the multi-channel ways you need to promote your page.

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Social Media Strategy Media Social 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

I view it as a focus group that offers content ideas for blog posts as well as to provide another conversation channel to share insights about social media. Then at the end of the month, allocate a half hour to look at the numbers for the month in comparison to other months - and look for insights and trends. Status updates.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Consider this in comparison to their own website, where U.S. With trends like these, it's important to consider your own approach to social media. We see online fundraisers using social media channels to augment -- or in some cases replace -- what they have done in the past with email. million fans).

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Social Media Effective Media Fundraising 69

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 2, 2013

“So less of their charitable dollars are being channeled through the church.” In comparison, new “megachurches” and nondenominational independent churches “are investing more money and human resources in communications because they realize how critical it is,” she says.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Your organization may be skeptical about the value of listening through social media channels. He encourages staff to listen on many different channels and to blog what they learn in order to share with members. There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. Here's a few: Bloglines.

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Literacy Technorati RSS Bookmarking 51

sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2022

This year’s summit included data from a variety of sectors, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons. After such a tumultuous year, with many drivers for both potential increases and declines in giving, it was no surprise to see mixed trends among sectors and organizational sizes. .

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Blackbaud Analytics Retention Channel 82

Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Fundraising Donor Management Software Comparison: What’s Right for Your Nonprofit? This can occur through various channels such as social media, word of mouth, or advertising. The silver lining of what (at first glance) seems like a very negative trend is that nonprofits have lots of room to make a positive impression on new donors.

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Donor Management Guide Retention 52

Care2

JUNE 13, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Vlog Video Social Media Resource 28

Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

This year’s summit included 35 large nonprofit organizations that participate in our sustainer program benchmarking to review aggregate program performance, trends and challenges affecting sustainer giving. Data, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons, included 17.7

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

Your donor software should track and report on how supporters interact with all of the channels in a campaign: email opens, social media engagement, web page visits, etc. Once you've segmented your list by the unique classifiers you've established, look for trends that you can share with the board.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2017

By comparison, only 29% of online only donors were 65 or older while 58% of offline only donors are represented in these age brackets. The good news from all of this is that online givers help to bring the average age of a nonprofit’s donor base down, but it can still be a very viable channel for older donors too.

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Offline Donor Online Retention 35

sgEngage

APRIL 29, 2021

This year’s summit included data from a variety of sectors, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons. After such a tumultuous year, with many drivers for both potential increases and declines in giving, it was no surprise to see mixed trends among sectors and organizational sizes.

Retention 48

Retention Gift Rate Conversation 48

Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2020

Benchmarking d ata, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons, included 16 million donors who gave 56 million gifts for a total of $2.3 Canvassing (including face to face/street and door to door) was an important and growing channel for sustainer giving acquisition in FY2019.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 23, 2023

Investing in compelling videos on your YouTube channel gives you content for your YouTube audience, and you can market that content across other channels. Nonprofits that figure out how to capture the TikTok magic reap the rewards, especially those that piggy-back on a trend that’s already taking off on TikTok. With more than 1.1

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Social Media Media Strategy Social 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2011

and use a tool like rowfeeder to capture the hashtag stream into a spreadsheet to analyze. You’ll can do some comparison testing of different calls to action and then refine what you’re doing. Just a small pilot, a little bit a data, and linked to decision-making can help your tweets have more impact.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

You’ll find key metrics under the Acquisition > All Traffic > Channels menu in your GA dashboard. Lets you identify top channels. Monitor Trends Check metrics regularly to spot trends and changes over time. Look at week-over-week and month-over-month comparisons. More time means greater engagement.

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Websites Guide Impact Metrics 59

Gyrus

APRIL 12, 2018

Everywhere you look there are posts about millennials, mainly focusing on their abilities in comparison to their predecessors. Since millennial buyer behavior is so vastly different than what traditional advertising channels can influence, understanding the demographic completely, is vital. How to Train and Develop Millennials.

Training 33

Training Train Develop Comparison 33

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration freely and publicly provides weather and forecast data online, and that data provides the backbone for such services as the Weather Channel. Cities have unlocked the data on when public transit runs and to where, making bus and subways easier to catch than ever before.

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Data Impact Government Files 105

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2015

It’s worth noting that the while majority of us specialize in digital fundraising, thus naturally skew towards believing in end of year fundraising because of the huge spike in online transactions in December, our conversation went beyond just the online channel. Coordinated Giving Days Can Spike Donations.

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Fundraising Org Comparison Consultant 20

Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

I think it’s in February every year, called the Nonprofit Trends Report. And this year’s trends report, and you can download it for free at the URL at the bottom, has some really interesting stats about the effectiveness of communications teams. You have owned media, earned media, and paid media. So that makes total sense.

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Build Video New York City Communication 122

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Was there anything helpful about that comparison between service engagement and impact? We have a great YouTube channel. And you should be able to find a lot of these answers on our YouTube channel, in our free articles, and our free workshops coming up. Does that make sense? And I’m looking over.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Benchmarking has provided an apples-to-apples comparison of data and helped clearly identify areas of growth and opportunity as well as highlight how past decisions had affected the current program. Data is used for trend analysis or point-in-time analysis—identifying and resolving issues.

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