Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

US Campaigners Pets Add Life weren’t with their series of videos and their channel has clocked up over 5 million views to date. A while back, a picture of cuddly cat Refurb made it to the front page of viral entertainment website Reddit – a fate which is not easily achieved. Pets Add Life – Talking Cat Consultants.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2012

More importantly though, the video has captured widespread attention through multiple channels. It quickly made the front page of Reddit, and people have been re-pinning “Kony 2012” images on Pintrest. The mainstream press and niche blogs are adding their viewpoints to the story as well.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

With so many potential connections and over 104 social media networks, utilizing this powerful communication channel to support your campaign or event may feel overwhelming. Focus on the social channels that work with your brand. Reddit, Quora, and Digg provide discussion channels. Fear not, as help is on the way!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

" We'll also cover the Internet slowdown protest, Instagram's new Hyperlapse app to make easy time-lapse videos, and the first-ever charity TV shopping channel. They teamed up with big Internet companies like Etsy, Vimeo, reddit, Kickstarter, and Netflix. Weird Tech: The First Charity TV Shopping Channel.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Here is a short list of innovations that happened after online giving began in 1999: Airbnb, Android, Bitcoin, Chrome, Dropbox, Etsy, Facebook, Github, Hashtags, iPod, iPhone, iPad, jQuery, Kindle, LinkedIn, MySpace, Netflix, Oculus Rift, Pinterest, Reddit, Slack, Tesla, Twitter, USB Flash Drive, Venmo, Wii, Xbox, YouTube, and the Zettabyte.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2017

To understand how people think about issues and candidates, it is not only important to analyze how they respond to posts on your social media channels, but it is equally, if not more important, to analyze what they are saying on their own across social media.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Promote content across multiple channels. While on the topic of advertising, I recently came across a Reddit thread discussing the potential of promoting fundraising efforts online. The process looks something like this: Identify an audience pain point. Create content that satisfies that pain point or answers an objection.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Promote content across multiple channels. While on the topic of advertising, I recently came across a Reddit thread discussing the potential of promoting fundraising efforts online. The process looks something like this: Identify an audience pain point. Create content that satisfies that pain point or answers an objection.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

I look at the /r/nonprofit subreddit of Reddit. Here are the people who inspire and motivate Shim: Shubhagata Sengupta – he's still completing his university degree, but he has already done quite a bit of work with nonprofits around fundraising, developing their online presences and implementing Bitcoin as a donation channel.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches. While each of these channels has their own mechanisms and conventions for using tags the primary function of those tags remains the same - organizing content.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

” “Big Name Nonprofit saw a two billion percent spike in traffic when it posted that story on Reddit.” ” When you’ve just started to feel a tiny bit confident with Facebook and Twitter, new anxieties around niche channels start to set in. ” “What are we doing with Pinterest?”

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

I look at the /r/nonprofit subreddit of Reddit. Here are the people who inspire and motivate Shim: Shubhagata Sengupta – he's still completing his university degree, but he has already done quite a bit of work with nonprofits around fundraising, developing their online presences and implementing Bitcoin as a donation channel.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2015

The ACLU also used the meme as its first Instagram post , a clever way to kick off a new social channel. In particular, Reddit , Twitter, and the media ate it up, and tens of thousands of social shares made the Salvation Army's ad a meme unto itself. With success comes downsides.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Publish and republish content in multiple formats and channels. Facebook groups and websites such as Quora, Buzzsumo and Reddit can provide some good content ideas around any topic. Use all communication channels at your disposal to make this ask. Listen for hot topics or questions. My dad always told me, “don’t ask, don’t get.”

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

finds that charities aren’t effectively engaging younger donors via mobile friendly channels like social media and mobile optimized websites. It’s also looking like relatively few charities and also libraries are getting the hang of it. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact. is another one I’m watching.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

This nonprofit marketing guide will cover the following topics: The Importance of Creating a Marketing Plan Nonprofit Marketing Plan Basics Nonprofit Marketing Plan: Channels to Promote Your Nonprofit. It’s easier to get sidetracked, and it’s harder to stay on topic as you share content across your different marketing channels.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

After our first ‘Penguin of the Month’ was announced on the sign next to the habitat, we received a number of positive comments that gave us confidence to take it to the next level by sharing through our social media channels. Helen: Did you achieve the goal? Did your goals change as the program matured?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 10, 2017

However, many campaigns are organized under an extremely tight timeline and it’s difficult to know ahead of time exactly how big of a splash one will make online, and it only takes one post on Reddit or one retweet from George Takei for a website to experience the Slashdot effect. These don’t have to just be links to your accounts.

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Care2

AUGUST 30, 2013

Sometimes the right channel is different for each photo. Instagram; Pinterest; Reddit; Facebook; Twitter; Flickr; Dropbox - This can be handy when you need to share photos in bulk or high resolution images with large files sizes.

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