Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2012

AppBistro is the Yelp of Facebook apps – they’re rated and reviewed – if you want to search for a specific functionality – it is a good place to browse. Sweepstakes Applet: If you considering running a contest, GOSO’s Sweepstakes applet makes it easy to manage. Mari Smith, The Big List of Apps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

WHY THIS CAMPAIGN People were buzzing about the issue online and obviously outraged by their comments. We could tell by all the comments and images floating around. Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? trackable Raise awareness ???

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Monthly Website Stats: Monthly visits, unique visitors, pageviews, pages per Visit, time on site, and bounce rate (aim for under 60%). What are the short-term and long-term goals and objectives? Who are the target audiences?

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

The Collaborative used virtual networking happy hours, gamification and contests, and attendee-to-attendee live chat to facilitate this. These emails had much higher open and click-through rates than other email sends. Your nonprofit can also use these metrics to see how engaged your audience is leading up to your event. .

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See3

OCTOBER 7, 2007

RSS feeds and blogs, article comments, social networks… it’s all increasingly important. technologies to see about rates of adoption. Share and Enjoy: 2 Comments comment advertising » Nonprofit Video – Going mainstream [.] Video is the most compelling content online. 8 Oct 2007 Mike Wow!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Some creative work is crowdsourced in the form of creative or design contests while others are produced by interactive agencies that gather and vet online communities of designers, artists and producers to be part of a creative development process. Is different better? Only you can determine that one.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 4, 2023

Sharing behind-the-scenes views of your organization, reporting on the individuals, communities, or organizations you’ve helped, or holding contests, polls, and surveys are all good ways to build engagement. When someone posts or comments, respond to them. A low engagement rate may mean that your content isn’t resonating.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

What this means is that you can do more embedding YouTube into your site, allowing people to upload video to your YouTube channel from your site and having people leave comments on your site that will end up in your YouTube comments. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. Peter Gulka had plenty to say about the lab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Key Report #6: Site Bounce Rate The Bounce Rate report reveals the number of visitors who stayed just a few seconds. In short, your bounce rate is your failure rate. Greenhill SAVP - This led to a blog post where we had written about a local VC pitch contest we won. What does the IT department do? -

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Make your online content more interactive and engaging using these content ideas: Blog posts with comments sections. Online contests or challenges. Incorporate contests or challenges into your annual social media posting calendar to generate organic engagement with your followers. Ask about supporters on a personal level.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Hold contests. And by all means, when people comment on your Page's posts, respond! Star rating, expressed as 0-5 stars, compares your Post Quality score to that of similar Pages (for example, Pages with similar numbers of fans). Few apps let you actually manage your page, moderate comments, or other common functions.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

YouTube has an incredibly diverse and engaged global community who not only post videos, but interact with each other through text comments, video responses, and messages. For example, what are some of the best export settings with respect to frame rate, compression, resolution dimensions sample rates, etc?

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Care2

OCTOBER 13, 2008

You can read all the details on the contest and submit your idea here. 5 Comments | by Share Article in Crowdsourcing , Misc. Reader Comments (5) Congratulations to Google on its anniversary and its charitably ambitious endeavor. link] October 10, 2008 | FChristie I think that this is a great contest. Thank You ;).

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

YouTube has an incredibly diverse and engaged global community who not only post videos, but interact with each other through text comments, video responses, and messages. For example, what are some of the best export settings with respect to frame rate, compression, resolution dimensions sample rates, etc?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

A few comments over at Kikono too. " Some commenters suggest that bells and whistles are mostly for early adopters who can build a lot of buzz and help a site reach critical mass, although clever functionality is not a replacement for good content. Several commenters offer very good easons why they don't use their real names.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Please share your own in the comments section. Rewards can come in many different forms, but most sites have had success with rewarding participation through recognition and acknowledgement, as well as through more overt measures like contests and prizes. allowing users to add documents, comments, blog or discussion posts, etc.)

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? We value the expertise of our colleagues and welcome any feedback or comments. Well have it available for download, soon.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? We value the expertise of our colleagues and welcome any feedback or comments. Well have it available for download, soon.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 21, 2022

If you’re seeing lower email open rates, declining donations, and fewer donors giving, it’s time to take a step back and evaluate where things are off track. You know, one where you are screaming at the actor to look behind them or trying to convince a contestant to pick door #2? Start with your fundraising communications.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Some video I shot with my Flip : Intro to Facebook and their application builder: Why Convio’s Facebook app builder is better than Causes Share and Enjoy: 9 Comments comment A View from Home » Convio Summit. Your comment about an API being better than Causes leaves me shaking my head. Day 1. [.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. So, let's take a quick look at the most highly rated items this week - which are about money, content, software, jobs, and some geek humor. npdigg.org , cooked up by the nonprofittech blog , is up and running.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Social media tools for engaging and capturing the work of crowds include: wikis, custom platforms or web sites that facilitate voting, rating, giving feedback, adding content, or funding. The measure of impact is to determine whether the comments and feedback strengthened or improved the final proposal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

To follow the Twitter stream or ask questions or make comments, use the #ROI hashtag. Traffic, comments, tweets and other means of engagement to record. Carie Lewis, Humane Society of the US Carie's poem is about the Humane Society's experiments with photo contests and how to use metrics to improve your social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

Unfortunately, many don't have regular Internet access (or credit cards) so their support doesn't count towards the contest. We met on Facebook and have traded comments on our blogs. Cambodia's child mortality rate is among the world's highest. But, there are a few wired Cambodians who have been able to contribute. In the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

I've organized social media workshops that also "give away" some equipment or software usually a contest. Well, less than 24 hours after the camera of was in the hands of the activists from Common Knowledge, I received this comment on the Flickr photo of my camera from Karen Apricot.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2009

The District of Columbia, for example, boasts one of the highest insurance rates in the country, but two thirds of its residents rely on Medicaid and finding and getting an appointment with a doctor who takes Medicaid can seem more difficult than winning a radio contest. Underprivileged families face additional challenges.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. Students would complete an online competition that would serve as qualification for a local competition. Vote for this Idea ]. and Foreigners. Department of State.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

So you have two choices around how to approach this contest, right? Those are alignment-based questions instead of just wealth-based questions that have a much, much, much lower conversion rate. So I think I’m like a maybe with that comment. And the first fundraiser to get 10 donors to increase their annual gift wins.”

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

” So you have two choices around how to approach this contest, right? ” Those are alignment-based questions instead of just wealth-based questions that have a much, much, much lower conversion rate. So I think I’m like a maybe with that comment. You can choose Sandy. One of them is Sandy.

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Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

They’ve also shared thousands of pages, videos, social media comments, blog posts, and white papers discussing relief efforts and their own initiatives. Run campaigns or contests where users can submit photos, videos, or testimonials showcasing their involvement or how they have been impacted by your work.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Can you make asking for donations fun by incorporating giving challenges and contests into your fundraiser? . Build in activities like sharing your posts or leaving comments for an exclusive prize. Think about how you can make the fundraising experience more enjoyable. According to the donorCentrics U.S.

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See3

AUGUST 6, 2007

She said that on MySpace they are getting very high conversion rates and that people who were individually messaged on a bake sale had a 15% conversion rate to off-line participation and that their average is 10% conversation. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

How many museums have stacks of comment books that are only culled for the gushing quotes that belong on annual reports? Many businesses are putting the job of judging and prioritizing suggestions in the hands of their customers by allowing them to rate each other's suggestions. But getting information from visitors is not enough.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

If we’d provided people with somewhere to comment or share their thoughts–or even to suggest how the donations should be used–we’d have had more raw material for the campaign and could play back these comments to the online community that was discussing it. Make the site interactive. After the campaign: Have a next step.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

Add social sharing and comment functionality. ? Experiment with online contests to build your email list. ? Add charity rating graphics. ? Offer contests that reward fundraisers who raise the most funds during the campaign. ? Integrate mobile and social media into online contests. ? Online Fundraising. ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Add social sharing and comment functionality. Experiment with online contests to build your email list. Add charity rating graphics. Add charity rating graphics. Offer contests that reward fundraisers who raise the most funds during the campaign. Integrate mobile and social media into online contests.

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