Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Prospect Research Success Story. Read more success stories here. You can search by name for existing donors and prospects, or search by cause to build a list of potential new prospects for your organization. Try your own search today! Use Giving Data to Increase Donations.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Through comments, shares, direct messages, and fun hashtag challenges, you can foster relationships that would be harder to form through more traditional channels of communication. Social media provides your organization with a public forum to share updates on projects, success stories, and any unexpected challenges you’ve come across.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The Brand Story. A brand story relays the history, character, motivations, and other defining qualities of your nonprofit, from conception until today. The key to producing an effective brand story video is treating it like a novel. Producing an awareness video is about creating a story of change. The Awareness Video.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2019

My advice is to identify where your profiles greatest weaknesses are and start building up your score. This means commenting, liking and sharing DAILY. For example, take the phrase “nonprofit marketing” which has over 800,000 search results when filtered by people. Invest In Search Engine Optimization (SEO) On LinkedIn.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Stories are windows into new worlds. Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

The people who donate, listen in, connect with our programs by calling in, reading or commenting online, and coming to our offline events are our community. Just because you have your own profiles now, doesn’t mean you can stop listening to the community or replying and commenting. Start Joining.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Leveraging their own networks as well as their board members’ networks, nonprofit leaders now have free access to a premium LinkedIn feature that lets them search for and connect with professionals who meet the needs of their organization on LinkedIn. You can contact them through LinkedIn and the interface has tools to manage your search.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

.” Mari Smith suggested that we should ask ourselves how we would feel if anything we posted on Facebook would show up on the front page of the New York Times, in Google Search, or if her mother would approve. There is a trade off is that your friends my not want to comment if they notice people they don’t know.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

What do you see on their profiles that you like? You should also work to develop your brand’s voice and language across your social media profiles. If you need help figuring out which channels to focus on, search for other nonprofits on social media platforms and check out where they focus their efforts. What don’t you like?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

A public search has a way of getting in front of new eyes, thus new donors and sponsors. Donors can leave comments and share the crowdfunding campaign with their networks on social media. Fundraiser Stickers for Facebook Stories. Double the Donation is only open to U.S. Page Fundraisers. A Live Video “Donate” button.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Photo by Andy Field I think Chris Brogan said that the secret to Twitter is listening (or search), not blasting your message out. The other day a commenter asked me if I could write something that offered some practical how to listening tips as well as applying it. Step 2: Your Profile Design. I'm paraphrasing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today was the big announcement at the F8 Conference about the new dramatic, life altering changes in the Facebook Platform. The big change will be how Facebook profiles are becoming fuller “timelines” of a one’s life. The other change was that your friends and fans can do more than “Like” or “Comment” on Facebook.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2020

It’s no surprise that nearly every nonprofit is working to move physical events online and searching for ways to diversify more traditional fundraising channels. It’s uncharted territory and many are likely operating on minimal practical experience, limited resources, and struggling to find sector success stories and data to get you started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2009

Last week I wrote a post called " 8 Nonprofit CEOs Who Tweet " and the number quickly grew based on the responses in the comments. Each account is in the person's name, but they are clearly identified with the organization both in a customized Twitter profile image and in the 160 character bio.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 ThomasT 06.11.08 What is public? 2 admin 06.11.08

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

They’ll also help you build profiles on your donors that include their contact information and communicatino preferences. Share stories and testimonials from the people you help! You can also make sure your marketing material includes case studies and real stories from the people you help. . Phone calls.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

60) Search « The ROI of Social Media | Main | Advocacy Online Launches in the US » Thursday May 21 2009 Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 01:20PM | by Allyson Kapin “If you dont brand yourself, Google will brand you,” says branding expert Sherry Beck Paprocki. Brand Your Issue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Instagram is about photo sharing and tell stories in photos. The platform attracts many brands because of the opportunities for brand story telling. He gives you the inside story about the work of art. If your CEO’s social media profile is simply duplicating your brand’s feed and voice, it enters the Uncanny Valley.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

You need to begin with sharing some stories about how other nonprofits are getting value from listening. You'll also need to search on keywords or phrases that might uncover a client need or perception. To figure out your keywords, do a little brainstorming offline and then maybe use some online keyword tools. Twitter Search.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 14, 2009

You can search for a service event on the site, or list your own. You can also search for volunteer opportunities on VolunteerMatch , Idealist , Social Actions , Network for Good , 1-800 Volunteer.org , MLK.gov , servenet.org , Volunteer Solutions , and GuideStar. Below are 5 ways you can get involved: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

she manages all social networking profiles, online advertising, search engine optimization, and online marketing techniques for campaigns. We wanted something different; not just another MySpace profile. then we integrated our advos and other campaign materials into his story. Her main focus is on ways to use web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2006

I "met" Arin Crumley of Four-Eyed Monsters when he commented on a video of on mine over at YouTube. When I visited his site, I noticed that he had some widgets, including a message comment line. All of the video clips came from searching ???net t want to make it a big story. Save the Internet | Rock the Vote.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

Your first goal should be to hold the attention of the user by attracting them with high-quality content and stories bring value to your audience. Your audience will want to consume content in different ways, so make sure you use the different tools at your disposal to tell your stories. Present further engagement opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

According to an email from Ben Rattray, Change.Org founder, "This is not at all meant as a replacement for the profiles organizations have on MySpace and Facebook, which I think are great for reaching younger supporters. Drop a comment or link back and I'll round it up for next week's summary. What do you think?

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

Elana Wolowitz, the Communications Director and voice behind the @wellstoneaction profile, took some time out of her hectic schedule to answer a few questions. I said, "I dont know if this will be valuable, but it cant hurt," and any tactic that could help raise our profile was received well. What inspired you to join? com , Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach. He doesn't get much in the way of comments, but when he misses a few days, he gets lots of complaints. Read more of Jim Spadaccini's reflections.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

On the subject of retweets, it is advisable to strive for brevity as it allows others to retweet in full or add a comment with a retweet. Genuinely connecting with an influencer, by directing questions or responses to them in addition to retweeting their content, can help raise your organizations profile on Twitter.

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Care2

MAY 7, 2007

60) Search « Care2 in the Press: Dawn Gets Greener With Care2 | Main | New M+R Study: Online Fundraising Tactics -- What Works? We had almost 500 new additions to our email list from MySpace-which includes both profiles-our main HSUS profile and Sunny the Seals profile. How many photos were submitted?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

60) Search « Twestival: To Meet, Tweet And Raise $500K For Charity | Main | The Joys of Google Grants, Part 2 » Wednesday Feb 04 2009 Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0 Also, major news networks and reporters are using online social networks to get interesting story ideas and generate new sources and leads.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

Move the site search up to the top right of the page, freeing up your main content area. If theres a story that really puts your nonprofit in the best light possible, make sure thats the story people read first! Post a Comment | by Share Article in Online Marketing Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry.

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Classy

JULY 16, 2021

Humans of New York is a great example of providing long-form captions to tell the deeper story of each photograph. If you’re having trouble coming up with ideas for captions, HubSpot has a free resource with examples or you can check out Captiona , a search engine app specifically for Instagram captions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

The best part is that high-profile individuals or celebrities are more likely to participate in these sorts of charity events if they don’t have to travel, and you’ll save money on their accommodations and transportation. Why not consider comedy, dancing, theater, or even an interview with a celebrity? 12) Tours. 20) Book club.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Be sure to share impact stories, campaign progress, and program updates to keep your community in the know. Check out the story of our work with the Chicago Repertory Ballet to learn more! Use Google Ad Grants With Google Ads, eligible nonprofits can qualify for up to $10,000 a month in grants for search ads. Set S.M.A.R.T.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

If you read along and have something to add, please share your comments. The simplest place to start the search for new donors is with those closest to your organization – Board, staff, volunteers, friends, and users of your organization’s program or services. This is commonly called a donor profile. Telling your story.

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

60) Search « Care2 Stats for December 2006 | Main | New Studies Reveal Important Trends Facing NPOs » Thursday Dec 28 2006 Mobile Social Networks Get a Boost Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 12:33PM | by Hatef Yamini In the world of social networks, the end of 2006 represented a major milestone: MySpace went mobile!

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Applications • More than 850 million photos uploaded to the site each month • More than 5 million videos uploaded each month • More than 24 million pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) Each person has a profile that belongs to them. To find them, try this search.

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