Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Cursed Thing Last year at this time, I was in Austin, TX doing a keynote workshop for Legal Services Corporation on the ROI of Nonprofit Technology. I shared case studies and tips for nonprofits on measuring efficiency and effectiveness and looking at tangible/intangible benefits. I think that is dangerous.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

80% of my ROI (Return on Investment = webinar registrations, new clients, speaking engagements) comes from my e-Newsletter, and thanks to blogging my e-Newsletter list has jumped from 3,000 subscribers (which took 4 years to build) to almost 8,000 in 10 months! Share breaking news. Share stories, photos, and videos from events.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI. Not creating Flickr slideshows to tell your nonprofit’s story. Quite often your nonprofit’s story can be much better told through images.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Still, understand that the content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI. Share and Comment on Breaking News. People are much more responsive and likely to share your blog post if its subject matter is related to a breaking news story. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. One of my goals for 2011 is to better track the amount of time I spend on social media posting, planning, etc, and measuring that against actual engagement, as measured by: donations (via special source codes) and engagement (comments, reTweets, etc).

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Let’s take a little sneak peek into the background of the story. Understandably, the pandemic crisis is taking a toll on small businesses and hitting ROI hard. It might be hard to digest, but a lot of low-quality content online goes viral because of fake likes and shares. Instagram has stopped showing likes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2009

I spent sometime reviewing what Planned Parenthood was doing on social networks as well as their online presence - so it was good to get the inside story. Activists are sharing their personal stories in their own words, images, and videos across social networks with little prodding from the organization. We help guide it."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2011

Council on Foundations ROI Panel. I participated on a panel called Face, Tweet, Link – Socia Media, Grantmaking & A True Social ROI. There’s a big need for more training/capacity for measurement discipline and improvement of practice and sharing the stories. . View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

We'll share big ideas for using social media for nonprofit program delivery and some good tips for crowdsourcing for social change. And like last year's ROI Poetry Slam , our session will be interactive, thought-provoking, and dare I say, fun! In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely. Submitted by Sarah Davies.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2013

Your social media sites should show connections to your online event or campaign and it should be easy for your supporters to connect, show, tell and share. Here are a few things your organization can do to maximize your event’s social media presence: Sharing Fairly. Respond to comments and allow the conversation to unfold.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2011

I’ve been following her work for at least five years and had the honor of facilitating a SXSW Panel called “ Social Media, Nonprofit, and ROI Poetry Slam &# where she was a participant. Not only did she wear a Tiara, but she shared her measurement insights in rhyme.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

What I need is your input -I'd love to hear about your social media "adaption stories" - please leave me a comment. Wendy documented many different stories and shared these internally. They determine what comments need action, whether to say thank you and build a relationship, repair a customer service issue, or ignore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

(And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 1200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their stories, metrics, and lessons learned - this will be informative AND entertaining.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Social Media Today | ROI: How to Measure Return on Investment in Social Media – A great post from Brian Solis on Social Media Today discussing the ROI of social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Facebook has the highest ROI and it is worth investing $100-500 in a test advertising campaign for your monthly giving program. Donors can leave comments and share the crowdfunding campaign with their networks on social media. Fundraiser Stickers for Facebook Stories. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ). Page Fundraisers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

received 93,000 visits and as traffic grows consistently from month to month so does my ROI. Still, understand that the more good, high-quality content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI. Share and Comment on Breaking News. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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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. to quantify ROI Page views from our stats program & Video view count from youtube ??? and have all resources available (related press release, web story, etc.)

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

However, to stand out from the other nearly one hundred million Facebook Pages vying for likes, comments, and shares, your nonprofit needs to excel at Facebook to ensure News Feed exposure. 2) Craft a compelling message (behind-the-scenes, a call-to-action, a positive story, etc.). 8) Experiment with Facebook Stories.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Moment—Using your data to tell stories, make decisions, and change the world.” And if you need to make the ROI argument on why you are spending time and resources on creating visuals, here’s a list of the tangible and intangible benefits of adding infographics to your marketing and reporting mix. What are your challenges?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 9, 2019

Other aspects such as shared values or responding to supportive comments in a personal way are also essential in provoking people to take action towards your course. The ROI of email marketing is 4 times higher than other marketing strategies such as social media or paid adverts. Donor engagement. Donor centricity.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Does the imagery we’re using visually tell our story? . Share impact stories. should be effectively sharing your story while laddering up to your goals. . Engaging with comments on your content. . Liking, sharing, or commenting on your followers content. . Initially, you’ll probably ask: .

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

It’s a wonderful opportunity for our community to share our collective wisdom with inspiring stories and practical tools that help women professionally and personally and of course, change the world. Questions, comments? Check out these awesome panels and sign up today. Don’t miss this year’s telesummitt.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

I republished the post on my blog and offered a free copy to a nonprofit who left the best comment about how their organization is applying these principles. 1.) What we do is tell the story about how and why it’s working. Finding hard data in the ROI of social media is difficult. 3.) How do you measure success?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

And, as always, if you have a favorite social media presentation to recommend to other nonprofits, please tell us about it in the comments. Return on Investment (ROI) Social Network Fundraising is a presentation by Justin Perkins, Director of Nonprofit Services at Care2.com, ROI of Listening: America Red Cross Case Study (Beth Kanter).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2009

Take her ROI and Measurement list. Make a note of ROI benchmarks. There is a comment in the post from Dan McQuillan who has been mulling over measurement of social media from the nonprofit perspective. celebration of shared sensations of change? Tags: socialmediametrics ROI. Photo by Caveman92223.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 1 Comment | by Share Article in Misc. com , Inc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

VCs need to work with communications folks to get their opportunities distributed, but a VC might also have her own Twitter feed or blog category to share new opportunities The VC could also use her own professional networks to target special skill sets (such as at LinkedIn). Share it in the comments. Do you have one?

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

Susan Rosenberg, American Jewish World Service’s director of communications, says these projects are important to the organization because video, more than any other medium, can tell powerful, emotional stories that move supporters and donors to take action. full story here Der Beitrag wurde am Monday, den 12. Rosenberg says.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

Susan Rosenberg, American Jewish World Service’s director of communications, says these projects are important to the organization because video, more than any other medium, can tell powerful, emotional stories that move supporters and donors to take action. full story here Der Beitrag wurde am Monday, den 12. Rosenberg says.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

For example, Greenpeace Canada and No Kid Hungry : Story Highlight Covers. Third, if your nonprofit regularly shares stories on Instagram, make a strong first impression by creating custom Highlight covers using a graphic design tool or a mobile app. Write Good Captions. Post Content That Inspires Engagement.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 1 Comment | by Share Article in Misc. com , Inc.

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MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Leave comments on blogs. Word of mouth, etc. Brand Your Issue. Be Everywhere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2008

Jeremiah Owyang posted this case study about how they used YouTube and Flickr to share their media and encouraged the community to create content. What are the best practices for telling your organization's story? What type of stories do you need to tell? Where will you find the material to tell your stories?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

For example, open-ended questions work, particularly those that allow people to share their knowledge or ones accompanying a good resource link. Questions that encourage people to share wisdom about their social media strategy or tools: Anyone Using Flowtown to track social behavior of people on their email lists ? New Fans (Likes).

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