Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Posting more than one status update a day on Facebook. I am a big believer that less is more on Facebook. Not following on a 1:1 ratio on Twitter. Craziness!

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 3, 2019

So, you’ve mastered the art of creating effective, engaging social media content. Engagement is any interaction with your content, like Twitter favorites, Facebook shares and clicks. Engagement rate is the ratio of total impressions versus total engagements. On Facebook , your analytics tab is actually named “Insights.”

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 16, 2022

In this guide, we’ll cover common reasons your website may need a revamp, including: Your content is out of date. Your content is out of date. When your nonprofit’s website content is out of date, your audience won’t be able to find the information they need to get involved. Your website doesn’t reflect your current brand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Last month, I had the pleasure of doing a session on Content Curation called “ What Can Nonprofits Learn from the Best Content Curator on the Planet: Robin Good? Think carefully what your organization can bring to the breaking news and curate or create content accordingly. Is your organization using news discovery tools?

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Or, are you throwing a ton of content on the web hoping someone will find it? By the end of this guide, you’ll learn how to get your content read … how to build brand authority & trust… And how to grow your revenues online. Does your nonprofit have a digital marketing plan ? Ready to get started?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Celebratory interactions should be a consistent part of your engagement and content calendar, so set up systems to capture and share alumni personal, social, and professional news. For example, use Twitter lists to track alums and subscribe to their Facebook updates. 5. Images, Questions, and Comments Inspire Facebook Engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

For example, you could collect number of fans or the post to like or commenting ratio – without having to survey other organizations. If you wanted to gather information that isn’t publically available, you could collect useful data points in a survey using a free tool like Google Forms. Benchmarking Study by Devon Smith.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

As we have learned in the past with Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram the early adoption phase is when new communities grow the fastest. Finally, you should also add a Snapchat icon to your website next to your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram icons and have it link to your username. Do not make snap judgments about Snapchat.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Social integrations should include leading platforms like Facebook and Twitter as well as standard email sharing. Your peer-to-peer platform should automatically resize the content to fit each user’s device accordingly. In her role, she leads the charge with lead generation, content creation, and brand management. .

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

I came back to this question as I listened to the most recent RadioLab podcast about Facebook''s mass social experiments on users. For years, Facebook has teamed up with social psychologists to perform social experiments through small changes to the Facebook interface. Facebook is a completely socially-engineered environment.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. Whether your content is original (you’ve created it yourself) or shared from someone else, the goal is always to get your followers to interact and have a conversation with you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. But, a top ten post would focus on the content itself - and also jump start some thinking that I need to do for a redesign of this blog. The What, Why, and How of Facebook Fan Pages.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Do you struggle to convince your leadership or board that content marketing for nonprofits matters ? In this guide, I’m going to share with you proven ways to gain the support of leadership in your content marketing efforts. How content marketing impacts search ranking results (and why that matters). Anyone can blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

On the day that I submitted the final manuscript of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits to McGraw-Hill, Facebook launched Timeline for Pages. Yet surprisingly, now 14 months after its release, 90% of the content still rings true. Know that using third-party apps decreases ROI if not used carefully.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Upload more photos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Upload more photos.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 5, 2021

The open rate was never a great barometer of success (and neither are Facebook Likes for that matter). What it does mean is that you need to review your email content, fundraising, and marketing strategy. . Analyze your email data and determine whether your content is mobilizing people to take action. Create compelling content.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Raise Funds on Facebook. Including Giving Tuesday in the subject line immediately shows supporters what the rest of the content will be about. . This shows that you’ve segmented your audience and specified the content of the email. Define Giving Tuesday in the message content. Crowdfunding Campaign. Accept Pledges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

So, we know that there is a well documented and established lurker to poster ratio that is well established in online communities as the 5%. One that I've used is Commentful is a service that watches comments on blog posts, Digg submissions, Flickr galleries, and many other types of content. communities as well. Co.Comments.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

In order to maximize a short attention span, it makes sense to marry visual and written content. 3) Content Marketing. Content marketing is an excellent strategy for cultivating and retaining donors. It uses content as a way to engage, educate, and fundraise. For the average person, it’s less than 8 seconds.

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EveryAction

APRIL 25, 2016

While most companies match gifts at a 1:1 ratio, doubling the employee’s donation, some companies match contributions at up to a 4:1 ratio. While Facebook is still the top social media site , your nonprofit can use other platforms to effectively promote matching gifts: Twitter. Confirmation Page. On social media.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 14, 2018

Everything from how your website is developed, to how you layout content and text on your site matters when you consider how your audience will experience the content on mobile devices. Focus on your mobile content this year, and your nonprofit will see a significant increase in volunteers and donations. Integrated Data.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 21, 2022

You hustle through it, making up whatever content comes to mind just so you can click “Send” and move on to the next thing on your never-ending list. It’s part of following the 3-to-1 Ratio and it helps donors feel valued, not over asked. Keep that in mind as we go – it’s an important piece.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 25, 2007

SUMO has done an impressive job of combining clean design, quirky content, and multiple points of access in a site that is surprisingly useful. Each museum was asked to select three of the initial trails specifically applicable to them and wrote blurbs on how those trails relate to their content. But it's not a typical directory.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Ideally, it is full of high-quality and relevant content about your nonprofit’s history, current campaigns, and future goals. With Microsoft Ad Grants, your informative, valuable content can reach the right audience. Ideal websites are built for simple user navigation and filled with relevant, educational content.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok are great for engaging with younger donors. For instance, you might ask supporters to conduct Facebook fundraisers on your behalf. If you host a peer-to-peer fundraiser, provide guidance for your volunteer fundraisers by sharing content and images to include on their online pages.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok are great for engaging with younger donors. For instance, you might ask supporters to conduct Facebook fundraisers on your behalf. If you host a peer-to-peer fundraiser, provide guidance for your volunteer fundraisers by sharing content and images to include on their online pages.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

If you answered no to any of these questions, review and edit your donation page in the mobile view of your content management system. To increase your online donation form’s accessibility, design it with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in mind. Make your donation page accessible. From Twitter. From Instagram.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 20, 2021

And accomplish they did: through the combination of segmentation, dynamic content, and customized journeys, Zero to Three was able to exceed their Giving Tuesday fundraising in 2020. Visit Zero to Three ’s website, and follow them on Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube to learn more and support their mission. Written by Blake Becker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Analyzing your blog content First, you need to set overall goals for your blog and understand your audience. It's about obsessing on raw numbers and constantly checking the number of Twitter followers or retweets or Facebook insight clicks. Readership growth This means content consumption.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 13, 2017

The constant pressure to create engaging content to reach members can test even the most seasoned of professionals. Even the most resource-strapped organizations can realize huge revenue growth opportunities with minor tweaks to their content strategy. Understand How Search Engines View Content. What Is Useful Content?

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

The most important one for our conversation—95% of donors consider content created by nonprofits to be trustworthy! Younger Gen Z (18-25), though, will rarely open mail, much less respond to it… but the right Facebook, Instagram or TikTok message will engage them and even lead them to take action. There’s Power in Numbers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2017

From print to email communications, but especially on mobile and social media, there are content themes guaranteed to inspire a reaction on the part your donors and supporters. Your donors and supporters like, retweet, +1, and repin positive stories over negative or depressing news stories on a ratio of 5 to 1. Statistics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The focus is on: improving the effectiveness of the marketing strategy or content, not wasting limited resources, and having more people to take action (push for cause, donate money, or whatever). What is your post to comment ratio? Comparison of Old/New Web Metrics Facebook Metrics - ROI of Friendship - Dave McClure's ARRGH Model.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 15, 2009

It’s common to have low expectations with regard to the number of people who will create content in participatory platforms (online media-sharing sites, contributory projects, story-sharing exhibits). In social media, the rule of thumb is 90-9-1 : 90% spectate, 9% comment or rate content, and 1% produce content. of Museum 2.0

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