The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. It can be near impossible to measure the success of a story if you haven’t first thought about what your desired outcomes are and drivers of success. This could be a quarter, month or week.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

Barriers to Email Measurement Keep Rising Measuring email performance has changed, and it continues to become more difficult. Open rates have become overinflated due to machine opens and, for the first time in 16 years of producing this report, we have determined that open rates are no longer a metric we can include.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Again, remember to measure the results of these thought leadership efforts by measuring the engagement with the resources you produce. You want to provide the most relevant and engaging resources, content and events, at just the right time, so you keep them moving through their journey. Or offer them a discount on membership?

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Through her work with clients like the Wildlife Conservation Society and her love of (math) problem solving, Amy has picked up a lot of wisdom + I wanted to better understand her process for approaching a social media campaign and measuring its efficacy. Measuring beyond "likes". Goal: Engagement Metric: Overall Engagement Rate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Attribution is what allows you to measure the success of your acquisition strategies (and get great insights for optimisation). Are your conversion rates different for different audiences? Measure the success of your upgrade asks – do donors who come from your species extinction petition go on to be regular donors at a higher rate?

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NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

The conversation around email performance is wrong: open and click-through rates alone do not show constituent engagement. The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers. And that’s what the conversation should be around: constituent engagement, not open and click-through rates.

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AccelEvents

JULY 26, 2021

No matter the reason, quality content will further improve their event experience, keep them at the online event longer and encourage event engagement. Therefore, your event planning teams need to carefully consider the content you will be promoting; consider it your bread and butter. Content Marketing Strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The first thing that you’ll need to do is start creating content that will attract your target audience. Once you know what platforms you’re using, do more research to find what kind of content tends to be the most popular. Many social media platforms get inundated with content regularly. 7) Measure your social media engagement.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Some organizations utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure their goals. Donorbox defines KPIs as “a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a nonprofit (or another type of organization) is achieving its key organizational objectives.” KPIs should be clear, quantifiable, and adaptable.

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Bloomerang

MAY 22, 2024

Whether it’s a blog post, article, or social media campaign, when you use Storyraise, the donation process seamlessly blends into the content, enhancing engagement and fostering a deeper connection with the cause.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

If particular role types are not attending, take a look at your content and determine if it makes sense to create sessions or a learning track that addresses their needs. Do a scan of the market to determine if this segment might be obtaining their content from another source. What factors influence first time attendees?

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

We make content to support people in that journey. Maybe your retention rate isn’t as high as you’d like, or your topline revenue isn’t where you want it to be. You’re stuck using revenue growth as the primary measure of success when you could focus on impact.” Our value is not in a magazine or even standards.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2024

For example, tracking the volume of social interactions only works on social media, whereas bounce rate helps you determine if your email or membership information website is capturing users’ attention. Ensuring your website is accessible to all web visitors increases the amount of potential members who can view your content.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Brainstorm which tactics, content, and communication channels will best engage each audience to increase the chance that they will purchase your product or service. Publish relevant, high-quality content that targets specific keyword phrases, such as “dog daycare near me” or “best pet boarding businesses.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2011

What is it and what it means to use it as a measurement for improving Facebook engagement on your Facebook Page? This post summarizes some of the key points and resources shared. A popular piece of content will stay for a longer period of time in the News Feed of your fans. Measuring Your Edgerank Score.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In today’s world, success is measured by more than just clicks and open rates. There are many marketing technology tools that can help you measure success. Are you tagging your content, products and events? You can learn more about content tagging and taxonomy in this blog. How are you tracking success?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Mastering relevant content marketing. One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. If you don’t use analytic tools, it’s impossible to know how many people are engaging with your content and what, if any, action they’re taking after that engagement. That which gets measured gets done!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Sending emails between Tuesday and Thursday and between 9 AM and 12 PM or 6 PM and 9 PM can also increase open and response rates. Due to back end constraints of social media platforms, nonprofits are more limited in making year-end social content accessible. However, this is not a universal rule.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 21, 2021

When determining the medium through which you’ll share your story , take into consideration where and how your audience consumes content. Do they prefer video content? Measure how successful your story is. What you measure will depend on your goals. Did your engagement rate improve? . Engagement.

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Media Cause

JULY 11, 2023

Personalized Content Automation doesn’t mean one-size-fits-all. Modern email marketing tools allow you to segment your audience and send targeted content based on interests, past donations, or engagement levels. For instance, you can segment different content to first-time donors, recurring donors, or volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. All in all lots of good measurement for nonprofit learning.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

The measurements of success for our experiment included:* Engagement (e.g., In addition to posting a total of 52 unique videos, featuring six staff members as ‘talent,’ our three measures for success had these outcomes: Engagement : On Instagram, we saw a 92% increase; TikTok had a 72% increase when compared to static Instagram posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

KD Paine and I had the pleasure of interviewing the Arlene McCrehan social media team at Goodwill for our soon to be launched book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Goodwill uses measurement and learning in its evolution into a networked nonprofit. How will you measure it? ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In this guide, we’ll walk through three key social media fundraising metrics, as well as how you can improve them: Social Media Engagement Rate Conversion Rate Social Media Return on Investment Ready to tap into the full potential of social media fundraising? This is where your social media engagement rates come in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2011

Facebook Custom Landing Tabs + Measurement = Best Practice. Debra Askanese pointed to a study that shows Facebook pages with custom landing pages have a higher conversion rate than those without landing pages. It doesn’t have to be a static content either, it can change according to your organization’s activities.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

and learns not only about the content of that data but also how the words and phrases in it have been structured. Increases Open Rates : Everyone knows that writing effective subject lines is essential to increase email open rates. Content or Outline When asking ChatGPT to generate an outline, it helps to direct the structure.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

Since his activity is newer and more consistent, his engagement score is rated higher than Lynne’s. Content – This person takes the resulting data and tailors your association’s content, events, and other activities to appeal to the right audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

How Nonprofits Can Use Measurement to Adapt to the Facebook Algorithm Change – guest post by Meghan Keaney Anderson, Hubspot. Here are a few tips to keep in mind to help your content remain top-of-stream. Tactic 1: Audit your content. Put your top content through each of the following questions and see where trends emerge.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Starting during the weekend of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and #GivingTuesday in 2016, Gmail introduced a new method for measuring the quality of engagement when it comes to email deliverability from the email sender to determine if an email should be delivered to an inbox, known as the inbox placement rate. Make it personal.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Instead share the largest amount of your budget on SEO and content marketing (blog posts and fresh website content). New marketing and advertising channels with measurable goals will help your prospective customers hear about you. This knowledge will help you introduce new marketing channels into your strategy.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Under this framework, your nonprofit would create goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Measurable: Set a quantifiable target for the goal, such as increasing the number of monthly donors by 20%. Engagement with content. Determine your objectives. Engagement level.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

Observe to learn members’ preferences and interest You likely have data on the purchases your members are making, the events they’re registering for and the content they’re downloading. One of our A2 customers who tried this have seen a significant jump in renewal rates. This is considered an implicit data collection method.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

They want us to invest in digital analytics tools to measure our efforts, but I’m not really sure what this will tell us. To get a better grasp on this, let’s look at the different types of analytics and what they measure. There are so many things you can measure in Google Analytics, but you’re not going to use all of this information.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

With quality web content and focused calls to action, you can use the grant to increase your web traffic, then convert that traffic into donations. In the language of Google Ads, donations are one of the most valuable conversions an organization can measure. A conversion is any measurable action that a visitor takes on your website.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. Learn how your organization can take full advantage of social media in this guide!

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Average 2023 clickthrough rates were nearly identical to what they were in 2022 for GivingTuesday. However, the unsubscribe rate was nearly 25% less than what it had been the previous year despite the six emails being twice the total of three sent a year earlier. The underlying analytics were impressive.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2011

Every e-mail marketer worth her salt knows how to calculate an overall messaging open rate: messages opened ÷ messages delivered. That's why I was a little confounded when we first started using our new e-mail system, and it would spit out a report like this: An overall open rate of almost 33%? True Open Rate.

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