Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

But are these stats meaningful? Do these stats show your boss about how your organization is meeting its mission and making an actual impact? Last week during the Salsa Conference, I was asked this very question, why is social media data important - by Adrianne Burke, of Salsa Labs, during our panel Measuring Your Social Media.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

Follow along, email us your questions , and let us know what you’d like to hear about! From your board members requesting the latest donor stats to your digital director asking for email conversion rates, tracking your data can be hard. If you have any questions or are interested in getting a demo, click here !

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 4, 2020

The first post in this series shared 4 Questions to Make Strategic Decisions is worth reading before you dive into this one. But I digress… The question that I have asked myself about work I’m doing for clients these days is this -- Is there actual hard evidence that I really need to start over with my plans and strategy?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

That’s the question I asked this morning on Qriously, a new application that measures public sentiment, in real time. It works by replacing ads with questions in smartphone and tablet apps. I’ve run three questions so far, and here’s some of the insights to the process: What influences your charitable giving?

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

No matter what type of report you may end up utilizing for your own work, it is important to ask a few assessment questions. Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) is the industry standard for donor retention stats and other related donor engagement metrics.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of May 17th).

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

This helps increase donor retention rates, which leads to more revenue. You can use it to keep an eye on your donor retention rate, campaign progress, and more. This dedication to speed helps drive conversions, earning your organization more donations through your website. Customized reports. payment processing fee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

As you can see, the design is a bit edgy – and its part of new multi-channel campaign that hopes to activate activists and ignite conversations. We need to stand out from the clutter, provoke conversation and inspire action. These facts are alarming and hence the data visualization of these stats is alarming.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

If used the right way, retargeting leads can drive in a 147% increase in conversion rates. After all, 66% of cart conversions come from emails, according to research by Internet Retailer. And the efficacy of retargeting and remarketing is not limited to just hypothetical examples and research stats.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2015

While there are always lessons to be learned as we gather feedback—through evaluations, emails, and conversations with members of the Community (yup, we really do read them all)—we wanted to take a moment to share some of the highlights.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Research Questions. Once we’ve set the timeframe, we then start digging into the data to answer some key questions: What are some benchmark stats for improvement? People who leave the site (bounce rate). Overall site visits. Percentage of new vs. returning users (hint: more returning visitors = higher loyalty).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

We had a 50% response rate. So, while we were waiting, I asked the panelists to take bets. We started off with the question of why nonprofits must attention to mobile and integrate it into their communications tool box. Allyson Kapin shared some stats about the use of email on mobile devices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). What is the quality of the conversation in the comments? What did you learn from the conversation? Conversation Rate : This is the commenting and conversation that is happening on your blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2007

Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). I discovered that I had problem figuring out how many total feed subscribers and the trends over time because I had four feeds (three built into the typepad blogging platform) and another one in feedburner which offers the stats tracking feature. Technorati ???Authority???

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Email/social media conversion rate. An online webinar would allow an opportunity for a forum to feature the tools available, offer some fundraising best practices, and provide an opportunity for your fundraisers to ask questions. Number of emails sent/social media messages posted. Timeframe : Three months before event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

In the comments of a post I wrote titled " Reports of Social Networking's Death Are Exaggerated ," Paul Caplan from Content to Be Different said I think the point about measurement/evaluation is vital as long as we don't get hung up on stats etc. At any rate, it is a good example of how NOT to spam the Flickr community.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Your answers to these questions should help you to determine the type of campaign you want to create, and how you do it. Goals don’t come out of thin air. They should come from your programmatic needs.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

This is a really great aspect to mobile communications because it keeps response rates high and as consumers it keeps spam out of our text message inbox. It’s also important to include the text Message & Data Rates May Apply, which is required to tell people when they are opting in. Build a mobile list now.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The Payoff In October, at the height of the election season, we managed to go over our Google Grants budget, spending $10,212 and earning a click-through rate of 6.43% and a conversion rate of 2.10%. and had a CTR was 2.17% and a conversion rate of 4.40%. February 6, 2009 | Robin Reed Thanks Daniel. com , Inc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2014

Scheduled to occur at a specific time for usually an hour or less, nonprofits use Twitter to have live conversations on topics relevant to their mission and programs. Prewrite at least 10 tweets that you can post during lulls in order to increase engagemen, such as powerful stats, inspirational quotes, and thought-provoking questions.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

While this sounds great, the real question becomes: Are you doing everything you can to maximize your investment into email marketing? It sounds like a silly question, but 46% of marketers say they use more than one email service provider (ESP). Razoo answers this question by offering a step-by-step guide to fall fundraising.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Remember the stat from before? The rate of supporters who donate for a second time after they’ve given once to a nonprofit is only around 20% according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Remember the stat from before? The rate of supporters who donate for a second time after they’ve given once to a nonprofit is only around 20% according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

But most importantly, we love for these sessions to be interactive, so feel free to chat in your questions and comments along the way. There’s a chat box and a questions box. If you use the questions box, it might be a little bit easier to call out your question, but we’d love to hear from you.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Facts and stats are useful here. Likely Questions Anticipate questions that will come up in people’s minds. That encouraged us, especially when Dr. Butler said he had treated people with brain cancer before and had good success rate. Looking forward to a great conversation! Test them out to see what works.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Has research been done to measure conversion rates, and, if so, what has it concluded? Performance measures include stats from a webcasting provider or content delivery network on how many unique users tuned in, for how long on average, etc. There are two kinds of measures that we look at: performance and outcome.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

But most importantly, if you are listening live, please do chat in your questions and comments along the way. But first, I want to ask you this question. So there’s a question I ask everybody, if you call me today, I’d ask you this, I’d say, “What do you need this year? So have no fear. Hang with me here.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

While this sounds great, the real question becomes: Are you doing everything you can to maximize your investment into email marketing? It sounds like a silly question, but 46% of marketers say they use more than one email service provider (ESP). Razoo answers this question by offering a step-by-step guide to fall fundraising.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So send in your questions and comments along the way. If you use the Q&A box, it might be a little bit easier, a little higher chance that we get to that question as insider tip for you, but we won’t discriminate. Pretty please with sugar on top, any questions that you have, just pop them in that Q&A box.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Send in your questions and comments, we love for these sessions to be interactive. So, as Steven said, if you have any questions, put them in the Q&A box. You can put them in the chat box as well, but we prefer Q&A, I prefer Q&A because it’s easier to track your questions. There is a chat box and a Q&A box.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

She recommends that you don't go into your analytics or stats program without composing a specific question first. I've been advocating this approach for a long time and offer you a set of data points and questions. What is the quality of the conversation in the comments section? What’s the tone—formal or informal?

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Addressing these fundamental motivations is key, and by doing so, you’ll witness an increased conversion of donors. In fact, studies have shown that nonprofits who effectively use storytelling in their fundraising efforts have a donor retention rate of 45%, compared to 27% for organizations that do not focus on storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

But the stats. Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). Word Press users can use General Stats plugin. " That's a hard question for me to answer because as Kaushik notes and all of us bloggers know all too well -- analytics programs do not track RSS feeds. What is a reasonable growth rate?

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

This year, Whole Whale predicts that $605 Million will be raised on the day, read more about the stats and predictions for GivingTuesday 2020. New volunteers will be evaluating new nonprofits based on rating sites. Be a part of the #GivingTuesday conversation. Ask the question: Did we cannibalize giving or increase it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

And, above all, the session needs to be a conversation about Social Media, not a lecture. And, the networking was good, but the best part was the opportunity to ask Jeremiah a few clarifying questions to his face! The current conversation is about the need for new metrics and methods for objective measurement.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

But most importantly, please feel free to chat in any questions or comments along the way. And, Steven, you’re going to be keeping an eye on questions and answers in chat. So I might ask you and say, “Hey, what are some of the questions in the room?” The other thing is the retention rates go up.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

We’ll save some time for questions but, most importantly, we would love to hear from you. But do reach out because we’ll have some time for your questions at the end. So start by asking the question, who must you engage with to achieve your mission? We’ll see them. We’d love for these to be interactive.

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