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Using Social Media Increases Fundraising by 40% [Study]

NetWits

With usage stats like that it’s probably safe to assume that a large portion of your supporter are using at least one social network, right? Twitter users set higher fundraising goals and raised more money. A personal message directly from your participant about why your cause is so important to them will help them achieve their goals.

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Generating Buzz: Using Social Media to Drive Website Traffic

NTEN

The tools have changed, but the need for knowing your audience, having an end goal, testing theories, and acting on lessons learned remains the same. Know Your Goals. Good goal: "Increase inbound links by 200%." " Bad goal: "Make things go viral!" Reaching your goals doesn't involve magic.

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Web Analytics Webinar from Idealware

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We're using the Idealware stats to explore Google Analytics and to look at some of the basic reports and explain metrics. We'll also use the Idealware stats to demo a methodology that connects metrics to business questions. Measures of success - are your goals, plus the ???evidence??? Numbers Alone Are Meaningless. evidence???

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Screencast Treatment: Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Learning Goals. To demonstrate how to get started using Google Analytics, navigate filters, and use goal-setting features. Act 2: Selecting An Analytics Tool There are a number of web analytics software tools available ranging from simple web counters, web hosting stat tools and more powerful (and expensive) software packages.

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2.0 Culture Wars: Luddites and 2.0topians

Museum 2.0

They don't just keep bookmarks, they Digg things and save them to del.icio.us. If you are trying to convince your institution/boss/board that something is useful, justify it in terms of their goals. There are resources out there--experts, leaders of projects already underway--who can furnish you with stats to serve as arsenal.

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Podcamp Session on Social Media Metrics: Thank You Jeremiah

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Session Learning Goals. It may also look at outcomes or reaching goals. We're not going to debate: Google Reader Stats Are Bullshit - but if you want some tips on how to do that, see Avinash Kaushik's Convert Data Skeptics). Intent/Action: What is the most important goal or outcome of your organization, work, or business?

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SXSW: Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam - Slides, Links, and Poems (long)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But from my stats surcease of sorrow, I realized - some things you can’t keep score. Yet it is important to remember, that goals determine the ROI accounted for. With Twitter, Facebook, Digg and Stumbleupon gone are the days forgotten lore. It is my job to continue thinking how to keep goals and return from sinking.

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