Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2018

With over 100,000 bots created on the Facebook Messenger platform and the rise of AI and conversational user interfaces (think SIRI), Gartner analysts predict by 2020 the average person will have more conversations with bots than their spouse. Think about how you’ve interacted with SIRI.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Social media platforms : help us gauge who and what our audience is engaging with. Barriers to Donation: Your more in-depth survey and a few phone conversations helped you discover: Some of her largest barriers to donating include lack of transparency in how her money will be used and clunky donation platforms that require a lot of steps.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

It’s the digital face of your organization and where many people interact with you for the first time. Start With the Basics: Platform, Domain Name, and Site Map The first thing you need to do in building your non-profit website is choose a platform. It’s easy, though these platforms and templates limit what you can do.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Listen to this podcast with their digital strategy team on how they make it work for them. This can be anything, like a piece of company swag or something digital of value that people enter their information in order to get. Use it to build emails to your list and see how the cost-per-acquisition compares to other platforms.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

If you’re unfamiliar with the term, Google Ads is the platform that displays ads on Google’s search results pages and other websites. If you’re in the United States, you need to be: A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in an eligible country (Hint: If you’re in the U.S.

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Kindful

JANUARY 5, 2022

The Nonprofit Advertising Benchmark Study is a report from Whole Whale , a B Corp digital agency that works with nonprofit and social impact organizations. The data in the study comes from Cause IQ , the leading nonprofit data platform. . 501(c)(3) organizations. The average annual advertising spend for the group is $6,884.

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Achieve

JULY 28, 2021

Hint: Re: charity’s guide to getting started with online waiver software. With all of your waivers collected in a secure digital database, you can search for specific participants, make notes on participant records, integrate with a reservation or member management system, and transfer contact information to email marketing platforms. . .

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Hint: A great time to do this is when you are creating your annual budget and marketing plan. Hint: I typically recommend posting 3-4x per week per channel as a starting point. Looking for new users to engage with on platforms like Instagram & Twitter. . Fortunately, the solution is simple – be strategic!

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 14, 2022

That’s why the smartest and most efficiently run organizations are always on the lookout for opportunities to upgrade their digital toolkits. For example, let’s say your fundraising team is looking to increase your matching gift efforts and collect more corporate donations for your cause ( hint: you should be !).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Share your best stories—but go beyond just posting them on one platform. Read on to learn how the World Food Program USA, Partners in Health, and The Mission Continues have customized one story for different platforms so they can reach more people with their impactful work. How can you break through the noise?

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

The stats back it up too: typically peer-to-peer fundraisers bring in 2x as much compared to other digital fundraising campaigns. The right fundraising platform goes a long way when it comes to peer-to-peer fundraising. Here are a few hints: Donate to enter. Charge a registration fee for your hunt. Donate for a boost.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

My recommendation to the advocacy community is to continue to pursue a “yes-and” approach, as we have so far with the TVI and the Stakeholders’ Platform. Joint Recommendation and the TVI, but drop the Stakeholders’ Platform. A definition of formats that includes Braille, audio and digital text, but excludes large print and video.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 6, 2017

Mobile giving is on the rise , and there’s no platform more prevalent than text-to-give. How these platforms work varies by vendor, but most only require a cellular connection and a few simple steps in order to complete a donation. Have they been responsive to digital communications? You’re often on the go. Accept pledges.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

8) Digital download donation rewards. One of the benefits of internet events is that you may distribute immediate access to digital goodies like downloads, special offers, or links to webinars. You can provide everyone who completes the hunt with something as simple as a digital file. 14) Gaming tournaments. About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

In 2001, I started at the Digital Media Studies Masters program at the University of Denver. I hadn't realized they were still using non-digital methods to transfer information in that world! re in-world, there are also lots of great helpful hints in the F1 Help. That's what led me on the next phase of my adventure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Hint: It’s the XYY Soup Kitchen.” Social media platforms come and go, but emails belong to you! A digital member badge that can be shared on social media. Certificates of appreciation (digital). Access to exclusive digital content. Social media platforms come and go, but emails belong to you!

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Google recognizes the power of search engine marketing and shares free access to its paid marketing platform with eligible nonprofits. By simply applying for the program , nonprofits can transform their digital presence. Search engine marketing is the natural next step for building your digital presence.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The time has come to make your digital story stand out. With all that digital information available, how can your story possibly stand out? Rosser offered a number of practical hints for helping viewers discover your videos on YouTube. First, thumbnails are key!

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Hint: Don’t make them scroll through their inboxes—more on that below!) A secure board portal provides access to and stores all campaign-related committee meetings and documents, and it should integrate with members’ digital calendars. This serves as your main point of reference for board expectations and for your one-on-one meetings.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

Mobile Fundraising Best Practices Mobile Fundraiser Campaign Ideas Get More Out Of Mobile Fundraising How To Choose a Mobile Fundraising Platform. Plus, if your text giving platform charges you per text (or you have a messaging cap), segmenting your recipients can even save you money! These days, it’s all about convenience.

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Qgiv

JULY 6, 2021

Bidding is done digitally, which makes it exponentially easier to track. Second, your participants can raise funds on Facebook while watching and engaging in your event livestream on one platform. YouTube Live is another free livestreaming service powered by the YouTube platform. Instagram is an image-based platform.

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

It can be hard to determine what’s essential with so many different rating systems out there—so what charity rating platforms are most important for building credibility and how do they measure efficacy? Hint: they’re not all downloadable PDFs! Charity Ratings. Annual report template. Download Template. New to data privacy?

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2017

Gen Z has grown up in the digital age. Hint: Social media.). A recent online study of high school and college students found that 88 percent use Instagram, and 76 percent of users access the platform daily. Snapchat saw similar results, with 88 percent on the platform and 78 percent accessing their accounts daily.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 26, 2020

When you find yourself with the resources to pull it off, all you can think about is that shiny new digital facelift. Do your third-party software platforms integrate with each other? Can it be integrated with our CRM, user database, or other third-party platforms? Hint: it’s almost never the limit. Is the sky the limit?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2014

Digital fundraising platforms help organizations accelerate things like fundraising growth, email file size, constituent engagement, mutli-channel campaign execution and a host of other critical objectives. Here’s a hint: you can only have 1 top priority. Prioritize objectives.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

But here’s a hint I always find really helpful. I’m on most social media platforms, but I am pretty active on LinkedIn. He is the author of Robots Make Bad Fundraisers - How Nonprofits Can Maintain the Heart in the Digital Age , published by Bold and Bright Media. Finally, we have limiting beliefs about ourselves.

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