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Help Hurricane Harvey Victims: Where To Donate #HoustonStrong

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I watched the news reports from Texas and was horrified at the scale of this disaster. When a natural disaster strikes, I make a donation to my go to national or global charities for disaster relief Team Rubicon, Save the Children , and/or Global Giving. So, I’m donating there as well. donation is too small.

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Facebook Ramps Up Reach for “Donate” Buttons and Fundraisers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s not official, but it’s obvious that Facebook is ramping up promotion of its native “Donate” buttons and Fundraisers in its News Feed. Donors and peer-to-peer fundraisers have been slow to adopt donating and fundraising through Facebook, but that might be changing. 14% said Twitter.

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Video Marketing on Social Media: Best Practices & Inspiration for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Square videos provide 78% more space in social feeds than landscape and they don’t require that the user tilt their phone to view it in full-screen. Another consideration is that around 80% of videos in social feeds are watched with the sound off. When Hurricane Harvey hit last year, ShelterBox USA wanted to act fast.

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Do Negativity And Alarm Really Raise More Funds?

Bloomerang

This is especially true for mass marketing messages and broad fundraising appeals for monumental events like hurricanes or earthquakes. Worse, studies show that we’re more likely to perceive negative news as truthful. This might be why bad news seems to garner more attention. But the data doesn’t always support that view.

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Guest Post: Facebook Video Tips from Non-Profit Marketers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mark Zuckerberg’s recently announced that Facebook’s News Feed will be veering away from branded content to prioritize content posted by personal accounts. We rely on our supporters to share these videos on their personal feed to help spread our message,” Sarah added. This article shares insights from nonprofit marketers. .

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Two Examples of Nonprofit Social Media That Will Make You Smile (and learn a best practice or two)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, my social media feeds have been anxiety producing, if not downright depressing. The parade of bad news: gun violence, hurricanes, earthquakes, nuclear war, fake news, and more. You could go on a new diet and consume news mindfully. People were so hungry to read some good news. What to do?

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The Association of Fundraising Professionals Technology Blog: An Underused Fundraising Resource

Tech Soup

Fundraising News from a Millennial Perspective. His short snippets of fundraising technology news provides a fresh view of fundraising from a millennial perspective. He told me that he has a passion for showing members how to use new technologies, and he also likes to catalog new tools in AFP’s Resource Center.