Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Like its more well-known counterpart Facebook, LinkedIn is a social networking site geared towards professional networking and workplace circles. Due to its increasing popularity, there are now more concerted efforts to use LinkedIn lookalike spam to fool users in clicking links within it. Photo: Nan Palmero , CC license. Tools Web 2.0

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Roundtree

APRIL 20, 2022

Direct mail is alive and well. If you’re mailing an annual report to 1,000 people, you should expect to pay $1,500. . Advertising has the most variation of any expense because it depends on the channels you use to advertise. And we're promising not to spam you. The cost will go up as the needs become more complex. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2012

That said, the actual voting numbers are low likely due to a fear that voting will result in spam tweet exclaiming you voted. June 2012 [618 Views] :: Has your nonprofit noticed a drop in engagement on your Facebook Page recently? That doesn’t happen. twtpoll.com/o62s3z. twtpoll.com/eadp5d. twtpoll.com/qzr8g1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Or, you could post the volunteer position on your website, blog, or Facebook Page and share it on volunteer boards in your country or on Idealist.org , CraigstList , or in LinkedIn Groups. It’s important to be aware that e-newsletters that are sent BCC often trigger spam controls and are blocked by email servers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Some common metrics to monitor are website traffic, blog traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, online dollars raised, volunteers, and event attendees. Once you’ve set up your new Google account, sign up to receive Google Alerts via e-mail on a daily basis at google.com/alerts. Of course not!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

13% Check/snail mail. 5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 1% Yes… they donate on our website after reading something on Facebook, Twitter, etc. 6) What is the size of your organization’s e-mail newsletter list? [ [link] ]. 2% Our organization does not publish an e-mail newsletter. 25% Facebook.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

According to our report, Navigating the Unknown: 2020 Findings to Future-Proof Your Fundraising , social media posts were the number one driver of charitable gifts in 2020—ahead of email and direct mail appeals! With Loomly, you cannot only draft, schedule, and publish your social media posts but you can also draft Facebook and Instagram ads!

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

Most of these contacts will likely unsubscribe quickly (or mark you as spam!), This results in better email open rates , email deliverability, and clickthrough rates, and lower spam complaint and unsubscribe rates. Include an Opt-In Option with Direct Mail You may be thinking: What do direct mail and email have to do with each other?

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NetWits

JUNE 30, 2011

Let me know that there are other things I can do to support you that aren’t all about money like: take an advocacy action, share with a friend, like you on Facebook, play a game, attend an in person or online event … and then, yes, ask me for money. That is called spam, and it’s frowned upon. But just don’t do it all the time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

You’ll also want to click on your name in the upper right of LinkedIn and select “Settings” to configure your privacy settings and e-mail notifications. For security reasons, do not add your phone number or mailing address. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail. Make Connections. Give Recommendations.

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NetWits

AUGUST 15, 2011

Spam email from a stranger. Facebook update from someone you haven’t seen in ten years. Obviously bulk snail mail from a charity you donated to three years ago. Phone call from your mom. File on the intranet you’re supposed to read before the end of the week. Post on Google + from a friend of a friend.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

You should be tweeting a few times per day and posting on your Facebook and Instagram at least a couple times per week. Email marketing softwares take the manual labor out of sending bulk emails and increase the likelihood that they’ll actually get opened and read (rather than going straight to the dreaded spam folder).

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

It went into my spam filter, FYI.). Sharing auction items with your friends is easy via the handy Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and e-mail integrations built right into each listing. Here’s how you can participate: Create an account at our auction site. You must use our link to register: [link].

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Knowing what channels to use—like whether you need to email donors versus posting on Facebook—is one thing. Embrace Analog Donor Engagement Strategies When was the last time you got a card in the mail? Can you remember the last time you got a phone call that wasn’t spam? How did you feel after those interactions?

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam. Perhaps it's something else, but regardless the cause, some ingenious script-kiddy has turned the tables and suddenly you're responsible for thousands upon thousands of spam messages. The names have been changed to protect the paranoid.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

mail-tester:: mail-tester.com This free tool reveals if your email domain is on a blacklist, flagged for spam, and properly set up for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC protocols. Facebook Fundraising Tools :: socialimpact.facebook.com Facebook Fundraising Tools enable nonprofits and their supporters to fundraise on Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

Outlook.com now has 400 million active accounts, more than a quarter of which are getting their mail, contacts, and calendars on mobile devices via Exchange ActiveSync. Users of other services like Gmail or Yahoo Mail can set up a new @outlook.com address and have their other accounts forwarded.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Since the game launched, more than 9,000 people have been asked to play via e-mail, twitter and Facebook and more than 2,700 have made commitments and tagged others. For the first few days, you could tag 20 Facebook friends at a time by posting a Tag challenge to their Wall. About 23% of those tagged are joining the game.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

You’ll also want to click on your name in the upper right of LinkedIn and select “Settings” to configure your privacy settings and e-mail notifications. For security reasons, do not add your phone number or mailing address. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail. Make Connections. Give Recommendations.

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See3

DECEMBER 12, 2007

We are working with our clients to engage constituents on sites like YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. The amount of junk e-mail has skyrocketed despite a 2004 US CAN-SPAM Act that placed restrictions on sending unwanted messages and sanctioned penalties for “spammers,&# according to California-based Barracuda Networks Inc.

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NTEN

JANUARY 18, 2011

You tell me your hand measurements and favorite color(s) (or pick a specific yarn from their store), and I will knit you your very own pair and deliver them at NTC or mail to you in March. It went into my spam filter, FYI.) I wear mine every day in cool weather and they get all sorts of compliments. What's that?

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Perhaps you already provide them with relevant content through a website, e-newsletter, e-mails, or social media channels. Although it has its own blog, and most of the members are on Twitter and Facebook, all of the action takes place on Friendfeed. Are you ready to take your community to the next level of maturity?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2017

How Facebook Can Boost Year End Fundraising Results : The social media giant is as integral to an online strategy as ever. Use these tips to create a solid plan for Facebook. The New Normal in EOY Multi-Channel Fundraising : A successful marketing strategy has expanded beyond direct mail and email. Stewarding your donors.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 1, 2009

Way more folks subscribe to C3’s content via email as compared to Facebook, Twitter and RSS feeds combined. Go back to nested tables (but not too many…you have to keep the code light and not get bounced as spam if there’s not enough content vs. code) and only use inline CSS styles. By a very wide margin.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2010

Not only is it nifty piece, it attracted some of our best spam comments of the year: "Thanks for pants. Actually, some of the funniest protest signs of 2009 would make good spam comment fodder, if you happen to work for a fly-by-night SEO firm. Harvest Fans' e-mail addresses by visiting each profile. Patience pants.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 13, 2015

Choosing a title for your email is one way to help your messages stand out and reach more people on your mailing list. The tricky part of writing subject lines is to make them provocative without making them appear like spam messages. A quick glance of subject lines from my spam folder include: Love to Cook? Buy Share ToDAY!

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 13, 2015

Choosing a title for your email is one way to help your messages stand out and reach more people on your mailing list. The tricky part of writing subject lines is to make them provocative without making them appear like spam messages. A quick glance of subject lines from my spam folder include: Love to Cook? Buy Share ToDAY!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

During the process, you will be prompted to connect your Instagram account to your nonprofit’s Facebook Page account. It’s worth noting that you must be an admin of your Facebook Page to take this action. Again, like Facebook, if your nonprofit does not inspire engagement on Instagram (likes, comments, etc.),

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 18, 2022

Maybe they aren’t direct mail responsive, meaning they don’t give through the mail. I don’t recommend renting lists to mail to until you know what you’re doing because even with the right list of prospects, mailing a fundraising letter is tricky business. Foundation spam-a-thon.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 5, 2021

This means that when an Apple Mail user activates this new privacy setting, you may have no way of knowing if that user opened your emails. The open rate was never a great barometer of success (and neither are Facebook Likes for that matter). Could it be that you’re sending spam and therefore people avoid opening your emails?

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

The direct mail world was broken the instant the first email was sent, but 80% of all email sent is spam. Causes on Facebook breaks it. The newspaper classified ads were broken forever by the Internet, thanks to a one-two punch from the likes of Monster and Craigslist. Kiva breaks it. Room to Read breaks it.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2011

I like to be informed of what the organization is doing, but I dont want mail solicitations. And I tell my students that Ill give to any of the worthy causes they pour their hearts into, but they have to ask me in person (not on Facebook)! So, should we send them more e-mails? More newsletters? More YouTube videos? Great advice!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

For many of these issues, good spam/virus filtering is essential. I also use [link] as an incoming mail filter proxy. Plus, there is always the trusty search engine. At my organization, we use Zimbra.com's Collaboration Suite Network Edition , which has a good configuration of SpamAssassin. You might consider moving to OpenID.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Facebook General Growth data: More than 200 million active users The fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older More than 3.5 There are many people on Facebook; but far more people have the internet and are not on Facebook than those who are.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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