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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy. 1) Set up your nonprofit’s Facebook Page to make a good first impression.

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11 Obvious Signs Your Nonprofit Needs Social Media Training

Nonprofit Tech for Good

There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment). Unless you study Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. 7) Your Facebook Page only has one admin.

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Five Must-Have Skills for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare are not miracle-producers. They are simply tools that can result in high ROI for your nonprofit, but only if the person sharing Status Updates, Twittering, and Checking-in on behalf of your nonprofit has the right skills, experience and training to make social media produce results. 2) Is mobile.

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Five Ways Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Build Their e-Newsletter List

Nonprofit Tech for Good

People are often surprised when I say that if given the choice, I would choose 10,000 e-Newsletter subscribers over 10,000 Followers on Twitter, 10,000 Fans on Facebook, or 10,000 Friends on Foursquare… combined. For me, that ROI translates into webinar attendees and speaking engagements. Consequently, so has my ROI.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly.

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Is Measuring Your Facebook Edgerank Useful?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over on my Facebook Page and during recent Leveraging Social Media Peer Group discussions , there have been questions about Edgerank and colleague Devon Smith has been experimenting. Edgerank Is To Facebook As Pagerank is to Google. That is, how often a fan views and interacts with your Facebook page and individual posts.

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Free Webinar for Nonprofits in Asia Pacific! How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media Successfully and Build Their Digital Libraries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

campaigns in order to maximize ROI (Return on Investment). for nonprofits and discusses how to lay a foundation for future success on the Social Web, and then quickly moves into discussing the top five social media best practices for nonprofits with a particular focus on Facebook and Twitter. The webinar begins with defining Web 1.0

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