Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Sifry , the co-founder of Personal Democracy Forum, took a closer look at ROI for Facebook apps in his piece last week Facebook Haggadah: A Case Study in Viral ROI (Is This App Different From All Other Apps?) Here’s an excerpt from his post : Within a day his Facebook Haggadah was all over the web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2009

There are thousands of Apps in the Facebook App Directory that Nonprofit Admins could experiment with on your organization’s Facebook Page, but below I have highlighted my five favorite Apps to get you started: 1. The Static FMBL App is the most important App on Facebook for Nonprofit Admins to master. Causes App.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Email marketing ROI is around 4,300%. According to a recent study conducted by the Direct Marketing Association, email marketing has a 4,300% ROI , which is comparable to direct traffic, CPC, and even organic search traffic. Facebook drives more referrals than any other platform. 50% of the ROI of a pin can happens after 2.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Nonprofits have spent years promoting Facebook and get rewarded with a 2% organic reach. Millions of nonprofits worldwide have been asking supporters and donors to “Follow Us on Facebook!” ” or “Like Our Facebook Page!” Our sector has provided billions of dollars of free advertising for Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Social Media Roi Slidesbk. I’m doing a panel titled “Social Media ROI&# with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6 and moderated by Roz Lemieux from Fission Strategy. ROI had it origins as an accounting term and was originally a measure of return on the total investment in the entire business. The Four I’s of ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2011

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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

For those 79% of nonprofits out there, I have listed 10 social media metrics below that can be easily tracked and plotted on a Social Media Return on Investment (ROI) Spreadsheet ( Download ). If you don’t already, get access to your website’s traffic logs and track and plot unique visitors on the Social Media ROI Spreadsheet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2012

In fact, most nonprofits in the United States now regularly use social media in their communications and development campaigns, but few nonprofit social media practioners have been properly trained how to best utilize sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Google+. The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 21, 2012

Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy. The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

.  So, in that spirit,  I'm sharing my presentation from last week which is a case study of my blogging ROI.    My main point is that you just think of ROI as math , then you're missing the a lot of the value of doing an ROI analysis. A bonus is Laura's Twitter links in Del.icio.us.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 12, 2012

Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy. The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

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. 2) You are rarely retweeted on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 7, 2011

Rather that keeping them separate, once they are merged to compliment one another, your nonprofit’s ROI begins to grow exponentially. 2) Embed Twitter and Facebook widgets into your homepage. Both Twitter and Facebook offer widgets that simply require you to copy and paste a small piece of code into to your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2016

Facebook Reach is at an all time low. Twitter is in flux. And email ROI and online giving is up, up, up! 95% of NGOs worldwide have a Facebook Page. 83% have a Twitter Profile. On average, your followers should grow 23% annually on both Facebook and Twitter. Instagram has a new algorithm.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Even though a large percentage of NGOs in Asia Pacific now regularly use social media in their online fundraising and communications campaigns, few social media practitioners in the NGO sector have been properly trained on how to best utilize sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. The Broadcast Web), Web 2.0 (The

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

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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Forum One

JULY 11, 2023

Meta launched its response to Twitter last week, Threads. To put this into perspective, this growth rate makes it the fastest-growing app ever (even faster than ChatGPT, TikTok, and Instagram), and this massive rush of users brings Threads’ audience size to nearly 30% of Twitter’s total audience of around 330 million.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/JointheFight. Twitter: twitter.com/PanCAN , twitter.com/Advocate4PanCAN. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. gid=104492.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/humanesociety. Twitter: @ HumaneSociety , @ cariegrls. We’re using Facebook primarily, Twitter for feedback, dabbling in Foursquare, and starting our LinkedIn presence. Twitter is the one that surprised me the most. For us, Twitter is primarily a public relations/customer service tool.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 18, 2010

Day and I’ve been watching the time zones wake up in the US and start Twittering about the various service projects and community building activities everyone is participating in. Earlier today I followed a link from Twitter to an archived guest post on Pamela’s Grantwriting Blog by Aerin Guy. Then or now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The webinar then closes with a discussion about how to track and report Return on Investment (ROI) for your online communications and fundraising campaign. Learn the top best practices for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and Instagram. Track and report their mobile and social media ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2012

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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org. My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Google searches likely had a big effect because other posts got a lot more buzz on Twitter and Facebook. 10 Twitter Apps for Nonprofits. Five Most Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofit Admins on Facebook. Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Reconsider Facebook. UPDATE: Major Changes Coming Soon to Facebook Pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2013

Topics include understanding how much time social media requires, how to track return on investment (ROI), and how to craft a social media policy for your nonprofit. via Facebook. Hannah via Facebook. Monica via Facebook. Domino via Facebook. Michaela via Twitter. Ashley via Twitter. Deb via Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. 3) Send hand-written thank you notes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. Then in September 2006 Facebook made the move to open their community to everyone (before you had to have a “ edu&# e-mail address to use Facebook). I was very reluctant to move over to Facebook. It was ugly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I’ve observed this phenomenon on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace, and Foursquare. The larger your communities, the higher your ROI. We worked so hard to get to 5,000 and then we took off! From there on out, the larger your community gets, the faster it grows. Work toward that goal of five thousand.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

On top of those challenges, Facebook reach has dropped to an abysmal 1%. Twitter requires a time investment that many small nonprofits simply do not have. Small nonprofits can barely invest the time it takes to manage a Facebook Page and Twitter Profile. Come on Facebook, quit being so greedy for advertising dollars!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 7, 2011

LinkedIn Groups can be very high in ROI as long as you’re patient and willing to invest at least an hour a week promoting and monitoring your LinkedIn Group. Today, those 14,000 members result in more ROI than 16,000 Facebook Fans and run a not-so-distant second to 411,000 Twitter Followers. No kidding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Social Media: To effectively promote your monthly giving program on social media, you’ll need to create a series of promo graphics that are properly sized for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Facebook has the highest ROI and it is worth investing $100-500 in a test advertising campaign for your monthly giving program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Define metrics of measurement and create a social media ROI spreadsheet. 1) Facebook. Create a Facebook Page. Find your Facebook voice. Find and monitor your Facebook Community Page, if applicable. Claim your Facebook Places Page, if applicable. 2) Twitter. Create a Twitter Profile. 3) YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2010

What is Your Nonprofit’s Holiday Content Strategy for Facebook? Recently, I noticed a trend on what major retailers were doing on their Facebook pages for the holiday season. The emerging trend was that major retailers were using their Facebook pages to release special deals and give retail discounts for the holiday season.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Five Most Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofit Admins on Facebook. Five Essential Apps for Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page. Five Simple Ways Nonprofits Can Measue Social Media ROI. Six Advanced Facebook Page Strategies for Nonprofits. Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Reconsider Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The design and layout of your e-newsletter in order to maximize online fundraising success and social media ROI (Return on Investment). Your nonprofit’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google+, and other social networking websites. The design and content of your nonprofit’s blog.

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