article thumbnail

Using Social Media Increases Fundraising by 40% [Study]

NetWits

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube? of the entire American population use Facebook. YouTube is the second most used search engine in the world. Twitter has over 16 million users. The results we’re pretty amazing (though arguably not in any way shocking).

article thumbnail

10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project

Have Fun - Do Good

Did you know that the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is people who are 35 years old and older ?). Search on Google , Google Blog Search , Technorati , Twitter Search , and Social Mention for your cause, the name of your organization (if you have one), and the URL of your website (if you have one).

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

8 Benefits of Having a Nonprofit Blog

Have Fun - Do Good

As an excerpt on your Facebook feed, and clicking through to read the rest. When they find it saved by someone on a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us , StumbleUpon or Digg When another blogger links to it on their blog. Blogs can increase the search ranking of your website. When someone emails it to them.

Benefit 76
article thumbnail

Guest Post: 8 Benefits of Having a Nonprofit Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As an excerpt on your Facebook feed, and clicking through to read the rest. When they find it saved by someone on a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us , StumbleUpon or Digg. Blogs can increase the search ranking of your website. As a mention in your Twitter feed, and clicking through to read the rest.

Benefit 50
article thumbnail

The Perils of Popularity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Facebook: 2007 "We own the social graph, you bring the objects." In thinking about the evolution of social networks and having been deeply steeped in Object-Based Social Networks like those on flickr and, of course, the NpTech Tag, I am wondering about methods for aggregating resources discovered via Facebook from friends.

Digg 50
article thumbnail

How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This can take place in a variety ways, including brown bag lunches "Facebook Friday," presenting examples from other organizations experiences, sharing market research data about consumer trends and social media. My own feeling is that social media is not a either/or to email or search engine optimization. Especially in this economy.

article thumbnail

NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As bloggers and others give it closer scrutiny, we're hearing a debate about which Facebook App is better? See3 Blog writes about the advantages of the Convio Face App (integration with organization's Convio database) and the limitations (can only run one Facebook app at time). Dave Winer describes in detail why Why Facebook Sucks.

Convio 50