Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Chrome September 4, 2008 The hiatus is over with a short entry about Google Chrome , the new browser from Google that I learned about on the twitterverse while I was stopped at one rest stop or another.

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 20, 2013

In the past week Facebook anounced two changes that I think you should take note of: 1) they are going to start allowing hashtags to be posted in status updates and 2) they changed the news feed again. You would then be alerting people that the theme is autism and at the same time helping search features of Facebook, Google, etc.,

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Classy

JUNE 8, 2021

But as you gain more followers, you also gain access to their networks, since the content they’re engaging with will show up on their connections’ feeds. . Start by building a list of search terms that are likely to appear on the profiles of people who will resonate with your mission. Host Inspiring Events That Advance Your Goals.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Finding Feeds. Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. Here are some of the best ways to start listening online: Google Alerts. This free service from Google let’s you identify key words, phrases, or URLs that you want to track. Twitter Search.

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Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

An active field of research in the 1960s, machine learning is now deeply embedded in our daily lives—from receiving recommended products while we’re online shopping to Google helping us autocomplete our emails. Making searching for funders and grants fast and easy. As these technologies mature, so do their applications.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Here are some digital marketing best practices for finding new donors by driving prospects to your nonprofit organization’s website using search engine optimization, online advertising, and email campaigns. Consider a content audit to evaluate how well your website meets search intent. Use paid media to target your ideal donor.

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2020

Include links for them to play it on their player of choice giving links to Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher and any other popular ones for your audience. Look at pages that already get a lot of organic traffic on relevant topics with Google Analytics and add your podcast player to them. Cast Feed Validator by Blubrry.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Twitter search is your best friend for finding out what’s going on in the real time conversation world of microblogging. Get set up on Google Alerts to monitor the web at large. If it’s out there Google will probably find it. Each of the above will let you search for a word or phrase and then get the RSS feed for that search.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

Let's say that you have mastered using an RSS reader like bloglines or google reader or event NetVibes to read feeds. And you've integrated reading feeds from blogs and web sites into your daily routine. If using google alerts and blogreaders are great entry steps, how do you take your listening to the next level?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Google, etc. 5) You are ignoring Google+. Google has been slowly merging Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Blogger, Wallet, Photos, Location, Mobile, Videos, etc. into Google+. Ignore Google+ at your own peril! Free Webinar: Google+ and Google+ Hangouts for Nonprofits ]. Pace yourself.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

Types of advertising can include a combination of any of the following: Social media marketing and news feed ads Search engine marketing ads (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) Search engines Search engine marketing (SEM) displays advertisements at the top of search engine result pages (SERPs). With over 3.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

What caught my eye was his diagram of how one might use a collection of google apps to for social media listening. I might tweak this dashboard and also add Google Analytics to keep an eye on your referrals. (1) I might tweak this dashboard and also add Google Analytics to keep an eye on your referrals. (1)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Spend two hours googling “creative fundraising ideas” to get inspired. Sort through online organizational data (Google analytics, email open rates) to see if there are insights, trends, and patterns that could be used to improve operations. 50 helps us feed one child for a week.”).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Since neither Microsoft, Apple, or Google have “Nonprofit” or “Charity” categories in their app stores (hint, hint!), it’s going to be up to you to make sure that donors, volunteers, and potential supporters easily find your app in app store searches.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). But searching still requires a lot of hard work by you, the user. To a search engine the words [taj mahal] have been just that—two words.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

They can also apply to Google for Nonprofits for a suite of free resources. For example, if you can explain that $500 will cover the cost of feeding one person for six months at your homeless shelter, you are more likely to get donors at that level.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has seen a world of difference in recent times. Optimized content gets you higher up on the search results and drives a lot of organic traffic to the website. When done frequently, you can easily determine the index and rank on the Google. . Here are some SEO tips to index and rank faster. .

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 31, 2009

Why is Google using Solr for search? | crawl feeds from partners like VolunteerMatch and Idealist just like Google web search crawls web. crawl feeds from partners like VolunteerMatch and Idealist just like Google web search crawls web. This happens because.we This happens because.we

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

When choosing which grants to apply to, estimate how much funding your organization needs from the grant and search for ones that meet your needs. As part of this guide to grants for nonprofits, here are some well-known grants you can apply to: Google Ad Grants is a program for nonprofits that helps increase awareness for their cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2010

I did find that both of the two pages listed above did no longer show up in Facebook searches. I had to use Google to find them. But the Pages themselves are still fully functional including News Feed activity. 3) How do the Community Pages function before and after the magic number?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

Unless you plan on working at your current nonprofit for the rest of your life, it’s entirely possible that during your next job search, recruiters and your future boss will be browsing your LinkedIn Profile. LinkedIn Profiles rank very high in search results, so make sure yours is filled to 100 percent completeness. Make Connections.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Here’s a map of search data in list form. We celebrate that a nonprofit campaign — the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the #5 most-searched phrase on the Google Trends Searches Top Chart — made the list. don’t like to be sent shovels and shovels full of emails that just feed the email monster. Is this a new trend?

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

First, shameless plug for Whole Whale tools that will help a team working to increase a social presence: Linkedin tips article Whole Whale’s Social Media Course NonprofitNewsFeed.com is a weekly nonprofit news feed that can give your team ideas for content for a CEO to react to. Rev.com or Otter.ai

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

LinkedIn shows up at the top of Google searches: When someone googles you, your LinkedIn profile will likely show up on the first-page result. You don’t know what you are missing on LinkedIn: While you’re reading this, someone out there might be searching LinkedIn for the services you provide.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 10, 2015

You install the independent app on your page it automatically identifies and adds trending content and publishes your blog feed based on details such as gender, age, level of education and so on. Post Planner. Not sure what to post in order to raise engagement on your social media pages?

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

These platforms make their revenues from advertising, giving them no incentive to show your post to thousands of feeds unless you pay for it. As it turns out, people are 7 times more likely to visit a nonprofit’s website in a search result then they are through social media. The best way to measure that growth is with Google Analytics.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 8, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Tags: roundup bookmarks discussion facebook fundraising google gov2.0 Thus today’s announcement is a very big surprise.&#. Does Directgov Deliver?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2018

1) You can get $10k per month in free advertising from Google. Google Ad Grants is an in-kind programme that gives non-profits free access to Google business tools, and incredibly, $10,000 per month in free advertising on their Google Ads platform. 3) Google Ads are a hugely effective digital marketing channel.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Finding Feeds. Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. Here are some of the best ways to start listening online: Google Alerts. This free service from Google let’s you identify key words, phrases, or URLs that you want to track. Twitter Search.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube, Google+, Vine, Tumblr? An algorithm is necessary to weed out boring content from the Facebook News Feed, but 1%? Search, claim, set up, and then post a minimum of twice monthly to keep it current. Digital payments are coming to social networks ( YouTube and Google launched them first ).

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2009

Some of them, along with my answers, include: How much time a day do you spend reading (RSS feeds)? You can search within your reader and find content that came through that you might be looking for, even if you didn’t read it the first time. What’s the difference between Netvibes and Google Reader?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2007

Last week, we had a NpTech Conference call (see Marnie's notes here and my stabb at a summary here ) During the call Nancy White mentioned "social search" and later she forwarded this note about a Yi-Tan tech community call on the topic today. Social Search is: people helping people find stuff. Some other urls here and here.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 8, 2010

From time to time I will pull up a user profile to monitor what folks are doing in Salesforce since I have feeds turned on for Accounts and Opportunities, but that's about it. We have a couple of email listservs on Google Groups of our top-tier advocates that we've been interested in migrating to an online community.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 27, 2009

For my email address, I added judisohn.com as a domain in Google Apps, along with all the necessary MX entries on my MediaTemple hosted domain. My feeds are all on FeedBurner, so that was an easy switch. Folks subscribed to my complete feed shouldn’t see any difference. It was easier to do than I thought it would be.

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Achieve

JANUARY 15, 2020

Feature Google Analytics tracking. Google Analytics allows you to view your site’s performance and understand where the traffic is coming from. Leverage a CMS that has embedded Google Analytics functionality so you can track metrics like site visits, bounce rates, and more. Not sure where to start in your search?

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