Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

People can find you via Google. Google) of Facebook. Pages Have Access to Users’ Feeds - When Facebook users become a “fan” of your nonprofit page, they will be notified of your status updates every time you make one! Integrate your blog /web site content via Blog RSS Feed Reader. Stats, stats, stats ….

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Care2

JANUARY 4, 2010

Check out the stats below. *28% 28% of sites have Google Analytics. *5% Danny Sullivan, a search engine expert analyzed another chart by Factual that showed additional stats but without exact percentages. 19% of sites have an RSS feed. *6% 19% of sites have an RSS feed. *6% 6% of sites show a sitemap file. *1%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Flickr photo from Wesley Fryer Stephen Downes points to this post by Wesley Fryer, " Feedburner Stats Drop After Google Account Merge" I haven't yet merged my account and all of sudden my counts dropped 1,400 subscribers. Not that Google has any (*cough* *mumble* *adwords*) motive to under-report traffic. But all is not well.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Cross browser compatible tested – Make sure that your site loads well in all major web browsers including Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, and yes, Internet Explorer. Burn your feeds – You’ll want to make setup your RSS feeds properly in Feedburner so that you can track subscriber numbers and click-throughs from RSS readers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It isn’t all private or all public – it’s a continuum. Facebook’s new changes (and Google +) gives us a couple of shades of gray. You need to think about what you’re sharing and who you are sharing with. More new stats include, “Friends of Fans” and “Total Reach.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

The tools include Google Analytics, PostRank, Feedburner, and others. I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" However, our Google ads offer us a way around that. It’s $330 a day, every day, period.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

Brian Kelly, whose blog feed I've added to my "Circle of the Wise" feed folder, has a section on his blog called ' Experiments. My subscriber stats went down and I got several emails from folks asking me if I was okay. In my workshop, I cover Web2.0 But, what the heck does that mean? Claim your Blog??? in Technorati.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

So when I log into Google Analytics, I never even glance at the dashboard, but instead dive straight into meaty 100-row reports. I have filled them with all different kinds of stats, from pageviews to visits to most-printed pages. Feed your curiosity. (Yes, I do still have Lynx on my computer). What do you see there?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

We also just started reporting on the metrics we already had available (web analytics, FB insights, email campaign stats) and are now moving towards more of a “digital content services&# model with metrics related to specific campaigns, etc.&#. In the end only one thing worked: small, “non-threatening&# pilots.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" You can even setup a Google Alert to track the opposition. You can also setup a RSS feed.

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Care2

MAY 21, 2009

“If you don't brand yourself, Google will brand you,&# says branding expert Sherry Beck Paprocki. Share important news, feed them useful stats and resources that relates to your cause and the issues they have been writing about. Think about it. When the NYT writes about climate change is your environmental group quoted?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

These facts are alarming and hence the data visualization of these stats is alarming. She has witnessed our programs in the region and tells first-hand stories on her blog and on her twitter feed. Follow them on Twitter , Facebook and Google+. It wouldn’t be a complete campaign without a T-shirt. Strategy'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Yep, google analytics is great. You also might to check out some widgets that combine social networking with stats like mybloglog.com. Yep, and you should also learn how to use an RSS reader so you can efficiently monitor those feeds and respond. Measure Your Traffic. Tap the Blogs. And here's a good listener's guide.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 1, 2007

Search on Google Blog Search and Technorati --two blog search engines, for other people writing about your topic. Add a stat counter to your blog like sitemeter , StatCounter or Google Analytics so you can see when someone links to your blog. Please feel free to add your own tips in the comments.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

These and other stats showcase the fact that nonprofits will be more successful if they increase their mobile presence. It basically allows you to merge all of your major communications media (Dropbox, Google Spreadsheet, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, mobile photos, mobile notes, and more). Include RSS feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

I don't have the stats to back this up, but anecdotally, I believe that Twitter can generate more giving than Facebook Causes. I know that Beth has some great recommendations on paid listening services that she mentioned in the forum, but Twitter search RSS feeds to a Google Reader can provide some great insights. Is that true?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? Sarah - use google alerts and a page that we update with mentions. NWF - 363 employees, budget is around 90 million, one hour every morning and then throughout the day (google alerts and rss every morning, then if there is something that happens throughout the day). Feed digest.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling. Head over to Google's Visualization Gadget Gallery to see what's available. Feed your raw data to world. Make it easy to find.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

You can create, share and react by syncing things through your Google Drive, social media, location and more. With a few touches you can send it off into your Instagram feed. This platform gives you a broad overview of your audience, useful stats and how your tweets are performing. If This Then That. Then, voila!

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Has links to two blogs that publish poetry: Bolts of Silk The New Verse News Wish Jar by Keri Smith Books: Author and illustrator of several books including Wreck This Journal –an activity book for creative destruction (2007 Penguin Books), and the Guerilla Art Kit –everything you need to put your message out into the world (2007, Princeton Architectural (..)

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

Widgetbox Widget displaying all tweets from the official conference Twitter feed 7. Google map of conference attendees using Zeemaps 11. Conference Twitter Feed. Trivia questions and giveaways via our Twitter feed. This is where we promoted the community page as well as the Twitter feed and hashtag: 1. print ads 6.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

It also pulls in a feed of most recent Facebook news and illuminates in real-time the fastest growing countries using Facebook. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Chrome is a free web browser for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

So the work flow goes -- check for new comments, respond, check RSS feeds, decide whether to write about it, rinse cycle and repeat. Quantcast, Google Analytics, HitTail are what I use but eventually I end up relying on server log stat software like AWStats. I also like to play with stupid statistics crap.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Known for having higher engagement than other social media, Instagram is evolving and it is becoming increasingly more difficult for nonprofits to get exposure in the Instagram Feed. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone. Create and manage ads.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In the 10 years since the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand has expanded to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Storify, Flipboard, Periscope, and most recently Snapchat. Google+ made the cut for another year. Nonprofit Tech for Good is a one-person operation and one person can only do so much.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

They raised $92,000 to feed families in the Seattle area, more than tripling their original goal. Consider Twitter for quick facts, stats, and direct appeals to donate Don’t stick complicated URLs in Instagram captions or create too many layers or steps to take action from any platform. This post has been updated in 2021.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

And her social media feeds are full of polished, highly personalized content, which is good for everyone. Facts and stats are useful here. Google Ad Tactics Ideas to make the best use of your $10k Google Ad Grant based on your goals. . “It’s giving me back some of my sanity,” she says.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Other interesting stats: the growth of referrals from Facebook and mobile browsers (more on that below).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

I've been trying to collect screen captures and stories about nonprofit web analytics for a screencast on Google Analytics for NTEN. Even more don't come at all -- they come from feed readers (as you would know). But the stats. Unique Visitors & Feed Subscribers). Word Press users can use General Stats plugin.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

This year, Whole Whale predicts that $605 Million will be raised on the day, read more about the stats and predictions for GivingTuesday 2020. Create a public calendar invite on Google (and others) to remind your audience to take action on Giving Tuesday. since 2012, and only continues to grow in reach and influence.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

Google Gmail. The website compiles a large amount of mostly economic data on each country and also regions within countries like the government expenditures on health and education, population and demographic stats etc and compiles the information in to easy to understand graphs and maps. Now, here's the latest: Email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

She recommends that you don't go into your analytics or stats program without composing a specific question first. Hard data points: Look at the feed subscribers trends from Feedburner and unique visitor trends from Google Analytics. Hard data points: You can get these metrics from Google Analytics.

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" link] SocialToo: Creates surveys and tracks social media stats.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

look at stats and compare to your audience to see if it is a fit. upload to Internet Archive and use OurMedia to generate RSS feed, etc. Blogging - if you blog about your sessions it helps Google pick it up; also gives people opportunity to comment and talk back. existing and target. about 50/50 male/female. Start simple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Unique Visitors, from your web analytics tool, and Feed Subscribers, from your RSS tool. Unique Blog Readers = Unique Visitors (to the blog) + Average Feed Subscribers (consuming your feeds) Step 3: Explore It. I took at look at new versus returning visitors report in Google Analytics. I have to ponder why and if I care?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

A website that provides world statistics updated in real-time in categories ranging from world population to stats about energy and water consumption. This tool is a simple way to create graphics of inspirational quotes or powerful stats that can then also be shared on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Google+. Quoto :: quoto.com.

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