Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

They’ve just published this terrific, free e-book with lots of tips and planning templates to help your organization decide whether to participate. Build A Parking Lot of Ideas : You will probably get lots of great ideas and see lots of great examples of content generated by your champions and donors. Fundraising'

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

I’m going to share 7 insanely easy online fundraising ideas that are making a huge impact for nonprofits. Then I’ll break down how you can apply 6 additional nonprofit fundraising strategies to grow your revenues TODAY. 7 Online Fundraising Ideas (That Actually Work): 1. Had a 55% increased conversion rate.

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Classy

MAY 25, 2021

Explicitly state if you want each person to donate, fundraise, purchase a ticket, or show support for your organization in another way. Explain what your motivation is for fundraising, why the campaign effort is timely, and how easy it is to get involved. Get Your Free Fundraising Campaign Checklists.

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The Fundraising Authority

MAY 8, 2021

Ad Grants is a program sponsored by Google that gives nonprofits free advertising credits on its Google Ads platform (text ads on search pages). So, the traffic your ad generates is very targeted. First, you’ll need a Google Ad Grants account, which is free! There aren’t many requirements to get started.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. Yeah, engaging those board members to be fundraising ambassadors. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started?

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2021

Despite the fact 57% of people who watch a nonprofit video go on to make a donation, video still seems skill- and cost-prohibitive for strapped fundraising professionals. There are tons of fun and random holidays nonprofits can take advantage of to create unique and interesting fundraising appeals. Keep it personal. Show your skills.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. Use bold for headlines. Make the process as effortless and clutter-free as possible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Despite popular memes that social media is “Free!” premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.), are now integral parts of our online communications and fundraising campaigns and like any tools of value, they requite a minimal level of financial investment.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2023

Charitable giving is essential to your nonprofit, but fundraising can be one of your most daunting tasks. With donations and goodwill on the upswing, it is critical to understand how to fundraise for a nonprofit. Every organization has unique goals and methods, but all fundraisers for nonprofits use common terminology.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And if you’re watching this recording, I hope you’re having a good day, no matter when and where you are because we are here to talk about the four-step plan to get more donations and greater fundraising results. But most importantly, as you’re listening today, please feel free to chat in. Who doesn’t want that?

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines?

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DipJar

MAY 3, 2022

Event microsites are single web pages or a cluster of web pages focused on promoting individual fundraising opportunities. A microsite can be a highly effective way to promote your organization’s fundraising events, but only when you have a dedicated, intentional web design and development strategy to guide the process.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What are your best web content tips?

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

One nonprofit used online channels to surpass their year-end fundraising goals. LSIGraph is a free tool that provides a list of related keyword suggestions based on your keyword: This suggestion tool does have the downside of not providing information like keyword difficulty. How to use a Robots.txt file to lift search rankings.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. Draft your pitch as an email with the subject as the headline you would like to see. Start with a headline that summarizes your news. For the subject line, write the headline you want to see.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2007

Kira: From talking about this last week, the biggest question this has stuck with me is how relevant ROI is for judging the value of a tactic that might serve goals other than fundraising. Is it irresponsible of me to spend ANY staff time on social networks? Job well done! My mantra is to "be everywhere, but prioritize."

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

In this weekly nonprofit marketing link roundup , we’re looking at email marketing strategies for year end fundraising success! In fact, Mailchimp’s free plan let’s you send 12,000 emails per month for up to 2,000 subscribers. Razoo answers this question by offering a step-by-step guide to fall fundraising.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Meaningful numbers will show the donor you’re doing your job and that builds trust which is the backbone of donor-based fundraising. Don’t ask people to support your Amazon Smile, grocery store affinity program, search engine donation scam, or anything else that doesn’t generate at least a couple of thousand dollars. Thanks to you.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Write an Inspirational Press Release Take the “working backwards” philosophy to its conclusion by writing a fictional press release with a headline that gives you shivers, one that celebrates your future accomplishment made possible by your innovative mindset.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

One of our clients, the COPD Foundation , has a free screening tool that individuals can use to determine if they are at risk for COPD. . Promoting donation and sponsorship opportunities to generate funds. For example, a blog post recapping your most recent fundraising event is not something that there is a lot of search traffic for.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Software development has exploded in the last 10 years giving way to an overwhelming number of free and paid social media tools. They bring together America’s fundraisers on one page, showing off their success whilst displaying how anyone can help them. 45 million was raised by nonprofits through Facebook fundraisers on Giving Tuesday.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 2, 2023

How AI tools do the work for you You can’t read a headline these days without AI being mentioned. Generative AI , when paired with your nonprofit CRM data, can help teams work more efficiently and create better stakeholder experiences. Discover how on Trailhead, the free online learning platform from Salesforce.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Web publishers use RSS to easily create and distribute news feeds that include links, headlines, and summaries. Include outreach to bloggers as part of your online fundraising campaigns. Why not ask your supporters how many of them have a blog or web site where they would be willing to promote your fundraising campaign?

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

After failing to generate results, leadership moved me to a more ops driven role with all the responsibilities of marketing still on my shoulders. You have no right in trying to convince leadership of setting up a content marketing program for your nonprofit if you cannot establish a strategy of how you plan to generate results.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). When writing your fundraising appeals, it’s important to opt for the latter.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And it’s free with a phone plan. So in some areas of the world, if you send an SMS, it’s expensive, like you need to pay for that, it’s not free. So sometimes we think written communications, you know, we get kind of a free pass from this, but no, it’s really important. And a peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

Downside, not free. ChipIn (fundraising widget) - Still in beta. I used it to stream headlines from other places I blog. Figure out if your strategy is bringing in new traffic, generating more comments/activity on your blog, etc. My particular test raised $25 for my project in less than 24 hours!

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The plan includes a proposal to allocate $109 billion for two years of free community college for all Americans, including Dreamers. . They generate revenue through tuition, fees, and federal funds; and like other nonprofits, they also rely on charitable gifts to operate. . Roughly half (47 percent) of all students in the U.S.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Real-time fundraising thermometer. In addition to encouraging donations, North Shore Animal League also enables supporters to raise money on their behalf through an integrated Blackbaud peer-to-peer fundraising tool. The Center takes donation buttons to the next level by placing a free-floating button on the side of every page.

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