Whole Whale

AUGUST 19, 2021

Full disclosure, I have purchased and used email lists in the distant past and have NEVER seen any ROI from the tactic. Hopefully, this article will map out the pros and cons of email list purchasing. No free lunches Buying or renting a list can seem like a quick tactic that can give a quick boost to your marketing goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

There are an astounding number of free, innovative tools for activism and research. Flexibility has it’s own Return on Investment (ROI), particularly at nonprofits, where we generally have a lot more innovative thinking and opportunistic attitude than available budget. Tags: guest blogging ROI.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 17, 2024

Consider incorporating interactive content into your blog, such as: Quizzes Polls Image galleries or slideshows Interactive maps Interactive videos Your nonprofit’s content management system (CMS) may offer built-in tools or add-ons that make it easier to create interactive content. Simple language free of jargon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

How do you map these social networks? I guess I am wondering about the ROI of friendship! re enjoying this blog, please consider subscribing for free. Marnie Webb asks. a good question about the tools for measuring social networks. But then what does that do to web analytics? What tools are available? What tools do we need?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

You can’t raise the kind of money you need for free. They seek out the free version of every tool, look for professional volunteers to do every skilled task pro bono, and stuff their own envelopes for their annual appeal. But if free is a MUST, that’s a problem. Here’s the short answer: 15 to 25%. Sometimes that’s ok.

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Care2

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Join Jonah Sachs, CEO of Free Range Studios and author of Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell (and Live) the Best Stories Will Rule the Future , and Justin Perkins, Director of Nonprofit Services for Care2, on October 18th at 2PM ET for this interactive webinar on how you must engage in storytelling to get noticed and create a better future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

To make twitter work for your organization you need free agents , people who don’t work for you but can mobilize others. Tweetups might also be a great tool to energize your network of free agents. You want them to be enthusiastic free agents as well. Decide how you measure results ( ROI ). . Substitution is O.K.

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Givinga

MARCH 19, 2019

Fortunately, technology and ROI models have come a long way in the last five to ten years. Unlike ten years ago, we now know that strategic corporate philanthropy and CR efforts can map directly back to business goals. One of the most important of those business goals? Increasing sales.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Two tools include: Vertical Response : 10,000 emails per month free for 501c3s. Prioritize your ROI around the biggest impact, whether that’s raising funds, engaging people, or something else. Google Maps & MyMaps.

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Care2

AUGUST 21, 2007

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!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

Some of the topical themes I will work in more depth: Listening: I have focused on the free tools and have some great step-by-steps. Mapping Metrics to Social Media Strategy: This wiki will be retooled to go deeper in more specific metrics linked to strategy. Workshop Keynote for Legal Services Corporation (1/28) ROI and Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Attend some of the FREE social media gatherings or meetups in your city and network with other nonprofits like Net2Tuesdays.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Through demos of free tools such as AWStats and Google Analytics, we'll look at what these tools can tell you about your site. Chris's key point is: A few good metrics in the context of social media goals and strategy are valuable to determine the ROI and continuous improvement of your social media plan. Numbers Alone Are Meaningless.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As seen with the importance of creating a marketing strategy, mapping out a content strategy allows you to identify what’s working and what needs further attention down the road. . Marketing analytics uses accurate data to improve and optimize campaigns , ultimately driving a higher return on investment (ROI).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

Back in December, the Brooklyn Museum started to experiment with FourSquare running a promotion to get people to check in and get a free membership.     As KD Paine , Social Media Measurement Goddess says in a recent article about ROI, most social media efforts fail because they fail to measure success (or failure). 

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AccelEvents

JULY 20, 2020

If you are hosting an in-person event and you want your attendees to access digital aspects of the event, like a schedule or map, then you can choose a virtual event platform designed for mobile apps and small amounts of digitization. Some platforms are also tailored for a specific task. Do You Capture, Record, and Store My Event’s Content?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

Often, we forget that because the actual application/software/tool may be free, really using it is not. Review the Social by Social Handbook (read for free online, or buy). WeAreMedia’s ROI Toolbox. Liveblogging notes from Beth Kanter’s NTC session on “Mapping your social media strategy to metrics&#.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

You don't need to produce many good outcomes to create a positive ROI, and excellent outcomes are quite possible. Put your data into some of the free tools out there and embedd the results. Want mapping? The My Maps feature in Google Maps can help create some nice prototype map tools. Online discussions?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

As a new nonprofit, you might be tempted to start with free software solutions to minimize spending. They can ensure you’re using the tools to their fullest extent to enhance your ROI. Learn more about annual compliance regulations with the help of Hurwit & Associates state-by-state map. Maintain state tax forms.

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Care2

MAY 15, 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!" There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Attend some of the FREE social media gatherings or meetups in your city and network with other nonprofits like Net2Tuesdays.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

You don't need to produce many good outcomes to create a positive ROI, and excellent outcomes are quite possible. Put your data into some of the free tools out there and embedd the results. Want mapping? The My Maps feature in Google Maps can help create some nice prototype map tools. Online discussions?

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AccelEvents

JULY 20, 2020

If you are hosting an in-person event and you want your attendees to access digital aspects of the event, like a schedule or map, then you can choose a virtual event platform designed for mobile apps and small amounts of digitization. Some platforms are also tailored for a specific task. Do You Capture, Record, and Store My Event’s Content?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The first C, Content, refers to the idea that social media tools allow everyone to become a creator, by making the publishing and distribution of multimedia content both free and easy, even for amateurs. Tags: ROI. The First C: Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

John Bell of the 360 Digital Influence Blog says " It's Time for Measurement of Social Media " which looks at the ROI and identifies some success metrics. Karen Schneider gets it right about "free" technology: that's free, as in free kittens." Hat tip to Paul Hyland. " from Deborah Finn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

As the chief listener for the organization, Wendy honed her listening literacy skills using free tools like google alerts, technorati, RSS reader, and delicious. Because of the volume and using free tools, Wendy had to do a lot of heavy cut and paste to analyze, summarize, and distribute the information. Conclusion.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Consider setting up a free Google Analytics account for your site if you haven’t already so that you can easily access the most vital website metrics. 20 (a positive ROI!). In order to optimize your site to receive the most traffic (and conversions), pay attention to how your site is currently performing. Crowdfunding platforms.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Are you looking at a map or the rearview mirror? What you really need are metrics that provide you with a plan of action, or a map, to help bolster your fundraising efforts. . Map Metrics. Return on Investment (ROI) . Your goal with ROI is to be positive and the higher the number, the better.

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Care2

MAY 4, 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!" April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Google Chrome is a free web browser for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. e-Newsletter. It is a must download!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy. It’s free but you can purchase additional data for reasonable amounts (for example you can get Klout Scores ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

And with such keen attention to detail when you're paying attention to time, it's much easier to compute ROI for your efforts once you're tallying up results. I also have a production calendar in outlook that maps out the week's social networking blogs. Here's the notes and I've integrated the points above. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Jeremiah Owyang describes this issue, but calls it " Fondling the Hammer " It's a symptom of a larger problem - the lack of ROI thinking and it happens in the nonprofit sector too. Kiva launches a new feature that maps the flow of loans from lenders to borrowers. re enjoying this blog, please consider subscribing for free

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Forum One

MAY 31, 2023

Get free advice from nonprofit technology groups, attend virtual events, or sign up for a competitor’s email list to see what’s working and what’s not. Don’t reinvent the wheel Other organizations are facing the same challenges, and there are a lot of great technology solutions for digital engagement.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This evaluation isn’t just about numbers; it’s a vital step in determining your ROI , and helping you make informed decisions about repeating or refining strategies. Download Your Free Copy of our Fundraising Calendar and Nonprofit Annual Development Plan:

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

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!" SH: Convio doesnt charge any extra licensing fees for Open APIs, so theyre free.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 e-Newsletter [see right column]. e-Newsletter [see right column]. Zeen :: zeen.com.

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