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Hello, Washington Post: Dolllars Per Facebook Donor Is Not the Right Metric for Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Steve MacLaughlin points out "If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now. Flickr Photo by Vaguely Artistic.

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Join Us for Local and Virtual Events This Week With Social Media September

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Adelaide, Australia: Mixing online with offline - building communities that take action. Guatemala: The Social Good Summit Global Conversation 2013 - Guatemala. Honolulu, HI: Overview of Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Peterborough, Canada: Social Media Surgery. Tuesday, September 17.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. Transparency and Social Media: Dealing with Criticism. Harry: A Green Geek.

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ROI (Results on Insights): Nonprofit Examples of How Listening Returns Value

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Network for Good has some terrific stories about noisy, angry people becoming champions for their services because of active listening and then open engagement with them on social networks or in the comments of blogs. One example is from the GiveWell Blog which posted a complaint about the Network For Good's fees.

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The Best Social Media Marketing Resources For Nonprofits

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5 NONPROFITS WINNING AT SOCIAL MEDIA. Guest Post Written By: Victoria Greene. It’s hard not to have a professional crush on a social media account when there are some organizations absolutely smashing it out there! Keep up to date with what’s going on and you’ll be able to keep up your winning social media marketing campaign.

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Three Different Approaches to Twitter Fundraising: Bees, Turkeys, and Blame

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If the dollar amounts from fundraising campaigns using social networks are disappointing, one response is to say this doesn't work and stop doing it. 3) Tweet Meet Give : This approach weaves together online and offline activities and leverages "Tweet Ups." Is there value in the impressions metric? TweetsGiving 2009.

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