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5 Ways to Protect Your Nonprofit’s Data

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It seems cyberattacks, ransomware and hackers make the headlines on a regular basis. One browser plugin, HTTPS Everywhere , will ensure that if a website offers an encrypted SSL connection, it will use it. Getting privacy protecting browser plugins is a quick and easy way to better privacy.

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Upworthy Type Headlines: To Like or Dislike?

Care2

Upworthy, a site that focuses on curating social cause related videos and content has been receiving a lot of media attention for changing how bloggers write headlines. But is this a signal that people are growing weary of the “and you won’t believe what happened next” headlines? What about Facebook?

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10 Blog Design Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Use large font for headlines and body text. To accommodate today’s Internet users, at minimum your headlines should be 18 point and your body text 13 point. A social sharing plugin empowers readers to easily share your blog posts on social networks. Next City Blog. Your stories should be as easy to read as possible.

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SEO For Nonprofits: A Beginners Guide To Digital Marketing Success

Nonprofits Source

I’d recommend using the free Google (XML) Sitemaps plugin if your site is built on WordPress. Just download the plugin and activate it and you’re all set. First, let’s define the fields: Title: Defines which headline should appear in results. How to use a Robots.txt file to lift search rankings.

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Online Fundraising Ideas (7 Strategies & 63% More Donations)

Nonprofits Source

In terms of lead generation platforms, for WordPress sites, Thrive Leads is the go-to plugin. Sometimes graying out the “no” button or having a catchy headline can dramatically increase conversion rates. Depending on the topic of the post the headline and call to action changes: 6. It’s affordable at $19.00

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A/B Split Testing 101: Tools and Tips for WordPress Site Optimization

Byte Technology

Doing A/B split testing is an absolutely ideal way to gauge your user base and basically see what makes them tick—what landing pages really garner attention; what headlines encourage them towards further exploration; and even what colors on your pages seem to be the most attractive and compelling.

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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications. A Widget is a piece of code that enables a non-technical website publisher to pull in data and a display for that data from another website, so they can have, say, news ticker headlines or a personal horoscope, or local weather or an RSS feed.

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