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Four Nonprofits Pioneering Windows 8

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Since neither Microsoft, Apple, or Google have “Nonprofit” or “Charity” categories in their app stores (hint, hint!), it’s going to be up to you to make sure that donors, volunteers, and potential supporters easily find your app in app store searches.

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Nine Pinterest Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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A Helpful (Unofficial) Digital Training Guide for New AmeriCorps Members

Whole Whale

Hint: SEO will be the best value over time followed by the Google Ad Grant. Turn on or tune-up the Google Ad Grant The Google Ad Grant gives $10k per month in free search ads and only about 10% of nonprofits are maximizing this asset. Plan for two sources of traffic: stuff you pay for (ads), stuff you earn (social/referral/SEO).

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HOW TO: Add Your Nonprofit to FourSquare

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Cafes, bars, and live music venues are its primary focus, but nonprofits can and are already starting to add their physical location as “Venues&# to FourSquare in order to show up in “Check-in&# searches. This also hints at how fully integrated FourSquare will be with Twitter. 2) Search for your organization.

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16 free nonprofit books for your summer reading list

Candid

Hint: It takes courage, vulnerability, and trust.) If you’re in search of inspiration… There’s something about summer that lifts your spirits and makes you feel like anything is possible. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Brené Brown. Discover what it means to become a true leader in this New York Times bestseller.

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3 Donor Acquisition Tips (Hint: Prospect Research Can Help)

Donor Search

Imagine you’re having a birthday party. You have spent all month planning. The balloons are inflated. The cake is frosted. The piñata is stuffed. The big day finally arrives and no one comes. You forgot to send out the invitations! Like a party with no guests, a nonprofit without donors won’t succeed. Donor acquisition is…

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6 Ways to Raise More with Facebook Fundraisers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

When you create a new Ads audience, search the Detailed Targeting field for either “upcoming birthdays,” which will target users who have a birthday within one week, or look for the specific birthday month you’re interested in targeting. Campaign Tactics. 4) Create urgency with deadline marketing.

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