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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

Nonprofit Tech for Good

My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I would say MySpace has dropped off the most for us. For my role, social media is only about 30% of my job – I manage our paid online advertising strategy, SEO, and web analytics strategy in addition to social media. Please summarize your ROI.

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Hire a Social Media Manager

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My last full-time, Monday-through-Friday job was as an outreach director for a small international development organization in San Francisco. Adding social media to that already packed job description just would not have been possible. can produce significant ROI is a myth. It’s not the tools. Social media is not free!

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how?

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Social Media: What To Do If Your Boss Doesn’t Get It

Nonprofit Tech for Good

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Add your social and mobile media responsibilities to your job description. Get social and mobile media buzz in their e-mail inboxes regularly!

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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It’s commendable, but after four years of recession and the likelihood that you generously added social media to your already packed job description without compensation, it’s not sustainable and being overworked and underpaid will only lead to burnout and resentment. 10) Track the growth and ROI of your online communities.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. Blog: wfwnotesfromthefield.wordpress.com. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Taproot Foundation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Megan: MySpace was probably our first introduction to social media, but not sure the year we created the account. Megan does a fantastic job of keeping the content on link Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn fresh. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. Finally, you must measure ROI.