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Five Steps to Finding ROI

Amy Sample Ward

Many organizations struggle with the idea of ROI and metrics when it comes to social media because so much of it feels, well, untouchable. Given the answers to 1-4 of our example, some of the metrics we could use to measure our success and ROI include: volunteer participation, online “chatter,&# and program growth.

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The Power of the Email Address

TechImpact

Integrate with offline campaigns. Your direct marketing and other offline marketing campaigns can help support your online campaigns, too. You’ve been told over and over about the importance of nonprofit social media marketing, but measuring ROI can be difficult. Ask for non-financial support.

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Survey Says: We're Not Paying Attention to ROI

NTEN

Flickr: bitzi One of findings from our latest annual Nonprofit IT Staffing and Spending Survey stood out to us: Those organizations that evaluated their Return on Investment (ROI) for IT expenditures were much more likely to be leaders— 44 percent, compared to just 17 percent of stragglers.

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How Online Fundraising, Gamification and Social Media Helped Raise over $2 Million Dollars in One Day

NetWits

And because fundraising continues to shift from offline to online nonprofits are faced with a growing need to find new and innovative ways to do fundraising through online sources. The move towards a multichannel fundraising approach (online and offline) is becoming more and more critical to long-term success.

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Top tips for Efficiently Measuring Social Media ROI & Getting Strategic with Your Data

Connection Cafe

Measuring the return on investment for any organizational effort is a standard of doing business. How much is your online fundraising augmenting offline efforts? While the area of social metrics continues to evolve and grow, there are five main tips all organizations should follow when measuring social media activity for ROI: 1.

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Vote for these SXSW Nonprofit Panels

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” That panel marked the beginning of my friendship and collaboration with KD Paine which lead to our book, which is going to be entertaining and practical look at how to measure all things networked nonprofit. .” The description: Social Media Nonprofit Measurement: Beyond the BS.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Click to see larger image I'm very tempted to start using Results On Insights for ROI thanks to Barb Chamberlain's comment in yesterday's post " What Are The Best I-Words For Nonprofits To Think About Social Media and ROI? " But what does that really mean? You should reach out to both audiences.

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