Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points (fancy way of saying metrics) that will help you harvest insights to improve your social media strategy. For blogging, you have to use a couple of different tools to get the different metrics you need. I think engagement metrics are far more useful for evaluating reader interest.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Well, I’ve got some eye-opening stats that might make you reconsider where to channel your communication efforts. Well, here’s another mind-blowing stat: Radicati Group reports that there are over 4 billion email users worldwide, and that number is projected to reach 4.6 The numbers don’t lie! But what about reach?

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Care2

MARCH 9, 2013

A lot of organizations focus more of their engagement efforts on Facebook than Twitter. I think this is because organizations feel limited by the 145 character tweet length. Plus it can be a noisy space.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Not to worry, here are some tips that Avi Kaplan and I of Rad Campaign compiled to help nonprofits rock your online presence. Produce a monthly website and online engagement report of key metrics. Monthly Website Stats: Monthly visits, unique visitors, pageviews, pages per Visit, time on site, and bounce rate (aim for under 60%).

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

These stats were compiled by the team at Blackbaud, long-time stand-out providers of nonprofit technology. Tips for Implementing Blackbaud Fundraising Software. Close examination of major gift metrics allows you to discover: Any obstacles that are holding individuals or your entire team back. How do we know this?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2013

While it is advised to review event metrics after an event, it may be beneficial to review some fundraiser participation while the fundraising is actually happening. Enhance your communication plan with helpful tips on how to use those fundraising tools you are providing them. Please mention them in the comments below.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) is the industry standard for donor retention stats and other related donor engagement metrics. Five Tips for Busy Fundraisers Every day brings some sort of new data point or insight that you’re expected to act upon.

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2011

That said - they are still useful as part of your metrics and tracking. It provides a: Breakdown of networks (Delicious, Digg, Facebook, etc) and you’re super users for these sites as well as tips on how to engage the audience. You should be reviewing these stats at least once a month. Postrank Analytics.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2014

So I broke down and purchased a FitBit and as a metrics geek, I have to say I love it! So why not think of your event metrics as your own personal P2P FitBit? So what metrics should you check out to monitor the health of your peer-to-peer fundraising event? So here is another metric to put in your own fundraising rucksack.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Customize your dashboard to show the fundraising metrics most important to your nonprofit’s mission and campaign success. Pull reports with the most important metrics for your nonprofit’s success. TrueGivers also provides tips for handling delicate situations, such as when a supporter passes away. Interactive dashboard.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

But these stats show how receptive people are to email after they've take an action. New volunteer signup welcome series – Set expectations and tips for getting the most out of a volunteer experience. Event registrant welcome series – Provide insider tips for enjoying your event and preview things like auction items.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

While the shape of the decision-making journey might be different, the key metrics is still the same – conversion from awareness, engagement to activity. Erica Mills agreed to share a guest post with some tips filled with practical tips. But also think about how social media impacts how your fundraising pitches are received.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

It is the synthesis, sense-making, and sharing of the abundance of stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom that is happening in real time in the form of e-books or blog posts. There are specific metrics for specific platforms. It’s curation of real-time learning. Ymca of Metro Chicago Facebook Case Study.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2013

Here Are This Week’s Nonprofit Highlights: Jeff Haguewood of Sidekick Solutions suggests the 5 Basic Fundraising Performance Metrics to Start Measuring Today. It’s important that you begin paying attention to the stats. If you’re not appropriately monitoring performance, how can you gauge success? Infographics.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Tip: You can also get Google Analytics for your Facebook Page! While they aren’t the most comprehensive of reports, there is no point in ignoring free metrics! There are stats built into the tool for the number of clicks and so on, but if you are measuring site traffic already it shouldn’t be new that regard.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 10, 2019

If you’re looking to crush LinkedIn marketing in 2019then consider these 5 tips: 1. LinkedIn’s Social Selling Index is one of the few metrics I think is worth obsessing over. Advertising on LinkedIn is expensive in my opinion so strike the iron while it’s still hot! Check Out Your LinkedIn Social Selling Index (SSI).

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 3, 2019

If you’re looking to crush LinkedIn marketing in 2019then consider these 5 tips: 1. LinkedIn’s Social Selling Index is one of the few metrics I think is worth obsessing over. If you’ve ever wanted to increase your “ weekly search stats ” on LinkedIn then investing in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) might be a good place to start.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2018

Deena Shakir from Google Ventures shared the following stat: smartphones are one million times more powerful than NASA’s computing power when we went to the moon in 1969. A-B ties their bonuses to sustainability metrics. Get even more tips about increasing your company’s impact by visiting corporations.blackbaud.com.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

CauseVox also recently introduced our new activity metric , which allows participants to track their participation, whether that’s miles walked or laps swam. The stats back it up too: typically peer-to-peer fundraisers bring in 2x as much compared to other digital fundraising campaigns. Charge a registration fee for your hunt.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

He then shows some stats from comScore : * Over 133 million Americans watched online video in July — or 74% of US internet users. So while we don’t yet have all the metrics we need to show that video will actually improve/increase fundraising online, we know that this is the content people are gravitating towards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

8 Great tips and the resources to educate you on each of them. Plan on spending some time on this and blow your boss away next time you bring her your web stats and action plan! Tip : Use Google FeedBurner which will allow people to subscribe via RSS or email. Another Tip : Not sure how to get RSS from the Blackbaud Sphere CMS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

I started experimenting with these concepts back in 2008 at SXSW session on Nonprofit ROI and SXSW Session on Nonprofit Crowdsourcin g as well as at the NTC in 2009 on a session mapping metrics to strategy. Hashtag Stats. I’ve using the technique to deliver conversational keynotes at conferences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Or they might have some understanding of metrics and have gone as far as setting up a free google analytics account, but are not sure what to do next. Several reported difficulty in getting Google to show up-to-date stats, while others noted a very occasional loss in historic stats for an entire site. Let's define these: Visits.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Is it best to create a monetary goal or one based on impact metrics? We’ve made it easy for CauseVox clients to get on board with #GivingTuesday by creating a set of resources, tips, guides, and providing extra support specific to the campaign. Here’s our tips for planning a hybrid fundraising event.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

We’ve put together a list of the most up-to-date stats on how nonprofits are using social media to make a difference. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. Social Media Marketing Statistics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

You need to pick the right hard data points, or metrics, that will help you harvest insights and improve your blog. Next, you need to know the right metrics to use, and employ the proper tools to collect the data. Most important, you need a strategy—either for yourself or for a team—to gather insights from your metrics.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

It’s easy to get bogged down by stats so make it relatable by designating an individual as the focal point and adding a personal, heartfelt narrative. Check out how Neverthirst used CauseVox to make their Workout for Water campaign their own: Tip: If you want to share or track your campaign across social media, try incorporating a hashtag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

I'm doing a session at Boston podcamp called the Social Media Metrics/ROI Game. So when I heard that one of the leading subject matter experts on social media metrics - Jeremiah Owyang - was the guest of honor at a local social media networking event , I decided to go. So, here's the session description: Social Media Metrics/ROI Game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2012

I’ve be facilitating a few introductory workshops and briefings about Pinterest for nonprofits with a goal of explaining it, what it does, benefits, and examples of how nonprofits and others are using it. I’ve been actively curating tools, research, and tips and have found some great ones that I’m sharing sharing below.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Read on to learn this experts view on the current state of nonprofits and online video, tips and hints on how to maximize your videos impact, and how much all of this really costs. Good metrics are often hard to come by, but measuring success is the only way to know if your effort and investment has paid off!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

Here are my tips for organizing a successful tweetup: 1. All of this added up to some great success metrics. Twitter stats were obtained from What the Hashtag and Twitter Search. This gave those animal advocates on Twitter a chance to meet up in real-life. They talked about everything from the conference sessions to their pets.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

For more interesting industry metrics, check out these 50 fascinating philanthropy stats —Danielle . Are there EOY tips for orgs that are Science and Research focused? I have seen reports that show sending a multi-message campaign raises more funds versus sending only 1 email in December.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

Last week, I wrote a post that summarized some tips, resources, and tools for using Pinterest. I took a look at a couple of the measurement tools available for Pinterest and got on the waiting list for Pinerly after reading this analysis from the Poynter Blog based on stats provided by Pinerly. I was [.]

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

7 Tips for Effective Storytelling for Nonprofits Using Digital Marketing. Because of that, after we cover how to write your nonprofit’s story from start to finish, we’ll discuss a few tips to keep in mind when sharing that story via digital marketing. 7 Tips for Effective Storytelling for Nonprofits Using Digital Marketing.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

3 Fall Fundraisers Planning: Tips And Ideas To Get Ready For Fall Planning is key to a successful marketing campaign. 4 The Ultimate Email Marketing Cheat Sheet: Facts, Stats, And Actions. This post offers insight on everything from A/B split testing headlines to really diving into conversion metrics. Nonprofit Marketing Tips.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

3 Fall Fundraisers Planning: Tips And Ideas To Get Ready For Fall Planning is key to a successful marketing campaign. 4 The Ultimate Email Marketing Cheat Sheet: Facts, Stats, And Actions. This post offers insight on everything from A/B split testing headlines to really diving into conversion metrics. Related Articles.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2011

In this article, we will explore how to manage these challenges from a technology standpoint, including publishing metrics, establishing structure, removing barriers and offering training. Elements to enable digital editors: Publish metrics (recognition, competition, feedback). Publish Metrics. The web has become social.

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