Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Mobilize the people who already do. Because social media requires an immediate response, a common script will pay great dividends. Don’t waste too much time on people who will never agree with you. If money is an issue (isn’t it always?), take advantage of free software trials. Government. People want to know that you are listening.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Matt Wilson, Mobile Commons. We spent a lot of time at the end of 2008 working with one of our clients, the Humane Society of the United States, and our friends at the Watershed Company to come up with a nice mobile test for end of year fundraising. And in terms of the original intent of this program, we definitely failed!

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2023

If you’re doubtful, test this. In a test with board members calling to thank donors within 48 hours, those called gave an average of 39% more than those not called – and 42% more even after 14 months! And make sure it’s optimized for mobile or your donor may miss it! If you do it, you’ll really stand out.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I’ve tested it. Test, test, test. Test everything in your email. Test every link in your donation form. Test every link on your path to your donation form on your website. You’re going to start writing everything and testing it and scheduling it in October. . So humor me.

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Kindful

DECEMBER 10, 2021

here’s a sample script you can use when speaking with your potential donors : . Editor’s note : You can find a call script here for thanking a donor after they make a donation and another one for soliciting year-end gifts here. Tip #3: Test your donor’s journey and make the necessary changes to ensure it’s as smooth as possible.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Fill in their name, email address and mobile phone (household address and phone are on the household record). I’d love to see some conditional logic in a later version of Visual Workflow so I can script something like “If email address is entered, match that otherwise match first/last name.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

So, armed with an improvised mobile wireless mic, I used an Oprah style facilitation. Ben Rigby, who was also in the room, was testing an awesome new twitter tool he created called " Tweet Notes " which helps you summarize the tweets, add the most tweeted links, and most frequent participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

Nonprofit Online News is tied with Scripting News (Dave Winer's blog) as the oldest weblog still being published, period. It serves as a public test bed for new ideas, at least among those people who listen to me. Q: When did you start publishing? How did you get started? It hones my thinking.

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