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5 Great Nonprofit Trends: Mini Edition

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Not all nonprofit trends need to be big and industry-changing. Mini trends are perfect for sprucing up your fundraising without making monumental changes to how you do things. Read on to learn all about these great nonprofit trends you should implement at your organization. The trend: add impact images.

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8 Random But Useful Social Media Tips for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For nonprofit admins that do not have the time to regularly research social media trends, it can be a battle to stay ahead of the learning curve. In addition to the time required to create content for social media and manage social networks, new media managers need at least two hours weekly to research social media trends and best practices.

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Guest Post: Facebook Video Tips from Non-Profit Marketers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

16:9 ratios require that the viewer tilts their phone and watches it in a non-vertical orientation. Both versions were identical except for one key difference—aspect ratio. One was in a 16:9 landscape ratio, and the other was in a 1:1 square ratio. Video is a medium uniquely suited to do just that.”.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Even better if you can tag the individual or do their Twitter handle. In this Twitter example below, the school is also encouraging the alumni network to RT this alum’s accomplishment. Be sure to use compelling photos and other visuals. Use Nostalgia (old class photos) to Spark A Trip Down Memory Lane. ” 3.

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Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Small Nonprofits?

Get Fully Funded

Photo shoots, concerts, markets, performances, street fairs, and movie viewings can all be great fundraising events. For online-only auctions, there are lots of websites out there that can host your auction and automatically update bids, notify bidders if they’ve been outbid, and even notifying the winners for you. Other fun ideas.

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Why don’t my friends like me on Facebook?

Connection Cafe

But lately, I've noticed an interesting trend: I post something on Facebook that I think is fascinating, hilarious, or some deep revelation into the mysterious world of Miriam Kagan, and my social sphere reacts in.dead silence. Post photos—people like pretty things. So maybe that gets you an “engagement” ratio.

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Using Metrics To Harvest Insights About Your Social Media Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Dwinton. You should be looking at monthly trends over time. Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics. If you use wordpress, Joost Blog Metrics will give you a post to comment ratio. . Visitors are people who visit your blog.

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