Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, when site visitors navigate to your website, is it easy for them to find exactly what they’re looking for? An effective navigation system also follows web accessibility guidelines so people of all abilities can engage with your content. If the answer is “no,” then it’s time for you to update your website’s functionality.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. It is a must download!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The truth is that most inexpensive, lower-end website options are designed to support e-commerce sites, even if they’re listed as having “nonprofit options.” Trying to tailor these sites to support your organization can require custom coding, reconfiguration, and quite a few support tickets. Others do, too!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

It shows a pledge counter, providing a sense of collective participation as soon as you visit the site, and asks you to take the pledge: You are then prompted to fill out some basic information. IAVA has done a great job ensuring a live count is active on the site for visitors to see their number add to the total.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

In fact, some people check out your site first before they decide whether or not to donate, just to see if you’re legit. Start With the Basics: Platform, Domain Name, and Site Map The first thing you need to do in building your non-profit website is choose a platform. With a WordPress site, you can get exactly what you want.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

If so, you’re in good company — a whopping one billion searches per day are health-related! With individuals increasingly turning to search engines to help them understand health issues, user-friendly healthcare websites are more crucial than ever. Optimize the user journey. Then, group individuals based on shared characteristics.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

You’ve likely heard about the importance of search engine optimization (SEO), but do you know what it means and how it matters for your nonprofit? Google and other search engines need a means to rank the billions of pages they scan through—including the pages on your website. They do this through search engine optimization or SEO.

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NetWits

MARCH 25, 2013

Email, web design, user-generated content and paid search are all ways to improve your nonprofit’s reach and increase web traffic. You have actions you want people to take on your site – donate, volunteer, write their political leader, sign up for an event, join, sign up for your eNewsletter or even inquire or apply.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, behind only Google. Time and resources permitting, you can then expand to also using tools like TwitPic and Facebook Photos.

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Byte Technology

MAY 4, 2017

As with the previous fixes described, it’s once again important to stress that if at any time an admin or site owner is nervous or uncomfortable with correcting a problem or delving into a solution via the forum board, they should never be ashamed to ask for help from the experts.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Imagine this: a new site visitor passionate about your cause is looking for an organization to support and lands on your website. To avoid this issue from happening, you need a strong web design that immediately demonstrates that your organization is credible and deserving of donor support. As a result, they click off.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2013

I have no proof these tips will help your nonprofit get more media coverage, but at the very least they will help your nonprofit’s press release get more exposure on the Social Web. 3) Include a photo on your press release. If a print journalist wants to do a story on your nonprofit, they are going to need high resolution photos.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Ask any WordPress site owner what they most want and you’ll undoubtedly get an answer somewhere along the lines of “repeat visitors” or “loyal users.” But how does one go about ensuring that their site doesn’t get just one-time visitors but rather garners a consistent and dedicated user base? Loyalty.js

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Your WordPress site is up and running and looking sharp. Also, it’s versatile in that you can hawk both physical as well as digital goods (music, software, photos etc.); On the downside, having so many design options can be a bit daunting for newbies who have limited experience with building a site. What’s next?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API). I also have been taking photos of buildings and locations and sharing them back to the community to continue documenting the world around us.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Last year, 63 percent of all web traffic was mobile. Whenever you update, revise or post on your site, keep in mind how the content will look on a cell phone or tablet, too. A “donate” or “give” button should be one of the first things people see when they visit your site. High-resolution photos. Mobile compatibility.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

According to the American Red Cross , A recent Red Cross survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

A whopping 86% of nonprofits say they have a presence on Facebook or another social media site according to the 2010 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. . This socially-sourced crowd spends upwards of 15 minutes per day, every day , on social media sites, 3 to 7 times more than on any other major web property. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. Have a Simple, Visually Powerful Web 2.0 Icons and buttons have strong appeal and impact in Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. One thing I love about Gateway's site is that it breaks down its three primary audiences — students, educators, and artists — in an extremely easy-to-understand way.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Unlike 10 years ago, when Web communication was limited to websites and email, today nonprofits also have access to blogs, social networks, video and photo-sharing sites, texting, and smartphone and tablet apps – and which tools your supporters use to access your nonprofit online is often directly related to their age and sometimes class and race.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Unlike 10 years ago, when Web communication was limited to websites and email, today nonprofits also have access to blogs, social networks, video and photo-sharing sites, texting, and smartphone and tablet apps – and which tools your supporters use to access your nonprofit online is often directly related to their age and sometimes class and race.

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Byte Technology

MAY 16, 2017

How many times have you browsed a website with content you really liked and, wishing to stay abreast of new developments or additions, you searched in vain for a contact page only to find there wasn’t one? So on your form page give them the option—by adding social media buttons—of an alternative form of contact.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Spokeo takes your gmail, aol, or yahoo address book and, looking at a wide variety of web 2.0 I think I’m going to wait at least a few weeks after getting an invite to the next web 2.0

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Most people will tell you that learning how to effectively monitor (or listen to) what’s being said on the web is the beginning of social media success. The increasing popularity of social networking, blogs and social media on the web validates this point nicely – People are talking about you, but is your nonprofit listening to them?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

In the meantime, nonprofit staff can prepare for the launch of the new brand pages, also known as Google+ Entity Profiles , by creating a Google Account and then setting up your personal Google Profile (which then also becomes your personal Google+ Profile when you get invited to join Google+ or the site comes out of beta). e-Newsletter.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Constituent search. Constituent search features allow your staff to read up on each individual donor’s profile before going to meetings or events. Their fundraising app makes it easy to search a keyword and find resulting grants that could be a good fit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. To earn return on investment (ROI) from using social networking sites is a skill that requires an instinct for subtlety.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

.” It’s worth noting that beginning July 31 Google made it mandatory that all Google Profiles be public which means that your first name, last name, and profile picture will be visible when you participate in public Google Products such as Google Places, Maps, Images, Sites, etc. Now join Google+.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

This week, Guide Creative presented a whole series on the most important elements of web design and visual strategy. Test your current site: Use online or onsite usability testing to learn what information your users look for on your website and how easy it is for them to find it. and identify their top three tasks on your site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Upload your nonprofit’s avatar as one (or all five) of your featured profile photos. There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling. To earn return on investment (ROI) from using social networking sites is a skill that requires an instinct for subtlety.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2014

We’ve talked about how important mobile sites are and why responsive design. tips on creating a good mobile web site. Minimize your site’s load time. Make sure your site loads in under five seconds and remove anything that. If you’re using several photos, make sure they’re.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

The consultant also pointed out that flickr photo I used seemed to indicate that the percentage are low. Digital Networkers profiles African American heavy social networking site users. Here's an overview of social networking sites for specific ethnic groups - blackplanet as 18 million users. Photo by MckaySavage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The later focused on how nonprofit could become social content creators, that how to effectively communicate the organization's story effectively through social media channels like blogs, video, podcasts, and photos. It includes three components: (1) Web Site Content: This is your homebase. Web writing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

To lay a strong foundation for the successful long-term branding of your nonprofit on the Social Web, you need to define your primary goals and objectives. Fill out a query to search “everything” for your nonprofit’s name and acronym. Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2008

   The topics addressed include: Building Web Presence. Visibility Through Search.   Where does social media time/money fit within the overall web marketing budget?  via my social network I stumbled upon colleague  Stephen Blyth musing about allocating money on a nonprofit web's strategy.

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