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Using Social Media Increases Fundraising by 40% [Study]

NetWits

Here are a few points to consider: Supporter Usage In Question. ShareThis – While the three social tools mentioned above are the baseline, what happens when you want to give your participants access to other social networks like StumbleUpon®, Digg®, and Yahoo!®? This resulted in increased fundraising results by up to 40%.

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10 Questions to Get You Started Using Social Media for Your Nonprofit or Do-Good Project

Have Fun - Do Good

One of the most common questions I'm asked as a social media consultant is, "Which tool is the best?" Unfortunately, there isn't an easy answer to that question. StumbleUpon , Delicious ) Wiki (i.e. What is the goal I'm trying to achieve by using social media? Raise awareness? Build web traffic? Attract new donors?

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. For 2011, I’d like to explore more into geo-location sites, mobile apps and question-and-answer sites.

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Social Network Tracker: How to Find your Supporters on Social Networks

Care2

Give them helpful resources and answer questions they have about your issue or organization. StumbleUpon. Help spread the word about your organizations or cause to their personal network. Here is the short list of the social media sites that are included in our analysis: Facebook. LiveJournal.

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Google +: The Trade Off Between Privacy Needs, Community, and Social Context

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Let’s consider the list of most used forms: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google+ (assuming all continues to go well), LinkedIn, FourSquare, Gowalla, StumbleUpon, Tumblr, and your own site. Features are one thing, but the big question a nonprofit has to also answer: where is their audience ? This means choices will be made.

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How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm getting ready to a workshop later this week, I did a simple pre-workshop assessment, asking folks about their level of experience/comfort and their burning questions. I usually do this in a room with a quick poll, but I wanted to push myself to create the content based on their questions. In A Museum?

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many of the same questions are being asked. Ask questions about the total relationship with the supporter now. They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg. Déjà Vu All Over Again Web 2.0 in 2009 reminds me of Web 1.0 Lots of talk. Lots of uncertainty. Lots of buzzword bingo.