Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

In the comments of a post I wrote titled " Reports of Social Networking's Death Are Exaggerated ," Paul Caplan from Content to Be Different said I think the point about measurement/evaluation is vital as long as we don't get hung up on stats etc. At any rate, it is a good example of how NOT to spam the Flickr community.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

This is a really great aspect to mobile communications because it keeps response rates high and as consumers it keeps spam out of our text message inbox. It’s also important to include the text Message & Data Rates May Apply, which is required to tell people when they are opting in. Build a mobile list now.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The real case for multiple ESPs is that it provides a different IP address, which can prevent your emails from being marked as spam. This is important because spam filters are responsible for an average loss of $15,000 per year, according to the Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study. But what about engagement from your audience?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Today, the overuse of hashtags is considered hashtag spamming. That’s an incredibly high donor retention rate for a set of tools that are still in their early adoption phase. The concept was that if you used 10, 20, or even 30 hashtags, your nonprofit would be more likely to reach potential new followers. Not anymore.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The real case for multiple ESPs is that it provides a different IP address, which can prevent your emails from being marked as spam. This is important because spam filters are responsible for an average loss of $15,000 per year, according to the Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study. But what about engagement from your audience?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The groups had become a burden to manage and now with only one group remaining, I can commit myself to being a better group manager ( translation: deleting spam and spammers faster). Nonprofit Tech for Good’s LinkedIn Company Page requires a minimal time investment and grows in value each year, so it made the cut for 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

But the stats. Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). Word Press users can use General Stats plugin. The only way to track the real numbers of subscribers or at least people who read via bloglines is from looking at the subscriber stats in bloglines. What is a reasonable growth rate? Authority???

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I’m going to share some website tweaks to help you boost your conversion rate for online gifts. It’s actually a good thing to send more email because the more email you send, and the more people open and read your email, the better your deliverability rate. They can boost your conversion rate 5%, 10%, as high as 27%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). Word Press users can use General Stats plugin.). With all that aside, I'm pleased with these stats! Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). Conversation Rate = Number of Visitor Comments / Number of Posts. Technorati ???Authority???

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 7, 2019

We often hear from nonprofits that they are worried about spamming donors. If that is your concern, I ask you this: do you think the donors who received that same text as I did were unsubscribing as a result of spam? Mobile Stats and Facts. Text messages have a 98% open rate. Probably not.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 5, 2018

Continuing with the page above I can dive into the page level specifics over the last week to view its performance: There are two main stats that jump out at me: Average time on page. Bounce rate. Second, the bounce rate is quite high at about 80%. Typically this means I agree not to sell their email and not to spam their inbox.

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