NetWits

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

It takes patience, diligence, perseverance, some technical know-how and a lot of time. With that in mind I’m sure you’d like to make sure you’re focusing your efforts in the right direction in order to achieve the best possible return on the investment of your time and money. Search Engine Optimization.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 2, 2014

According to a recent study conducted by the Direct Marketing Association, email marketing has a 4,300% ROI , which is comparable to direct traffic, CPC, and even organic search traffic. The bottom line is, if your nonprofit isn’t already incorporating email marketing in its content marketing plan, the time to start is now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. It’s very common for nonprofits to assume that volunteers and interns can effectively manage their mobile and social media presence simply because they are young and came of age during the rise of social networking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Much of a nonprofit’s website traffic came from search engines thus a large quantity of content was placed on the home page. It’s also worth noting that social media, not even blogging, is not yet integrated into their website. View: worldwildlifefund.org Archive 3/15/08.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Twitter requires a time investment that many small nonprofits simply do not have. LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, YouTube, Google+, Vine, Tumblr? Small nonprofits can barely invest the time it takes to manage a Facebook Page and Twitter Profile. Yeah, right. All that said, don’t worry too much.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers. BlogPulse :: blogpulse.com.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The internet has been around for a long time now (sort of). I doubt that anyone had Facebook, Google, Twitter or YouTube on their mind when the early internet was being formed. Search Engines. Social Networking. Back in the early 1960s is when things really started to take shape. Internet Topics for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. IconsPedia :: iconspedia.com/pack/social-me-1467. BlogPulse :: blogpulse.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Google has been working double-time launching new products over the last few months. From Google Wave to Google Voice , to Social Search and now Google Buzz , I think that now is a good time for nonprofits to reserve a Gmail account if they haven’t already. That said, take 5 minutes and protect your Google brand.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. There’s definitely a math to social media synergy, and those that start early have both time and math on their side.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The upper right-hand corner is the most valuable section of your website—use it to plug your e-newsletter and group text messaging campaigns, donate now functionality, and social networking communities. Use the Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana, or Georgia font. Write Page Titles That Increase Your Search Engine Optimization.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They have since published a report on The Real-Time Web and Its Future. The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. Create your nonprofit’s Google+ Page.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

" Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings | Official Google Blog – "Search is a lot about discovery—the basic human need to learn and broaden your horizons. But searching still requires a lot of hard work by you, the user. To a search engine the words [taj mahal] have been just that—two words.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Add links to your nonprofit’s website, blog, and social networking communities. Over time and through implementing the best practices listed below and those yet to come, you will find your Google+ voice. There’s way too much marketing happening on social networking sites and not enough storytelling.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

You may agree with this or not, but I think it’s safe to say that the skill of listening online is one that all nonprofits should learn – it’s essential for anyone who wants to harness the power of the social web in their online strategy. Get the Social Media Fire Hose (using Yahoo Pipes). 3tyuxpqbwg khgf89n3cu.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The last time Nonprofit Tech for Good donated to a large volume of nonprofits – $25 to 28 nonprofits – 27% of the donations failed due bugs. Throughout the donating process I kept wishing there was a mobile app where I could donate to each nonprofit with just a couple of taps and in a fraction of the time I spent donating online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. We pointed people to youtube to watch the videos and to our website to participate in the advocacy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Brand pages are expected to be launched some time this fall. Add links to your website, blog, and social networking communities to your Google Profile. Google.com is already the number one visited site around the world and they dominate search results. Currently Google+ is only available to invited individuals.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 20, 2019

There are people within different interest groups who have amassed a loyal following on platforms like Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, or are influential bloggers. Often times they’ll then share it with their networks. Many of your funders are looking for ways to share ideas with their network.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Currently, these channels can not easily be viewed on the digital TV sets in our living rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms, but it’s just a matter of time. Ideally, it should match your Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace and Foursquare URLs. Nothing short of amazing the first time you use it. Websites like Ustream.tv

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Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

As the second largest search engine and the number one video sharing site, YouTube is a good place to begin sharing your digital story. YouTube was also a favorite because it offers a range of tools for social benefit organizations through its Nonprofit Program. Where to Promote Your Video.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" based nonprofit to apply to the YouTube Nonprofit Program.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We asked some of our favorite nonprofit tech friends to share ideas for how organizations can use social media to build meaningful relationships with their supporters—donors, influencers and activists—and what that looks like on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. But first, what is social love and why does it matter? Make it easy.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" based nonprofit to apply to the YouTube Nonprofit Program.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" The only cost, as with many social campaigns, was staff time.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Search on Google , Google Blog Search , Technorati , Twitter Search , and Social Mention for your cause, the name of your organization (if you have one), and the URL of your website (if you have one). Search on Facebook too to see if anyone has already created a Facebook Page for your cause or organization.

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Encourage them to use their social network. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Not sure you have time to offer this type of assistance? Treat Fundraisers Like VIPs.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

She never had much interest in email, but does communicate with classmates from time to time on gaming social networks that are kid-appropriate. If she stumbles across something she shouldn't see on YouTube, she'll switch it off faster than I could react. She can write, but it's barely legible.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

She never had much interest in email, but does communicate with classmates from time to time on gaming social networks that are kid-appropriate. If she stumbles across something she shouldn't see on YouTube, she'll switch it off faster than I could react. She can write, but it's barely legible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Whether you’ve been using social media for years, months, or days or you have yet to get started, the information and strategies in this chapter can save you a lot of time and frustration. If your nonprofit is on the right track with social media, then you’ll notice an increase in the metrics from month to month over time.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. And when a registered YouTube user clicked on it, the email address (and other info) of the user was transfered to the nonprofit. Do social networks drive donations?

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

As part of the new YouTube for Nonprofits , Google has integrated Google Checkout donation processing for organizations in the program. And when a registered YouTube user clicked on it, the email address (and other info) of the user was transfered to the nonprofit. Do social networks drive donations?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

This is a draft for a listening curriculum that I will be doing for the first time as part of WeAreMedia Workshop later this week. It's important search for the basics or what we call "ego searches." Once you've started to monitor the results of keyword searches, it's important to put your pattern analysis skills to work.

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