Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. vs Web 2.0 – I wanted to talk about Google Analytics. Google Analytics is also free.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Top feature: Users gain insight into online traffic, transaction times, website visits by device type, and conversion rates with real-time analytics. Top feature: MailChimp’s reporting and analytics tools allow users to centralize data across platforms, such as Google Analytics and Shopify sales reporting.

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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.” Incrwd’s designers have shown that the program increases page views as well as time spent on a site, social shares, comments etc. while decreasing bounce rates.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2011

Perhaps you can tell me in comments. For the curious (well, OK, it was mostly me who was curious): There are 409 posts and 922 comments. Since since September 2007 when I started to use analytics, there have been 151,000 ish unique page views, and 106,000ish unique visitors. WordPress vs. Drupal… Fight!

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Forum One worked with PacSci to redesign and develop their website in WordPress to highlight the museum’s post-pandemic reopening and connect audiences with their expanded slate of digital events and exhibits. We conducted a comprehensive landscape analysis and full audits of their technical ecosystem, communications, and analytics.

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2020

Remember to tag the guest and any companies mentioned to increase the potential for engagement and comments. Look at pages that already get a lot of organic traffic on relevant topics with Google Analytics and add your podcast player to them. The Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin for WordPress is one of the most popular.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Forum One worked with PacSci to redesign and develop their website in WordPress to highlight the museum’s post-pandemic reopening and connect audiences with their expanded slate of digital events and exhibits. We conducted a comprehensive landscape analysis and full audits of their technical ecosystem, communications, and analytics.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2009

Whether it’s a Wordpress, Blogger, Typepad, or whatever, you have access to built-in web analytics or the option to use Google Analytics. There are lots of resources online that shed light on the different terms and tricks to diving into your web analytics. In this example, we are using a blog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 19, 2008

Speaking of metrics, Drew Bernard has an awesome post about how to use web analytics based on the functions of specific pages or sites. Commenters on Allan’s post wonder about the fate of Convio’s IPO. Allan Benamer points out that Kintera is about to be delisted by NASDAQ. Time will tell. {

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

The tools include Google Analytics, PostRank, Feedburner, and others. Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics. What is the quality of the conversation in the comments? Hard Data Points: You can get the most commented posts from PostRank.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

And now, the top ten posts of the year, according to my Google Analytics stats: Getting Naked : Being Human and Transparent. I’ve got a number of ideas up my sleeve for next year for this blog, one of which is to take up the challenge that Beth mentioned , and do 100 posts on something. Hmmm, think it was that keyword?

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NTEN

JUNE 23, 2014

Then we’re also in the process of diving into the actual hard data available to us through Google Analytics and a full content audit; we will supplement this further with targeted interviews and surveys for the community to help weigh in on various parts of the project. Share in the comments section below! Have a taxonomy horror story?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. NFN4Good: WordPress Walk-In Clinic. New York, New York: Google Analytics for Nonprofits. NOTE: this is using multi-markdown, which BBedit.app doesn''t recognize, but Marked.app does. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Released in 2003, WordPress is open-source software and free to use and fully-customizable using WordPress themes and plug-ins. Nonprofit Tech for Good is built on WordPress and in our 11 years of publication, there have been zero problems with using the platform. 9) Prioritize website security.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

If your site is on WordPress you might consider using the WP-Touch plugin. Well organized - Ensure the site code is properly organized and commented so that it is understandable by any developer (especially style sheets). Depending how complicated your site design is, your site may need to have a mobile-specific style sheet.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. NFN4Good: WordPress Walk-In Clinic. New York, New York: Google Analytics for Nonprofits. Or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. NOTE: this is using multi-markdown, which BBedit.app doesn''t recognize, but Marked.app does.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Baltimore, Maryland: WordPress 101 and Tech Help and Consultations. Paris, France: Analytics — Initiation. The link need to be like so: Africa. Mason, Ohio: Connecting Nonprofits and Techies in Cincinnati. ¡Te Esperamos!

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Real-time visitor tracking data and analytic reporting tools. In terms of lead generation platforms, for WordPress sites, Thrive Leads is the go-to plugin. If you’re not using WordPress, then I’d recommend you check out any of these platforms: Bouncex. It’s affordable at $19.00 MaxTraffic. Related Post.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

This is by no means a comprehensive list, so please add your suggestions in the comments! We've compiled a list of Tools and Resources to share with participants, and thought that you might enjoy seeing it as well. Update: The presentation slides are available on FivePaths.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

First Step – Analytics. Take a moment to investigate the following data: Analytics : Configure and then analyze reports from your web analytics to see which page on your site is the first stop for folks referred from social networking sites. Turn on commenting to stimulate group dialog around your posts. . Definitely.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Morrisville, North Carolina: Deep Dive into Google Analytics. Seattle, Washington: How to Grow Your WordPress Site. NOTE: this is using multi-markdown, which BBedit.app doesn't recognize, but Marked.app does. Thursday, July 30, 2015.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2024

The list is far from exhaustive – please comment to add your own! They work to help you make the best use of your website, analytics, digital content, advertising, social media , email, and more. You can create custom emails, access instant analytics, manage ticket sales, and accept donations seamlessly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Avoid Analytophilia Alexandra Samuel coined that phrase in a post on social media analytics and metrics about the greatest peril of social media: analytophilia. She recommends that you don't go into your analytics or stats program without composing a specific question first. Did you do any outreach to encourage commenting?

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2008

| Main | Care2 Launches Americas Favorite Animal Shelter Contest » Monday Oct 13 2008 Using Google Analytics to Track a Nonprofit Website (Part 1) Monday, October 13, 2008 at 01:21PM | by James OMalley Nonprofits take note: Google Analytics software application has shattered previous barriers to analyzing and optimizing websites.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

How to set up Google Analytics. Setting up a WordPress site takes no more than 5 minutes. Luckily, Google offers free analytics and tracking tools to provide this insight and data for you: Google Search Console. Google Analytics. Google Analytics. How content marketing influences donor behavior. Anyone can blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

I'm also having some problems with lumping all the engagement measures together, although it's good for a quick and dirty analysis. Is the number of comments the sole measure for success of a blog? Maybe I'm getting into the carpet fibers too much, but something like this: Comments for conversational. Outbound links for influence.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems This is an excerpt from the 60-page independent Idealware report that provides a summary of what open source content management systems are, what features are often useful to nonprofits, and a detailed comparison of WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone. Week 5: Metrics and Analytics.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Kevin is reading the book, Data Science for Business, What you need to know about data mining and data-analytic thinking. Bob recommends the WordPress Visual QuickStart Guide to first time WordPress. WordPress is the most commonly used web platform in the world that is useable by non-technical people. What about me?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Kevin is reading the book, Data Science for Business, What you need to know about data mining and data-analytic thinking. Bob recommends the WordPress Visual QuickStart Guide to first time WordPress. WordPress is the most commonly used web platform in the world that is useable by non-technical people. What about me?

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 11, 2017

Next, let’s dig into the analytics of one of these sites, Wheelsforwishes.org , to see what donor intent keywords they rank for. At the very least, your website should be collecting data from Google Analytics and connecting that information to your Google Search Console. Charity Watch. Kars 4 Kids. Donate A Car. Wheels For Wishes.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Google Analytics: Google Analytics , a free and powerful website stats software, lets you dig into your website data so you can find out all sorts of useful info such as who your audience is and what keywords they are searching for to find your website. Respond to their comments so they know someone is reading their posts.

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