Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action. Shorter tweets, on average, receive more retweets, more impressions, and more link and profile clicks. Include a link in your tweets as often as possible.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We love SMS because it boasts a 99% open rate, and users are more likely to respond. The FCC is also a lot more strict about SMS spam versus email, so you have to do it the right way (here are 5 ideas to get your organization started with mass texting ). Msg&data rates may apply.? Well, free-ish. SecureGive.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 29, 2018

Anyone can send emails but the key to having a great email program: high deliverability rate. Did you know an average of 18.21% of emails go straight to spam? Using EveryAction, if you have a user’s zip code you can tailor an advocacy ask containing their specific legislature. Prioritize your deliverability.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Don’t be too alarmed though.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2018

High action rates. In practice, email appeals have among the highest action rates of any digital channel. Spam filters serve as email’s natural predator, but even something as common as low open rates can get an organization’s messages sent to the “other” folder in the inbox. Email Weaknesses:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2022

And unfortunately, according to this 2019 study , it’s estimated that nonprofits lost out on almost $93M due to low deliverability rates in 2018. Together, these are used to tell recipients that your emails are not spam. Email Deliverability is the process of tracking how successfully your emails are reaching inboxes.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

M&R and NTEN just released an impressive benchmarks study that analyzed 32 nonprofits online advocacy and online fundraising programs in 2007 and 2008. Email open rates declined 1% while a past study found a 3% decrease between 2006 and 2007. Email lists are continuing to grow, though the rate of growth was 17% in 2008.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Do not spam. Using Luminate Online’s Email Response Rate Segmentation Task , the second email targeted those who had opened or clicked an email over the previous 90 days (i.e. Yes, more email, but also a more thoughtful approach that will seek to drive higher number of actions for fundraising or advocacy campaigns.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Donor management software can help you keep your fundraising efforts in line, ensuring that each of your constituents gets your message in a way encourages their support without unintentionally spamming them. Rates for international callers are based on each participant's location ( see a list of international rates ).

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Mobile Commons is a Convio partner and they have just launched Mobile Advocate - A new product integrated with Convio Luminate and designed to drive targeted advocacy phone calls from the web or SMS. It’s also important to include the text Message & Data Rates May Apply, which is required to tell people when they are opting in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Get Active (best for advocacy, easiest to use email tool) Kintera (big program and lots of features are not necessarily used) Convio (fundraising) Blackbaud. t Spam regulations ??? t spam work. Did it get passed into a spam folder. 35% of email goes into spam filter, most people don???t t check spam filters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In short, one in one hundred of your followers will click on your first two posts in any given week and then the click-through rate drops steadily after that. That’s equivalent to sending an email to your supporters and 98% of your emails going to spam folders. either way, Facebook organic reach is estimated to be an abysmal 2%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

I am here in Romania for a conference hosted by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. A rating of 100 or more is considered good in Romania. Talked about the problem of wiki spam and how easy it is to administrator. They also have an advocacy role on behalf of ngos. Niche content.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

And roughly 45% of that volume is unsolicited spam messages. While the emails you send to your members aren’t spam, that doesn’t necessarily keep your messages out of the junk folder. Almost half of the consumers who marked an opt-in message as spam reported doing so because they were emailed too frequently by the organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Today, the overuse of hashtags is considered hashtag spamming. Customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, the Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits webinar highlights current trends in using social media for fundraising, advocacy, and storytelling. Not anymore. 6) Utilize Instagram Charitable Giving Tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

More than that and your nonprofit has entered the realm of hashtag spamming which is rewarded with less engagement and lower click-through rates. Use only one or two hashtags maximum in tweets. 7) Add a hashtag to your Twitter and Instagram bios.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

If you just had to rate it on a 1 to 10. And if you can’t articulate that, if you can’t really speak to that, then maybe you’re not bringing much value for them and maybe your retention rates are not going to be great. I don’t mean spamming people. You’re not spam. I just know it. Promise me.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

It’s called email deliverability , and the gist of it is this: the more people that mark your messages as spam or consistently delete them, the higher the probability that email providers like Google will deliver your messages to junk folders. Digital reports. When a board member asks, "What are we doing online?" A Single Platform.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) That’s $7 billion out of $306 billion.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If you have seen an increase in spam and/or harassment on the platform, here are some helpful community management resources : Controlling who can reply to your tweets (Start here!) Many users have pledged to leave Twitter if the platform becomes unusable due to harassment and spam. Things are changing in real time!)

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