Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2011

If you haven’t been using the ”friends list” feature that allows you to group friends into categories, it might be more useful to you because you can filter the stories you see in News Feed or post an update for specific people They’ve now added “ Smart Lists “, these are the lists with the icons.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2010

So when I log into Google Analytics, I never even glance at the dashboard, but instead dive straight into meaty 100-row reports. I have filled them with all different kinds of stats, from pageviews to visits to most-printed pages. I have taken my data from several analytics packages and CRM databases. Feed your curiosity.

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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. I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). Hard Data Points: Look at the Feed Subscribers trends from Feedburner and Unique Visitors Trends from Google Analytics.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2011

As you read that stat, you’re probably saying to yourself "wow, that’s impressive. And while it maybe true that your organization needs a better Facebook strategy, it’s also important that you dig a little deeper into social media stats. Analytics are limited. Internet population each month.".

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Care2

JANUARY 4, 2010

Check out the stats below. *28% 28% of sites have Google Analytics. *5% Danny Sullivan, a search engine expert analyzed another chart by Factual that showed additional stats but without exact percentages. 19% of sites have an RSS feed. *6% 19% of sites have an RSS feed. *6% 6% of sites show a sitemap file. *1%

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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. Are there any patterns?

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Burn your feeds – You’ll want to make setup your RSS feeds properly in Feedburner so that you can track subscriber numbers and click-throughs from RSS readers. Feedburner will also make sure your site feed is recognized by major browsers and feed readers. How’d you score on this checklist?

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

We’ve put together a list of the most up-to-date stats on how nonprofits are using social media to make a difference. You don’t want your entire feed to be made up of retweets, but it helps to intersperse them with your own posts. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. VIEW MORE SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. What We Can Learn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

Brian Kelly, whose blog feed I've added to my "Circle of the Wise" feed folder, has a section on his blog called ' Experiments. My subscriber stats went down and I got several emails from folks asking me if I was okay. In my workshop, I cover Web2.0 But, what the heck does that mean? Claim your Blog??? in Technorati.

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

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!" link] SocialToo: Creates surveys and tracks social media stats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2007

Unique Visitors & Feed Subscribers). I discovered that I had problem figuring out how many total feed subscribers and the trends over time because I had four feeds (three built into the typepad blogging platform) and another one in feedburner which offers the stats tracking feature. including your feeds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

I've been trying to collect screen captures and stories about nonprofit web analytics for a screencast on Google Analytics for NTEN. Even more don't come at all -- they come from feed readers (as you would know). But the stats. Unique Visitors & Feed Subscribers). Word Press users can use General Stats plugin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

It's what Avinash Kaushik defines as " Web Analytics 2.0 Last week, I did a Webinar with Laura Quinn as a primer for nonprofits on Web Analytics. Unique Visitors, from your web analytics tool, and Feed Subscribers, from your RSS tool. I took at look at new versus returning visitors report in Google Analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Yep, google analytics is great. You also might to check out some widgets that combine social networking with stats like mybloglog.com. Yep, and you should also learn how to use an RSS reader so you can efficiently monitor those feeds and respond. Measure Your Traffic. Tap the Blogs. And here's a good listener's guide.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

Is there an organization you could partner with, as Feeding America did with Mother Jones? ” Focus on the stories that resonate most with your supporters (here’s where your data, including Facebook analytics, can come in handy). Your stats and your assumption that I’ve read the amendment to HB 98542 only make my eyes glaze over.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Analytics tools. How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? Feed digest. Sarah - share by email because we are an online organization, can have a spreadsheet with stats and how they are growing, organization wide as well as campaigns, etc. Here goes… Take aways: How to use listening. The right metrics.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2013

I just responded to a text message then took a quick peek at my Instagram feed (I'm addicted!). To assess what your organization needs when it comes to mobile, you'll need some basic analytics and statistics. Try to remember: what was the last thing you did on your phone? Can't remember? Mobile Strategy 101.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 1, 2007

Add a stat counter to your blog like sitemeter , StatCounter or Google Analytics so you can see when someone links to your blog. Make sure your blog has an rss feed so that people can subscribe to it in a feed reader. They will let other blog search engines know that you have added a post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Unique Visitors & Feed Subscribers). Word Press users can use General Stats plugin.). " That's a hard question for me to answer because as Kaushik notes and all of us bloggers know all too well -- many analytics programs do not track RSS feeds. With all that aside, I'm pleased with these stats!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

So the work flow goes -- check for new comments, respond, check RSS feeds, decide whether to write about it, rinse cycle and repeat. Quantcast, Google Analytics, HitTail are what I use but eventually I end up relying on server log stat software like AWStats. I also like to play with stupid statistics crap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

" generated a short list of blog and weblog stat programs and some other measures: StatCounter. Google Analytics. Subscribers in Bloglines or via feedburner (Does anyone know how I can get a total number of subscribers that is accurate with several different feeds?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

But from my stats surcease of sorrow, I realized - some things you can’t keep score. Deep into the analytics peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing. Tell me what thy wildlife name is on the twitter feed-but be sure! My twitter feed: [link]. NWF's Twitter feed: [link]. I thought this it is, and nothing more.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Users are more likely to download a full report after seeing a compelling stat or chart, than to wade through a long report in hopes of finding a useful statistical nugget. Feed your raw data to world. Feeds and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the most efficient ways to make this happen on the web today.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 5, 2018

Google Analytics is one of the most important tools in your arsenal as the platform feeds real-time data from your website into a user-friendly dashboard. Maybe they’re searching for a particular stat or they are spending time reading through the different statistics – it’s hard to know.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Do you have better opens and clicks, you know, your analytics for your newsletters? Do you have better analytics when you send it monthly versus quarterly? When you send it weekly, do your analytics, do they suffer and you have decreased opens because they’re receiving it too often? And Twitter is basically a news feed.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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!" Also, check out Beth Kanters article on baby boomers which has some great social media stats.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Your supporters’ Facebook news feeds just got a quality content make-over, and grumpy cat is taking a backseat to high-performing posts. It’s important that you begin paying attention to the stats. Jeff Haguewood of Sidekick Solutions suggests the 5 Basic Fundraising Performance Metrics to Start Measuring Today.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

These and other stats showcase the fact that nonprofits will be more successful if they increase their mobile presence. Include RSS feeds. Access important analytics about your app’s performance. Did you know that 51% of people who visit a nonprofit’s website do it on a mobile device? Load podcasts to be played from your app.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

It’s easy to get bogged down by stats so make it relatable by designating an individual as the focal point and adding a personal, heartfelt narrative. Will it feed a family for a week or provide clean water to a village? If you’re scrambling for some ideas, here’s a couple to get you started: Plot-driven stories. What can $50 do?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

With a few touches you can send it off into your Instagram feed. From there, take a look at your analytics and see what works for you. Helpful tools: Twitter analytics. Taking a look at your analytics can provide some insight into what is and isn’t working. When the time comes, it’ll send you a notification to post.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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!" Also, check out Beth Kanters article on baby boomers which has some great social media stats.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Companies like WealthEngine, Target Analytics and even FirstGiving Insights will take your existing donor data and utilize APIs from across the Web to create a richer picture of your constituents. You can connect many existing tools, or you can build into it and feed it data to display.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

WorldChanging Book: Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century You can find more blogs using blog search engines: Google Blog Search Technorati You can read blogs in a feed reader like: Bloglines Rojo Google Reader Create your own blog with one of these “platforms”: Blogger Wordpress.com Wordpress.org Typepad Movable Type Your blog readers (..)

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

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!" Friend Feed is another option. All great questions!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

You can even send us a tweet, I’ll keep, you know, half an eye on the Twitter feed as well. And this year’s trends report, and you can download it for free at the URL at the bottom, has some really interesting stats about the effectiveness of communications teams. We’d love for these to be interactive.

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