M+R

JULY 27, 2023

That assumption was also backed by years of UCS’s email fundraising metrics consistently beating M+R benchmarks. For the third email, we dropped a simple liftnote on top of a highly trafficked UCS blog post. If too little cultivation was a real problem, we’d have seen it show up in fundraising metrics, right?

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For nonprofits, it’s essential to have an effective website that engages your audience and drives them to take action, whether that’s donating, volunteering, raising awareness, or other forms of support. Consistent monitoring and analysis of metrics will reveal exactly how people discover and interact with your nonprofit website.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks report , mobile message volume for nonprofits increased by 40% in 2023, indicating that this channel is here to stay. You can reach a wider audience, track your campaign progress, and save your team plenty of time. Segmented donor lists to send relevant information to specific audiences.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Would love to hear your thoughts!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

How do you find new audiences? Fundraising Nonprofit Email Benchmarks You Need to Know 14 min read Read Now Use Newsletters to Build Connections The primary goal of your newsletter will be to educate your readers about your community and how your organization is working to make the world a better place. You’re in the right place!

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Byte Technology

JUNE 22, 2015

The findings in the whitepaper may be surprising to some, especially those who have long believed in the value of words—in the form of blogs, testimonials, e-newsletters, case studies etc.—over over sound bites and pictures.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

Global reach: Virtual training enabled Siemens to reach a broader audience, making training programs accessible to employees across different regions and time zones. Rapid adaptation: By swiftly transitioning to virtual training, Siemens ensured continuity in employee development even during the pandemic.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

Global reach: Virtual training enabled Siemens to reach a broader audience, making training programs accessible to employees across different regions and time zones. Rapid adaptation: By swiftly transitioning to virtual training, Siemens ensured continuity in employee development even during the pandemic.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

Through Accelevents’ custom registration and ticketing package , you can segment your audience as soon as they register. . Lead generation is far easier when your attendees interact with an online format. Attract the right audiences—those that are interested in your product or service. Set benchmarks for success (i.e.,

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " 2011: The Year the Check-in Died – "Early last year, "checking in" was the cool new craze.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

Global reach: Virtual training enabled Siemens to reach a broader audience, making training programs accessible to employees across different regions and time zones. Rapid adaptation: By swiftly transitioning to virtual training, Siemens ensured continuity in employee development even during the pandemic.

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Training Train Strategy Skills 52

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Here’s Your 2013 Nonprofit Roundup: THIS – thanks to Marc Koenig of Nonprofit Hub: Nonprofits, 2014 is the Year of the Blog. Your blog is your gift to them, as well as to yourself. On the NTEN blog, Lauren Giardin says it’s time to Take Charge of Your Editorial Process as Air Traffic Control. You should.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2024

Plus, the M+R Benchmarks 2024 report highlighted the fact that online fundraising essentially stayed flat in 2023 (declining by 1%). The post Fundraising Software: 15+ Leading Solutions to Consider appeared first on Fundraising Blog for Nonprofit, Educational, and Faith-Based Organizations. In 2023, it declined 2.4%.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

[Editor's note: this is cross-posted from the M+R Research Labs blog ] By Ezra Billinkoff, M +R Wow! Over 450 people joined us for the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook webinar we co-hosted with NTEN and the Ad Council last week. Thank you again for being such a great audience. Once again, you’ve amazed us! A: Of course!

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

To get a full write up on the session head over to the TechSoup blog and read Mobile Tips from 12NTC. While we were there, Blackbaud, NTEN and Common Knowledge released the 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report. Check out the large versions of each image over on the rally.org blog. 3) Websites Still Matter (A lot).

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Technology Game NTC San Francisco 245

Care2

MARCH 13, 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) Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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Social Media Interaction Advocacy Online 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Not minutes before, KD Paine had just said the same thing in an email: &# Relationships are the end result of all the interactions and engagements you have with an organization, in social media or otherwise.&#. I asked her how do you measure relationships? Do you measure along the ladder of engagement? Let me know in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

Inspiration for How To Think Like A Social Media Marketing Genius Presentation by Beth Kanter For the past two years, I've been doing an annual Blog benchmarking process that attempts to do a ROI analysis. Figuring out the Return on Investment for your blog can't be done with a single metric.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

I shared results from the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R Strategic Services. Email Campaigns: Know Your Audience and Get Results. Tips for starting email campaigns: Target by audience/segment – plan to segment your list from the beginning and identify the segments and the type of message they should receive.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

When you go where your donors are, you expand your reach to a larger potential audience. These challenges are combining to make it harder to find new donors and track their interactions across channels. Layered digital campaigns help you reach your target audiences where they are. So, what can you do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

For US nonprofits, we turn to the the Pew Internet and America Life for studies and audience research about the hyper-connected. I’ve been curating infographics summarizing social media and social network studie s of American and global audiences, but one of the best resources global social media and mobile data is We Are Social.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2014

I’m just back from the SXSW Interactive Festival where I was on a panel called “ What Social Media Analytics Can’t Tell You ” moderated by Alexandra Samuel of Vision Critical , Jeremiah Owyang , Crowd Companies, and Colby Flint, Discovery Channel. Look at the friendly, smart and sexy people at #smdata panel!

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Qgiv

MAY 23, 2022

Posting links to your donation forms and promoting your fundraisers on social media can help you run successful fundraising campaigns and reach a wide audience of supporters. Identify your audience. Before you start creating content, it’s vital to assess your audience and determine what will be most engaging for them.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

According to the M+R Benchmarks 2023 report , 62% of nonprofits used text messaging for fundraising purposes in 2022. Promote text-to-give opportunities Spotlight your text-to-donate opportunities using your blog posts, social media posts, and even in your direct mail communications. Is text-to-give a safe fundraising avenue?

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Mobile Guide Giving Fundraising 57

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Best Free Nonprofit Software for Donor Management Donor management software, also known as nonprofit CRMs , are solutions that allow nonprofits to store donor information, track interactions over time, identify prospective major donors, and maintain ongoing communication with supporters.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Digital fundraising is about using all the channels at your disposal in an integrated way to reach and expand your audience, spark engagement, and grow your giving opportunities.Be Text-to-donate is one fundraising tool you can leverage to engage your audience through their mobile devices. Thankfully the Bloomerang blog does!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Last week, there was a useful exchange on the NTEN Affinity group for Nonprofit Bloggers around the question "What metrics do you use to measure success for your blog?" the listserv question was focused on blog metrics and primarily as traffic and driving traffic! Are blog metrics all about traffic? Google Analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Return on Interaction (Engagement and Relationships). How do you put a monetary value on branding?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

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) Their creativity may inspire others.

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Interaction Social Media Advocacy Fundraising 28

Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

By identifying the different touchpoints and interactions that donors have with your organization, you can hone your communication and donor engagement strategies to better speak to each step of that process. You can also add shoutouts to your nonprofit’s newsletter or blog. Social media is a two-way street.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Source: Tweet4Ok Blog. Both Edgerank Checker and Post Rocket published good posts on the details, but Facebook has changed the way it displays posts in the newsfeed to prioritize posts that have the greatest number of interactions – a cumulative figure determined by the number of clicks, likes, comments and shares a post receives.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

2009 eNonprofit Benchmark Study. “I Key questions to ask include: who is your audience? where are they online already and how do they want to interact with you online (is it in the same spaces or different ones, is it conversations or promotion, etc.)? For more: What Will Online Giving Look Like Next Year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

I synthesize a threads every week as blog posts, but then I like to step back and look at the overarching themes that become a foundation for a peer exchange. Benchmarking comparing your organization’s past performance to itself or doing a formal or informal analysis of peer organizations can help. Simply repeat it. 2-4 hours per week.

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Facebook Network Metrics Nonprofit 102

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2016

If you’re not tracking people’s interactions and behaviors on your website, then your relationship is incomplete. Tonya and I will discuss the shift to audience engagement from acquisition and provide tips for how to build your first campaign. 1:30 PM – Google Analytics to Make Your Organization a Fundraising Powerhouse.

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Podcast Benchmark DC Blackbaud 20

Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2017

The 2017 M&R Nonprofit Benchmark Study found that for every 1000 email subscribers, organizations can expect to have 39 Instagram followers, and that orgs experienced on average a 101% Instagram follower growth in 2016. This opens a new, young, diverse and growing audience to nonprofits and NGOs. A little love goes a long way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2008

It gives an opportunity for the audience to have a conversation with audience around programming. This PBS station just started their social media experimentation less than a year ago and is already seeing increased audience engagement and visitors to their site. " an interactive periodic table personality quiz.

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Twitter Los Angeles Social Media Feeds 56

Care2

APRIL 22, 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)

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Social Media Twitter Action Advocacy 68