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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

This is the ninth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Twitter Cards allow website developers to clarify how website and blog content should appear in tweets. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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M+R

JULY 27, 2023

That assumption was also backed by years of UCS’s email fundraising metrics consistently beating M+R benchmarks. If too little cultivation was a real problem, we’d have seen it show up in fundraising metrics, right? Well, in the last few years, email metrics did start to decline.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

We saw some of the impacts of these changes in this year’s Benchmarks. You’ll see them go by different names, but for the sake of this blog I’m going to call them: Human opens — what “opens” were before this change rolled out. Make strategic adjustments? Burn down email and move into a bunker?). Now, let’s dig deeper.

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M+R

JUNE 22, 2021

June 24, 2–3:30pm ET: “2021 M+R Benchmarks: A Deep Dive” with The Nonprofit Alliance. This year’s annual M+R Benchmarks Study includes front-page news, long-form analysis, mild-mannered reporting, and even a crossword puzzle all about the newest news and topical trends affecting nonprofit digital marketing, advocacy, and fundraising. .

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2024

Nearly all new reports and benchmarks show a decline in both donors and dollars, and the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s (FEP) latest Quarterly Fundraising Report is no exception. High-Level Takeaways from the FEP Report FEP tracks three key metrics: donors, dollars, and retention. Consider artificial intelligence (AI) solutions.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

Since the release of the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we know many of you have been hard at work looking at how your programs measure up against industry benchmarks. But the Benchmarks Study is really meant to help you think (or rethink!) Source Everything ! Let's say you want to track your email fundraising open rate.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

We had also blogged earlier on the topic. We opened with a short audience survey about nonprofit data management. QUESTION: NTEN just held an online fundraising benchmark webinar, where they talked about email open rates being low, and organizations raising something like $17 for every 1000 emails sent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. How do your efforts connect with those audiences to achieve the goal. Step 4: Define your benchmarks. Step 5: Define your metrics. Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi. Who are you are trying to reach?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

We’d like to try to benchmark it against other disruptive pinterest campaigns but we’re not sure there is a good comparison case study. The number of donations so far is smaller than the study you mention (1 in 5 of the pin volume). We predicted it might be smaller as the campaign is disruptive to the usual pinterest pattern.

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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. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Average gift was nearly flat year over year for the median organization, but this metric is especially volatile and easily pulled by outliers. Some groups had standout years with audience growth and response rate—due in no small part to the pandemic (think: front-line organizations like food banks).

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Here are some tips that I''m re-sharing from another Frogloop blog post from 2010 that are still the gold standard. These two audiences are connected to your nonprofit very differently and therefore should receive different appeals that match their level of engagement. Eight Online Fundraising Strategies You Can Do Right Now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

Set Program Goals & Metrics. Clarify quantifiable outcomes or metrics that can be easily measured on a routine basis. newsletters, social media, blogs, annual reports, etc.). newsletters, social media, blogs, annual reports, etc.). Start with the question, “what does success look like?” Report Out.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2017

In our 2017 M+R Benchmarks study , we found that on average, a nonprofit will reach just 8% of its fans with a post that isn’t promoted. . Nonprofits need a better metric than number of fans that more accurately reflects how many users you can expect to reach. In our Benchmarks study, the average nonprofit had an ERA of.225,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. Success Metrics for Your Social Fundraising Plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

.&# The organization worked with an agency that helped them developed a robust communications strategy that included best practices in branding and messaging, measurable objectives, identified audiences based on research and social media scanning, a marketing funnel/model, and best practices in multiple channels. Case study is here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

She went to say that she thinks too many folks are focused on the Facebook Like as the social media success metric. “Who cares? She advises using various parts of the Grunig instrument which you can be done for free using Survey Monkey or Zoomerang or a poll on a blog. Do you measure along the ladder of engagement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2009

The panels, judges, twitter moderators and audience rocked! Who knew that using the discipline of poetic form could generate such a great discussion about measurement and metrics. We used the hashtag #roi for audience participation and we trended 8th on Twitter , generating some entertaining tweets.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

So you launched your new website and have an online marketing plan in hand to help you reach new audiences. Who are the target audiences? How do think your target audiences will prefer to get info for this initiative? How you will reach your target audiences? Your board, donors, and activists love it too.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 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. Do you know what kind of an impact social media is having on your brand, mission, or bottom line?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. NTEN is also doing this flash poll to learn how nonprofits make sense of their own data.

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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) Here are the highlights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

While we have articulated our main goal and identified our stakeholders, we are still actively exploring what kind of investment we can make and what various benchmarks mean to us and more importantly what we should do with the numbers we collect. Who is our audience and who do we want them to be?” What prep did you do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The model was also used for advanced practitioners as a benchmarking framework at Social Media Week in DC last week. Maybe you haven’t quite narrowed down which metrics will be most important in the long run. I report to colleagues monthly about what our audience responds to, and encourage my clients to do the same.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  It included two excellent case studies and social media metrics- one on ASPCA and the other Georgia Tech. State Farm measured the success of its internal blog by improvement in morale.    Someone in the audience asked if there was a tool to automate the gathering and analysis of this data. 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

After you've been able to use metrics to learn what works and adapt your approach, you can use a traditional approach which begins with defining value and culminates with a financial calculation that could go something like this. It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Defined Audience.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Tonya and I will discuss the shift to audience engagement from acquisition and provide tips for how to build your first campaign. Nonprofits need to move beyond communications in 2017 and develop content that is focused on their audience and actions. 10:30 AM – Rinse & Repeat: Evolution of a Sustainer Program. Friday, Oct 28.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I have years of blog content and resource collections. I've gotten a lot of great advice about how to get started and I will share it as I plan to blog what I learn about taking this blog to the next level. A few blog redesign resources I need to sink my teeth into after I share my goals, audience, etc.

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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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Forum One

AUGUST 20, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Landing page optimization: Whether you want to promote your volunteer page, donation form, or educational blog posts, your landing pages are what will seal the deal and inspire users to convert into supporters. By testing different versions of your ads, they’ll discover exactly what inspires your audience to take action.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Is it best to create a monetary goal or one based on impact metrics? If you have a chance to partner with an organization that can bring extra credibility, reach bigger audiences, and help to make a bigger impact, then by all means, go for it. Will the money be used much further down the road? How has COVID impacted your organization?

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Care2

JULY 26, 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) Need some metrics guidelines?

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Care2

JULY 17, 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) Need some metrics guidelines?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Participate: Once you know what the audience is saying, the next step is to engage in a conversation with them. There are many different tools to support this - from leaving comments on blogs or using twitter. But don't ignore the other two areas. I think NTEN is a terrific example of the rule of thirds. Now it is your turn.

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Classy

JUNE 24, 2021

Metrics matter because they give your nonprofit insights on decision-making and provide evidence for what kind of content to share. However, this amount of data can be overwhelming, so nonprofits have to prioritize which metrics to actually measure. Benchmarking Your Engagement Rate. It also encourages others to do the same.

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