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11 Excellent Examples of Nonprofit Avatars

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Every second of every day nonprofits around the world are posting status updates, tweets, and messages on social networks attached to avatars with cropped art work and/or unreadable text. That said, a good nonprofit avatar should: Be simple in design and use strong, eye-catching colors that match the overall online branding of your nonprofit.

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11 Excellent Examples of Nonprofit Avatars

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Every second of every day nonprofits around the world are posting status updates, tweets, and messages on social networks attached to avatars with cropped art work and/or unreadable text. That said, a good nonprofit avatar should: Be simple in design and use strong, eye-catching colors that match the overall online branding of your nonprofit.

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Cause Awareness & Giving Day Campaigns for Nonprofits

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The urgency of a campaign occurring on a certain day inspires individuals to donate, but only if your nonprofit prepares in advance and creates an online campaign that taps into the impulsivity of cause awareness and giving day donors. Each state organizes giving campaigns through local community foundations. $68

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The Most Common (Yet Completely Obvious) Mistake Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

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Yet everyday on Twitter and (especially) Facebook nonprofits are sending out hundreds of thousands of Tweets and Status Updates with completely wrecked avatars. The visual appeal of your social media avatar is very important to the success of building your online brand. The sooner you start using an square avatar, the better.

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The Importance of Branding Your Nonprofit on Social Networks Through Graphic Design

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They acted on instinct that social networks were going to be transformative tools for cause awareness and fundraising campaigns, and they were right. An Avatar :: 200 x 200 pixels. Your avatar should compliment or be extracted from your logo: 2. It’s an entirely different Internet than it was just five years ago.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. It’s for this reason that your avatar should be well-designed, not include text that is too small to read in the News Feed, or show any obvious errors in cropping.

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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. Your nonprofit’s avatar is your visual identity on social-networking sites, and with the exception of LinkedIn Groups, all social-networking sites require a square avatar. Blogging is the missing piece in most social-media campaigns.