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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

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The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI. Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. That said, I have literally “liked,&# “followed&# and “friended&# more than 100,000 nonprofits.

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11 Obvious Signs Your Nonprofit Needs Social Media Training

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There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment). 1) Your avatar is cropped, shrunk, blurry, or too small to make an impact. Google, etc.

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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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11 Types of Photos Nonprofits Should Post on Social Media

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My Return on Investment (ROI) from using Pinterest to promote Nonprofit Organizations is somewhere between minimal and better-than-expected, but using the site on a regular basis has fundamentally changed how I think about social media and the people who use it. Photos with Your Nonprofit’s Logo or Avatar.

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Eight Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make When They First Join Twitter

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Many of these folks are new to Twitter and thus I get to see the Twitter debut of many nonprofits and there are eight very common mistakes that newbies make that unknowingly diminish their Twitter ROI from day one. 1) Following others without having yet uploaded an avatar. 2) Following others without having entered a bio.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

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are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment). Define Your Metrics and Create a Social Media ROI Spreadsheet. Though most nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the U.K.

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

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After a supporter follows your nonprofit, your avatar is how they will mentally and visually connect your brand to your Instagram posts. In most cases, your avatar should not include text as it would be too small to read in the Instagram feed on a smartphone. Tangible ROI from Instagram Stories is elusive. Instagram Stories.

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