EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Last week, I sat down with Amy Peyrot, Senior Consultant, Social Media Specialist, and resident mathlete at M+R , to discuss all things social media metrics. It's not enough to measure "likes" for every post and assume the ones with more had the most impact. Measuring beyond "likes".

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M+R

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The annual M+R Benchmarks Study is a wide-ranging exploration of digital fundraising, advocacy, and marketing data. We’d like to invite you to come along by participating in our upcoming 2022 M+R Benchmarks. . The window to sign up as a Benchmarks participant is open NOW. Related Links: Benchmarks UK is here!

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M+R

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Sign-ups for the 2024 M+R Benchmarks Study are now live! The annual M+R Benchmarks Study is our annual spin through the world of nonprofit digital programs – web traffic, email, advertising, social media, and more. your responses with data from dozens of other nonprofits to create a set of averages, trends, and key metrics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2022

Nonprofit managers can show the board (and others) that the organization has maximized efficiencies by accurately measuring the amount (and types) of resources going to marketing and fundraising activities. The intention of this metric is to identify inefficiencies and wasteful spending. How to Best Illustrate ROI. About the Sponsor.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

How can I measure and track our overall fundraising program? . You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

One of the best storytelling tips I can give you is to set yourself up for measurement success from the very beginning. It can be near impossible to measure the success of a story if you haven’t first thought about what your desired outcomes are and drivers of success. What Do You Want the Story To Do?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By actively bringing together different departments and leading discussions around revenue diversification, you can set measurable goals, evaluate the ROI of each funding source, and make informed decisions about where to invest time and resources. Set performance benchmarks (e.g., Analyze revenue against any associated costs (e.g.,

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Neon CRM

JUNE 2, 2023

Nonprofit engagement metrics can help you understand your organization, but you’ve probably seen the same terms over and over again in your research. By embracing a few overlooked metrics, you will be able to go deeper into that information. By embracing a few overlooked metrics, you will be able to go deeper into that information.

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Socialbrite

OCTOBER 31, 2021

So, how do you measure your video marketing efforts? Measuring your video marketing. To know how to measure the effectiveness of your video marketing , you must first decide what the goal of the marketing is so you know what you’re looking for. Measuring the engagement of your videos.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

If you are going to pour the amount of work necessary into creating a podcast, you will want to measure its success — but how? We can track total downloads and we can tell if those downloads were from unique devices, but that’s where the measurement trail meets the edge of the cliff. Ways to measure a podcast's success!

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Because of this, it’s important to carefully measure major gifts key performance indicators (KPIs) to understand the success of your program as a whole and specific strategies individually. You’ll explore major gift metrics through the following guide: Overview of Major Gift Fundraising Data. Overview of Major Gift Fundraising Data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

.&# Devon Smith, who writes the 24 Usable Hours blog, and a self-described “data nerd&# did a benchmarking analysis for participants. Sometimes benchmarking studies can be more rigorous and survey an entire field. Take for example, the NTEN Social Network 2011 Benchmarking Study or the Digital IQ Study of Government Sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2014

I put the call out for nonprofit blog posts on the topic of measuring your nonprofit’s marketing or communication strategies. The art part is how you articulate your organization’s measure of success and formulate strategies to realize that success. The science part of the equation starts with a solid methodology and tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2017

One important part of effective digital measurement is being able to benchmark your performance relative to your organization’s past performance or compared to peer organizations. One excellent resource to use for benchmarking nonprofit digital results (in the US) is the annual M&R Benchmarks study of nonprofit digital advocacy.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We’ll also be sharing the important metrics you need to keep an eye on to measure your performance. How to Measure Your Success Developing your social media presence as a membership engagement strategy can be measured via engagement metrics. What is a Membership Engagement Strategy?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making.

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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. Measuring Engagements on Social Media. Benchmarking Your Engagement Rate.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Start with benchmark data. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. You know what they say about measurement, right? Track your own data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Define your metrics of success. After setting your goal for dollars raised, determine what metrics you will be tracking throughout the campaign and your goals to measure against. Common benchmarks include the number of new donors, the number of new email subscribers, or volunteer sign-ups.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 5, 2024

By identifying potential partners, ensuring compliance, and measuring impact, nonprofits can maximize the effectiveness of their digital advertising efforts. Measuring impact Some ad libraries provide performance data, such as impressions or engagement metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Measuring this requires some surveys of fans as well as counting the number of insights gleaned from posts and discussions from Fans. To refine a content strategy, I used the Fan Page insights metrics tool, particularly the stats on interactions and Fan Page growth. Tags: facebook metrics. I have not done this yet.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Tis the time of year when end-of-year campaigns are in full swing and metrics, measurement, and benchmarks are top of mind. There are A LOT of ways to measure a campaign's success, let's look at a few.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

Open rates , click-through rates , conversion rates , and other metrics measure the effectiveness of your fundraising efforts. Use benchmark data from past actions or other nonprofits to evaluate your campaigns, and then work to improve the metrics that matter most. 2) A/B Testing Not sure what subject line to go with?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. Flickr Photo by Kevlar. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2016

When I heard about Guidestar’s plans to measure high performance at scale, I invited Jacob Harold, CEO and fellow ambassador to share a guest post about it on my blog. GuideStar Platinum: Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale by Jacob Harold. And sometimes it can feel that measuring social change is even harder.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Blackbaud’s annual Online Benchmark report was released earlier this month at #bbcon and the results speak largely to a positive outlook for nonprofit fundraising. . But the question those metrics beg is how the increase in volume is impacting email performance. The total number of email recipients was up 72%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2013

How Nonprofits Measure Success of Video. The report, “I nto Focus: Benchmarks for Video and A Guide for Creators ,” is based on a survey of 500 nonprofits and interviews with experts (including me). 3. Metrics with video are hard and is probably one thing holding back investment.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The comparative reports give you a benchmark for performance, comparing your results to last month or last year. While reviewing the financial statements, it’s important to calculate a few key metrics to better understand your financial health. Update your forecast. First, do you have a forecast? But often things change.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

If your nonprofit is not developing yearly benchmarks for its fundraising program, website visits, email and e-newsletter open and click-through rates, start now. Establishing benchmarks helps organizations better leverage supporters, engage activists and keep websites dynamic with compelling content that drives people to take action.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The 2014 Luminate Online Benchmark Report is now available, just in time for #bbcon! Regardless of whether or not you’re using Luminate Online, the research and data from this report can give you a detailed view of how you’re measuring against your peers. billion in 18 million transactions and sent 7.6

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Mari Smith pointed to this blog post from All Facebook explaining the metric and how it has been implemented in apps. Mari Smith pointed to this blog post from All Facebook explaining the metric and how it has been implemented in apps. Photo by lecercle. Size has never mattered to us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2012

I took a look at a couple of the measurement tools available for Pinterest and got on the waiting list for Pinerly after reading this analysis from the Poynter Blog based on stats provided by Pinerly. I was curious about what I could learn if I did an informal benchmark study of a few nonprofit Pinterest users. What did you learn?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2011

I remember thinking to myself at the time, well if one networked nonprofit can do this, couldn’t a network of networked nonprofits use real-time collaborative benchmarking data sharing for learning? I shared a link to the site on my Facebook Page with a question about its usefulness (perhaps minus one of the bogus metrics).

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Types of Data Available in LMS Systems According to our 2024 Customer Education Benchmarks & Trends report —in which we commissioned Forrester to survey 300 education leaders at the director level or above—80% of high-success organizations consider “access to multiple types of data” important to running a successful customer education program.

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CauseVox

APRIL 6, 2023

Key benchmarking metrics to plan and track small peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns Best practices for setting fundraising goals, recruiting and engaging peer-to-peer fundraisers, creating compelling campaigns, and measuring success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Because what gets measured gets better.

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