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To the Small Nonprofits on the Social Web: 5,000 is the Magic Number

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I’ve observed this phenomenon on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace, and Foursquare. Large national and international nonprofits have little problem reaching this benchmark, but small and some medium-size nonprofits will. From there on out, the larger your community gets, the faster it grows.

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“Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations” LinkedIn Group Reaches 40,000 Members

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The Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group reached 40,000 members today – a benchmark that took three years, 323 days, and countless clicks of “Flag as Promotion” and “Block & Delete” to keep the group as spam free as possible and on its trajectory of growth.

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Don’t Think Social Media Results in Online Donations? Think Again!

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In fact, I think the first month I hit $100 in total donations was a much celebrated benchmark. Well, that’s when nonprofits started using MySpace to engage the MySpace community. Many of us just assumed that donors, especially younger ones, would automatically convert their giving from using checkbooks to credit cards.

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Social Media Nonprofit Benchmarks

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One of the biggest questions nonprofits have been asking for the past couple of years, is what benchmarks should they be using for social media? The 2010 Nonprofit Benchmarks Report released by NTEN has some great data that nonprofits can use for guidance. Nonprofit Social Media Benchmark Data You Need to Know. in 2009 to 48.1%

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HOW TO: Launch a Group Text Messaging Campaign for Your Nonprofit for Free

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They were getting creative and pioneering MySpace in 2005 and Facebook in 2006 long before corporate brands and universities, but that hasn’t been the case with mobile technology. 2010 Nonprofit Text Messaging Benchmarks Report. Nonprofits were the absolute first to utilize social networking sites.

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Are Nonprofits Raising Money Via Social Networks?

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The 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report provides some incredible data on how 11K+ nonprofits are using social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others. MySpace hit an all-time low with only 7% of nonprofits utilizing this platform. The study also answers the biggest question on everyone's mind.

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Sunny the Seal Melts Hearts on MySpace - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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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) Did the badges and portable YouTube videos help?

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