Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’ve been curating infographics summarizing social media and social network studie s of American and global audiences, but one of the best resources global social media and mobile data is We Are Social. Benchmark Studies and Examples. They also produced this infographic about how World Leaders tweet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Increasingly, online donors are giving through portals and social networking sites, so you must make sure that your nonprofit is properly listed in GuideStar. Business Master File (BMF), thus limiting their capacity to receive online donations from giving portals and social networking sites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To jump-start your group, you will need to promote it on your website, in your e-newsletter, and in your social networking profiles. As with most other communities, the magic number when you no longer need to actively promote your group and it grows on its own hovers around the 5,000-member benchmark. Don’t Use News Feeds.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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Care2

OCTOBER 30, 2013

You don''t have access to every news outlet, generating millions of dollars worth of earned media, or the funds to spend millions of dollars on advertising and marketing. Second, the majority of nonprofits have not raised a dime on social media. Social media is definitely not free.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

When studies like the Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report find that the majority of nonprofits have raised less than $10,000 through social media , this news seems like it could make a big difference. But there is even more bad, as Farra Trompeter points out: User data (donor’s name, address, etc.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2015

Nonprofits are familiar with writing blog posts that provide program updates, tell success stories, comment on breaking news and current affairs, and promote calls to action. In addition, after breaking news and current affairs, it’s the articles related to daily life that are the most popular on mobile and social media.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2010

The Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report , our joint project with Common Knowledge and thePort, told you that 86% of nonprofits have a presence on Facebook. It's got great information on community sizes and staff time devoted to maintaining a presence, as well as some fundraising numbers.

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JULY 2, 2009

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2011

Tracy Sestili over at Social Strand Media has a helpful post on how nonprofits can use Facebook and not just to talk about themselves. Don’t just post a link to a news article, read it and ask a question about their opinion. It’s a social network so have some fun with it (i.e. Here are a few of her tips.

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APRIL 22, 2009

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The good news is that we can now answer most of these questions. How much online giving comes from social media? Donations made through social media currently represent a very small percentage of online giving currently. One area where social media is helping grow giving is peer-to-peer fundraising.

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MARCH 26, 2009

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

This compares to giving via giving portals and social networks, which starts lower and adds less to your fundraising bottom line over time. This will help you raise more money and deal with list churn, which according to the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services can be almost 17% per year for nonprofits.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Poparazzi , the anti-Instagram social app that hit the top of the App Store last year, is today, for the first time, detailing the growth stats for its business, its future plans and its previously unconfirmed Benchmark-led Series A round. Among those was the audio social network TTYL , a sort of “ Clubhouse for friends.”

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MAY 27, 2009

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2011

If you are a social media data junky, then you are in luck because M&R and NTEN recently analyzed Facebook statistics for the 40 organizations surveyed in their 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. “If groups had a lot of email subscribers, they tended to have lots of Facebook fans,&# said the study.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

“As Likes and comments increase a post’s prominence in the news feed, driving more impressions and clicks, all Pages using auto-posting apps should look to switch to manual posting if possible.&#.

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JUNE 13, 2009

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.). " I loved Marnie Webb 's thoughtful and personal take on why Twitter is different than other online social networks and why you should go for a dip, titled " A Skeptic's Guide to Twitter."

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APRIL 16, 2008

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JUNE 5, 2009

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JANUARY 6, 2009

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MAY 14, 2009

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APRIL 2, 2008

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MARCH 25, 2008

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Real-time communication support can be more difficult than other apps that provide e-commerce or news,” explains Ryan Matzner , the Director of Strategy at Fueled *, a mobile development company based in New York and London that has built apps for companies such as Elevatr , Ribbon , UrbanDaddy and JackThreads. 4) WhatsApp.

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MAY 8, 2009

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JANUARY 15, 2009

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Users will be able to follow nonprofits to receive updates in their news feed and will be able to support those organizations in a variety of ways. What also becomes clear very quickly is that organizations that have embraced the use of social media get a lot more leverage on Jumo.

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MAY 22, 2009

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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NOVEMBER 9, 2007

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

The same is true for volunteers, whose social networks could potentially provide some serious peer-to-peer fundraising boosts to your campaign. This is great news for nonprofits, especially since monthly giving attributed for an extraordinary 32% growth in revenue, according to this year’s Benchmarks report from M+R.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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