Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page. Dan is the Digital Marketing Manager for Feeding America where he oversees the execution of their external digital strategy which includes social media.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In today’s world of blogging, it’s hard to get noticed. After all, there are some 31 million active blog sites in the United States only at any given time, and to make your own content stand out from the crowd is certainly no easy chore. Pro blogger Neil Patel puts it this way: a good blog is “about being plain, not fancy.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Feature social media feeds on your nonprofit website Some of the users who land on your website might be engaging with your cause for the very first time. However, manually configuring your website to feature your social media feeds can involve hours of coding and feel overwhelming, especially if you’re a novice to web development.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2018

In a Facebook post dated January 11th, Mark Zuckerberg shared a completely new direction for the News Feed to make sure the “time we all spend on Facebook is time well spent.”. So his new goal for the News Feed is to create more meaningful conversations between “friends, family and groups”. How will the News Feed rank public content?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Their experience of your page will occur primarily in the News Feed. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Do you want to post the content from several different blogs and social networks to your organization's Facebook Page, and add a news alert feed for your cause's keywords, too? And let's say you want to “mix and match” — to post RSS feeds ‘A’, B’, and ‘C’ to your personal Profile; and post.( No problem. read more ).

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Twitter and its other social media feeds is your nonprofit’s public voice. As such, it’s imperative to your nonprofit’s perceived legitimacy that its social feeds are engaging, well written, and maintained. Here are a few things your social media followers hate about your feeds!

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TechImpact

APRIL 16, 2014

There is a lot of information out there about length of Tweets, amount of hashtags, which hashtags, when to post to the various feeds. Some techniques that are not covered in your run-of-the-mill blog. Use bright colors, a unique layout, or make a splash on new image focused social media feeds. Give away ANYTHING.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The New Beth's Blog. The Old Beth's Blog. My blog was way over do for a fresh and new look! I have also gotten many emails from readers complaining that my blog did not look good on this mobile device or that mobile device. Kudos to Rad Campaign and their team for coming up with a great new look for my blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 15, 2011

When I give talks about nonprofit blogging, I often use the Case Foundation's blog as an example of a juicy blog. Icons for their RSS feed, Twitter feed, Facebook page, and newsletter are featured at the top of the blog. • It has a blog roll. What nonprofit blogs do you loooooove to read?

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TechImpact

MARCH 10, 2014

Search engine result pages are difficult to grasp and take complete control of, while social media feeds become more saturated with our peers, Even more difficult and mysterious, especially to many of us in the nonprofit sector, is the search engine and where it places our websites and social media outlets on those first few pages.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Read our blog for tips to deliver a powerful online community and enhance member connections. Personalization Nimble Communities makes it simple to personalize the entire member journey with personalized feeds. Discover how Nimble Communities makes it easy to drive engagement and loyalty throughout the entire member journey.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 13, 2014

In past blogs we’ve talked seemingly ad nausea about how technology, donation forms, and social media can support a nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. Why did your nonprofit start its social media feed in the first place? It adds validity, substance, to your nonprofit’s Twitter feed. ?. Like our blog? Engagement is crucial.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

Grab the RSS feed at the bottom of the search results page and add to Google Reader. Feedly.com is a way to follow news thems and track multiple RSS feeds or blogs in one place. Talkwalker Alerts is a tool that tracks news stories, social media activity, and blog posts mentioning your brand or keywords. General Listening.

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Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Where does that pathway lead, and maybe it’s not wrong to feed content that might be considered “advanced”? So of course you can figure out what a new member in a certain job or discipline might want to learn and see, but that’s just focused on the role. What about their goal?

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The MatrixFiles

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This blog post is not meant to be a full-on tutorial or guide, but here are the basics: Decide which account (individual or organization) should host your Twitter Spaces. I can be making dinner, feeding the cats, or even checking my email. So how do you get started with Twitter Spaces? I love the variety of topics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

" An activity stream is a feed of recent activities by your blog friends on various social networks - blog posts, new photos, bookmarks on Delicious, Facebook updates, Twitter updates, etc. Ian spoke on a panel called Social Networks and the Need for Feeds at Graphing Social Patterns. Just some more to ponder.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2021

Encourage your supporters to share your content on social media or mention it in their blogs. If you have local business partners, write about those relationships in your blog or link to them from a partner’s page and encourage them to do the same. 4) Don’t Buy Snake Oil.

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TechImpact

APRIL 8, 2014

Following too few accounts will not allow you to fully utilize the platform, while following too many can over-saturate your feed, making it impossible to find the pertinent content. This innovative feed provides information about the always changing Facebook algorithm. Look no further than Jay Frost’s Twitter feed. AllFacebook.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 3, 2016

Facebook Now Ranks Live Videos Higher in the News Feed : "To counter this Facebook have made some updates to the way the News Feed works when it comes to displaying Live video content. In a blog post, Facebook shared that people spend more than 3x more time watching a Facebook Live video on average compared to other video content."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

World Food Program USA (WFP USA), the US affiliate of the 2020 Nobel Prize-winning United Nations World Food Programme, has beautifully adapted the story of Rani—a precocious student in India who receives meals fortified with micronutrients—for their blog, Facebook, and Instagram. And the blog post’s playful tone draws readers in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

Let's say that you have mastered using an RSS reader like bloglines or google reader or event NetVibes to read feeds. And you've integrated reading feeds from blogs and web sites into your daily routine. That's where Yahoo Pipes can really help you.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2010

A big thanks to everyone who contributed a post to this month's Nonprofit Blog Carnival! In her post, Nonprofit blogs: why this one works , Lisbeth of Nonprofit Execs on the Edge points to 2 keys to a juicy blog: a focus on storytelling and blog posts that aren't staff-generated. Nonprofit 2.0 Nonprofit 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

This is the third post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. According to the 2019 Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report , online giving grew 6.8%

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Want to know how many clicks your Twitter feed gets on Mondays vs Wednesdays? Impressions: Your nonprofit is creating great content on its blog, and running exciting contests on its social media feeds. Now, just rinse, repeat, and watch the number of clicks your Twitter feeds sees grow. No problem.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this blog, we’ll dive into why social media sharing is useful on GivingTuesday and a great way to encourage generosity. On Facebook, for example, the goal would be followers using “Share to feed” with a quick story about why your nonprofit matters. Make sure you provide all the information necessary to make it happen.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

on the Social Web must come to an end – that until we start paying for premium services ( and staff time ), nonprofits will continue to be at the mercy of for-profit revenue models and non-existent customer service, but that’s another blog post. Your lists will also appear in the Interests section of your bookmarks.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

They’re busy retweeting, posting, sharing, pinning, and blogging on an array of social media websites and platforms across the Internet. We’ve talked in the previous blog posts about the importance of mobile to your nonprofit’s digital content marketing future. We know our audiences are out there on social media.

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

But as we’ve detailed in previous blogs , with all the increased competition online, getting noticed through the typical social media feeds and through your website is becoming increasingly difficult. Social media feeds are powerful tools that are just waiting to be effectively utilized. Attract volunteers steadily.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Make sure your social media feeds are always up to date and ready to tweeting away! For example: launching your blog at the same time as a white paper, or a webinar series at the same time as your new social media feed. Seeing an empty Instagram feed or a blog with no posts is an easy way to turn someone away.

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TechImpact

MARCH 20, 2014

Twitter is the most dtnamic, fastest changing of all social media feeds. It is okay to miss a day or two on these feeds because there is so much less competition. With some Twitter feeds posting up to 30-50 times per day, those same organizations and corporations may post to their prespective facebook pages only once or twice.

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TechImpact

APRIL 17, 2014

As referenced in an earlier blog post , having a clear and concise content strategy is the first step to garnering more reach. By sharing, blogging, and Retweeting consistent topics, your feeds and posts will organically generate more traffic because people will know what to expect, and seek your feed out. Caption THIS.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 24, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has be.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

She’s helped groups including Feeding America, World Wildlife Fund, Oxfam America, and March of Dimes run and grow sophisticated online fundraising and advocacy programs. Offline, you can find her hiking in New Hampshire’s White Mountains and baking her top-secret chocolate chip cookie recipe.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 12, 2023

R ead our blog to discover how PEAK Grantmaking empowered its member volunteers and strengthened its volunteer program. You can also meet with small member groups to help volun teers feel comfortable offering in-person feed back. Does your association count on the hard work of member volunteers?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

By Kayla Matthews , writer at ProductivityTheory.com – a blog dedicated to helping others better their productivity. For example, Feeding America is a nonprofit with a national network of more than 200 food banks. Productivity Theory , a blog by Kayla Matthews , is dedicated to helping you accomplish your definition of success.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This month’s Net2 Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?&# There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. Finding Feeds. Twitter Search.

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