Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

Note from Beth: Digital storytelling is key to fundraising success, but using a storytelling lens in your organization can have further benefit of busting organizational silos. Fortunately, storytelling busts silos. That meant shifting the organization of the website, but also adjusting the lens. Silos are for corn.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For many nonprofits, Giving Tuesday is the most important giving day in their yearly fundraising calendar, and it takes time and careful planning to execute a successful Giving Tuesday campaign. The #GivingTuesday Ultimate Guide eBook has templates, calendars, and tips to help you get organized and make your Giving Tuesday a roaring success!

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That’s why you should design a visually appealing, user-friendly event page on your website that highlights key event details, including date, time, location, and ticket pricing. For nonprofits who use Neon CRM as their donor management platform and Neon Websites as their website builder, creating an event page is a breeze!

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

She knows what strategies work on social media, what strategies fail, and how nonprofits can use social channels to make a big impact on their community. So, if someone was looking to put together a monthly calendar for their social media channels, what are the types of posts they should look to include in that plan?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2022

The best way to market any fundraiser is by using a multi-channel approach. While it may be tempting to stick to one marketing channel, a multi-channel strategy uses email, social media, text messaging, and direct mail, to reach a wider audience and generate more excitement for your auction. Email marketing. Ticket price.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

Social media is an incredibly powerful storytelling tool for your nonprofit. Sprout includes content approval tools, social media analytics, and a shared content calendar view. This tool offers a way to link specific posts to pages on your website so your followers can easily find or act on what they see in your feed.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Social media is an important channel of communication for connecting with your donors and supporters. Set SMART goals Build your audience persona Develop your brand Determine what channels to use Put together a content strategy Drive engagement Track your results. Determine what channels to use. Focus on storytelling.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 27, 2022

Individual executives have a significant advantage over company accounts across many platforms both from a storytelling and algorithmic standpoint. Whole Whale Content Calendar to organize out a year in themes Read this before starting a nonprofit podcast. Social Media Tools. Thoughts on Process for CEO Social Account Management.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

You’ll find email, social, and text message templates, email and social promotion calendars, a save-the-date postcard and email template, tips on how to use various types of fundraising, and examples of Giving Tuesday campaigns from nonprofits. [On 10 Best Practices For Your Giving Tuesday Website. Here you go!

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Use Storytelling To Drive Your Year-End Fundraising. If you’re not sure how to get started with your storytelling, ask your donors! Create a direct mail and email calendar and checklist. Multi-Channel: Repeat your call to action and campaign details across channels. Who doesn’t love a good story?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The features of Fundraise Up’s nonprofit software include: AI-driven donation optimization Upsell and matching gifts Integrated analytics Personalized donor experience Pricing Visit Fundraise Up’s website for pricing. OneCause provides a suite of tools to help organizations manage and execute successful events and auctions.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

You’ve read articles about up-and-coming communications channels and whether you should incorporate them into your nonprofit outreach strategy. But, the fact of the matter is, the channels you employ will have little impact on your outreach strategy if the messages you send through those channels are subpar. Let’s get started.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

GivingTuesday 2021 Storytelling. Incorporating storytelling that shows impact into your donor communications creates and strengthens that personal connection. Remember to use the hashtag #GivingTuesday on your social channels when talking about your campaign. Share your story. Send a save-the-date. Have fun on social.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Once you’ve ironed out your timeline and key goals, it’s much easier to plan strategic campaigns and upcoming content calendars. . To help with consistency, a good first step is to take inventory of your social channels: Which social channels is your nonprofit on? How often are you posting on each channel? charitywater.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Digital Storytelling Challenge. NetSquared organizers were jazzed by the Digital Storytelling Challenge. Ten Net2 groups held Digital Storytelling events in their community, with an estimated 360 attendees. Eight of the eleven cities in the digital storytelling global tweet chat were led by Net2 local organizers.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s marketable, it’s ripe for good storytelling, and can ease the process of coming up with a fresh campaign concept. Not only that, but with the move to more and more online giving (there was a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020), events like #GivingTuesday have become an even more important part of your fundraising calendar.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 17, 2016

They choose a multi-channel approach to their campaign. A year-end fundraising campaign often involves: direct mail, email, social media, websites, landing pages, stewardship, and more. Your message, story, and ask must be coordinated across all of these channels. These elements will be steadfast no matter what channel you use.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Multi-channel marketing is the practice of communicating and marketing across many channels. By leveraging multiple communication channels—email, mobile, direct mail, websites, social media, paid and earned media, SEO, and more, you expand your reach to engage new donors and supporters. Why is it important for nonprofits?

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Allegiance Group

AUGUST 19, 2024

The calendar year-end is complex, but it’s a puzzle you must solve. This guide offers practical strategies to help your nonprofit maximize its efforts during the crucial calendar year-end period. We’ve also created a communications calendar to help you map out your messaging for maximum impact. Let’s dig in!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Keep supporters updated with email blasts about fundraisers they can participate and set up a social media calendar to easily post across social media platforms. Now, all your supporters need is access to the internet and a credit card and they can donate to your organization anytime, anywhere, all from your website. Design tools.

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Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2022

Incorporating storytelling. Use storytelling techniques , such as introducing the main character, the issue your organization is trying to address, and your proposed solution. Prepare your marketing channels. These marketing channels might include: Social media. Your website. Direct mail. Local news/radio.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Know Your Audience Storytelling for Impact Leverage Social Media Harnessing the Power of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Optimizing Your Website and Donation Forms Participate in GivingTuesday Don’t Leave Out Your Board! What channels resulted in the highest levels of support? Consider that your first giving season tip.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 6, 2023

But just because an organization likes the idea of building a flashy website, designing a glossy printed brochure, or publishing a 60-page magazine to deliver its yearly reporting info, doesn’t mean that they should. Try to pull as much as you can from existing content across your other communications channels to avoid duplicative efforts.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It’s fun with calendars and countdowns. We’ve all heard it before: storytelling is at the heart of nonprofit fundraising. As you build out the content for your campaign and start to plan your marketing, storytelling should be at the heart of everything you do. The more specific, the better. You want to sweat the small stuff.

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Qgiv

MAY 23, 2022

About 82 percent of donors will look to your website and your social media profiles first for updates on your organization, so without a strong presence, you may not gain the trust necessary to build long-lasting relationships with your donors. Create a content calendar. What kinds of posts drive the most traffic to your website?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Next, you should determine the most effective channels for reaching your audience, such as social media, email, or events, and develop a clear call-to-action that encourages them to take a specific action. . Research how social media and effective storytelling is used the world over to create engagement and drive donations. .

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

There’s a reason why email is one of the go-to channels of communications for nonprofits everywhere. Not only is it easy and efficient, but email also has the highest return on investment compared to any other marketing channel with a 40 dollar return for every one dollar spent. Create a communications calendar. Organizer Name].

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The final months of the calendar year bring out the best in all of us. Early preparation will also allow you to prepare your core campaign tools, such as: Your donation form Social media calendars Email series. Here are some storytelling tips: Tap into people’s love of narrative. Plan your marketing thoroughly.

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Achieve

JULY 23, 2017

Consider separating out specific donors (like major donors or corporate contacts) who you think would benefit from individual methods of contact like a phone call or in-person meeting – and get those meetings on the calendar. What audiences use which channels to stay connected with your work? Get tech in place.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

If you’d like to add a peer to peer initiative to your fundraising calendar, but don’t have the time or resources for a full, organization-run campaign, consider creating opportunities for DIY fundraisers. Nonprofit storytelling fuels fundraising. Your supporters can do them on their own schedule, with minimal oversight from you.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

If you’d like to add a peer-to-peer initiative to your fundraising calendar, but don’t have the time or resources for a full, organization-run campaign, consider creating opportunities for DIY fundraisers. Nonprofit storytelling fuels fundraising. Your supporters can do them on their own schedule, with minimal oversight from you.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

But don’t stop there, polish off your visual storytelling too. 5) Plan Your Campaign Calendar. Now that you have your goals, tactics and narrative in place, it’s time to put it all together and plan your calendar. As you populate your calendar, think about the following: Your launch date. Is a landing page needed?

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

If you’d like to add a peer-to-peer initiative to your fundraising calendar, but don’t have the time or resources for a full, organization-run campaign, consider creating opportunities for DIY fundraisers. Nonprofit storytelling fuels fundraising. Your supporters can do them on their own schedule, with minimal oversight from you.

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Neon CRM

JULY 27, 2023

These donor personas are also important for determining what type of channels you’ll use to connect with different groups of supporters. Meanwhile, someone who is more like Anna will prefer to interact on social media channels like Facebook or Instagram. By knowing your donors, you’ll also know where to reach them.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So if you are curious about that, or maybe you’re shopping before the end of the year, check out our website there’s all kinds of great resources. And I’m not talking about specific donor, I’m talking about in terms of your work calendar. We know that storytelling is powerful. And recently, even.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for capturing contact information for your mailing list, event registrations, and even customizing PayPal into your website for donation processing, Wufoo is well-reviewed and reasonably priced. ” The Wibbitz Play Button or Player can be easily added to entire websites, single articles, or just on a home page.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

Storytelling is just so important to me. And then I know I have a solid, you know, week or two off to just not be working anywhere and do whatever it is that’s restful and helps reset and then knowing there’s a start date on the calendar for a new job that’s kind of a fresh go, that helped and was nice to have.

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