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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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5 Reasons Tech is a Must-Have for Marketing Your Nonprofit’s Golf Event

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You’ll want to be sure to keep the site up-to-date with any new details or information like the event itinerary, any add-ons or contests , food and beverage, raffle prizes or auction items, and player gifts. Leverage both organic and paid social media channels to help spread the word about the tournament. Email campaigns.

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Why old-school SMS is still a powerful mobile marketing tool

The Next Web

With nearly all phones equipped with SMS capabilities, and with consumers reading virtually every text within minutes after receipt, why is it that businesses still choose to forego this channel and rely solely on mobile optimized websites and native applications? SMS as a gateway channel. Texting to the rescue.

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When should you use email marketing? Best practices to retain and grow your user base

The Next Web

With all these channels and formats for communicating with your brand’s followers, it can be difficult to figure out which medium is appropriate for when you have to share information. Avoid stuffing your emails with hyperlinks to avoid getting junked into the spam folder. When is social media the way to go?

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Online Community Meetup: The Five Steps to Growing an Engaged Online Community

Tech Soup

By getting people to share through online items that would become viral, like e-cards, petitions, contests, and so on, Care2 was able to and continues to grow its community; the proof is in their membership of 15.9 It followed up on that success by creating the Petition Site the following year.

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What We Learned at 17NTC: Day 1

Tech Soup

The contest ends on April 24, 2017, so get those submissions in soon. For the last 10 years, email has continued to generate the highest return on investment for fundraising — more than any other fundraising channel. Email works with other channels: Test sending fewer emails, and cultivating donors through other channels.

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Should Nonprofits Focus on Email or Facebook?

Connection Cafe

” In fact, the two channels work best when they work together — email and social CAN play as a team. In practice, email appeals have among the highest action rates of any digital channel. Cross-channel promotion. A question I have often heard: should nonprofits focus on email or Facebook? High action rates.

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