Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

It's call org.2.0! You also might to check out some widgets that combine social networking with stats like mybloglog.com. Donations with Squidoo. Graphic in Flickr Source: Tara Hunt's post " Cross the Chasm " Chris Brogan sent me a link to the new NpowerNY/Squido Handout on Seth's Blog. in nonprofit land. Or maybe not.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Put simply, major donors are individuals who make the biggest donations to your org. With any significant donation, major donors aren’t easy to come by no matter how big or small your nonprofit is. She has a background in education and youth-serving orgs, especially grassroots org and small shops. Personalization.

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Whole Whale

MAY 10, 2024

We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. org The annual report from 350.org org The annual report from 350.org Donate Life America Donate Life America helps Americans easily register to be an organ donor.

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NTEN

JULY 7, 2011

Effective social media integration is time consuming, and unless your org is powered by volunteers, paying your employees costs money. This will be the basis of your reporting and the raw numbers of leads, downloads, donations, shares, clicks, views, etc will all be data in your algorithms based solely on what your GOALS where in first place.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those people and orgs particularly interesting in raising money via social media , Deanna shared a helpful way to think about this: Just like you can’t walk into a bar, say how awesome you are and then ask someone for money… you can’t expect people to give you money, hand over fist, via Facebook and other social media sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

I run the org???s ABOUT THE ORG The HSUS is the nation???s t spend money on online marketing unless its tied to a donation, advo, or other list building campaign. to quantify ROI Page views from our stats program & Video view count from youtube ??? Notes ABOUT ME My name is Carie and I???m Our mission is ???

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This email shares an emotional story to build a connection to the mission. In summary, a strong welcome series acts as an onboarding ramp that accelerates engagement among new nonprofit subscribers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Online auction anecdote: He shared a story about an organization that had received a donation of toilet paper for an event 12 months before the event. that someone could punch in a number on their cell phone and make a donation to a charity. People were calling cell phone 5 or 6 times to make a donation. Most orgs don???t

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2015

Here’s what I learned: Don’t Panic, Check Your Google Stats : Ari Sahagun, web designer, suggested know your audience first. If website person is not around/available, ask local folks in your org network who they use/recommend. I queried a few colleagues for advice. Note the feedback as to what is not working.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

And that is how you get the results of them buying into your organization, buying into your message, wanting to donate. Volunteers are already friends and fans of your organization and your mission because they’re giving something just as valuable, or more valuable, than their donation, and that’s their time.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

We’re used to relationships growing naturally, and when work on a relationship for the purpose of getting a donation, it can seem uncomfortable. Leaders who understand their numbers can keep their nonprofit financially healthy and easily explain their key stats to funders. Managing time.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Nonprofits receive 50% of their annual donations between October and December. billion was donated to US based nonprofits, a 25% increase from 2019. But Fiver doesn’t just leave it at that, they invite you, the viewer, to join into the story by donating. Why is year-end giving such a big deal? Ask to share their stories.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

For nonprofit orgs and higher ed institutions, cooling temps of early fall are also a reminder that year end giving is about to kick into high gear. The average person makes 24% of their annual donations between Thanksgiving and New Year's, according to research from the Center on Philanthropy.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Millenials: It’s been said that they’re flaky, hard to find, and donate once (but rarely twice). In Marc Koenig’s NPhub post, 7 Tips on Asking for Donations – It’s Intimidating, We Get It , he reminds fundraisers that asking isn’t about convincing donors to give. Infographics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

But from my stats surcease of sorrow, I realized - some things you can’t keep score. Teach chapters to document their own disasters on their own newsrooms so we can aggregate a national picture of data of how much the org does in a day when you won’t hear a word about it. I thought this it is, and nothing more. your word is bond.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The focus is on: improving the effectiveness of the marketing strategy or content, not wasting limited resources, and having more people to take action (push for cause, donate money, or whatever). What is your conversion rate for getting me to sign up, volunteer, donate, purchase an item, etc leading towards that goal?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2015

Coordinated Giving Days Can Spike Donations. With the right campaign, call to action, and marketing plans, an organization can offer donors a compelling reason to give and see a spike in donations any time of year. Do some orgs get carried away? – Danielle Johnson, Senior Interactive Consultant. see: Giving Tuesday).

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

This year, Whole Whale predicts that $605 Million will be raised on the day, read more about the stats and predictions for GivingTuesday 2020. TEST YOUR DONATE PAGE. Go through the process on mobile and donate $5 to make sure the donation flow performs correctly. Here is a list of low-cost donation platforms to consider.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2012

Traditionally, most orgs have only provided support to these types of events using offline channels alone. Typically, the fundraising group signs an agreement, gets permission to use the org’s name/logo in promotional materials and maybe if the event is large enough, maybe a staffer would show up to accept the large check.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The stats on world hunger are staggering: According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, close to one billion people are chronically hungry. This year, Blog Action Day’s focus is FOOD as it coincides with World Food Day that aims to increase awareness, understanding and fuel year-around action to alleviate hunger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2006

" The holiday season is also time to donate your time to a cause. Social Signals launches a podcast series with " From Org Charts to Sitemaps: How Organizational Structure Affects Web Strategy and Implementation." And, for a quick summary of recent Second Life stats, see here.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

December donors are always suppressed from receiving additional appeals after they’ve donated. Or are people waiting for a moving, emotional and informative appeal that will inspire then to donate? For more interesting industry metrics, check out these 50 fascinating philanthropy stats —Danielle . Danielle . Danielle .

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

She spends a lot of time doing workshops, helping orgs with communications. In fact, for you, environmental folks listening, special focus on environmental orgs. And here’s some impressive stats about WhatsApp. I’m going to show you some stats in a minute. Would you like donate?” In the U.S.,

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