TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

If there’s one sector that is incessantly in pursuit of Magic Metrics, it’s edtech. The magic metric that does it all — encompasses outcomes, engagement and heck, even fun — has always had debate, and honestly, trust issues around it. Of course, the obfuscation of metrics can cast a questionable light on a startup.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

10 Social Media Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations. 10 Fun and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits. Three iPhone Apps That Every Nonprofit Needs to Know About. 10 Tips for Managing Social Media Burnout. Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Reconsider Facebook. HOW TO: Add Your Nonprofit to Foursquare. 10 Twitter Apps for Nonprofits.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Sure, they may be fun, but are they actually driving results? Dont Worry About the Clock A second mechanism is training leaders to deprogram themselves from thinking that the amount of time that they spend on work is the best metric of productivity. That’s a recipe for burnout.

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Association TV

MARCH 16, 2022

Do they need to know how fun the Thursday night social is going to be, do they need to know the hotel is across the street from a great breakfast place? Ah, this guy is funny, ah this is a startup that appears to not be evil, ah they like to have fun, I like to have fun! Write what you need, then worry about what you want.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Share why their gifts are important, what goals your organization is trying to reach, and include any donation metrics. Leveraging a P2P fundraising platform can elevate your association by helping you create a fun and compelling campaign.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

It’s been really fun to be building a collection with that in mind, in terms of expanding our customer base. To do that, he aims to balance Gaps metrics-driven approach with his own taste. That sentiment covers the range of the collection pretty well. There’s an explicit play for Gen Z with GapStudio.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

We’re not really concerned with their overall revenue and profit metrics. As TechCrunch reported when PayPal dropped its Q3 numbers, the public company had bullish results from its Venmo service, payment processing and consumer activity metrics. Lots, it turns out.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 22, 2020

They Focus on Metrics. The only way to know what works, and what doesn’t is to track metrics and return on investment (ROI) for all fundraising tactics. That’s the real fun part! Good fundraisers know that they don’t have lots of time and resources to spare. Thanks for the great post.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

If you’re looking for a fun, interactive, easy-to-implement hook for your nonprofit’s next campaign, you might want to check out QR codes. is a great option, as it will tie into your existing metrics and give you an integrated, real-time view of clicks. You can also add a “ qr&# after any bit.ly

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Define Your Metrics and Create a Social Media ROI Spreadsheet. In the far left column of the spreadsheet, list the metrics that you want to monitor. Finally, pick a day of the month to begin and enter the baseline metrics for the first month, then enter your progress for that month on the same day of every month thereafter.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Study Social Media Analytics Monitor Analytics Diligently This means tracking your website and social media metrics like page views, click-through rates, and the time spent on various sections of your website and social media platforms. These metrics can unveil which stories or content pieces resonate most with your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. Fun, Games, and Giveaways! Fun is almost always engaging, especially humorous photos, articles, and observations. What’s more fun than a color war on Facebook? But make them fun too.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

There are many KINDS of events, but they fall into two basic categories: The Community/Fun Event and the Heartstrings Event. Community/Fun Events Community/Fun Events are widely promoted events that encourage people to do something active or fun while supporting your cause. People leave Community/Fun Events feeling good.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 30, 2021

These are promising metrics for the slow ascension of foldable phones, though you should bear in mind that Samsung isn’t sharing hard sales data. These numbers are expected to increase tenfold by 2023, with Samsung taking a smaller slice of the market as rival manufacturers like Oppo and Huawei join the foldable fun.

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The Next Web

JUNE 19, 2012

Having said that, you have to be very careful with such lists and all other personal “vanity metrics” They tell the world that you’re doing something right but can have very little to do with the impact you have or how successful you are. These are the “metrics” you should live by. TNW: Do you ever sleep?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Treat your ambassadors as insiders who are doing much more than growing vanity metrics – they are helping to steer a movement. . 6) Provide a fun and supportive community. You’ve determined your objectives based on where your organization looks to go and how social media helps to get it there. Share that.

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NetWits

MAY 26, 2011

Probably no better an indication of my love for the knowledge waiting to be unmasked within this tool, is the (fun?) When used specifically with offline campaigns, appeals or ads we can use as a source metric. fact that I can often be found laying in bed at 6am and digging through client web reports.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

As the startup game has matured around the world, it’s become less fun. Building companies from nothing to something is hardly supposed to be laugh-a-minute, but I think we’ve lost sight of how much fun new tech used to be. It was a silly time, but good fun. Is all this drama fun? We loved it. Shots fired.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Akash, from Kiva Zip’s “skunkworks” team (I love all the fun terms) talked a bit more about how they worked, as a small group of people who develop something quickly outside the normal organizational process.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

As for how the company’s strategy changes now that it has more products to push, Cessario told us that the focus remains squarely on building a brand “that’s about making healthy beverages as fun or more fun than junk food and alcohol brands.” In the meantime, there are evidently plenty of places in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Social media metrics mavens know that both qualitative and quantitative data is needed. That work isn’ t root canal – it’s actually fun. I pull in metrics from all over the web to get instant snapshots and create graphs that show changes over time. One place to look). Analytics Tools.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The last element of our investigation involves Peloton and the historical examples of Twilio and Fastly, so it should be fun. Fun, right? Annoying, but fun. This morning we’re going deeper into the company’s economics, profitability and the impact of COVID-19 on its business.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Over the years, our online gaming strategy has become more complex—there’s more to it than just creating a fun game. We have created simple yet fun games around the holidays just for our members, and we also create more complex parodies that are meant to reach new viewers through placement on game-hosting sites and media.

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M+R

OCTOBER 20, 2022

with data from dozens of other nonprofits to create a pot of averages, trends, and key metrics. If you’d like to join the fun, tie on an apron and fill out the consent form here. Each edition of M+R Benchmarks is only as good as our ingredients — the more nonprofits who sign up, the more reliable and thorough the final study will be.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As we’ll see, COVID impacted the company’s growth rate as well as its retention metrics. Let’s have some fun! Venture investors have historically viewed SMB-focused businesses as less valuable than those selling to larger customers, as the latter tend to have lower churn and better upsell metrics.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

You can do fun math at this juncture. Let’s say Stripe’s processing volume was $200 billion last September, and $400 billion today, thinking of the number as an annualized metric. Also note that 14 months ago or so, Stripe was already processing “hundreds of billions of dollars of transactions a year.”. Stripe charges 2.9%

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When considering reward and recognition strategies it is key to have an end-goal and metric for measurement. Make Recognizing Volunteers Fun for Both Volunteers and Staff. Reward and recognition programs are meant to be fun. What strategies is your organization deploying to reward and recognize volunteers?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Earlier this week I asked startups to share their Q3 growth metrics and whether they were performing ahead or behind of their yearly goals. We’re here to have fun, not split hairs! Lots of companies responded. More than I could have anticipated, frankly. Q3 performance. Don’t worry about it! The categories are relaxed.

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M+R

OCTOBER 15, 2021

with data from dozens of other nonprofits to create a set of averages, trends, and key metrics. That’s why we hope you’ll join the fun and sign up to participate today ! Participation primarily involves collecting and coding a big stack of data, which our analytics team will combine (anonymously!) All-caps bold important.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The tingling feeling you have on the back of your neck is correct; Ramp is now big enough to share harder numbers than mere percentage growth metrics. We do know that the company reached the $100 million spend threshold — an aggregate metric, not a rate — in the fall of 2020 after being founded around 18 months earlier.

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Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

Keep monitoring the growth with metrics (for example, decreased number of duplicates, increase in completion rate of certain fields.). Use tactics that are fun or provide a value for people to share their information with you. Set a baseline and keep track of the progress you are making. Be creative on how you capture data.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 6, 2013

Act on metrics – if you can’t measure it you can’t act on it to ensure that you are always improving the product. Not only does it make sense, it’s also a fun and enjoyable way for engineers and product teams to work together. Use a continuous delivery model to release new features quickly with the least amount of friction.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

In its release, Coinbase disclosed the following metrics, which TechCrunch has compared to metrics from its S-1 filing : Monthly transacting users (MTUs) of 6.1 April 14 is going to be a fun day to watch. million, up from 2.8 million at the end of 2020. Platform assets of $223 billion, up from $90.3 billion at the end of 2020.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 15, 2021

By requiring registration and ticketing through your event management platform, and using this same system to host the streaming, your metrics will all be in one place. . Coming up with a fun game that can be played by both in-person and virtual attendees (like racing remote-controlled cars!). Have fun! . Stick to your budget.

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AccelEvents

JULY 28, 2021

Data collection- Any online event allows event marketers and event producers to go above and beyond simple attendance metrics. These metrics can work as lead generation tools or increase sales and marketing efforts post-event. . 4 Ideas for Hybrid Events. 4) Lean Into Gamification Like GPJ Experience Marketing Suggests.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

And tracking down your friends or spouse or roomie for their cut of a cost is zero fun. The startup declined to share active user numbers, but as it is merely raising a Series A we gave it an early-stage pass on more concrete usage metrics. Splitwise’s software makes it easier to track and come to terms with shared expenses.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

How to create an online fundraising strategy Tips for a successful online fundraiser 10 effective online fundraising ideas 8 online fundraising metrics to track Use the tips and ideas in this guide to create your own online fundraising plan and to determine the fundraising tools you’ll need to accomplish your ultimate goals.

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