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82 Fundraising and Social Media Stats for Nonprofits

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million) due to spam filters ( EveryAction ). million) due to spam filters ( EveryAction ). However, nonprofits lose 20.18% of their revenue due to spam filters. homelessness (8%), and education (7%) ( Global Trends in Giving Report ). Nonprofits lose 20.18% of their email revenue ($92.8 Click to Tweet. Recurring Giving.

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Congrats Mark Horvath & Invisible People TV for Pepsi SXSW Challenge Win

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mark Horvath, known as " HardlyNormal " on Twitter and who is a tireless advocate for the cause of homelessness, was the winner of the SXSW Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Mark uses social media to tell the story of homeless people in America. The SXSW Pepsi Fresh Challenge matched three different causes with three social media rock stars.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. Over the decade that followed, most groups became overrun with spam and tech glitches, and as a result, LinkedIn Groups almost became obsolete. Curated content relevant to your mission.

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100 Fundraising Email Subject Lines That Will Get Donors to Open Your Email

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Breaking: Record number of homeless people need help in Atlanta . Veterans at risk of homelessness. Avoid the numbers 100 percent or #1 because they may trigger spam filters. Help a homeless person come in from the cold. How to make a difference for homeless cats. Help families break free from homelessness.

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Mobile for Good: Fire Phone, Locking Down Data, and Services for the Homeless

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I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. So let's say you're watching a movie and the camera pans to a can of Spam on a kitchen counter. Homelessness and Mobile Technology. Sounds a bit creepy, right? Or helpful?

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jared Paul, the co-founder of a new nonprofit that has a focus on homeless youth and one of the winners of the $25,000 in the first phase of Chase's Giving Community Contest offered to share his thoughts. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rik wrote a great post this called Global Poverty Death Counter: good cause, @!#(*@() implementation (Rik used another word in the headline, but I don't any trackback spam). Today, I got a report via the TechSoup Second Life listserv about an awareness-raising campaign for homeless children in Second Life - reported here , here and here.