NetWits

APRIL 10, 2011

This week ReadWriteWeb shed some light on the ineffectiveness of social networks to aid in customer acquisition (see graph below). “Of the 24 companies interviewed (in Forrester study ), only 7% cited social networking as one of their most effective sources for customer acquisition.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Who maintains your social media campaigns? I am a full-time employee of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and as the Social Media Manager I manage all the social networking efforts for the organization. 1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

What social media tools are you currently utilizing? We currently use a plethora of online tools to spread the word and talk to people. I am working to pitch hiring someone else, so I can better support the organization’s brand online. No matter what your size, as a nonprofit, you have something to offer the social media space.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Third, as discussed in Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , a pop-up on your blog posts shared on social media can quickly grow your email list – and if your nonprofit is not making a concerted effort to grow your email list, online fundraising success will remain elusive. Blog Design Best Practices.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

You can become a part of your members’ daily habits by providing an online member community where members can find industry information and share ideas with each other and your organization. A social networking feed – so members can view and comment on relevant content. Expand your online career center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2012

He also suggests that making use of social media and other online tools without getting hit with information overload is the essential secret to success in the 21st century. Social media can help maintain larger networks of weak ties, but only a limited number of strong-tie relationships can be maintained irrespective of media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The other day I wrote a post called " Social Not Working and Other Social Networking Challenges " riffing on a post by Jeremiah Owyang who summarized the challenges - the flip side of social networking exuberance and really just a normal part of the technology hype curve. Social not -working???

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Online sites, email campaigns, and social media had a much bigger emphasis on #GivingTuesday than in 2012. I was fortunate enough to do a lot of media interviews leading up to #GivingTuesday, including a radio interview with The Wall Street Journal This Morning’s Gordon Deal. GivingTuesday Donation Growth.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Finally, we are beginning to measure how many volunteer applications come by way of our social media channels as well as using marketing sites like Klout to measure our influence online. What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

In April, I blogged about HSUS "Stop Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt" campaign over at blogher and my blog and last December on my blog as part of a roundup of articles on using social networking spaces for campaigns. As part of her job as Internet Marketing Manager in the Online Communications and Media department at the HSUS.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

So you launched your new website and have an online marketing plan in hand to help you reach new audiences. What are you really going to implement from the online marketing plan that is packed with a lot of great ideas, but in all honestly, you just don’t have the resources to do them all. Send 2-3 emails each month.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 17, 2020

An online career center helps members find the job opportunities they need. Job seeker tips and recommendations – Offer articles and other content including résumé writing tips, interview tips, job search ideas, and tips on social networking on your career center. Job opportunities are a top benefit for your members.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It was not born out of a marketing plan, it's just a reflection of what we wanted to be." - Robert Wolfe This month's Big Vision Podcast guest is Robert Wolfe, the co-founder of Crowdrise , an online fundraising website that's all about, "raising money for charity and having the most fun in the world while doing it."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times , for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. Interview Experts.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). ” Which Social Networks Are Growing Fastest Worldwide? If you really care about making the world a better place, buy a trendy bag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

There was a great question about social networking and representing one's organization posted on the Social Networking Affinity Group at NTEN by K.E: I was just reading an interview with The Nature Conservancy's Jonathon Coleman on Treehugger. so our online efforts dovetail with what we???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

to test out some ways to encourage more people to use social media tools and online fundraising to give online, they did not know what would emerge. Winners pushed power to the edges through their social networks and were agile, real-time learners. When the Case Foundation team launched their Giving Challenge.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times, for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. Interview Experts.

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Interview 240

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Last week for WeAreMedia project, I put a call on Twitter for case studies, best practices, and links about nonprofits using social networking sites, including Ning. She interviewed Manny Hernandez from Tu Diabetes and Es Tu Diabetes , and Ayumi Stubbs from the ASPCA Online Community. What did set out to accomplish?

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Care2

JULY 26, 2013

Telefonica partnered with the Financial Times to commission 12,171 online quantitative interviews among Millennials. Online Advocacy Online Marketing Social Networking Technology Trends Web 2.0' Read more about their findings here. The facts, before we dig in: Particpants were 18 - 30 years old.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 20, 2022

Listen to the podcast interview with Amand Rose, the founder of Time Counts. Post your volunteer opportunities, register volunteers online, and keep a calendar of who will be doing what, when. Pricing: depends on size of volunteer network and ranges from free to $150/month. Timecounts. Track It Forward.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 4, 2021

Let’s dig into the lessons of 2020 and use those to make 2021 an online fundraising success. Not only is an online event conducted virtually, so is all the planning that goes into it. They should be comfortable engaging online and be trustworthy and capable enough to represent the nonprofit without complete oversight.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

I've been doing research for an article I'm writing for TechSoup about social networking tips, tricks, and tools -- once you've made the decision that it is right for your organization, how maintain a socnet presence without it being a huge black hole? I've been interviewing colleagues via socnets to find out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2007

Eric recently emailed me to tell that he has put down his video camera down and is trying his hand(rather mouth)at some Larry King-style podcast interviews. ll interview five of them ??? This week, I???ll Eric mentioned in his email: The results were quite interesting, with a number of common characteristics emerging.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

At NTC this year, I interviewed Mark Horvath , creator of InvisiblePeople.tv. Many of the interviews on InvisiblePeople.tv As Mark explains in this intro video, he understands the power of social media: the connections he's made online are what helped get InvisiblePeople.tv off the ground.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Target community for best return on social media efforts – My recent interview with the Nonprofit Business Advisor is out! Free blogs.

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Web Bookmarking Delicious Social Media 114

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). E-Commerce News: Customer Loyalty: If You Build a Branded Online Community, Will Customers Come? " What do you think? It features concept de?nitions

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Web Bookmarking Philanthropy Open Source 105

Care2

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Earlier this week on Frogloop we discussed how four grassroots campaigns (1Sky, Clean Energy Works, the Energy Action Coalition and Focus the Nation) tried to build the Climate Network an unprecedented online community platform. Tags: Online Advocacy Online Organizing Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2008

She also just set up a social networking site on Ning where museum professionals are discussing the future of museums in a Web 2.0 The key is understanding your audience and their online social activities. We asked simple questions about their online activities. The site is called Museum 3.0.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 9, 2009

You can also follow it online at @RebootBritain and elsewhere. " onion network - "The onion network is an international mixture of socially aware freelancers and companies. ." Social Networks Around the World - Check out this great visualization of users on social networks around the world from ReadWriteWeb.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

We're doing some interesting work this week bringing the online dimension to a face-t0-face event. I'm in Kuwait for the 10th Annual Conference of the " Global Development Network ", a "global network of research and policy institutes that work on facilitating and applying research to policy development and practice."

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

The social network and the increasingly ubiquitous use of these technologies means the transformation of connecting with donors in the future will likely have to be done in some digital form during their development cycle. Outreach to donors online requires an organization, no matter the size, to utilize some form of technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up. —– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. Both of them involved celebrities.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

There are a ton of great activities, networking opportunities and sessions focused on the non-profit space this year – one of which Blackbaud will be moderating. It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users. He loves bacon.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2012

We're live-streaming the plenaries and specific session content as part of the Online NTC. Like the live event, the Online NTC is about more than the sessions, it's also about what happens in between. We've lined up some fantastic in between the sessions content for the Online NTC.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Try audio blogging: Speak your piece, grab a quick interview, or capture the vibes of a live event with your mobile phone - then quickly post the audio online to share with your organization's members and supporters.( Do you get some of your best blog ideas when you’re away from your computer? read more ).

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