Care2

JULY 17, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" It works sort of like an online mortgage calculator.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

The estimates below allow for the time required to research and create content for your social media campaigns, the actual time spent engaging and participating in your nonprofit’s online communities, and the time necessary to monitor and report ROI. The truth is that you get out of social media what you put into it.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

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Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I should say I did recently hire a social media volunteer who helps me on a part-time basis. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. Social networking sites and mobile are on the rise, but we can’t forget our traditional marketing methods bringing in the majority of the revenue.

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Social Media Conservancy Media Interview 204

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. Please summarize your ROI.

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Social Media Interview Media Examples 251

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

” Now, just two weeks into January, I am completely addicted to pinning boards for social good on Pinterest. I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring.

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Nonprofit Profile Social Network Twitter 246

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

I took some much-needed time off in December and was able to spend some down time reflecting on the future of social media and mobile technology for the nonprofit sector. Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. Learn basic HTML.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. YouTube: youtube.com/womenforwomenintl. Anything else?

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Social Media International Interview Media 209

NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

Lately, there has been much debate about the value of social media and its so-called "experts". When it comes to nonprofits – and particularly, nonprofits on Facebook – we're all looking for the answer to the question: What's the ROI? The truth is, ROI can be calculated in a variety of ways. How's that for ROI?

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ROI Facebook Social Media Advocacy 94

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

then as your numbers grow on social networks so will your e-newsletter and mobile lists which in turn significantly increases your fundraising success. Social Network Followers. If you post too often or at the wrong times, then you’ll likely lose as many followers as you gain and your social networks will stagnate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

39% Yes… it’s in the works. 5% A social networking site (like Facebook). Which social networking sites does your organization have an “official&# presence/profile on? Related Posts: Tags: ROI (Return on Investment). 22% Yes… but we have no idea where to begin. 15% We already do!

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Results Communication Strategy Nonprofit 192

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Essentially, nonprofits have been advertising Facebook to untold millions for free helping it become the powerhouse that it is today – the largest, most active social networking website on the Web. 3) Facebook ROI is often overrated. Personally, my ROI (Return on Investment) from Facebook isn’t that great.

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Facebook Nonprofit ROI Mail 239

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Know that using third-party apps decreases ROI if not used carefully. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web.

Social Media 261

Social Media Social Media Chapter 261

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. billion monthly active users , Facebook is the largest social network in the world. Without a doubt, your nonprofit’s donors and supporters use Facebook on a regular basis and thus Facebook should be your first priority in your social media strategy.

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Facebook Practice Nonprofit Social Media 364

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Know that using third-party apps decreases ROI if not used carefully. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web.

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Social Media Social Media Chapter 251

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I’m a fairly active user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and some other social networking sites, and have been for years now. I certainly have followed and friended lots of organizations on these networks (particularly on Twitter, but also some more personally relevant to me on Facebook.) Can it be demoted now?

Social Media 211

Social Media Media Social Nptech 211

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Most people who work in the nonprofit sector do so out of a commitment to a cause or passion bigger than themselves or their desire for material things. Even if it is only a small raise, this is the year that all nonprofit social media managers (female and male) should ask for a raise. 2) Ask for a social media budget.

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Social Media Media Social Management 234

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Executives were terrified by the legal implications of using social networking tools. Be insistent and firm that your nonprofit needs to embrace social and mobile media.

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Social Media Media Social Stats 240

Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2009

Click to see larger image I'm very tempted to start using Results On Insights for ROI thanks to Barb Chamberlain's comment in yesterday's post " What Are The Best I-Words For Nonprofits To Think About Social Media and ROI? " But what does that really mean? The social media maven and metrics expert is Laura Lee Dooley.

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ROI Examples Results Social Media 91

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

Please note that these best practices will be a work in progress and updated regularly. Also, since the Google+ Pages launched after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. e-Newsletter. Create your nonprofit’s Google+ Page.

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Google Practice Nonprofit gMail 207

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The power of social media really proved itself for us when the Gulf oil disaster first hit mainstream news, it was our web and social media presences that helped disseminate news and information to keep people up-to-date in real-time with our work on the ground. Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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Social Media National Media Interview 190

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2008

I'm working up a presentation and workshop on ROI and NpTech for Legal Services Corporation TIG Conference in a couple of weeks. So, the most simplistic definition of Return on Investment (ROI) is the difference between cost and income (or quantified benefits) and expressed in dollar amounts or percentages. Photo by Mayr.

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ROI Measure Benefit Ratio 74

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. People had joined the social network primarily for the visual experience – not to read. Tangible ROI from Instagram Stories is elusive.

Practice 363

Practice Nonprofit Social Media Facebook 363

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

UPDATED 2/26/12: Please note that the best practices listed below are a work in progress and are updated regularly. Also, since the Google+ Pages launched after the release of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , please consider this blog post a supplement to the book. e-Newsletter.

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Google Practice Nonprofit gMail 191

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

received 93,000 visits and as traffic grows consistently from month to month so does my ROI. has turned out to be the glue that holds it (the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand) all together and makes it work, surprisingly. As of last month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That said, mix it up!

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Content Ideas Nonprofit Social Media 250

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 2 :: Experiment with Social Media Dashboards. Know that using third-party apps decreases ROI if not used carefully. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web.

Social Media 209

Social Media Social Media Chapter 209

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g.

Social Network 61

Social Network Studies Network Social 61

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. Dupe: Our organization has literally just started tracking ROI for using these tools by way of campaigns. That said, social media is not a science, so there is no correct way to do things. Finally, you must measure ROI.

Social Media 189

Social Media Foundation Media Examples 189

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

Practice 342

Practice Fundraising Online Nonprofit 342

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. Now, years later, as I work with nonprofits who are primarily interested in Facebook and Twitter, there is part of me that mourns the loss of MySpace being used by the nonprofits. MySpace is not dangerous.

Myspace 190

Myspace Nonprofit Social Network Facebook 190

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Knowing basic HTML or using a tool like Live Writer to generate HtML can transform a nonprofit’s ROI (Return on Investment) from using social media. For mobile social networkers, Viddy is a must-download. TwtPoll enables nonprofits to create polls that can be shared on Twitter or any any other social network.

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Free Nonprofit Social Media Mobile 280

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K.,

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Fun Resource Nonprofit Social Media 262

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

are already using social media, many have not yet taken all of the steps below to ensure that their social media campaigns are built on a solid foundation meant to produce ROI (Return on Investment). Define Your Metrics and Create a Social Media ROI Spreadsheet. Social media is not for every personality type.

Social Media 215

Social Media Media Social Organization 215

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K.,

Web 265

Web Tools Free Nonprofit 265

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

To jump-start your group, you will need to promote it on your website, in your e-newsletter, and in your social networking profiles. It doesn’t work, however. Some of the content they post is obviously spam, such as “Earn $200 a day working from home!” It will make your group more productive and your ROI much higher.

Linkedin 195

Linkedin Group Practice Management 195

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. Based in the U.K.,

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Web Tools Free Nonprofit 277