Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

People are often surprised when I say that if given the choice, I would choose 10,000 e-Newsletter subscribers over 10,000 Followers on Twitter, 10,000 Fans on Facebook, or 10,000 Friends on Foursquare… combined. For me, that ROI translates into webinar attendees and speaking engagements. Consequently, so has my ROI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Social Media Roi Slidesbk. I’m doing a panel titled “Social Media ROI&# with Lauren Vargas from Radian 6 and moderated by Roz Lemieux from Fission Strategy. ROI had it origins as an accounting term and was originally a measure of return on the total investment in the entire business. The Four I’s of ROI.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2009

Using a poetry slam format, each panelist will present a five-minute poem or story about how their organization has successfully implemented a social media strategy experiment and how they considered the ROI. You can follow the session on Twitter at: [link]. The audience will have ample opportunity to ask questions and respond.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 21, 2012

Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy. The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2020

From chatbots to social advertising, this webinar will focus on what’s new and next in social media so that your nonprofit can embrace being an early adopter to achievement maximum return-on-investment (ROI). Current best practices for using Facebook Pages and Twitter. The increasing importance of LinkedIn Pages. •

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment). Unless you study Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. 2) You are rarely retweeted on Twitter. Google, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 12, 2012

Your organization’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is directly related to whether your staff fully understand each sites’ unique functionality and toolset as well as how to best integrate these tools into your long-term online communications and fundraising strategy. The Broadcast Web], Web 2.0 [The

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 8, 2012

campaigns in order to maximize ROI (Return on Investment). for nonprofits and discusses how to lay a foundation for future success on the Social Web, and then quickly moves into discussing the top five social media best practices for nonprofits with a particular focus on Facebook and Twitter. The webinar begins with defining Web 1.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2012

As someone who observes thousands of nonprofits on the Social Web each year, let me just say it’s better to spend 90-minutes on a webinar than hours upon hours to trying to figure it out yourself, or worse not knowing about the changes and their effect, and thus wasting your time executing a poor, ROI-less strategy on Facebook.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 18, 2010

Day and I’ve been watching the time zones wake up in the US and start Twittering about the various service projects and community building activities everyone is participating in. Earlier today I followed a link from Twitter to an archived guest post on Pamela’s Grantwriting Blog by Aerin Guy. Then or now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/PanCAN , twitter.com/Advocate4PanCAN. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Sifry , the co-founder of Personal Democracy Forum, took a closer look at ROI for Facebook apps in his piece last week Facebook Haggadah: A Case Study in Viral ROI (Is This App Different From All Other Apps?) Soon it was being retweeted all over Twitter , and for good reason. Tags: otherblogs roi facebook metrics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 25, 2012

My Return on Investment (ROI) from using Pinterest to promote Nonprofit Organizations is somewhere between minimal and better-than-expected, but using the site on a regular basis has fundamentally changed how I think about social media and the people who use it. Tweeted on Twitter by Rock the Vote. It’s a real eye-opener.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Email marketing ROI is around 4,300%. According to a recent study conducted by the Direct Marketing Association, email marketing has a 4,300% ROI , which is comparable to direct traffic, CPC, and even organic search traffic. 50% of the ROI of a pin can happens after 2.5 65% of Twitter users expect a response in under 2 hours.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Deborah Elizabeth Finn just posed a terrific question: This is a question for nonprofit organizations that use Twitter for outreach, fundraising, and advocacy campaigns: do you factor your organization’s Twitter follow cost into your campaign strategy? Tags: issues roi twitter. And the list goes on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The webinar then closes with a discussion about how to track and report Return on Investment (ROI) for your online communications and fundraising campaign. Learn the top best practices for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, and Instagram. Track and report their mobile and social media ROI. Learn the importance of blogging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 7, 2011

Rather that keeping them separate, once they are merged to compliment one another, your nonprofit’s ROI begins to grow exponentially. 2) Embed Twitter and Facebook widgets into your homepage. Both Twitter and Facebook offer widgets that simply require you to copy and paste a small piece of code into to your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Twitter: @ HumaneSociety , @ cariegrls. We’re using Facebook primarily, Twitter for feedback, dabbling in Foursquare, and starting our LinkedIn presence. Twitter is the one that surprised me the most. For us, Twitter is primarily a public relations/customer service tool. Please summarize your ROI.

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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. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Creating Video Content : 15 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Even though a large percentage of NGOs in Asia Pacific now regularly use social media in their online fundraising and communications campaigns, few social media practitioners in the NGO sector have been properly trained on how to best utilize sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. The Broadcast Web), Web 2.0 (The

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Nonprofit Tech for Good will promote your blog post or article on Twitter and in our weekly email newsletter. 4) 27% have a system in place to track and report return on investment (ROI) on social media campaigns. 4) 27% have a system in place to track and report return on investment (ROI) on social media campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Robin shared some of her thoughts in the comments of a recent blog post, and I invited to share her community organizing rules for Twitter. As a community organizer, Twitter makes a lot of sense. Twitter does exactly that. Robin’s 10 Twitter Rules for Non Profits. Twitter is social. Follow Back.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. For tools specifically, we use CoTweet to manage our Twitter communications and MBuzz for monitoring our social media mentions. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Google searches likely had a big effect because other posts got a lot more buzz on Twitter and Facebook. 10 Twitter Apps for Nonprofits. Five Simple Ways Nonprofits Can Measure Social Media ROI (Return on Investment). Somewhat surprising! Best to you and your nonprofit in 2011! It’s going to be a big year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 7, 2011

LinkedIn Groups can be very high in ROI as long as you’re patient and willing to invest at least an hour a week promoting and monitoring your LinkedIn Group. Today, those 14,000 members result in more ROI than 16,000 Facebook Fans and run a not-so-distant second to 411,000 Twitter Followers. No kidding.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 22, 2021

Innovative colleges and universities, including USC , Stanford, Purdue, Rutgers, Michigan State, UPenn, and Notre Dame have recently implemented the Salesforce platform to help modernize their fundraising, personalize engagement, and conduct AI-powered research and reporting to inform strategy and measure ROI. About the Author. Jason Belland.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2012

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. If you have a Twitter account, sign up with your Twitter username and password.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. 3) Facebook ROI is often overrated. 4) Twitter 5) LinkedIn 6) Facebook. Personally, my ROI (Return on Investment) from Facebook isn’t that great. There is ROI, but it is often overrated. I just don’t think so. To reassess.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. I just didn’t see how a Facebook Group could ever compare to a MySpace profile in terms of power and ROI (Return on Investment). Then in June 2008 I launched the @ NonprofitOrgs profile on Twitter. Five Lessons Learned.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Know that using third-party apps decreases ROI if not used carefully. Even the tiniest of changes from posting natively can result in decreased Return on Investment (ROI). The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As a sector, we’ve been addicted to the buzz about social media – and social media itself – for nearly 20 years, but if we take a step back and take a critical look at the big picture of social media, many nonprofits will discover that their return on investment (ROI) from using social media is minimal. Instagram: 1.4

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I’ve observed this phenomenon on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Myspace, and Foursquare. The larger your communities, the higher your ROI. I wrote about it in Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits : Communities begin to grow exponentially when they reach 5,000 members. Work toward that goal of five thousand.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Share on Twitter. But how does that translate into a return on investment (ROI)? This makes measuring ROI tricky. With all that in mind, here are some essential steps to take when implementing your own content governance system and how each step will impact your company’s ROI. Christopher P. Contributor. Christopher P.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader. 10) Track the growth and ROI of your online communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Five Simple Ways Nonprofits Can Measue Social Media ROI. 10 Twitter Apps for Nonprofits. To Change.org , my clients , Twitter, Fundraising Success Magazine , TechSoup , and my dear, sweet husband for putting up with my social media obsession over the last five years. Five Essential Apps for Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. The good news is that I have found using Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. It’s not the end of the world if you don’t break the news on Twitter or if you’re 4 hours behind on the Next Big Thing.

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