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Are you using Facebook Stories for your nonprofit, or on your personal profile? These ephemeral, Snapchat-style Stories now have more than 500 million daily users across Facebook and Messenger. This means that one-third of Facebook’s 1.5 billion daily users are posting or watching Stories EACH DAY – and they just launched this feature two years ago! Being a brand new …
What if I told you that Google did a study around year-end giving that discovered that a whopping 57% of people who watch a video for a nonprofit go on to make a donation? Despite the evidence about the impact and effectiveness of social media video, small nonprofits are still skeptical about using it in their communication strategy. The misconception …
Are you not using Facebook Fundraisers because you don’t know how to thank Facebook donors that come to you from the platform? Consider this: Mark Zuckerberg announced that more than $2 billion has been raised on Facebook for causes, with more than 45 million people making a donation on the platform. Let’s think about this for a moment. According to …
Some people think that social media marketers get to play around on Facebook and Instagram all day and call it a job. How can nonprofit social media managers showcase the work that we do and get the respect that we deserve? Maybe you’ve got a great social media plan, but not a lot of internal support. How can you get …
The very first Nonprofit Social Media Summit was held on August 29th at Babson College, near Boston, MA – and what a day it was!! The Summit was chock full of actionable sessions and high energy, filled with practical information that left nonprofits feel confident and excited to head back to their organizations and slay social media. But don’t take …
Information overload. Analysis paralysis. Noise. Clutter. It’s a crowded digital landscape, with thousands of messages and notifications being consumed by our supporters each day. How can nonprofits get their message seen by the right people? How can we not only get heard – but listened to? Pixar’s Andrew Stanton gives this answer: “Don’t give them 4. Give them 2+2.” That’s …
Reaching your fans on Facebook is getting increasingly harder, especially if you don’t have a large marketing department or tons of time to spend creating posts. But don’t despair! Even small nonprofits with tiny budgets can use Facebook Ads to strategically target the right people with the right message at the right time. All you need is a plan. Join …
Instagram Stories are taking the social media world by storm, and nonprofits are jumping on board! Nonprofits like DoSomething.org, TWLOHA, Best Buddies, and more are providing insight into their work and build community with their followers through their daily and weekly Stories. There is no doubt that people LOVE Instagram Stories – they are viewed by 500 million people very …
What is social fundraising? What makes it so powerful? And how can small nonprofits start their own programs to recruit and mobilize social fundraisers for their cause? Join me and Josh Hirsch, the Nonprofit Social Media Nerds, for a special session with Sue Citro, Chief Experience Officer at Best Friends Animal Society, and a featured speaker at the Nonprofit Social Media Summit in …