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Guest blog by John Killoran As the process for making mobile donations becomes more and more convenient, your nonprofit may see an uptick in the number of donors craving more interactions via their mobile phones. Modern supporters are looking to connect with and engage with your nonprofit on the go, which means that your nonprofit needs to come up with …
Guest blog by Rebecca Hill Visuals are everything on social media. They catch the eye, pique interest, and hopefully, grab the user’s attention. On Facebook, having a great visual can mean the difference between skyrocketing engagement and crickets. Facebook posts with images see 2.3 X more engagement than those without images. To get increased engagement, you need great photos that are sized …
Guest blog by Candace Cody You know that social media is an important component of social fundraising (or peer-to-peer fundraising), but sometimes it can be tricky to know where to start, or exactly what to do. This gets even more intimidating during the year-end fundraising season, when everything feels more rushed and more critical. There’s a lot to learn about …
Guest blog by Kiersten Bush What prompts followers of your company to share content that you post on social media? The short, but not uncomplicated answer is: It depends. Some people just like a product and they want to share that insider-y knowledge with others. Some like a cause and want to promote it with their friends or their followers. …
Giving Common Webinar: 10 Steps to a Successful Nonprofit Social Media Strategy The Giving Common, an initiative of the Boston Foundation, was pleased to offer this webinar on Thursday, October 20, 2016 to its nonprofit partners engaged with GivingCommon.org. In this webinar, Julia Campbell, world-renowned digital marketing strategist and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits, …
I know what’s going to happen. On November 29, if you are like most nonprofit organizations across the world, you will be reaching out to your supporters to give! You will expect them to enter their credit card info just because… because… well, because it’s #GivingTuesday and that’s what people do. Right? Well, not exactly. Thousands of nonprofits have that exact …
Last night when I checked my News Feed before bed I was interrupted by a request from Facebook – take a short survey and help us make Facebook better. As a digital marketing enthusiast, I always jump at the chance to take these surveys, mostly because the questions can give great insight into what Facebook is trying to improve. Or …
The friendly folks at Facebook have tweaked the News Feed algorithm again, now putting an explicit priority on posts from family and friends over pages. However, as with all changes to the Facebook News Feed, I encourage you to breathe and do not panic. This is nothing new, but as with every other algorithm update, it requires some strategizing and …
Do you feel that your nonprofit is spinning its wheels when it comes to communicating with supporters and potential donors? Do you feel overwhelmed by all of the tools available–from Facebook to YouTube to mobile messaging to blogging? Are you using social media at your organization right now but not seeing any tangible results? In today’s increasingly competitive landscape for …