Posts In Category: Social Media

Not-So-Secret Social Media Secret: Identify Your Audience

Posted on August 10, 2015 by | No comments
Identify your Audience

  Last week when I got on Facebook, I saw an ad at the side of my timeline for a wedding website. After I cried a little at the fact that I am so far away from planning a wedding, I thought to myself, “Wow – that company really hasn’t narrowed down their audience very […]

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Boosting Your Social Media

Posted on July 2, 2015 by | No comments
tips to boost social media

Is your organization getting enough “likes”, shares, and comments? Would you like to see better results from your social media efforts? Take time to explore new ways to boost your social media presence and maximize engagement with your supporters. First and foremost, be sure to have a social media strategy. If you don’t have one, […]

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8 Easy Facebook Engagement Tools

Posted on June 2, 2015 by | No comments
8 ways to boost Facebook engagement

by James Zackal Is your organization using Facebook but gaining little feedback? While Facebook is a great tool for audience engagement, who doesn’t want to improve feedback? In 8 Ways to Improve Your Facebook Engagement, Social Media Examiner examines ways to keep your audience engaged, informed, and entertained.   Photos & Video Posts with images […]

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Is THRED the Next Mobile and Social Media Sensation? 

Posted on May 19, 2015 by | No comments
Is THRED what's next for social media

The guy who brought you SimCity and The Sims, Will Wright, launched his new mobile app last week. THRED brings a series of photos, memes or Internet images together so that users can customize, caption, and string them together to tell a story. The app is pretty simple. You can select photos from your phone’s […]

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More than a Millennial: Rob Mixer

Posted on May 12, 2015 by | No comments

I call this series More than a Millennial. A series where I profile Millennials who, I think, are doing some really incredible things – young people who ignore all of the flack our generation catches and continue to do incredible things each day to change the world. On the last edition of More than a […]

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3 Reasons Social Media Matters to Your Nonprofit

Posted on May 8, 2015 by | 2 comments
Good Fundraising Ideas for your social media strategy

Need help constructing your nonprofit’s social media strategy? We are happy to help! All too often, nonprofits (and for-profits, too!) jump into the social media world of posts and tweets impulsively.  While those first retweets or likes might seem incredibly, instantaneously gratifying- they may only be providing your cause a small percentage of the engagement potential. Or, […]

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Study Reveals 5 Amazing Stats on Online Fundraising

Posted on May 1, 2015 by | 1 comment
Eye Popping Stats on Online Fundraising

This post was originally published on NTEN‘s site, and is being shared here with their permission: M+R and NTEN’s 2015 Nonprofit Benchmarks Report returns for the ninth year, the ultimate guide to nonprofit industry standards for online fundraising, advocacy, and list building. The data from the nonprofits we survey is big. So big, it couldn’t […]

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Fashion and Philanthropy: Interview with Fashion Project’s Anna Palmer

Posted on May 1, 2015 by | No comments
Fashion and Philanthropy Anna Palmer

For as far back as I can remember, I’d set my heart on a career in fashion. In 1992, I packed one (very large) suitcase, bought a one-way plane ticket to JFK, and moved to New York City to embark on some life that would connect my love for publishing with fashion. Undoubtedly, I would work at […]

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The Secret of Viral Social Media Campaigns?

Posted on April 16, 2015 by | No comments
Viral Social Media Campaigns panel

Creating a successful social campaign is hard to do. Creating a viral social media campaign is one and a million, but it’s possible. I joined Social Media for Nonprofits at their first Leadership Salon panel to learn the secrets of success from the ALS Association’s #icebucketchallenge and the CleverGirlsCollection’s #batkid. The Ice Bucket Challenge generated […]

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