7. Nonprofits & Social Media: The Stats
Between 2010 & 2011:
19% increase in overall online giving
Number of gifts rose by 20%.
Online monthly giving rose from 5% to 8%
35% online revenue = direct email appeals
65% online revenue = web giving
Source: M+R Research Labs & NTEN, 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study
8. Listen Communicate
Social Media
Success
Adjust Engage
Evaluate
9. Listen – Know Your Audience
Prospects
Current Donors
Board Members
Volunteers
Staff
Practitioners
11. Listen – Know Your Field
NTEN
Idealware
TechSoup
Network for Good
Care2’s Frogloop
Mashable
Chronicle of Philanthropy Beth Kanter
Nonprofit Quarterly Allison Fine
The Nonprofit Times Kivi Leroux Miller
Zoetica Media
15. Communicate
What’s Your Social Media Strategy?
Why are you getting involved in social media?
Who do you want to engage?
What do you want them to do?
Which platforms are most appropriate?
Who is responsible for updates?
How integrated are fundraising &
communications?
16. Communicate
Different Platforms, Different Styles
I like Obrycki’s crabcakes
I’m eating #crabcakes right now @obryckis
My skills include crabcake eating
Here’s a picture of Obrycki’s crabcakes
Watch this video of me eating crabcakes
Read my review of dinner at Obrycki’s
17. Communicate
Content, Timing, and Tone
Create good content
Use a dashboard
Update regularly
Time posts appropriately
Causes, not orgs.
Strike the right tone
23. Evaluate – Is It Worth It?
E-newsletter Open Facebook Website Twitter Twitter Blog Blog
Subscribers Rate (%) Friends Visits Posts Followers Posts Traffic
Baseline 2000 23 10 4200 10 3 0 0
January 2225 29 30 5400 5 10 1 325
February 2275 27 60 5000 20 25 3 850
March 2375 22 87 5600 50 60 7 650
Record the baseline Look at trends
Start simple Give it time
Look to your goal for Don’t forget to
what to track translate numbers into
$ or services
24. Evaluate – What Do You Count?
Engagement
Likes, retweets
Subscribers, followers
Comments, click throughs,
opens
Don’t forget qualitative data
Tools
Listening
Google Analytics
You Tube Insight
Face Book Insights
26. Adjust (and Grow)
What could you do Be honest
differently? Be authentic
What do you like that Keep learning
other people do?
Know your allies and
Would you want to use them
read the information
you posting? Integrate into your
existing campaigns
How can you have
fun? Create a social media
team