1. Social Media- the Great Debate
Can it impact my fundraising?
Ann Oleson, Converge Consulting
2. Our Time Together
• Why is social media
important?
• The demographics of social
media users
• Will it work for us?
• Creating a social strategy
• Measuring ROI
• Questions
4. The Top 50 Non-Profits
• 92% of the top 50 non-profits have at least
1 social media presence on their
homepage
• PBS has most Twitter followers 840,653
• American Red Cross first to create a
Twitter account
• Food for the Poor most talked about on
Facebook 220 posts in 2 months
17. Create a plan
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18. Social Media Strategy
• Goal
• Channel
• Reach/Credible
• Sustainable
• Measureable
Source: www.admissionslab.com
4 Keys to Putting your Social Media Strategy to Work
19. Results
• Over 1500 Tweets #AMAHigherEd
• Reward for Engagement Random
Drawing almost 50% of the attendees
• Top Tweeter 66 tweets in 3 days
• Most retweeted 22times
@lizgross144 “The Marketing Office is
Not a Kinko’s.” #AMAHigherEd
20. Goal for Social Media
• Direct action (drive
dollars and donors)
• Engagement (connected
with young alums)
• Customer Service (find
out what people are
happy/unhappy with)
• Campaign (short burst)
22. Social Media Strategy
• Goal
• Channel
• Reach/Credible
• Sustainable
• Measureable
Source: www.admissionslab.com
4 Keys to Putting your Social Media Strategy to Work
26. Establishing ROI- Direct
If we can work backwards from the
value of an online action we can
establish the value of a specific Social
Media connection.
*All numbers are created as examples
27. Email
Postcard
Facebook
Website
Magazine Ad LinkedIn
Twitter
Your Marketing Hub
28. Engaged with
the Site
Went to a
landing page
Received an email
29. Measuring Social Media Impact:
Direct- Use Google Analytics
• Goals for:
• Online donation form
• Mobile giving form
• Registrations
Homecoming/Events
• Updating Contact information
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36. Blogs- Top 50 Non-profit
http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/05/08/the-worlds-best-non-profit-blogs/
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37. Blogs
• Superior content
• Non-intrusive yet effective calls to action
• Good use of multi-media photography and video
• Superb use of story-telling to align with objectives
• Attractive and functional design
• Convenient social sharing
• Features that involve key stakeholders
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40. Key Blogging Metrics:
• Number of posts
• Number of comments
• Audience growth (unique and return visitors)
• Number of conversions
• Subscribers
• Inbound links
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46. Key Social Media Metrics
• Referrals from social networks
• Conversions from social networks
• Facebook Fans, Likes, Shares, and Comments
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50. Linked In
• Connections
• Who has viewed page/profile
• Number of Groups
• Advanced analytics
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55. Key Twitter Metrics
• Number of Followers
• 2nd-order followers (follower’s follower
count)
• Velocity: average of first-and second-
order followers attracted per day since
the account was established
• Social Capital: Influence of twitter
followers
• Centralization: How much influence
(reach) is invested in a small number of
followers
• Pages ranking on key terms from
microblogging sites
59. Key YouTube Metrics
• Number of
YouTube channel
subscribers
• Referrals from
YouTube
• Views of videos on
YouTube
• Pages ranking on
key terms from
YouTube