Leveraging social media for nonprofit events
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Ritu Sharma and Dawn Andreas share how to host great events for nonprofits with Eventbrite and Social Media for Nonprofits
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Leveraging social media for nonprofit events
- 1. Welcome to Great Events! 1
- 2. Leveraging Social Media for Nonprofit Events With Ritu Sharma and Dawn Andreas Hosted by Evonne Heyning
- 3. Who are we? Ritu Sharma Dawn Andreas Co-Founder & Executive Director Marketing Program Manager ritu@sm4np.org dawn@eventbrite.com @ritusharma1 @britedawn SM4NP.org Eventbrite.com/npo 3
- 4. The Agenda Understanding the event ticketing lifecycle Social media tips, tricks and time savers to maximize engagement Leveraging social media before, during and after your event Tying it all together with data 4
- 5. Defining Event & Social Media ROI ROI = Increasing donations + Raising awareness + Maximizing ticket sales 5
- 6. Ticketing Lifecycle On average, fundraiser tickets go on sale 4-6 weeks before the event. 6
- 7. Ticket Lifecycle At what point has an event sold ½ its tickets? 2 weeks prior In the week to the event prior to the event 29% 38% 1 week prior to the event 33% 7
- 8. Events are Inherently Social Increase your reach Relatively low cost Viral effect: Reach friends of friends | Networks 8
- 9. The Agenda Understanding the event ticketing lifecycle Social media tips, tricks and time savers to maximize engagement Leveraging social media before, during and after your event Tying it all together with data 9
- 10. Be Proactive Set an attendance goal and work backwards Create a marketing calendar • 88% of fundraisers sent invites when tickets go on sale, but too many fall silent until the event thereafter • Over 50% of nonprofits say that frontloading ticket sales is important to them 10
- 11. Open Communication Create a communication plan • Work backwards from the date of the event until the first invite goes out What are the strategic times to email people? • 9-11am, Tuesday-Thursday Where to post information? • Your website, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, local community calendars 11
- 12. The Agenda Understanding the event ticketing lifecycle Social media tips, tricks and time savers to maximize engagement Leveraging social media before, during and after your event Tying it all together with data 12
- 13. Create your Registration Page 13
- 14. Create a Facebook Event 14
- 15. Create a LinkedIn Event 15
- 16. Don’t Think of Your Event as Just as an Event Use the event as a data collection opportunity Consider the long term vs. short term gains Create direct donation option for non-attendees 2 16
- 17. Let 1,000 Flowers Bloom Invite all your friends and followers on respective platforms Invite via multiple channels: Email, LinkedIn, Facebook 17
- 18. More Social, More Revenue On average, 1 Facebook share generates $2.52 in future sales and 11 page views back to your event page; however… Prompt attendees to share event information with a powerful call to action Ticket sales per share Event type 18
- 19. Promote 1. Post regular updates: Pictures, performers, VIPs, auction items, partners and even attendee stories 2. Post more pictures & videos (cute stuff helps!) 3. Invite attendees to RSVP as they register 4. Be sure to tag attendees, VIPs, partners, and others 19
- 20. Promote Facebook Ads Target your demographic narrowly Target each VIP / Key partner organization Target all nonprofits (relevant) Target based on Facebook Insights 20
- 21. Facebook Shares pre- purchase post- 40% purchase 60% The motivation to share is higher once the purchase has been made. 21
- 22. Promote Create a hashtag for your event (“SM4NP”) www.twubs.com www.tagal.us 22
- 23. Hashtag = • A word preceded by a #sign – Used to unify tweets from multiple people on the same subject • Easy to search and catalogs your event • Keep it short! • Brand all posts about your event with the same hashtag • Encourage attendee participation! • 23
- 24. It’s About the Conversation Schedule regular event or important deadline-related tweets Post tweets that showcase the work/organizations of your partners, speakers, attendees and sponsors ReTweet and reply (@) religiously! 24
- 25. Keep the Conversation Going During the event: • Provide a twitter wall • Prominently display the #hashtag • Display the conversation • Use free services like tweetchat.com or twitterfall.com 25
- 26. The Conversation Lives On After the event: • Ask for feedback, share a survey • Create and share recaps • Post event pictures • Use platforms like Storify to summarize event experience • Review your tracking and analytics to know which social channels were most effective 26
- 27. The Agenda Understanding the event ticketing lifecycle Social media tips, tricks and time savers to maximize engagement Leveraging social media before, during and after your event Tying it all together with data 27
- 28. Track your Sales Sources 1 2 3 28
- 29. Productivity Tools: Hootsuite Automatic scheduling Mass tweeting (Only when appropriate) Mass direct messaging (Be very selective) Do not use for Facebook! 29
- 30. Productivity Tools: Sprout Social Manage conversations with one tool Publish and schedule update across multiple social channels Measure efforts with reporting and analytics 30
- 31. Productivity Tools: Simply Measured/RowFeeder/Exportly Gather data rich worksheets See who is following you 31
- 32. Wrap Up • Decide which channels are right for you and your organization • Incent early ticket purchasing to get the wheel in motion • Collect donations from those who can’t attend • Encourage post-purchase sharing – it is most powerful • Give attendees reason to engage before, during and after your event • Analyze which social media efforts are most effective 32
- 33. Dawn Andreas Marketing Program Manager dawn@eventbrite.com Eventbrite Ritu Sharma Co-Founder and Executive Director ritu@sm4np.org Social Media for Nonprofits 33
- 34. Questions? Thank you for joining us! Please take a moment to fill out the post-event survey and ask any Questions in the TechSoup Forums for help with your great events 34
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- Early Bird SpecialsAllow people to buy tickets early for a 5 or 10% discountCreate a Referral ProgramAllow your audience to sell more tickets for you via affiliate / referral codes that gives them discounts or rewardsCan you give something away for a milestone ticket sale?T-Shirts for the first 30 people that buy their tickets?VIP Reception Upgrade Then we can jump into the ticketing environment itself and show you what it looks like from the ticket buyer’s perspective. Finally, we’ll show show you how easy it is to create and make changes to your ticketing page and manage your overall ticketing process. We can keep this informal, feel free to stop me if you have any questions, I would prefer this to be more of a discussion than a presentation.
- Know your Audience.- Gather information on your attendees - Geography - Demographics - Survey Questions- Access all data through our real time reports- View charts, graphs and heat maps for visual representation of ticket sales data - Page views - Overall ticket sales - Sales by ticket type- Track which buyers are buying through which channelsOne thing every organizer wants to know is who is their audience? Eventbrite empowers event organizers with visibility and control over your guest list with graphical dashboards to track sales and attendees. Some of the capabilities are:Capturing demographic information (city-level)Creating custom survey questions – how did you hear about this event? Capture email or any other data?Segmenting buyers based on ticket type (VIP, GA, Early Bird, etc.) – Send custom messages to different ticket buyersMembership Great way to gain insight on your attendeesThink about the long tail approach of your organizationWhat Data can I collect at my event to make this organization be more effective, responsive, and smarterMost organizations will choose the path of least resistance and then wish they were able to have collected certain information after the fact.Is Your Event Free?Ask for a donation!
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- With tracking links you’ll know what marketing channels are driving the most sales and be able to adapt your marketing strategy as needed. Eventbrite makes it easy to quickly create and assign unique tracking links for email campaigns, Facebook Advertisements, or anything else requiring online analytics.