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Social Networking and Charities: 10 Benefits
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Social Networking and Charities: 10 Benefits

Charities are beginning to sit up and take note that social networking sites are useful tools on a variety of levels. A charity can make a message felt, reach a wide number of people from varied target groups, learn more about what does and doesn’t work, and mobilize support, just by working social media.

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More Facebook Friends Equal Fewer Donations
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More Facebook Friends Equal Fewer Donations

A study published in August of 2012 says that people with larger numbers of Facebook friends tend not to spread the news about charities and causes. Study author Kimberley Scharf an economist at the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) at the University of Warwick, says that people with lots of Facebook friends tend to count on others to tell them about opportunities for giving. This phenomenon has a name: “free-riding.”

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Non-Profit Communications: Elie Hirschfeld, D.A.R.E & More
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Non-Profit Communications: Elie Hirschfeld, D.A.R.E & More

Not long ago, an LA Times article about the city’s Museum of Contemporary Art’s (MOCA) attempts to raise a sum of $100 million cited fundraising consultant as saying, “People like to give to excellence. It’s excellence, not need that generates big gifts.” But this is not necessarily the case. Many poorly run nonprofits generate the big donor bucks in spite of haphazard management and lackluster results.

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SEO, Email Marketing and Paid Search Deliver Top ROI, Study Finds
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SEO, Email Marketing and Paid Search Deliver Top ROI, Study Finds

Marketers have more and more techniques and channels available to promote their products or services, but it looks like old tools are delivering great ROI for businesses. SEO (organic search), email marketing and paid search (PPC) were the top three channels that the 1,300 digital marketers who participated in the new Econsultancy/Adestra Email Marketing Industry Census 2013 study said that deliver an “excellent” or “good” ROI.

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