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Social Media for Nonprofits: Tips and tools for using social media to build support for your mission
1. Social Media: Tips and tools for using
social media to build support for your
mission
June 10, 2014
Presented by:
Suna Gurol
Social Media/Web Producer
Jessica Hall
Communications Manager
Washington STEM
4. Today’s Agenda
Cautionary Tales
Group activity – share best/worst experiences/stories
Analytics
Promotion of social media channels
Where are journalists?
Campaigns
Group activity – Plan your own campaign. Quick
share / questions
Resources / Links
Questions?
21. Why have a plan?
You don’t really
need one…
right?
Unless you want
to be able to
show that your
work means
something.
22. Simple Strategy
• Do a baseline comparative analysis of your
peers
• Identify target audiences (donors, job seekers,
mission-focused)
• Strategic direction that maps to your orgs
mission
• Goals – objectives & tactics to help with the
strategy
• Key Performance Indicators – KPI’s
23. Simple Goals for ROI
We will post at least four
times a week
We will comment on
another blog two times a
month
Goal to have 2000
subscribers by end of
year
Goal to have10 donors
or volunteers as a direct
result of the blog
Others??
24. ROI Key Metric -
Donations
One of the KPI’s – it can be the only one!
Ultimate metric is donations, and sustaining gifts
have more long-term value
Have your fundraising campaigns always include a
social component
Make sure it doesn’t just appear that you are using
your social platforms to raise money
Engage your constituents in an ongoing discussion
on how to make a difference in implementing your
mission – worth more than a $40 donation
28. SEO
“Search is the connection between intent and
content”- Bill Barnes, Mediative
SEO is completely tied to social
You can’t game the system – though people
will tell you they can
Important to tie your website to social
29. Content is Queen for
SEO
High quality content is still key
Ask your readers what they are interested in
from you. Chances are these are things that
they are searching on.
Check to see what people are commenting on and
retweeting
For enewsletters, see what people are clicking on
Do a user survey and post on Facebook, emails --
Survey Monkey
36. Finding content:
Meetings
Bi-weekly meetings with
social media team
Tap into groups around
the organization –
Development, Community
Relations, Media Team,
writer’s monthly meeting
Quarterly meetings with
any groups/people who do
social media for the org
38. Be involved outside of
your organization
Social Media Club
Content Strategy meetups
Reference
Smart Brief on Social Media
Social Media Examiner
Social Media Marketing for Nonprofits
LinkedIn groups
Continued education
UW Master in Communication in Digital Media
Social Media certificate at UW
Others?
40. It’s all about the content
Post Great Content. What is that?
•Success Stories
•Your values/beliefs/mission
•Related news
•People-oriented stories
•Human voice
•Photos!
•Video!
•Promotion of popular fans, people
•All of these = ENGAGING CONTENT
41. Depends on the channel!
Facebook: used to be 1-2 times a day, now 3-5 is okay
Twitter: 5-10/day
YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn: varies by industry
Do you need to be real-time? Depends.
Breaking news: yes!
Twitter – yes! Especially for events
Instagram – yes
Facebook – day of or next day
YouTube – No
Google+ - No
Post Frequency
42. Images
Social loves photos
Good photos are a must -
snapshots v. professional
quality
- Volunteers – lots of hobbyists
out there
- Co-workers - Make it a part of
their job
People will engage with
photos that tell a story without
needing explanation
46. • Edgerank and algorithm are continually changing:
• Edgerank changed in Dec. 2013 to favor ‘high quality stories.’
while this sounds good, it actually DECREASED reach for
regular posts (text, links) and old news is weighted higher
than brand posts.
• How FB weighs posts:
• Posts with videos, photos have more weight than text
or link only
• Engagement: shares, comments have more weight
than just likes
Facebook is changing…
49. • Post photos and
videos
• Ask questions
• Encourage
shares of posts
• But DON’T say
“Like, Comment,
Share”
• Change cover
photo often
Facebook: Solutions!
50. • Think of as a marketing channel
• Contact your fans and get real feedback
• Use for news, and place for people to contact you
• Paid Strategy: even small amounts make a
difference
• Post when you know your fans are online –
beginning of day, lunch, end of work day,
dinnertime
Facebook: Solutions!
51. Optimize your posts:
1.Don’t cut/paste links. Add in contextual text, edit
headline, subhead
2.Track with bit.ly links
3.Photos: weighted higher without a link.
4.Ask questions of fans.
5.Find creative ways to ask for engagement.
Facebook: Solutions!
52. • Very easy, useful.
• Can target interests, demographics.
• Keep a strict budget. You don’t need to spend a
lot to see results.
• Boosted posts – goes to fans who like you
already!
• Be cautious for asking for likes – can get you
people who don’t necessarily care, love your
brand.
Facebook: Ads
53. • 255 million
monthly active
users
• New Profiles –
bigger cover
photo, pinned
tweet
• What we don’t
know: how the
Twitter IPO will
change things
Twitter
55. • Real-time means you can post more!
• 100-125 character posts: allow for comments and
RTs
• Links don’t need to be at the end – experiment
with them in the middle
• You don’t have to follow everyone – follow
volunteers, partner orgs, news orgs, major
companies, foundations
Twitter: Tips
56. • Be mindful. Check throughout the day.
• Use hashtags and mentions strategically
• Use action words – verbs, not nouns
• Timing: Monday – Thursday, 12 noon – 6 PM
(not after 8 PM and definitely not after 6 Pm on
Friday)
Twitter: Tips
57. • Don’t send posts from FB to Twitter
• Use lists to keep up with hashtags, funders,
volunteers, and media.
• Lists can be private or public
• Make lists of speakers for events
• Schedule posts with Hootsuite
• Use trackable links: bit.ly, ow.ly
Twitter: Tips
61. Nonprofit program: http://www.youtube.com/nonprofits
• Overlay
• Design – can use an image map to add in links
• Annotations
• Listed on the nonprofits videos page:
http://www.youtube.com/activism
SEO:
•Describe your video with words your supporters use, not
Board member marketing speak
•Add in your URL in the description – it’s clickable and the
first thing people see
YouTube: Tips
62. • 135 unique
viewers.
• 4.9 billion video
plays.
• Great for private
videos,
especially while
still editing.
• High quality.
• Filmmakers are
here.
Vimeo
63. • 300 million users
• Take ownership of
your page:
o Upload an
image
o Be a thought
leader
o Show company
culture
• Participate in groups:
o Share
information
o Comment
LinkedIn
64. • 300 million users, 35% are active
• Really high engagement, click-thru rates
• Host Hangouts
• Photos, videos do best
• Starting to do ads
• Indexed in Google search
Google+
66. • Integrated with Google search
• Pages can email followers via Gmail
• Integrated with YouTube
• No Edgerank – so all posts show up to your
followers
• Google+ not banned from work like other
social media channels (FB, Twitter)
because part of browser.
Google+: Tips
69. • In Oct. 2013 43% of users were 18-29
• Share good photos, graphics
• Be active – commit to the channel
• Tag photos, use hashtags
(#tbt/throwbackthursday)
• Promote text to give, donation campaigns,
event photos, premium, thanks
• Can send/integrate with Facebook
Instagram: Tips
70. • 48 million users. 80% of users are female.
• Visual! Related photos, infographics, videos.
Pinterest
71. • Make it fun!
• Fundraising:
• Auction items for events, can add in the $
symbol and the amount
• Events general – create boards for every
event with images
• Cause marketing – add a Pin button to a cause
marketing product so people can share the photo
of the product on their boards
Pinterest: Tips
72. Foursquare + Swarm
• 50 million users
• 1.7 billion
business
• Now 2 apps,
Foursquare =
exploring. Swarm
= check-ins
• Have volunteers
check-in
• Check-ins at
events
73. • Audience of 47.49
million users
• Visually driven blog
platform
• Other successful posts:
quotes, links
• Reblog posts from
volunteers, supporters
Tumblr
74. • Awesome SEO – often 1st
, 2nd
, 3rd
link in search
results
• Another web presence – for free!
• Anyone can edit – so it needs to be monitored
regularly
• Won’t allow for what it sees as marketing speech
• Can be a bit of a morass
Wikipedia
75. • Commitment - Don’t commit unless you have the
time
• Design – branding
• Mission - Have a mission statement, purpose for
blog
• Frequency – at least once a week.
• Writers – don’t not just have corporate
communications people writing for the blog
• Reporters – let them know about the blog
• Enhanced content – videos, slideshows, photos
• Tone - “I” posts, personal interest
Blogs
77. Mobile
Who doesn’t have a mobile device
here? (Who has checked FB since we started?
How many times?)
Has become the “1st
” screen
Add social media links to your mobile
website, if your site isn’t already responsive.
For timeliness, use mobile phone to post to
your organizations social channels… but be
careful (see aforementioned tales of woe)
79. Cautionary tales
Twitter: CNN reporter
LinkedIN: Change in title –
whoops!
Facebook:
- Cranky post – Boss is your
friend
- Photos to wrong group – haha!
- F-bomb on company page –
eek!
83. Basic Analytics
Which stories are the most liked and
retweeted?
What content lead to donations?
What social media campaign increased
volunteer sign-ups?
What images, pages gets the most clicks?
Use this to help shape your content
Key Performance Indicators – engagement
rate, referral traffic, overall reach
84. Analytics
Pages with high traffic – edit with new
content and repost
Bitly – use different links for each social
channel and then track in conversion tunnels
in Google Analytics. Find out which channel
brings in the most.
90. Normally a chart on gender/age
demographics would go here but
we’re going to focus on the harder
metrics
Normally a chart on gender/age
demographics would go here but
we’re going to focus on the harder
metrics
Facebook: Inbound
91. Key Drivers & InsightsMarch: Top Post By Likes
March: Top Post By Comments March: Top Post By Shares
Facebook: Outbound
93. Social Icons
Email signature
Websites – prominent social
media buttons, Facebook
“like”, Google+1
Cross-promote
Enewsletter
Email
Business cards
Intranet or internal
communications – all
employees should be
following your org
94. More promotion
Events:
o Ask for FB ‘likes’ at events and encourage speakers to
promote (easier than just saying “And like us on social”) –
put up URL on screen
o Use Twitter as a way for people to ask questions at events
Facebook contests – Definitely get ‘likes’ but be prepared for
some work
Facebook ‘like’ gates
Facebook Ads – easy-peasy and effective
Employees! They are your biggest advocates. Intranet, in-
house emails, events. Ask everyone to follow.
96. What happened in the
last several years?
Fewer newspapers
Fewer reporters – they are
working in organizations now
Tighter budgets, more beats
with fewer reporters, fewer
resources at established
papers.
Shorter news cycle, tighter
deadlines.
97. Where are the
reporters?
Journalists are all on social!
Be Facebook friends / LinkedIn contacts with
your journalist contacts
Understand the journalist and the news angle
Read outlets and journals, follow
conversations, follow the source
100. • Have a plan
• Use similar imagery
• Change language, tone, voice of message
depending on channel – speak to the audience
that’s on that channel
• Make sure your social channels are on printed
materials
Campaigns
104. Resources
Tweet grader – tells you how influential you are.
Hootsuite – scheduling and posting software. Worth it!
Bitly – link shortener, useful for tracking clicks
Simply Measured: http://simplymeasured.com
Sprout Social
Spredfast
Social Media Sizer cheat sheet: for design of social media channels.
http://visual.ly/social-media-sizing-cheat-sheet-edition-20-2014
Social Media Examiner
Smart Brief on Social Media
Beth Kantor
John Haydon Social Media Marketing for Nonprofits
Google Alerts
Metia blog: http://www.metia.com/blogs/
Social Media Examiner: http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/
Hootsuite: http://blog.hootsuite.com
Mashable: http://mashable.com/
105. References
Social media reporting template from Vanessa Au at Tableau
Scientific Guide to Great Tweets
http://blog.bufferapp.com/writing-great-tweets-scientific-guide
Social Media Strategy for NonProfits
http://www.slideshare.net/SM4nonprofits/michael-bellavia-
helpsgood
Guide to Facebook 2014 by Derek Belt at King County, WA
http://www.slideshare.net/kingcountywa/state-of-facebook-2014
Why Google+ will demand your attention in 2014
http://socialmediatoday.com/sanchitkhera7/2064111/why-
google-will-demand-our-attention-2014
State of Social Marketing 2014
http://www.socialbakers.com/blog/2110-the-state-of-social-
marketing-2014
Top Nonprofits on Twitter
http://topnonprofits.com/lists/top-nonprofits-on-twitter/
Top Nonprofits on Facebook
http://topnonprofits.com/lists/top-nonprofits-on-facebook/
So we can just talk about what we are interested in, right? It’s all about me me.
Uh, no. Don’t be an egomaniac.
Reporting on the organization v. corporate communications
Meant to be a recruiting photo. Instead it elicited fond memories and great stories.
Constant vigilance isn’t always necessary, but it pays to pay attention… especially for any hot-button issues
Don’t be afraid to ban users who are out of line…
Often your community will help with that - for example, these comments were marked as spam by supporters and not by us.
Baseline: Review peer organizations and competitors
Note likes, followers, comments, etc.
Compare your own company to these results. …
Now… make a goal.
Strategic direction: Communicate scientific breakthroughs and our life-saving cancer research
Conversions
The number of page view
Donations
The number of members
Site traffic
May not be needed, unless the size of your organization needs it.
Search for “Suna Gurol” as an example
Team is myself and the two writers who post to Facebook & Twitter.
Other team members include analytics person and designer.
Email the requestor back.
Content is the trees in the forest, the coffee in the cup, the books in the bookstore. Without content there is nothing.
Content is the trees in the forest, the coffee in the cup, the books in the bookstore. Without content there is nothing.
Case study from Washington STEM: grant application – 35 likes, comments, and shares. 15/21 likes were on shared posts. 2 comments were on shared posts. 1 person shared a share. 39 post clicks. 4 link clicks.
Shares were from staff members (3) and partner orgs (1 we asked to share, 2 shared on own).
Reached 742 people. Average on other posts: 150
Every brand is on FB so it’s hard to be heard over the noise. People are using FB for news.
Because of these changes some brands are leaving like Eat24
Number of fans does not equal who sees your posts
Study by social@Ogilvy – organic reach for pages with over 500K like at about 2%, drop from October of last year when it was much higher.
To show up in newsfeed, you may HAVE to pay.
Good news: you can really target the right audience, get engagement, which will then show up in newsfeed.
Eat24 – left Facebook because of these reasons: http://blog.eat24hours.com/breakup-letter-to-facebook-from-eat24/
Eat24 – left Facebook because of these reasons: http://blog.eat24hours.com/breakup-letter-to-facebook-from-eat24/
Life after Facebook: http://blog.eat24hours.com/eat24-life-after-facebook/
What happened afterwards? Higher open rates, more emails, can spend money on their coupons, swag, etc.
Case study from Washington STEM: grant application – 35 likes, comments, and shares. 15/21 likes were on shared posts. 2 comments were on shared posts. 1 person shared a share. 39 post clicks. 4 link clicks.
Shares were from staff members (3) and partner orgs (1 we asked to share, 2 shared on own).
Reached 742 people. Average on other posts: 150
Washington STEM has 6k+ fans, about half are in Egypt and we’re still not sure why
Use the new profile – not only does it look good but it allows you to pin a tweet. This can be your latest campaign, or just to learn more about you.
People are on at all times of the day, use lists to organize key volunteers, funders, partners to engage with them
Follow hashtags as well to stay up to date on news, engage with others
Use the new profile – not only does it look good but it allows you to pin a tweet. This can be your latest campaign, or just to learn more about you.
People are on at all times of the day, use lists to organize key volunteers, funders, partners to engage with them
Follow hashtags as well to stay up to date on news, engage with others
-YouTube: indexed in Google, help with search
-people love videos but have a short attention span
-can go viral/help
Vimeo: no ads, easier to password protect
YouTube: Create playlists, intro video, Google for Nonprofits
Great for private videos. High quality. While still editing
When in groups: not just about you, share tips, don’t just promote yourself/your company
-Can increase web traffic, Google will index in search/help with search
-Can increase web traffic, Google will index in search/help with search
-Can increase web traffic, Google will index in search/help with search
Visual
Organize by event
Use tags so people find your work
Users are mainly 18-44
Highly engaged
Visually driven
Use popular hashtags
-Visual
-Selling something? Pinterest sees really high levels of click thru and purchase
-share ways to get involved
-23% all referral traffic to e-commerce
Growing exponentially – becoming most popular social media channel
If selling things: grey banner with price will be on upper left corner. Automatically added to gifts tab in
Google Analytics social tracking goals
Can use Hootsuite for a variety of reports, but this is the only one more affordable. $50 more gets you bigger analytics, but they don’t tie into Google.
Average Daily Reach: Page Level Data -- Average of months Daily Total Reach (Key Metrics Tab, Column O)
Fan Interactions: Post Level Data -- Sum of Likes, comments, shares, answers on Lifetime Post Stories by Actions Tab
Engagement Rate: Fan Interactions/total fans x100 (should be a percent number)
Followers – New: Page Level Data -- Sum of Key Metrics Tab, Column I “Daily New Likes”
Followers – Total: Page Level Data -- Take the number on last day of the month from Key Metrics Tab, Column H “Lifetime Total Likes”
Average Daily Unlikes: Page Level Data -- Average of “Daily Unlikes” Key Metrics Tab, Column J
Trend: Percent Change from February to March – see worksheet also posted to Canvas for formula
Insights: See lecture notes for tips on what to comment on
Top post by Likes
Top post by Comments
Top post by Shares
Find this in Post Level Data Lifetime Post Stories by Actions tab.
Take a screenshot of the actual post on the Facebook Page (look for time/date posted and manually scroll)
Insights: See lecture notes for tips on what to comment on
Red image: White House instagram, Michelle Obama Instagram, used White House FB, Twitter. Celebs joined in.