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We created The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide to help organizations like yours determine what results and benefits you can reasonably expect from social media, and to guide you through the process of identifying the right channels for different goals.

From Facebook to Twitter to LinkedIn, nonprofits are flocking to social media, but not everyone is prepared for the challenges and ramifications of what you post--or how to manage the process. Who is allowed to tweet? Who can comment on your posts? How do you respond if someone says something mean about your organization?

Nonprofit organizations have become increasingly social over the past decade, whether they are cultivating a dedicated Facebook following or blazing a trail on new networks such as Snapchat. While part of social media's initial appeal was the potential to reach your audience without tapping into a limited budget, the growing popularity and changing algorithms of popular networks have made it difficult to keep your cause at the top of supporters' newsfeeds.

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As a non-profit professional, I have a lot of experience with working under a shoe-string budget and with limited resources. From organizing conferences and campaigns with little or no budget, to having to learn basic video editing in an afternoon - it's all in a day's work.

As a nonprofit organization, having a dedicated, active community of supporters and advocates is one of your most valuable assets. But how can you extend this engaged group of supports in order to establish and grow an online community as well?

Social media has become an essential marketing channel for businesses to help build brand awareness with new customers, and engagement with current ones. But between building social media marketing and content strategies, creating content for sharing, and responding to communications from customers, it can also be difficult to maintain.

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Find the talent and connections you need to impact the world. Learn how your nonprofit can leverage LinkedIn.

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Original webinar: http://offers.hubspot.com/social-media-audit In this webinar, HubSpot and Bitly teamed up to teach you about Social Media Audits. Don't let t...

Non-Profits on Facebook. 993,956 likes · 1,428 talking about this. Run by Facebook, this page seeks to optimize our connected world to foster more social...

Facebook Groups make it easy to connect with specific sets of people, like family, teammates or coworkers. Groups are dedicated spaces where you can share updates, photos or documents and message other group members. You can also select one of three privacy options for each group you create.

Yes, yes, yes -- everyone & their mom is complaining about the non-stop changes to Facebook! But smart marketers know complaints get you nowhere. Instead, they look for creative, agile ways to be successful. Like the NEW Facebook Call-to-Action button on pages!!

Calls to action help drive people from Facebook to take actions that are important to your business (ex: booking appointments at your salon). You can add a call to action to your Page at no cost. Keep in mind that not everyone has this feature yet.

Google Ad Grants is the nonprofit edition of AdWords, Google's online advertising tool. Google Ad Grants empowers nonprofit organizations, through $10,000 per month in in-kind AdWords™ advertising, to promote their missions and initiatives on Google search result pages.

In this guide you'll find everything you need to know about the Google Grant Program, Google's AdWords program for nonprofit organizations, from how to qualify to ad guidelines. The Google Ad Grants Program gives nonprofits the chance to advertise on Google AdWords at no cost to the nonprofit.

One way to connect with your followers on Facebook is to upload photos to spark likes and discussions. Many photos can be legally uploaded to Facebook without permission; some types of images, ...

Need to use an image but not sure if you have the legal and ethical right to do so? Understanding the laws for using images can be a bit tricky, especially because there is wiggle room within the laws.

Live streaming has been thrust into the limelight recently with the release of Periscope - a free mobile app that allows any user to live stream from wherever they are. The whole concept of Periscope is to virtually place you somewhere in the world you would never be if it weren't for the app.

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