This document summarizes a conference call about understanding the return on investment (ROI) of social media for nonprofits. It discusses starting with goals for social media use, calculating ROI as results divided by investment, ways to measure investments like time and money, returns like donations and brand mentions, and case studies of campaigns by the National Wildlife Federation and EpicChange.org that achieved clear results from social media. The document provides resources for nonprofits to evaluate and improve their social media strategies.
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Social Media ROI - Chris Garrett and I presenting at Techsoup.Org
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Understanding the ROI of Social Media
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4. talks!
Understanding the ROI of Social Media
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Presenters: John Haydon, Chris Garrett
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5. Today’s Speakers
Kami Griffiths John Haydon Chris Garrett
TechSoup johnhaydon.com chrisg.com
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6. Agenda
• Social Media Goals
• The magic formula
• Investment (Cause)
• Return (Effect)
• Case Study
• Next Steps
• Resources
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7. Start with Goals
How do
you know
when
you’ve
arrived?
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8. Start with Goals
• Grow your traffic
• Inspire action
• Build visibility and authority
• Encourage links
• Add to your Search Profile
• Boost your audience
• Attract prospects
Example: “$10,000 in 48 hours”
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9. The magic formula
Results /
Investment
= ROI
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10. Investment (cause)
• Time
• Money (Staff, consulting, web services)
• Opportunity costs (bandwidth issue)
• Passion
• Measurement and debrief
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11. Investment - EpicChange
• Planning
• Reached out to key influencers
• 107 blog posts
• Recognition
• Time
• Money
• Social Capital
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12. Return (effect)
• Money
• Resources
• Time
• Brand equity
• Future opportunities
• Growth - organizational and personal
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13. Return - What to measure
• Brand Mentions
• Opt-ins
• Donations
• Volunteers
• Word of Mouth
• Survey Responses
• Comments Received
• Blog posts, Retweets
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14. Return - Tracking strategies
• Web stats (Google Analytics)
• Click tracking (Bit.ly)
• Alerts (Google, Twitter)
• Donation measurements
• Facebook Fan growth
• Facebook engagement
• Twitter engagement
• Survey Responses
• Comments Received
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15. Web metrics
• Increase in Overall Traffic
• Repeat vs. New Visitors
• Referrers, Link Growth
• Content Popularity and Downloads
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16. Measured results - NWF
Created a campaign
around what supporters
cared about.
Very simple:
What endangered
animal do you love?
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17. Measured results - NWF
Twitter Numbers:
Total Number of Tweets: 700+
Total Number of Species: 195
Number of People who participated: over 500
Blog Mentions:
Change.org
Green Upgrader
Animal Planet Blog
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18. Measured results - NWF
“It worked because it was engaging and
fun with purpose.
It was also centered around an event.”
Danielle Brigida
National Wildlife Federation
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19. Case Study - EpicChange.Org
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20. Why TweetsGiving Worked
• Clear, achievable goals
• It was not about money
• Action was achievable (small $$)
• Compressed time-frame
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21. Why TweetsGiving Worked
• Kept it simple and fun
• Multiple initiation points
• Planning way ahead
• Recognition
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22. Why TweetsGiving Worked
• Timely
• Common, universal connection
• Hard work
• Widget created visibility
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23. Why TweetsGiving Worked
How to measure gratitude
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24. Next Steps
• Brand your profiles
• Share valuable content
• Engage where people already are
• Be helpful
• Monitor keywords, searches and alerts
• Group friends and followers
• Measure Your Chosen Metrics
• Determine "most wanted outcomes"
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25. More Resources
• Beth Kanter’s site
• We are media
• Nonprofit workshop
• Mind map (chris)
• Social media case studies
• More case studies
• Epic Change Case Study
• NWF Case Study
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