Social media metrics for nonprofits

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Social media measurement: Tools & tips JD Lasica Founder, Socialbrite.org [email protected] Social Media Forum

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Social media metrics for nonprofits

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Social media measurement:Tools & tips

JD Lasica Founder, Socialbrite.org [email protected]

Social Media Forum

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What we’ll cover today

Meaningful metrics:

1. Tying metrics to goals

2. All about keywords (hands on)

3. Google Analytics (hands on)

4. Facebook Insights (hands on)

5. Metrics as data visualization

Q&A, hugs, tearful goodbyes

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Flickr photo “relaxation, the maldivian way” by notsogoodphotography

Relax!

www.socialbrite.org/cp

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Metrics tool handout

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Before you start, measure! M E A N I N G F U L M E T R I C S

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‘Data is better than gut’Gather, analyze, act

Photo on Flickr by Vee Dub (CC-BY)

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Goals

Grow email list of supporters

Increase comments on blog

Increase website visibility

Increase positive mentions of organization or cause

Have visitors stick around

Make our content more viral

Get people to take action

Get people to attend event

Metrics to measure

# newsletter, RSS subscribers

avg. # comments/post

increase in traffic or linkback #s

mentions in blogs & social networks

stick rate, bounce rate

# of shares

# of petition signatures

# of registrants, year over year

Set goals, map metrics

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Let’s get geeky! SEMRushsearch ‘socialbrite.org’ on semrush.com

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Keywords are keysearch ‘malt.org’ on semrush.com

Marin Agricultural Land Trust

H A N D S - O N D E M O

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https://adwords.google.com/o/Targeting/Explorer

Google Keyword tool

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Google Keyword tool

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google.com/analytics

Google Analytics H A N D S - O N D E M O

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Who loves ya, baby? See which Twitter users drive most traffic

Google Analytics

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Write down keywords driving traffic & attention

Keep track of traffic referrers

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Facebook Insights H A N D S - O N D E M O

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Data visualization

http://dashboard.imamuseum.org/

Transparency from the Indianapolis Museum of Art

M E T R I C S A S D A T A V I S U A L I Z A T I O N

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Broadband speeds at schools & colleges in Miami

M E T R I C S A S S H A R E A B L E D A T A

Map mashups with open data

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Other metrics tools

Metricly.com (metrics dashboard)Crowdbooster.com (Twitter)Klout.com (influence score)Socialbrite roundup of Twitter tools

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Socialbrite Sharing Center

http://socialbrite.org/sharing-center

R E S O U R C E S

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If you do not change direction, you may

end up where you are heading.

— Lao Tse

Don’t settle for the status quo