2. Community Building & Essential Tools
1. Community Building 101
2. Community Building Tools
• Google Ad Grants
• Email List
• Social Networks
• Website/Blog
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4. Quick Poll
A. 1
B. 2
C.3
D.More than 3
How many interactions does your nonprofit
typically have with donors before asking them
to give?
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5. How Not To Do Community Building
You don’t ask for a
donation within the
1 minute of meeting
someone. Why do
so many nonprofit
do that online?
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6. Community Building Vs Advertising
Advertising is expensive
$1 Cost per Click
5% Conversion Rate
1 X 100 X .05 = 5
$100 to reach 100 people
$20 to drive 1 important action
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7. The Power of Community
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Single Tweets go unheard…
but thousands can start a revolution
8. Want to know the secret to
successful community building?
9. Review and prioritize your GOALS before
starting
The COMMUNITIES’ GOALS are more
important than yours.
But don’t forget…
10. How It Works
1. Get permission to
continue the conversation
2. Connect on issues the
community cares about
3. Share content that informs
and inspires
4. Celebrate wins and
progress together
5. Ask for participation
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11. Community Building In Action
Meet New
Supporters:
Grow
Community
Engagement:
Focus On
Community
Goals
Active
Community of
Supporters --
Driving Org
Goals
RSS
(blog)
Social
Content
Email &
Newsletter
Google
Ad
Grants
Shared
Content &
Social Ads
Blog
(seo)
12. Community Building & Essential Tools
1. Community Building 101
2. Community Building Tools
• Google Ad Grants
• Email List
• Social Networks
• Website/Blog
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13. Program Overview
$10,000/mo free ad credit
on Google.com
$2 max cost per click
Ads shown below paid ads
1000’s of new potential
supporters on your website
each month
Sign up IMMEDIATELY at
Google.com/nonprofits
Google Ad Grants
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15. Before: Traffic to Homepage
0 newsletter signups
0 donations
After: 1 Year
15,000 emails collected
Email List Building with Google Ads
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16. Community Building With Email
Tips:
• Don’t forget to thanks and
welcome supporters
• Remember to focus on the
communities’ goals
• Over 50% of emails in 2013
were open on a mobile phone
(use responsive templates &
mobile friendly donation tools)
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17. The secret to building community:
ENGAGEMENT
Facebook: likes, comments, and shares
Twitter: retweets and replies
Email: open rate, clicks, forwards
Blog: subscriptions, comments, and shares
Community Building With Social Media
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18. Tip #1. Leverage High-Arousal Emotions
Physiologically high arousal emotions fire people
up.
They drive people to action and spread the word:
• Awe
• Excitement
• Anger
• Amusement
• HumorLearn more: bit.ly/FirePeopleUp
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19. Tip #2. Share Content That Achieves Community’s Goals
Futures Without
Violence
Audience size
37,579
Post reach
89,984
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20. Tip #3. Share Progress & Victories
Water4
Audience size
2,435
Post reach
14,336
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21. Tip #4. Encourage Participation
Cornell Lab’s weekly quizzes help maintain its audience engagement at 50%
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22. Community Building With Blogging
Tips:
• Focus on your communities’
goals
• Do your SEO keyword
research
• Use titles that draw readers
in
• Make it easy to subscribe,
share, and comment
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