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January 18, 2019 By Erin Cafferty

Your Website Redesign, Online Fundraising & Building a Data Culture

Not Another New Year’s Article

I know it sounds cheesy, but put better data collection at the top of your list of new year’s resolutions. This article is written by Salesforce to promote Salesforce, so take it with a grain of salt, but they have good suggestions about what organizations should be focusing on in 2019. For example, committing to a data collection tool and making sure it is set up correctly ensures your nonprofit can be confident in the data you collect – and the decisions you make from it.

When It’s Time to Redesign

If you want to start fresh in 2019, this handy UX research process explains the steps and timeline for redesigning your website with users at the forefront. One thing that stuck out to me was their emphasis on the importance of combining generative (user interviews) and evaluative research (A/B testing, mouse tracking, remote usability testing). Hot tip: since you want the research to define the direction of your design, “put generative techniques at the beginning.”

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Filed Under: newsletter Tagged With: a/b testing, advertising, CTR, data analytics, data culture, Data Studio, data visualization, donations, fundraising, Google ads, google analytics, MailChimp, newsletter, nonprofit, redesign, UX

November 9, 2018 By Emily Patterson

Passé Website Trends, Writing Better Surveys & 2018’s Top Social Campaigns

Don’t Forget the Pictures!

When your organization’s work is, um, less than visually compelling, it’s easy to make images an afterthought. But before you download yet another boring stock photo, check out Hubspot’s list of statistics why visuals matter. Compelling images can impact not only viewers’ attention spans, but also result in higher retention and engagement. Here’s my favorite fact from the piece: “When people hear information, they’re likely to remember only 10% of that information three days later. However, if a relevant image is paired with that same information, people retained 65% of the information three days later.” Nice!

The Best of the Best

The Digital Agency Network presented their picks for the best social media campaigns in 2018. I love this list because it features sophisticated uses of a medium many consider, well, “basic” and, um, narcissistic. And as a bookworm, my favorite is NY Library’s InstaNovels campaign.

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Filed Under: newsletter Tagged With: data visualization, design, digital strategy, google analytics, nonprofit, politics, redesign, social media, user reasearch, UX

September 10, 2018 By Emily Patterson

Redesigns for Small Orgs, Data vs. Writer’s Block & A Wish for Bigger Pockets

Reach Bored People on Facebook
It’s worth turning on the sound to watch this video from Entrepreneur Network. It makes a really good point. A successful marketing campaign is not just about reaching the right demographic. We also need to consider what potential supporters will be doing as they receive our message. Are they ready to listen? Facebook users are often browsing for any content that catches their attention, while Google searchers are looking for specific information. These two channels tend to show better campaign returns than say, YouTube pre-roll, which interrupts the viewer.

Tips for a Drama-Free Redesign
Planning to redesign your website soon? (Who isn’t?) Check out this new Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio podcast episode for tips on gaining stakeholder support, managing contractors and using data to drive better engagement. It’s also a shameless plug! Two colleagues and I were interviewed for this episode after speaking at the 2018 Nonprofit Technology Conference.

Lifelong Learning (Whether You Like it or Not)
In an industry that’s always changing, how does anyone stay up with the latest skills? If you are interested in brushing up your marketing analytics chops, listen to the latest edition of the Digital Analytics Power Hour podcast. In this episode, the hosts analyze the latest online courses, bootcamps and other learning resources.

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Filed Under: newsletter Tagged With: content strategy, data, data visualization, digital strategy, fundraising, google analytics, redesign

May 12, 2017 By Emily Patterson

Measuring Video, Ads That Spy on Your Photos & Why Facebook Data Doesn’t Match Google Analytics

What’s New This Week?

A Top Client Question Answered
Does your Google Analytics and Facebook data not match? It never does!Thank you Business 2 Community for this clear, in depth explanation of all the reasons why that happens.

Got Website Redesign Drama?
If you are working on a website redesign, chances are you also find yourself immersed in arguments about what content to cut, what to overhaul and where to focus funds. Here’s Bee Measure’s new webinar on how data can inform those decisions and win stakeholders’ support.

And You Thought They Weren’t Watching
If you read this newsletter, you know that advertisers can target based your social media clicks, likes, profile information etc. But even I was surprised to hear that a new technology is making it possible to target users by the content of their Instagram and Facebook photos. A new campaign by Under Armor targets people who post shots of themselves in running gear. Details in Fast Company. [Read more…]

Filed Under: newsletter Tagged With: ad tech, census, data visualization, digital strategy, Facebook ads, Google, google analytics, redesign, social media, video

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