Feel Good - Web Hosting for Startup Non-Profits from GlowHost

Administrator — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:20:00 GMT

Anyone starting a non-profit in this economic climate is one brave do-gooder. Fortunately, they will get at least a little relief thanks to GlowHost which is offering free web hosting and services to qualifying (501c3) non-profit startups.

“There are so many people out there doing selfless things and contributing to the greater good,” said Matt Lundstrom, president at GlowHost. “And none of these organizations have it easy. Particularly in the early stages, it is tough to run a non-profit organization and attract widespread support without spending thousands of dollars. GlowHost is committed to supporting not only our customers, but also the wider communities that we are all a part of. Our way of doing this is by providing organizations with free web hosting services, in addition to the features they need to get their web presence up and running.”

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Social Media & Non Profits

Pete Prestipino — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:46:00 GMT

ThePort Network, NTEN, and Common Knowledge co-released results of a survey examining the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising channel.

- Among commercial social networking sites, Facebook is the most popular, with 74 percent of nonprofits maintaining a presence. Nonprofit communities on Facebook are still relatively small, with an average size of 5,454 members.

- Four-fifths of nonprofits are committing at least one-quarter of a full-time staff person to their social networking efforts. More than half of nonprofits intend to increase social networking project staffing over the next 12 months.

- Approximately one-third of nonprofits have built one or more “house” social networks. Of those with their own social networks, 86.3 percent host communities of 10,000 members or less.

The survey also indicated that nonprofits prefer more traditional marketing tactics to promote their social networks -- prioritizing website, email lists and events. Lower in popularity but still prevalent were the use of Twitter and other social networks as marketing tools.

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Feel Good - Web Hosting for Startup Non-Profits from GlowHost

Social Media & Non Profits