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Animals Rule the Nonprofit Kingdom

A new study released today measuring Facebook trends among various nonprofits - including the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, AARP, US Fund for UNICEF, and the Humane Society of the United States - revealed that animals are at the top of the food chain among Facebook's nonprofit fan pages.

Overall, Facebook audience growth among nonprofits soared 70 percent last year but nonprofits in the wildlife and animal welfare sector reported on average that they had 129 percent more fans by the end of 2011 than the beginning.

"Never underestimate the power of a puppy photo," said Sarah DiJulio, Principal at M+R Strategic Services. "Even while reports show people reducing their number of friends on Facebook, we saw an explosion of people following all types of nonprofits they care about in 2011."

Other results of the Benchmarks Extra: Facebook study conducted by M+R Strategic Services and NTEN include:

  • For every 1,000 Facebook fan page users, on average there were 197 people each day - fans or not - who came across content associated with the nonprofit's page; 22 'People Talking About This' each week; and 6 'Daily Page Engaged' users per day.
  • Viral Facebook activity accounted for 32% of a fan page's overall daily total reach, meaning that about 1-in-3 people saw an organization's content because a friend created a story about the fan page.
  • In 2011, monthly fan page churn - the rate at which followers become unreachable in a month - was low, at 0.5%.

"We're moving beyond the 'try it and see what happens' stage of social media usage and into the data-driven execution of campaigns and strategies stage," said Holly Ross, Executive Director of NTEN. "Resources like this are helping nonprofits get to that stage."

To read the full study, visit M+R's Facebook page. You can download this year's eNonprofit Benchmarks Study and last year's Benchmarks Extra: Facebook report at www.e-benchmarksstudy.com. Like or follow M+R to be the first to know about future studies and activity in the world of nonprofit fundraising and advocacy.

ABOUT M+R STRATEGIC SERVICES

M+R is dedicated to helping our clients advance their missions in order to bring about positive change. We do this by helping organizations and campaigns we believe in develop smart and effective strategies, hone their messages, mobilize their members, build grassroots support, raise money, and communicate effectively with the media, the public, and decision makers, both online and offline. www.mrss.com

ABOUT NTEN

NTEN is a community transforming technology into social change. We aspire to a world where all nonprofit organizations skillfully and confidently use technology to meet community needs and fulfill their missions. We connect our members to each other, provide professional development opportunities, educate our constituency on issues of technology use in nonprofits, and spearhead groundbreaking research, advocacy, and education on technology issues affecting our entire community. www.nten.org

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