Nonprofit Marketing Guide
APRIL 25, 2019
Flickr Creative Commons photo by Serra Boten. One of my clients recently celebrated a big victory. After months of talking about his desire to get an opinion piece published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, he achieved his goal. He put together a timely and thoughtful piece about a controversial issue — a piece that challenged conventional wisdom about a complex topic and showcased his experience and expertise.
Selfish Giving
APRIL 29, 2019
Too small? You can enlarge this image by clicking on it. Every organization defines stewardship just a little bit differently. They make it their own. They include activities that are both common to the fundraising sector and unique to their nonprofit at the same time. It’s hard to come up with one single definition of what the word means, or create best practice tactics that work for everyone.
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Ann Green
APRIL 23, 2019
In my last post, I wrote about the importance of staying donor-centered. Now let’s take it a step further. Try to think like your donors. Visualize one donor or a type of donor and imagine how they will respond to your communication. Get to know your donors better. You may have a hard time with this if you don’t know your donors very well. One way to get to know them better is to send short surveys.
Pam Moore
APRIL 30, 2019
For years many social media savvy marketers have tapped into the power of hashtags to grow their brand, community and even generate leads and sales. Hashtags are a big part of social networks such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Even LinkedIn now leverages hashtags and even lets their users search for content using hashtags. Instagram Stories even have the ability to add hashtags to Stories making it easier for people to find your content.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 23, 2019
By StratusLIVE (Sponsored Post). Nonprofits are doing important work every day that impacts lives and makes our world even better. But due to many common challenges to constantly reach new donors, retain existing donors, and increase operational efficiency the amount of effort to impact lives doesn’t always result in the high return it should. In the 2018 Charitable Giving Stats from NP Source , 77% believe everyone can make a difference by supporting causes.
Fundraising Coach
APRIL 9, 2019
Nonprofits love sending email. It doesn't take all the printing time of direct mail. And it costs less. But what if your emails aren't getting to your list? In the last few weeks, Google and Yahoo have tweaked their algorithms - the systems they use to determine if your email is wanted or unwanted. In fact, Yahoo is reported to be deactivating thousands of email accounts that haven't been logged into.
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Selfish Giving
APRIL 17, 2019
The people who read my newsletter are corporate partnership pros, but the section that is most popular with readers is not "Partnership Notes." It's "Marketing Your Cause" - and with good reason! You realize that the better you market your cause, the easier it will be to recruit corporate partners. Since January I've been seeing a trend that I want to address.
Ann Green
APRIL 30, 2019
Many nonprofits think fundraising is all about raising money. But raising money is only part of the fundraising equation. Fundraising’s Not About Money (What???). One of the most important things you need to do is to build relationships with your donors. Building relationships should be front and center in everything you do. Here are some ways you can incorporate building relationships every step of the way.
Pam Moore
APRIL 16, 2019
? ?. There is no doubt that in person events can provide incredible value. However, attending, exhibiting or sponsoring an event requires investment such as time, energy and money. It’s critical to do your research to ensure you achieve a positive return on your investment. For event organizers it’s even more challenging as they must find a way to stand out from the crowd and attract sponsors, powerful speakers, exhibitors and of course sell tickets to fill seats.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 12, 2019
By Maryanne Dersch , a speaker, coach, and creator of the Superstar Fundraising Academy. She is also the author of Courageous Communication: How Codependence Is Making Your Nonprofit Brand Boring and What to Do About It. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) increases your organization’s visibility in organic (not paid) search results, making your organization easier to find and driving people to your website.
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg
Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.
Mission Minded
APRIL 18, 2019
Abbey Meyers is a Brand strategist at Mission Minded and the project lead for the recent redesign of the California. The post Behind the Brand: California Symphony appeared first on Mission Minded.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
APRIL 10, 2019
You want others to get the word out about you and your cause. You want them to be talking about you. It’s the start of going viral – the holy grail of marketers everywhere. Everyone wants to know how to make that happen. There are lots of articles out there about upping your chances of being the next big hit on the Internet. You can follow best practices, but it all starts with the quality of your message.
Selfish Giving
APRIL 10, 2019
Three things this week. First: Please, please head over and take the Selfish Giving / Catalist 2019 Corporate Partnership Professional Compensation Survey. This information doesn't exist ANYWHERE but is much-needed. As one reader wrote last week: "A salary survey, umm, yes please! I have a hard time finding out what my salary should be, my peers aren't going to tell me and doing a google search just gives me a wide range!
Ann Green
APRIL 16, 2019
Many nonprofits don’t seem to understand what it means to be donor-centered. I think it’s fairly obvious. It means focusing on your donors’ needs and interests, acknowledging them in your letters and other communication, and taking into account that not all donors are the same. I guess it’s not obvious enough because you see countless examples of generic, organization-centered communication that barely acknowledges the donor.
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Pam Moore
APRIL 1, 2019
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 25, 2019
By Alex Wilson , Director of BlockShop DC and founding partner of The Giving Block. Let’s start with the basics. Bitcoin was launched on January 3, 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis and bank bailouts. Why does that matter? Bitcoin is a digital cash with no middle-men, no central authority, and truly peer-to-peer in a way that couldn’t be censored or controlled.
Mission Minded
APRIL 25, 2019
The moment of truth is upon you. You’ve approved your budget, wrangled myriad stakeholders, invested hard-won funds, devoted months of. The post Why the Easy Choice Isn’t On-Brand appeared first on Mission Minded.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
APRIL 30, 2019
News Writing is one of the seven writing styles that all nonprofit communicators should master. In the world of nonprofit comms superlatives, news writing wins for the “Writing Style Used Most Often When It Shouldn’t Be.” Too often, nonprofits write about their issues, programs, and events in a straight news style when they would be better served by using storytelling , donor-centered copywriting , or lifestyle writing.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Selfish Giving
APRIL 3, 2019
Have you ever wondered how much nonprofit corporate partnership professionals are paid??? Me too! I asked this question to the gang of Catalist last week and now we both want to get to the bottom of how much nonprofit corporate partnership, sponsorship and cause marketing professionals make! We're looking for salary information for a range of positions - from coordinator to manager to director to vice president.
Ann Green
APRIL 9, 2019
Over the years I’ve come to find the value of keeping things simple. Whether it’s preparing a dish with just a few ingredients or not cramming my schedule with one thing after another. But keeping it simple doesn’t have to mean a bare bones existence. There’s a Swedish term called lagom (there are also several books about it) meaning everything in moderation or not too much, not too little.
Pam Moore
APRIL 29, 2019
Being a data and ROI junkie I often find myself buried deep in analytics, spreadsheets and conversion funnels. I like to look for the “why” in both data and people. It's easy to get side tracked by all the geekdom in social. From looks (impressions) to listens, comments, likes, follows, retweets, influence scores, views, demographics, insights, conversions and the list goes on.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 1, 2019
Please join us for a tweet chat on May 1st at 12 pm EDT to discuss peer-to-peer fundraising! Nonprofit Tech for Good ( @nonprofitorgs ) will be joined by co-host CrowdRise by GoFundMe ( @crowdrise ) to have a live tweet chat about the power of enabling your nonprofit’s supporters to fundraise on your organization’s behalf. During the tweet chat, we will share insights on how your supporters can create successful fundraising campaigns, use their personal stories and social networks to inspire gi
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!
Mission Minded
APRIL 25, 2019
You hopefully already know that using your independent school or nonprofit’s brand as a basis for marketing is essential. But, The post Will Paid Search Pay Off for Your Nonprofit? appeared first on Mission Minded.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
APRIL 18, 2019
I just finished Part 2 of our webinar series on Social Media Strategies for Nonprofits that Won’t Waste Your Time. On Tuesday, we covered the Be Personal side of this framework : Today, we moved to the right side: Be Practical. Nonprofits have things they need to talk about but only have a limited amount of time to put into social media, thus we need to talk about social media content creation in a very practical way.
NonProfit Hub
APRIL 5, 2019
It’s much easier to learn something completely new than to unlearn an old habit. Just ask any parent. It’s why children are taught essential functions at an early age: they haven’t yet learned the wrong way to do things. Movement, language, mannerisms—it’s crucial that these fundamentals are properly taught to avoid the potentially painstaking unlearning process during adolescence.
Ann Green
APRIL 2, 2019
Spring is officially here and depending on where you live, it may or may not feel like it. I recently returned from a trip to New Orleans where spring is in full force. Here in Boston, we have a little ways to go. You hear a lot about spring cleaning right now. I know, groan. Those of us who don’t like to clean and organize put off these projects until piles of clutter start taking on a life of their own and your windows become so grimy you can’t even see out of them.
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover
The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.
Pam Moore
APRIL 9, 2019
Content marketing… I find that most business leaders either love it or they hate it. I think few business leaders actually understand what content marketing it is yet alone understand the power and benefits it can provide for their business. The purpose of this post is not to educate you on what content marketing is, but instead to help you organize it, prioritize it and maximize the investment you have already made in content marketing to date.
Fundraising Coach
APRIL 23, 2019
One of the hardest stages of asking for money is getting the appointment. The good news is that getting the appointment is mostly about consistency and polite persistence. But hardwiring plays a role too. For a more complete description of the four DISC quadrants, click the image to go to Marc's talk from the 2017 Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Or go to: [link] The DISC part starts around minute 28.
iMarketSmart
APRIL 29, 2019
From bad to worse. When I first saw the pictures of the flames engulfing Notre-Dame, I thought to myself, “That’s terrible.” But now, that the fire has been extinguished, I’m feeling like something else is even worse. In the aftermath of the destruction, people from all walks of life have been making comments about the philanthropists stepping forward to repair and restore the 856-year-old cathedral in Paris.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
APRIL 11, 2019
Gary Vaynerchuk has lots of great marketing advice, but one of my favorite bits is “ Document, Don’t Create.” (Spoiler alert: Go to the end of this post to see how I just did this on Instagram!) Gary says that the hunger to create perfect content cripples you, and yet in order to get the most from social media, you have to share content consistently.
Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader
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