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Carly Matthew. Last month Kivi did a webinar called “Simple Rules” for Communications Directors: How to Create Easy Routines, Speed Up Your Work, and Get More Done, Painlessly. We asked if anyone had any examples of how they make their work easier and Carly Matthew at The Crisis Center in Iowa City, Iowa had a great one! She developed a Google Form that program staff use to tell her about a variety of things from social media post suggestions to events to graphic design requests.
Ever feel as if your boss, c-suite and colleagues just don't “get it?” Do you have what you think is an amazing social media or digital marketing plan? However, you just can't seem to get the budget approval nor the buy-in you need to be successful? You may have even been hired or specifically tasked with creating this fantastic plan, yet it seems nobody wants to support you to make it a reality?
Thanks to everyone who supported my fundrasier for John Haydon last week. We're over $14,000! ?? With Labor Day right around maybe you or someone you know is looking for a new gig. Be sure to check out the two jobs I posted below for my client ServeMinnesota. They are smartly leading with content marketing and are looking for two wicked awesome professionals to work with me in becoming a content-driven organization.
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If you are excited about the prospect of doing more email fundraising around Giving Tuesday and Year End, but don’t normally send a lot of email to your list, you need a ramp-up pre-season strategy. . Sudden spikes in your email volume can trigger spam warnings. With lots of nonprofit email already going to spam at year end , you don’t need to do anything else to hurt your chances.
If you’ve been paying attention to recent trends in philanthropic giving, you’ve probably noticed that digital fundraising and online giving have become more and more popular among donors. But how can you make this trend work for you? Digital fundraising never stops innovating and changing, so how can you know what the best options are? While it’s true that the options available for online giving are constantly changing , you can make sure your organization is ready for anything by following jus
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It’s not too late to take make adjustments to your monthly giving progress that will boost recurring giving returns in this year-end quarter. Even if you’re overwhelmed and can’t take these key steps right now, there is a wealth of evidence you need to absorb and act on as soon as humanly possible. In a remarkable and remarkably practical exercise the folks at NextAfter became “mystery donors” by making recurring donations to 115 organizations across 9 different verticals.
The people who literally wrote the book on Modern Media Relations for Nonprofits are joining us to help YOU AND YOUR TEAM learn how to create a media strategy that will start getting you headlines. If you don’t have a media relations plan or your plan just isn’t working, then our next Nonprofit Marketing Accelerator is for you! EARLY REGISTRATION BONUS: If you register TODAY , you’ll get to participate in tomorrow’s live webinar, Yes!
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When a coalition, association or any membership organization has a clear brand, the brand of every member is also made stronger. A coalition’s crystalized clarion call shines an even brighter light on the work of its members. Take the launch of one of our most recent clients. Village Movement California is a coalition of grassroots […]. The post Strengthen Your Brand, Strengthen Your Members appeared first on Mission Minded.
Cindy Schrauben. Welcome to the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators! This series lets you describe your workday in your own words. A BIG THANK YOU to those of you who submitted your Day in the Life when I asked (begged?) last week! We’d love to feature YOU in this series! Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro.
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Do you really know the best “ask amount” for each donor? Many fundraisers really don’t know. They guess, or resort to traditional, tribal wisdom ask strings like 1X Highest Previous Gift (HPC), 1.5 X HPC, 2 X HPC and Other $ _. The result? They’re often leaving massive amounts of money on the table. The ask string –also known as ask array, ask ladder, or suggested gift amount–is one of the more underappreciated parts of a direct response piece.
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Minero, Atlanta, GA. Can you believe tomorrow is September?!? If only the weather knew that. No matter the heat, I have gathered the hottest articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of marketing and fundraising just for you. Today, we’re getting into new ad rules on Twitter and Facebook, SEO and more. It’s time for Mixed Links… John Haydon gives you 5 Questions to Ask Before Sending That Email Blast.
I’ll get my personal politics out of the way first: I’m a firm believer in stating the reason for the season. I hate, because of stupid political correctness, to not be able to say things like “Merry Saturnalia,” hold my feast of Natalis Invicti and my Zarahosht No-Diso festival, or publicly display my Festivus pole. The point I’m (poorly) trying to make is that people believe all sorts of things.
This week’s series aims at tying content from previous Agitator posts and current research into your preparations for the year-end fundraising season. Our selection is a bit eclectic. At our weekly editorial huddle, we decided to forego the usual year-end checklists available elsewhere. Rather we decided to cover areas that are too often overlooked.
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