Comments on: 15 Places to Find Article Ideas for Your Nonprofit Newsletter http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/ Written for do-it-yourself nonprofit marketers and one-person nonprofit communications departments. Sun, 5 Jul 2009 04:19:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John Haydon http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/comment-page-1/#comment-51375 John Haydon Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:21:12 +0000 http://www.writing911.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/#comment-51375 Kivi, Another great source is from the clients that the non-profit serves. Obviously there are privacy issues here, but it's a great way to make content that is very personal and immediate for potential donors. Personal stories are extremely effective in getting someone to pull out their wallet (look at Save The Children). I'm working with a Cancer Support Non-Profit where we are exploring the idea of having cancer patients sharing their experiences on the NPO's web-site and in their newsletter. John Haydon www.corporatedollar.org Kivi,

Another great source is from the clients that the non-profit serves. Obviously there are privacy issues here, but it’s a great way to make content that is very personal and immediate for potential donors.

Personal stories are extremely effective in getting someone to pull out their wallet (look at Save The Children). I’m working with a Cancer Support Non-Profit where we are exploring the idea of having cancer patients sharing their experiences on the NPO’s web-site and in their newsletter.

John Haydon
http://www.corporatedollar.org

]]> By: 27 Story Ideas for Your Non Profit’s Newsletter | Step By Step Fundraising http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/comment-page-1/#comment-49418 27 Story Ideas for Your Non Profit’s Newsletter | Step By Step Fundraising Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:54:46 +0000 http://www.writing911.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/#comment-49418 [...] Kivi Leroux Miller’s blog about non profit communications. One of her articles presents 15 Places to Find Article Ideas for Your Nonprofit Newsletter which includes some creative places around the office and otherwise to find newsletter [...] [...] Kivi Leroux Miller’s blog about non profit communications. One of her articles presents 15 Places to Find Article Ideas for Your Nonprofit Newsletter which includes some creative places around the office and otherwise to find newsletter [...]

]]> By: Non-Profit Email Marketing Tips | MailChimp Blog http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/comment-page-1/#comment-42545 Non-Profit Email Marketing Tips | MailChimp Blog Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:44:48 +0000 http://www.writing911.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/#comment-42545 [...] Found some great tips on how you can Bring Your Non-Profit e-Newsletter from Snoring to Soaring Among the tips was our own subject line best practices article, and a very useful 15 Places to Find Article Ideas for Your Nonprofit Newsletter, but most interesting to me was a link to an article entitled, “Writing Great ALT Tags for Your E-Newsletters” [...] [...] Found some great tips on how you can Bring Your Non-Profit e-Newsletter from Snoring to Soaring Among the tips was our own subject line best practices article, and a very useful 15 Places to Find Article Ideas for Your Nonprofit Newsletter, but most interesting to me was a link to an article entitled, “Writing Great ALT Tags for Your E-Newsletters” [...]

]]> By: Linda Patch http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/comment-page-1/#comment-42531 Linda Patch Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:25:48 +0000 http://www.writing911.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/#comment-42531 Thanks for those TERRIFIC ideas of where to find inspiration for interesting and relevant newsletter content. Corporate America would do well be adopting any number of your suggestions. I'm passing them on. Thanks for those TERRIFIC ideas of where to find inspiration for interesting and relevant newsletter content. Corporate America would do well be adopting any number of your suggestions. I’m passing them on.

]]> By: Nonprofit Marketing Guide » Quick Tips for Better Nonprofit Email Newsletters http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/comment-page-1/#comment-42445 Nonprofit Marketing Guide » Quick Tips for Better Nonprofit Email Newsletters Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:12:19 +0000 http://www.writing911.com/blog/2007/05/25/15-places-to-find-article-ideas-for-your-nonprofit-newsletter-blog-or-website/#comment-42445 [...] If you are providing on-target, valuable information each and every time (or darn close), your readers won’t feel bugged by frequent mailings. If you don’t have enough content for a newsletter every two months, you either don’t know your readers or aren’t thinking creatively about ways to talk about your work. See 15 Places to Find Article Ideas for Your Nonprofit Newsletter on my blog. Here’s a sweeping generalization: most nonprofits send e-newsletters too infrequently. If you aren’t sure whether to step up your publishing schedule or not, I’d say go for it. If your unsubscribe rate goes up, back off. [...] [...] If you are providing on-target, valuable information each and every time (or darn close), your readers won’t feel bugged by frequent mailings. If you don’t have enough content for a newsletter every two months, you either don’t know your readers or aren’t thinking creatively about ways to talk about your work. See 15 Places to Find Article Ideas for Your Nonprofit Newsletter on my blog. Here’s a sweeping generalization: most nonprofits send e-newsletters too infrequently. If you aren’t sure whether to step up your publishing schedule or not, I’d say go for it. If your unsubscribe rate goes up, back off. [...]

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