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Nonprofit Marketing Strategy


On-Demand: How to Write a “Quick and Dirty” Nonprofit Marketing Strategy

Spending time and money trying to market your nonprofit or its programs without a strategy in place is a big waste of both precious resources. But who has time to create in-depth, well-researched strategies when there is so much “mission” work to do?

During this recorded webinar, you’ll learn how to find the middle ground — to create a “quick and dirty” marketing strategy. You’ll learn the steps that you need to go through to create marketing strategies for your nonprofit organization as a whole or for a specific campaign or program. Even if you only spend a couple of hours drafting your strategy, you’ll greatly increase the likelihood that your efforts will work. You’ll also gain a better understanding for when “quick and dirty” isn’t enough and you do need to embark on a more intensive planning process. (more…)


How the Organizations of America’s Most Influential Nonprofit Leaders Are Marketing Their Programs

Nonprofit Times publishes an annual “2007 Power and Influence Top 50” — the nonprofit executives it says are the sector’s top thinkers, innovators, and leaders. We were curious how the organizations these people work for market themselves, so we compiled some links for you. You’ll find links to the organization’s main web site, annual reports, newsletters, press rooms, and donate pages, when we could find them. The list is now in alphabetical order by organization, instead of in the order Nonprofit Times used. (more…)


Strategy Fundamentals: Know Your Audience

There is no such thing as the “general public” in nonprofit marketing!

The “general public” includes everyone from your three-year-old neighbor to your eighty-year-old grandma. It includes Wall Street brokers, single moms, cowboys, transvestites, and everyone up and down your street and in your office building. Do you care what every single one of these people think about your issues and organization? If you are smart, the answer is NO! (more…)


Look Before You Leap: Nonprofit Marketing Strategies

Nonprofit staff are always busy and often have more job responsibilities than they can possibly accomplish. That leads to lots of implementation without strategic thinking. Whether it’s a quick and dirty plan or an an in-depth, comprehensive strategy, give some thought to your marketing campaigns before you implement them.

Here is a basic outline for a nonprofit marketing strategy: (more…)