How Mission Affect MarketingWe are releasing the 2013 Nonprofit Communications Trend Report on Monday, including a look at how the responses varied based on mission.

In the survey, we asked participants to select the mission category that best matched their organization. While 14% picked “other,” most participants selected one of the ten categories.

Each category will have its own page in the report with a summary of the survey results, but here are some of the more interesting differences . . .

Philanthropy/Grantmaking Organizations

  • Most likely to have a written and approved communications and marketing plan for 2013
  • Most likely to identify “engaging our community” as a top goal
  • Most likely to identify video and infographics as taking most of their time

Research or Advocacy Organizations

  • Most likely to say that “thought leadership or positioning themselves as an expert” and “building a print or email list” is a top goal
  • Most likely to identify media relations/PR as an important communications channel
  • Most likely to identify print marketing and paid advertising as least important communications channels

Health, Disease, and Medical Research Organizations

  • Most likely to say that general brand awareness is a top goal
  • Second most likely to identify print marketing and media relations/PR as most important communications channels

Association, Membership, and Mutual Benefit Organizations

  • Most likely to identify integrating communications channels as a big challenge
  • Most likely to identify LinkedIn as their top social media site
  • Most likely to send email to their list several times a week

Education Organizations

  • Most likely to identify print marketing as a very important communications channel
  • Most likely to say they will experiment with Flickr in 2013
  • Most likely to identify blogging as one of their least important communications tools

International Organizations

  • Most likely to identify blogging, social media other than blogging, and video as a very important communications tools
  • Most likely to identify in-person events and media relations/PR as their least important communications tools
  • Most likely to identify YouTube as one of their most important social media sites

Religious Organizations

  • Most likely to identify both acquiring and retaining volunteers as a top goal
  • Most likely to send email to their list every other week
  • Most likely to identify Google+ as one of their most important social media sites

Environmental and Animal Organizations

  • Most likely to say they will spend most of their time producing both print and email fundraising and advocacy appeals
  • Most likely to identify retaining current donors as a top goal
  • Most likely to identify Flickr as a top social media site

Arts, Culture, and Humanities Organizations

  • Least likely to have a written and approved communications and marketing plan for 2013
  • Most likely to say they will spend most of their time producing Facebook updates
  • Most likely to identify Pinterest as one of their most important social media sites

Human services, housing, food, and job organizations

  • Most likely to identify acquiring new donors as a top goal
  • Most likely to say they will spend most of their time producing presentations to be delivered in person and annual reports
  • Most likely to email the typical person on the mailing list monthly

 

What surprises you here and what doesn’t?

We’ll share the link to the report with you on Monday!

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Published On: January 10, 2013|Categories: Nonprofit Marketing Trends|