Happy Holidays! We love our readers and think you deserve some goodies. This week, we are highlighting downloads and resources from Nonprofit Marketing Guide that are all FREE. How people feel about your nonprofit matters more than what they think about it. This free recorded webinar How to Build a Donor Communications Plan That Will Make Them…
Happy Holidays! We love our readers and think you deserve some goodies. This week, we are highlighting downloads and resources from Nonprofit Marketing Guide that are all FREE. Email is an inexpensive and fast way to get in touch with your supporters. But you sometimes need some help adding their email addresses to your database. That’s…
Happy Holidays! We love our readers and think you deserve some goodies. This week, we are highlighting free downloads and resources from Nonprofit Marketing Guide that are all FREE. Our free e-book 25 Metaphors Nonprofits Can Use To Get Their Messages Across will help you make complicated or foreign messages feel simple and familiar to your supporters…
Happy Holidays! We love our readers and think you deserve some goodies. This week, we are highlighting downloads and resources from Nonprofit Marketing Guide that are all FREE. With year-end giving in full swing, make sure you are thanking your donors in a way that will keep them giving for years to come. Our free download,…
I do a lot of baking with my kids this time of year, and last week I noticed that while we had made dozens and dozens of cookies, there wasn’t one that I personally LOVED. So I decided to make up a new recipe with some of my favorite ingredients. It turned out so well, that…
Welcome to another edition of Mixed Links, where we bring you a bunch of the great stuff we’ve come across lately. But first, a special note to those of you who get the blog emailed to you. Today we switched the provider we use to send you the blog post, so it may look a…
Here are the top ten blog posts we published so far this year, according to unique page views in Google Analytics. Spoiler Alert: You love “how we did it” guest posts from other nonprofit communicators, especially when they are talking about their annual reports, and Kerri’s social media tips. We’re so glad you agree with…
In working with several clients over the last few years, I’ve started to see a pattern develop about what should be covered in nonprofit editorial meetings, and who should be in what meeting. Of course, every organization puts their own personal spin on it, and exactly who is in what meeting varies based on the size…
Curious about what other nonprofits will be doing in 2015? Or do you just like to keep up with the latest communications trends? Our annual Nonprofit Communications Trends Report is what you are looking for. The 2015 edition will be released on January 7th, but you can request a copy now to be among the…
Facebook engagement is so confounding for so many nonprofits, so when I hear about an organization that seems to have figured it out, I have to share. This recent article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription required) describes how AARP Studios, the org’s digital team, has grown its social media presence and engagement by…
Every company should be able to quickly explain why it exists. For us at Nonprofit Marketing Guide, we’ve often talked about things like “helping nonprofits do smart and savvy marketing and fundraising” and “providing training and resources to nonprofit communications pros.” This year, I realized that our business and philosophy have grown beyond that:…
More than 1200 nonprofits have completed our 2015 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report Survey (please take it now if you are not one of those 1200, as we’ll close the survey down on Tuesday). I’ve just pulled some preliminary data about how often nonprofits say they will mail their newsletters, and of course, it depends on whether…
