Yesterday, I hosted the August edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival on nonprofit newsletter trends. Here’s another perspective to add to the mix, from the view of two young nonprofit professionals. ~Kivi Guest Post by Antoinette Siu and Gillian Gurish of Wiser.org. In my many varied internship experiences over the past year, I have become quite friendly…
Guest Post by Julia Reich of Julia Reich Design Last week I presented a webinar called “Help! My Logo Sucks!” for NonprofitMarketingGuide.com. In it, I made the point that it is very important to have a good organizational logo: “People are passionate and loyal to brands they feel connected to, and that doesn’t just apply to…
Welcome to Mixed Links! Engagement (or as Claire would say, “Getting peeps talking”) Does your nonprofit know the difference between documentation and communication? Make sure you do in Stop Documenting. Start Communicating. Getting people on your email list is very important, but so is what you do after you get them there. Katya Andresen shares…
Happy Friday everyone! Join me for some Mixed Links . . . Constant Contact released results from their 2012 Nonprofit Pulse Survey. The survey findings are consistent with what we found in our own Nonprofit Communications Trends Report: nonprofits are concerned about finding and connecting with supporters, and are excited about the role of social media…
Social media is ALL about listening, but trying to hear your name being called amid the noise can be difficult. The popular social media app Hootsuite can help. The following video shows you how you can hear if people are tweeting about you (even if they don’t know your Twitter handle), your cause or anything…
As the community engagement manager at Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com, I have set up a lot of Facebook Groups, and unlike some other changes Facebook has made that people find annoying, the latest updates have made Groups even more functional. Facebook Groups have become our go-to way to communicate and work with our training participants. We…
Happy Friday! Ready for a round of Mixed Links? Internet Marketing Need a new website? Geoff Staples with WPMU.org (a Wordpress development blog) shares How to Successfully Create a Non-Profit Website on a Limited (Or Non-Existent) Budget. Did you know 7 in 10 smartphone or tablet users conduct at least one Web-based activity solely with their mobile…
Is your board’s only idea of fundraising to hold an event? You aren’t alone, but sometimes the cost in both money and manpower make big galas and parties a wash. Tari Marshall shares some food for thought if your board has “Event Fever.” ~Kivi Guest Post by Tari Marshall of So Write Communications, Inc It’s great…
On Wednesday, Kristina showed you how to use Facebook as your Page as opposed to your personal profile. In today’s video, she shows you how to “like” another Page as your Facebook Page. Then, you can comment on that Page as your organization. You’ll be able to better represent your organization on Facebook and spread…
Yesterday Kristina shared how to comment on Facebook as your organization as opposed to your personal profile. But what if you want to post on your Page, not as an administrator, but as yourself? You can do that easily and it could be very helpful for Pages with multiple admins. If your facebook account does…
At Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com, we give nonprofits practical training that you can apply right away. How-to’s are a big part of that so today we are starting a three-part series of video tutorials on using Facebook Pages by our Community Engagement Manager, Kristina. Today’s video is how to use Facebook as your Page as opposed…
I don’t promote a lot of stuff that costs you money on this blog outside of our training here at Nonprofit Marketing Guide, but I am making an exception because Kerri Karvetski has put together a training on online fundraising that is going to be incredible. If you have an All-Access Pass with us then…
