There are few people in the world that have had the impact on my life that John Haydon had. It started on a rainy day in early 2010. I was picking up my infant daughter from her first day at daycare. She was just months old, and I wondered if I was doing the right thing starting my own consulting …
How Nonprofits Should Adapt Their Social Media Strategy in 2020
Watch the recording of my most recent live webinar: How Nonprofits Should Adapt Their Social Media Strategy in 2020. Slides are here. In this free online training, you will learn: ⚡️ The key changes in the current social media landscape that affect nonprofits; ⚡️ The three seismic shifts affecting donor behavior and preferences; ⚡️ How to make sense of the recent …
5 Ways to Use Social Media to Demonstrate Impact
This is a small excerpt from my book, How to Build and Mobilize a Social Media Community for Your Nonprofit in 90 Days, coming out February 19th. Social media provides you with an opportunity to showcase your distinctive and unique footprint on the world. Your impact is not the “what” of the services you provide – it’s the WHY. Focus …
Facebook in 2020 – What Nonprofits Need to Know
The social media landscape of 2020 looks vastly different from the one in which Facebook entered the market, February 2004. Ephemeral, bite-size content is thriving on TikTok and Snapchat; longer form videos still rule on YouTube and IGTV; and across the board, great visual storytelling is the most engaging type of content, no matter the platform. What are the changes, …
How to Set a Manageable Social Media Posting Schedule
As a nonprofit marketer for a small organization, you wear many hats. Between answering emails, attending meetings, coordinating events, and more, who has time to maintain more than one social media account? How can you set and maintain a manageable social media posting schedule for your nonprofit? The hard truth is that getting results on social media is similar to …
11 Strategic Ways to Grow Your Nonprofit Social Media Followers This Year
Nonprofits use social media platforms every single day to connect with constituents, raise awareness for causes, and collect donations. With engaged followers on one or more of the major social networks, organizations can effectively spread the word about fundraising campaigns, new initiatives, and advocacy work. However, simply having 1,000 Facebook fans or 200 Twitter followers is not the best indication of social …
How to Address Negative Online Comments About Your Nonprofit
Addressing negative online comments about your nonprofit – something that every single nonprofit social media manager has had to deal with at one point or another. This topic comes up in the Nonprofit Social Media Storytelling group, and it’s certainly a question that I receive frequently: How do we deal with negative online comments made on social media about our …
How to Crush Your Nonprofit Marketing Goals in 2020
I LOVE goal-setting – and then making an action plan to CRUSH my goals – and the New Year is one of the best times to do it! 🎊🎉 Getting out brightly colored markers and a new calendar makes me happy, just as when I got my back-to-school supplies as a child! Post-its etc. No matter when you start, it’s …
Fundraisers: Stop Blaming Facebook For Donors Not Wanting to Hear From You
It’s year-end giving season, and GivingTuesday is fast approaching. Nonprofits of all sizes are in a frenzy about the Facebook $7M match (more on that here) and whether or not they should use Facebook charitable giving tools. Somehow, their biggest problem revolves around the fact that donors want to give and are giving via Facebook and Instagram. Now LISTEN because …