Are you looking to enhance your online marketing efforts this fall? Do you want to produce amazing visual content for your social media channels and watch your engagement skyrocket? Have you heard the hype about Facebook Live, but wonder how you can use it to grow your business? Do you enjoy learning in a small group environment where you have …
How to Use the Social Media Superheroes of Nonprofit Event Marketing
Guest Post by Nepoleon Nayak If you are a nonprofit event coordinator, your favorite social superheroes are probably not the cape-wearing, shield-wielding kind. You know that the success of your event depends to a very large extent on the way you use social media networks like as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Social media channels are a fantastic tool for marketing and reaching your …
5 Reasons to Get Excited About Social Media Day
Social Media Day is almost here, and you should be just as I excited as I am! Why? Here are just 5 reasons: 1) Social media has completely revolutionized communications. It’s not a fad, or a trend, or even a marketing tactic – social media and all that comes with it, the good, the bad, and the ugly, have utterly changed …
Authenticity and Building an Online Community [PODCAST]
I am pleased to have been featured on my friend Jeannine O’Neil’s super social media podcast, Social Eyes! In this episode, we discuss: Social media is about being your authentic self and building your community. **The goal for getting on social media (from a marketing standpoint) is to create a dynamic, engaged community of people. **Telling a story is absolutely key …
Engaging Your Library Community Through Storytelling and Social Media
Engaging Your Library Community Through Storytelling and Social Media from Julia Campbell – J Campbell Social Marketing This presentation details key steps that libraries can take to craft their story using digital tools like social media, blogs and video. Participants will learn why storytelling is so vital to a successful nonprofit marketing and fundraising strategy, and how they can use …
Virtual Reality and Nonprofit Marketing – A New Way to Engage Donors
Guest blog by H. E. James, MBA Marketing for the nonprofit sector has different end goals than marketing for business. While nonprofits must still meet financial goals in order to survive, the goal of their marketing campaigns is to build relationships. People do not donate, volunteer their time, or make any other kind of contribution if they do not feel a …
5 Inspiring Nonprofit Online Campaigns for Mother’s Day
I am always looking for creative ideas to give the mothers in my life – not just on Mother’s Day, but to celebrate all special occasions. (I am fortunate enough to have a mother, stepmother, mother-in-law, and stepmother-in-law!) And as a mom myself, I know that it takes some creativity to find a very special gift that comes from the heart, …
Instagram Update – What Nonprofits Need to Know
On March 15, Instagram announced via their blog that in order to “improve your experience”, they will soon be abandoning their chronological news feed and going to a more Facebook-like algorithm. They wrote: The order of photos and videos in your feed will be based on the likelihood you’ll be interested in the content, your relationship with the person posting …
Is Nonprofit Social Media A Waste of Time?
Do you find social media to be a big, fat time waster for your nonprofit? It may be tempting to read articles with provocative titles like Matt Collins’ recent post for The Guardian, “It’s time for charities to stop wasting money on social media”, while nodding vehemently and pumping your fists up and down. You may be thinking: “FINALLY! Finally, …