Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Social Media”
To cut through the clutter and get your message heard on digital channels, especially social media, can seem like a Herculean feat. For nonprofits that have little to no marketing staff, how can they build their online communities, grow engagement, and strengthen connections with supporters through a dynamic online awareness campaign? In this presentation, given to a fantastic group of …
In last week’s post, 3 Facebook Features Designed to Help You Fundraise, I highlighted just three of the Facebook features that are making social media fundraising a little bit easier for your nonprofit. These features are: 1) Donations option in personal status updates, 2) Fundraisers on Facebook, 3) The Donate button for your nonprofit Facebook Page. To read more, be sure …
Social media fundraising is getting easier, thanks to some great new Facebook features designed specifically to make it easier for nonprofits to raise money on the social network. I will highlight three of these features in this post, and in my next post I will detail step-by-step the ways in which you can get your community excited about raising money for …
There is a misguided argument that I have heard recently from nonprofits, as they prepare their fundraising appeals or their online marketing campaigns: There is no way we can pull the heartstrings like this when telling stories. Or: Oh no – we can’t use such strong language. We can’t make our supporters angry! So, I ask – you don’t want …
It’s official – email is more widely read on mobile devices than on desktop email clients. Recent studies found that 54% of email is now opened on a mobile device. While that may seem staggering, Pew Internet found that a whopping 50% of charitable donors are already using mobile devices to access nonprofit websites and emails. Another 40% of those surveyed …
Are you a newbie to Twitter? Do you often ask the questions: What is the best way to set up my Twitter profile? How can I find people to follow? What’s a hashtag, and how can I use it? What in the world should I tweet? How often should I tweet and retweet? Where do I find topics to tweet …
In this presentation, called Make Blogging a Part of Your Social Media Strategy, I show how smaller nonprofits can get on board with blogging and create a dynamic outlet that grows their supporters and helps them accomplish their goals. Despite the popularity of bite-size content on social media channels like Facebook and Instagram, maintaining a blog attached to your website is …
Love it or hate it, Facebook reigns supreme over the social media landscape. Pew Internet reported that nearly eight-in-ten online Americans (79%) now use Facebook. The key to getting your message out on Facebook is having a fully engaged audience of fans that are willing to like, comment, share, and click on your posts. As we all know (and frequently lament), …
This past year was certainly an explosive one for digital marketing and online fundraising. Many nonprofits upped their efforts on digital channels, and reaped the benefits. I worked with nonprofits on a diverse array of online campaigns designed to drive awareness, engagement, fundraising, and more. What I found was that while the majority of nonprofits are able to do inspiring …