Before we get into this special bonus episode, I want to tell you about my new live training, How to Create a Content Marketing Strategy + Calendar for Your Nonprofit. In this one-hour deep dive, I’ll show you how to create and execute an effective content marketing strategy for your nonprofit, complete with marketing calendar. To join me, go to …
Much Ado About Threads Part 1 – What The Heck Is Threads?
Before we get into this special bonus episode, I want to tell you about my new live training, How to Create a Content Marketing Strategy + Calendar for Your Nonprofit. In this one-hour deep dive, I’ll show you how to create and execute an effective content marketing strategy for your nonprofit, complete with marketing calendar. To join me, go to …
How to Create A Content Curation Strategy for Your Nonprofit
The most effective and efficient nonprofit social media managers know that hand-crafting every piece of social media content from scratch is not practical, nor is it realistic. We need to become content curators and have our eyes and ears open for outside content that could be relevant and interesting to our audience. Content curation is the act of collecting, filtering, …
10 Ways to Participate in #GivingTuesdayNow Without Asking for Money
You may have heard the news! In response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19, GivingTuesday is hosting #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving and unity, set to take place on May 5, 2020. It is not mandatory for nonprofits to raise money on this day or to even participate at all. It may not be for everyone. The purpose …
3 Things To Do Instead of Facebook Marketing in 2014
2013 was certainly a banner year for Facebook. Some mind-blowing statistics: There are over 1.19 billion users worldwide. 728 million of these users log in daily to the social network. While some teens in the UK and US are calling Facebook “dead and buried”, the often overlooked Gen X & Y-ers worldwide make up almost 30% of Facebook users. (This …
6 Characteristics of Awesome Nonprofit Pins
If your nonprofit doesn’t know about Pinterest, it’s about time it caught up. In terms of adult U.S. Internet users, Pinterest has almost caught up with Twitter! Nonprofits are actively using Pinterest to connect with new donors, raise money and accomplish their missions. There are several characteristics that separate awesome nonprofit pins from the mediocre. Awesome nonprofit pins: Are visually …
5 Simple Ways to Use Email to Get More Facebook Fans
Email can be a very effective tool for engaging your community. It’s been proven time and time again that email is NOT dead and that it has the most ROI (return on investment) for nonprofit fundraising and marketing efforts. When combined with social media, the ROI of email marketing skyrockets. Any time your organization communicates with stakeholders and the community …
How to Get More Engagement On Your Facebook Page
Many brands and organizations have a big problem on Facebook – getting engagement on their posts. Engagement is absolutely critical to Facebook’s EdgeRank algorithm – the equation that determines what your fans see in their News Feeds. When I say “engagement”, I don’t mean numbers of fans, reach or number of posts on the Page. Engagement measures real time reactions …
Social Media for Social Good: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media Marketing Tools to Accomplish Their Missions [PRESENTATION]
Here are the slides from a presentation I did this morning at SAYMedia Salem! Thank you to Kevin Letourneau and the Salem YMCA for setting it up and thanks to all the attendees! Social Media for Social Good: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media Marketing Tools to Accomplish Their Missions Sponsored by SAYmedia at the Salem YMCA Presented by Julia C. Campbell Are you thinking about …