Despite the landscape and view people may hold when they think of today’s journalism, enrollment in journalism school has INCREASED ! Dear May 2009 Graduate, Here are 40 reasons to still study journalism: We need journalism. You have to build relationships with your sources and with those gateways to your sources. Cliche?

Last Valentine's Day I asked a few marketers how to develop great business relationships. With so much of our time spent in the online world I wondered how people were developing digital relationships. What is your "secret" to building digital relationships through social media? 10 Secrets to Building Digital Relationships 1.

Thanks to Kristina Shands for her advice on cultivating relationships with the media. Newspapers, radio stations, television news programs and blogs are great vehicles for showcasing your mission, needs, services and successes. Know that a good journalist will get a response from the other side, and you may not like what is said.

I blogged this practical but fresh perspective from Andrew Sullivan's keynote talk at NTC ( NTEN 's annual conference). Sullivan, top blogger at The Atlantic 's Daily Dish , shared his take on the potential value of blogging (and other online channels) for orgs and what it takes to realize that value to strengthen relationships.

quot; Behind the Scenes in the Blogosphere: Advice from Established Bloggers " contains useful information, and I recommend it if your nonprofit has a blog or is considering one. The study did not measure the opinions of the blogs' readers, readers' use of the blogs, or the effect of business blogs on customer or stakeholder behavior.

They are fundraising, providing I&R (information and referrals), providing study findings such as statistics, they are keeping in touch about the most recent findings through blogs and email, etc. Tags: grant proposal grant application relationships foundations It is a new shiny era. We love the easy and quick access. know, I know.

Thanks to Kristina Shands for her advice on cultivating relationships with the media. Newspapers, radio stations, television news programs and blogs are great vehicles for showcasing your mission, needs, services and successes. Know that a good journalist will get a response from the other side, and you may not like what is said.

Should all nonprofits have a blog?  Can having a blog benefit your organization? Below are eight benefits of having a nonprofit blog. Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. Blog posts, on the other hand, can be written in 15-30 minutes. Blogs can help you work faster.

I blogged this practical but fresh perspective from Andrew Sullivan’s keynote talk at NTC ( NTEN ’s annual conference). Immediately, without waiting for the news or the paper, they enter in a relationship with the writer. When you have this relationship with your network, you already have their permission.

Talk about blogs and the power of blogging has been eclipsed by conversations about newer and shinier tools like Twitter and Facebook. But I agree with Brian Clark, Author of Copyblogger , that blogs can play a key role in marketing communications , especially for groups without access to MSM (mainstream media). Cheers! Jocelyn.