A few weeks ago, Amazon announced KindleUnlimited. Almost everyone knows Amazon. A quick Google search on "KindleUnlimited" shows thousands of posts about Amazon''s new service. You don''t have to bash Amazon or be negative. MORE
When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization. However, according to Amazon''s website , "Organizations may not promote AmazonSmile by using any offline marketing channels such as print newsletters, direct mail, flyers, etc. Amazon how to new fundraising method MORE
Frantically searching Amazon to see how fast that gift for your mom can be delivered, your boss calling you at 4pm on Christmas Eve, all of your kids simultaneously catching the flu. Wake up, girls and boys! It’s time to change our ways. MORE
The book… sold at a local café and on Amazon … generated $41,000 and now Evan and three other children will get epilepsy-detecting dogs. BOGO TOMS Shoes Public Relations People magazine Evan Moss Amazon Activation Buy One Give One Kardashian MORE
Basic Use-Cases: You’re planning a kayak trip to a remote part of the Amazon River with your best friend (who lives abroad). As part of your trip planning you decide to meet at a precise GPS location hovering 100 feet above the Amazon River in Google Earth VR to plan out your course. MORE
Gosh, I’ve been waiting to use that title since I read about Amazon’s new Prime Air drone service. In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal Bret Stephens provided a roadmap of sorts for learning from the Amazon Experience that made Prime Air a reality. MORE
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Grab More Market Share BOGO Ross Shafer TOMS Shoes Best Buy Amazon Buy One Give One Zappos.com Circuit City ' Payless Shoe SourceThis holiday season Payless ShoeSource will donate $1.2 MORE
Researchers in Germany recently found a number of security holes in Amazon’s Web Services (where addresses, credit cards, shopping patterns, hopes and dreams… are stored). Apple launched iCloud a couple of weeks back with much fanfare. MORE
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos set the nonprofit world ablaze earlier this month by tweeting a “request for ideas” about how to direct his charitable giving. MORE
Get We Are All Weird by Seth Godin (Amazon link). Get Little Bets by Peter Sims (Amazon link). Get Newsjacking by David Meerman Scott (Amazon link). I’ll be sharing nonprofit marketing trends for 2012 next week when we release the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends report to those who have requested it , but what about those really big marketing trends that are going to influence our work for years to come? MORE
The interesting thing is that I did not purchase them from Amazon. Now I know that even the most sophisticated and well-endowed nonprofits will never rival Amazon. NOTE: Amazon does not have the corner on customer-centric communications. Amazon.com has got my number. MORE
Amazon: This app only become relevant to me when I purchased an Amazon “Prime” subscription. While the Canadian Amazon store has far less content than that of our southern neighbours, I still find it quite useful. MORE
More tracking of your supporters’ interests, wants, needs and desires (the way Amazon and Netflix do it); Less ignorance. I was tired of waiting. When I was just a donor, I was frustrated with the letters, newsletters, and emails I received from my beloved charities. They were insulting. MORE
at Amazon). On Monday, I asked if you could boil down your annual report to just six words. We are getting some great examples: check them out in the post comments! But of course, I realize six words is probably not enough for most of you. What about a postcard? MORE
Amazon tech support gave them the ability to see a piece of information — a partial credit card number — that Apple used to release information. He linked his iCloud and Amazon accounts together, and his GMail to his Amazon account, and Twitter to GMail. MORE
In 2011, Amazon’s sales were $43.59 And how much did Amazon donate to charity? Amazon’s website reports that its “customers have contributed more than $35 million to global relief programs since 2001.” But Amazon’s piece of that is probably in-kind only. MORE
That’s the premise behind Two Awesome Hours: Science-Based Strategies to Harness Your Best Time and Get Your Most Important Work Done (Amazon). MORE
I often find myself ordering books from Amazon because I like the titles and I truly want to read the books. I love to sit down and read about marketing and fundraising. But, unfortunately, I don’t have enough time. MORE
Now Amazon is offering AmazonSmile. Amazon made it easy to find and choose. So now, presumably, every eligible purchase I make on Amazon will result in helping more woman rescued from human trafficking heal and put their lives back together. I thought I was a heavy Amazon user. MORE
If Amazon’s Free Android App of the Day is posted then add a note to my Evernote account ,under my “Personal Notes”, and title it “Free Android Apps I should download” (Self explanatory and simply brilliant). MORE
It’s available on Amazon for just $9.95 I love my staff!! They are so thoughtful! They figured that some of our thousands of blog subscribers might want a super-concise book of my best blog posts. MORE
It’s a big nonprofit world, and it can get a little overwhelming and intense, especially if you work in a small nonprofit. MORE
I have to admit, I still feel guilty ordering books from Amazon. Gosh, as if I wasn't feeling guilty enough, Amazon just sent me a REFUND. MORE
That’s why this weekend I started re-reading Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown (Amazon). Time and money — we never seem to have enough of either in the nonprofit sector. MORE
Eisenhardt’s Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World (Amazon). Yesterday I introduced you to some of the concepts from Donald Sull’s and Kathleen M. MORE
Amazon Smile. Doing some shopping on Amazon? Make sure to choose a charity to support via Amazon Smile and Amazon will donate 0.5% Amazon Wish List. See if your favorite nonprofit has an Amazon wish list. photo credit: Rev. MORE
Then you’ll need to get it from Amazon (for $9.95). Oh, and if you want the 2015 version, that’s available here on Amazon. The post Why go to Amazon when you can get it here for free? MORE
A reader’s comment to my post Storytelling In The Digital Age got me thinking about the things fundraisers say ‘Yes’ to and those that trigger a ‘No’ In this case, the reader commented, “Would like to get Julia’s book, but Amazon’s $38.73 MORE
And, Amazon is trying to reinvent shopping. I’m proud to be a disruptor. I’ve been this way all my life. I can’t help it. Therefore, I simply won’t apologize for my disruptive nature. Fortunately for me, I’m in good company. Disruption is happening all around us and nowadays disruptive innovators are being celebrated more than ever. MORE
The first, Google Play, will likely seem pretty familiar to anyone using a cloud-based media service like iCloud or Amazon Prime. Are these Google Glasses? The good people at Google have been busy releasing new aspects of their services that are meant to augment our muti-media experiences. MORE
The grassroots group solved one huge logistical problem – matching donated goods to households in need of them – by elevating Amazon’s Wedding Registry to a higher purpose. Occupy Sandy at Firehouse (Photo credit: SpecialKRB). MORE
Amazon–Transactional. Amazon–though primarily transactional–encourages us to give reviews, rate its products, create gift lists and in essence, build community around the purchases we make. MORE
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Consider … every month, more people visit Amazon to make a purchase, browse for products or research a product (85%) than visit their families (40%). In fact, nearly 40% visit Amazon one to three times, and close to 30% visit Amazon more than seven times per month. 56% make a purchase on Amazon up to three times per month. When consumers do visit Amazon, they enjoy superb customer service. And that’s why Amazon is your competitor. MORE
Did you read the New York Times story about working at Amazon ? According to the New York Times, at Amazon individual performance is measured continuously, with come-and-go relationships between employers and employees. What’s the deal at Amazon? MORE
The post Now Amazon Gives 0.5% Do you think your supporters buy stuff on Amazon.com? Dumb question, huh? Well did you know that your organization could get 1/2% of your supporters’ total purchase amounts on Amazon.com donated to your nonprofit? . Here’s where you can learn more. MORE
Researchers in Germany recently found a number of security holes in Amazon’s Web Services (where addresses, credit cards, shopping patterns, hopes and dreams… are stored). Apple launched iCloud a couple of weeks back with much fanfare. MORE
In their book, Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World (Amazon), Donald Sull and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt define simple rules as “shortcut strategies that save time and effort by focusing our attention and simplifying the way we process information.” MORE
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Amazon is promoting my newest book Nonprofit Social Media: A beginner’s guide to building donor relationships from your desk. On Thursday, July 18, Amazon is giving the Kindle version away for free. ” hits #46 on Amazon’s nonprofit list. MORE
Starbucks, along with Coke, Amazon, Fedex, Apple, Target, Ford, Nike, Southwest and Nordstrom are the April 2012 cover of Entrepreneur magazine as the “10 most trusted brands” today. But both have celebrated internal cultures, an important element of CSR Amazon is, I think, the exception that proves the rule. Target Fedex Nordstrom Starbucks Corporate Social Responsibility Coke Amazon Apple Nike MORE
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Then you’ll need to get it from Amazon (for $9.95). Oh, and if you want the 2015 version, that’s available here on Amazon. The post Why go to Amazon when you can get it here for free?
Fundraising Coach
JULY 18, 2013
Amazon is promoting my newest book Nonprofit Social Media: A beginner’s guide to building donor relationships from your desk. On Thursday, July 18, Amazon is giving the Kindle version away for free. ” hits #46 on Amazon’s nonprofit list.
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MARCH 14, 2017
Consider … every month, more people visit Amazon to make a purchase, browse for products or research a product (85%) than visit their families (40%). In fact, nearly 40% visit Amazon one to three times, and close to 30% visit Amazon more than seven times per month. 56% make a purchase on Amazon up to three times per month. When consumers do visit Amazon, they enjoy superb customer service. And that’s why Amazon is your competitor.
Cause Related Marketing
JANUARY 10, 2012
In 2011, Amazon’s sales were $43.59 And how much did Amazon donate to charity? Amazon’s website reports that its “customers have contributed more than $35 million to global relief programs since 2001.” But Amazon’s piece of that is probably in-kind only.
Fundraising Coach
OCTOBER 30, 2013
Now Amazon is offering AmazonSmile. Amazon made it easy to find and choose. So now, presumably, every eligible purchase I make on Amazon will result in helping more woman rescued from human trafficking heal and put their lives back together. I thought I was a heavy Amazon user.
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DECEMBER 4, 2013
Gosh, I’ve been waiting to use that title since I read about Amazon’s new Prime Air drone service. In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal Bret Stephens provided a roadmap of sorts for learning from the Amazon Experience that made Prime Air a reality.
Cause Related Marketing
MARCH 16, 2012
Starbucks, along with Coke, Amazon, Fedex, Apple, Target, Ford, Nike, Southwest and Nordstrom are the April 2012 cover of Entrepreneur magazine as the “10 most trusted brands” today. But both have celebrated internal cultures, an important element of CSR Amazon is, I think, the exception that proves the rule. Target Fedex Nordstrom Starbucks Corporate Social Responsibility Coke Amazon Apple Nike
Cause Related Marketing
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Cause Marketing Googlegroup Fedex Kellogg's Occupy Wall Street business benefits of cause marketing UPS Amazon Campbell's Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship CSR.
Cause Related Marketing
AUGUST 29, 2011
The book… sold at a local café and on Amazon … generated $41,000 and now Evan and three other children will get epilepsy-detecting dogs. BOGO TOMS Shoes Public Relations People magazine Evan Moss Amazon Activation Buy One Give One Kardashian
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JUNE 1, 2011
The interesting thing is that I did not purchase them from Amazon. Now I know that even the most sophisticated and well-endowed nonprofits will never rival Amazon. NOTE: Amazon does not have the corner on customer-centric communications. Amazon.com has got my number.
J Campbell Social Marketing
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Amazon Smile. Doing some shopping on Amazon? Make sure to choose a charity to support via Amazon Smile and Amazon will donate 0.5% Amazon Wish List. See if your favorite nonprofit has an Amazon wish list. photo credit: Rev.
Marketing for Nonprofits
MAY 9, 2008
I have to admit, I still feel guilty ordering books from Amazon. Gosh, as if I wasn't feeling guilty enough, Amazon just sent me a REFUND.
Cause Related Marketing
OCTOBER 20, 2011
Grab More Market Share BOGO Ross Shafer TOMS Shoes Best Buy Amazon Buy One Give One Zappos.com Circuit City ' Payless Shoe SourceThis holiday season Payless ShoeSource will donate $1.2
Wild Woman Fundraising
AUGUST 25, 2015
Did you read the New York Times story about working at Amazon ? According to the New York Times, at Amazon individual performance is measured continuously, with come-and-go relationships between employers and employees. What’s the deal at Amazon?
The Agitator
OCTOBER 2, 2017
A reader’s comment to my post Storytelling In The Digital Age got me thinking about the things fundraisers say ‘Yes’ to and those that trigger a ‘No’ In this case, the reader commented, “Would like to get Julia’s book, but Amazon’s $38.73
iMarketSmart
AUGUST 26, 2015
I often find myself ordering books from Amazon because I like the titles and I truly want to read the books. I love to sit down and read about marketing and fundraising. But, unfortunately, I don’t have enough time.
Non Profit Marketing 360
DECEMBER 2, 2012
The grassroots group solved one huge logistical problem – matching donated goods to households in need of them – by elevating Amazon’s Wedding Registry to a higher purpose. Occupy Sandy at Firehouse (Photo credit: SpecialKRB).
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APRIL 27, 2017
Basic Use-Cases: You’re planning a kayak trip to a remote part of the Amazon River with your best friend (who lives abroad). As part of your trip planning you decide to meet at a precise GPS location hovering 100 feet above the Amazon River in Google Earth VR to plan out your course.
iMarketSmart
AUGUST 24, 2016
It’s available on Amazon for just $9.95 I love my staff!! They are so thoughtful! They figured that some of our thousands of blog subscribers might want a super-concise book of my best blog posts.
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DECEMBER 15, 2011
Get We Are All Weird by Seth Godin (Amazon link). Get Little Bets by Peter Sims (Amazon link). Get Newsjacking by David Meerman Scott (Amazon link). I’ll be sharing nonprofit marketing trends for 2012 next week when we release the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends report to those who have requested it , but what about those really big marketing trends that are going to influence our work for years to come?
Non Profit Marketing 360
AUGUST 17, 2012
Amazon tech support gave them the ability to see a piece of information — a partial credit card number — that Apple used to release information. He linked his iCloud and Amazon accounts together, and his GMail to his Amazon account, and Twitter to GMail.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
That’s why this weekend I started re-reading Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown (Amazon). Time and money — we never seem to have enough of either in the nonprofit sector.
Fundraising Coach
AUGUST 18, 2014
A few weeks ago, Amazon announced KindleUnlimited. Almost everyone knows Amazon. A quick Google search on "KindleUnlimited" shows thousands of posts about Amazon''s new service. You don''t have to bash Amazon or be negative.
Public Sector Marketing 2.0
MARCH 12, 2013
Amazon: This app only become relevant to me when I purchased an Amazon “Prime” subscription. While the Canadian Amazon store has far less content than that of our southern neighbours, I still find it quite useful.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MARCH 8, 2017
Eisenhardt’s Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World (Amazon). Yesterday I introduced you to some of the concepts from Donald Sull’s and Kathleen M.
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APRIL 8, 2015
Frantically searching Amazon to see how fast that gift for your mom can be delivered, your boss calling you at 4pm on Christmas Eve, all of your kids simultaneously catching the flu. Wake up, girls and boys! It’s time to change our ways.
Non Profit Marketing 360
APRIL 6, 2012
The first, Google Play, will likely seem pretty familiar to anyone using a cloud-based media service like iCloud or Amazon Prime. Are these Google Glasses? The good people at Google have been busy releasing new aspects of their services that are meant to augment our muti-media experiences.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MARCH 7, 2017
In their book, Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World (Amazon), Donald Sull and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt define simple rules as “shortcut strategies that save time and effort by focusing our attention and simplifying the way we process information.”
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
That’s the premise behind Two Awesome Hours: Science-Based Strategies to Harness Your Best Time and Get Your Most Important Work Done (Amazon).
Non Profit Marketing 360
OCTOBER 28, 2011
Researchers in Germany recently found a number of security holes in Amazon’s Web Services (where addresses, credit cards, shopping patterns, hopes and dreams… are stored). Apple launched iCloud a couple of weeks back with much fanfare.
Non Profit Marketing 360
OCTOBER 28, 2011
Researchers in Germany recently found a number of security holes in Amazon’s Web Services (where addresses, credit cards, shopping patterns, hopes and dreams… are stored). Apple launched iCloud a couple of weeks back with much fanfare.
Public Sector Marketing 2.0
JANUARY 16, 2013
If Amazon’s Free Android App of the Day is posted then add a note to my Evernote account ,under my “Personal Notes”, and title it “Free Android Apps I should download” (Self explanatory and simply brilliant).
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JUNE 29, 2017
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos set the nonprofit world ablaze earlier this month by tweeting a “request for ideas” about how to direct his charitable giving.
iMarketSmart
OCTOBER 9, 2015
And, Amazon is trying to reinvent shopping. I’m proud to be a disruptor. I’ve been this way all my life. I can’t help it. Therefore, I simply won’t apologize for my disruptive nature. Fortunately for me, I’m in good company. Disruption is happening all around us and nowadays disruptive innovators are being celebrated more than ever.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JUNE 16, 2011
at Amazon). On Monday, I asked if you could boil down your annual report to just six words. We are getting some great examples: check them out in the post comments! But of course, I realize six words is probably not enough for most of you. What about a postcard?
SocialButterfly
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
Amazon–Transactional. Amazon–though primarily transactional–encourages us to give reviews, rate its products, create gift lists and in essence, build community around the purchases we make.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MAY 2, 2011
It’s a big nonprofit world, and it can get a little overwhelming and intense, especially if you work in a small nonprofit.
iMarketSmart
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
More tracking of your supporters’ interests, wants, needs and desires (the way Amazon and Netflix do it); Less ignorance. I was tired of waiting. When I was just a donor, I was frustrated with the letters, newsletters, and emails I received from my beloved charities. They were insulting.
Public Sector Marketing 2.0
JANUARY 7, 2010
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