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I can help you. Email me today to request more details about how I can help. What will we do together if we hire you to help us with our #GivingTuesday campaign? Develop a plan to identify, recruit, and train Social Media Ambassadors to help you raise money on #GivingTuesday.
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We’ll also add a couple more demographic questions that will help us analyze the answers to these and other marketing-specific questions better: Size of the communications team.
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JUNE 1, 2016
via GIPHY. Shame. Embarrassment. TERROR! These are just three of the frightening emotions that email marketers have experienced after sending a mass email with a mistake. Sometimes the mistake is harmless, like a small typo.
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FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Help! –Help women master dominant codes and nurture their ambition. I’m a new female leader and I’m overwhelmed! It’s not surprising. There are a lot of factors working against female leadership in nonprofits. What are they?
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EveryAction
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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MARCH 18, 2015
Can You Point to a Specific Outcome It Has Helped to Produce? Image credit: https://flic.kr/p/7HCgw9. p/7HCgw9. Hashtags and advocacy go together like peanut butter and jelly. The hashtag distills an issue into an instant, searchable sound bite that can not only travel far, but fast.
The Agitator
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Adrian Sargeant and the team at the Hartsook Centre for Sustainable Philanthropy and Marc Pitman, CEO of The Concord Leadership Group , need your help. Now’s your chance to make your views known in a helpful and empirical manner. In addition to contributing insights that may help improve the sector, you’ll also receive a personal copy of the survey’s results as soon as they’re available.
iMarketSmart
JUNE 24, 2014
Now he’s really done it with a cool online test that helps you determine your asking style so you can improve upon it by focusing on your strengths to close more gifts. The post New Tool Helps Determine Your Asking Style So You Close More Gifts appeared first on MarketSmart.
Getting Attention
JUNE 3, 2014
Your strong response to The Truth Behind Nonprofit Marketing Help-Wanteds strengthened my conviction to dig further into hiring and job/project hunting practices in our field.
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JUNE 7, 2016
The post Can changing your words help you raise more money? Here are some of the most powerful words used frequently in advertising: finally. suddenly. announcing. introducing. improved. amazing. sensational. remarkable. fantastic. revolutionary. startling. miracle. magic. offer. quick. wanted. challenge. compare. better. bargain. hurry. Here are some of the most powerful words used for persuasion: you. because. instantly. money. results. health. safety. discover. imagine. proven.
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OCTOBER 24, 2016
The post 7 things about email subject lines that will help you save the world appeared first on MarketSmart | . Firstly, email subject lines are actually headlines.
iMarketSmart
OCTOBER 12, 2016
I’m constantly reminding people that fundraising is about facilitating and helping donors feel good ! To do both, you might want to consider employing the concept of “Goal Proximity” (also known as “ Goal Gradient Helping “).
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You just had a great big unsolicited gift come in. You’re not sure why, but super grateful and excited. Could be a response to a splash in the media, friend of a friend, year end tax break, the list goes on. You celebrate for a few minutes but then the work begins because as you know, our primary aim, mission, and priority is to secure that ever so important, ever so encouraging, ever so absolutely gotta get this done – second gift.
Getting Attention
OCTOBER 5, 2012
Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Thanks! NEW OPPORTUNITIES. Communications Associate , Art in General (New York, NY).
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graphic via Robert Kirrily on Flickr I really dislike numbers, but sometimes it can't be helped. SSIR has a good article about learning from Obama's data-driven campaigns. They make it about measurement, but I make it about reach. Here's the gist of it: Target your audience for the best returns on your outreach. Example: Obama's campaign focused on buying ads in places where they could. data segment research measurement targeting Small nonprofit outreach
EveryAction
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
January’s Fireside Chat was all about being “data-driven” in your nonprofit endeavors. It’s a topic that is especially close to our hearts as admitted data nerds, but more so, it’s the future of how nonprofits will strive toward and achieve greater goals. marketing design data
Cause Related Marketing
AUGUST 9, 2012
Back in November 2011, after reading the horrifying book “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, I committed to help the plight of girls and women in the developing world with this blog and in other ways. Help the World's Women and Girls Active Against Child Labour Corporate Social Responsibility Help the World's Women Girls Advocacy Cause Marketing Half the Sky ethical consumption cause marketing
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