Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Relevant messaging is the difference between successful content marketing and background noise in your reader’s inbox. But being relevant to your supporters doesn’t usually happen by accident. And as a lot of you are preparing for your most important campaigns of the year, relevancy should be at the forefront of everything you create in order to get the attention of your supporters. How do you know if you are relevant? The post How Relevant Are You?

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 19, 2019

The post Are Press Releases Still Relevant? As a media correspondent, Antionette Kerr has seen A LOT of bad press releases. But despite the changing ways nonprofits get in touch with the media, press releases can still be an important part of your media and PR strategy.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

OK, so how can we communicate in a relevant way? Follow our tried-and-true 6 Rules of Message Relevance (PDF of the graphic below) which are found in my Content Marketing for Nonprofits book.

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Getting Attention

MARCH 6, 2014

We have to make our messages relevant. That’s relevance, and relevance rules. Here’s how to Empathy Map to get to know the people you want to engage—it’s the only way to get relevant: 1: Identify Primary Folks You Want to Reach & Engage.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 18, 2019

We also talked about how to create content that’s really relevant to people, which is absolutely essential for social media engagement. We talked about how the Six Rs of Message Relevance apply to social and looked at lots of nonprofit examples.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 15, 2012

Here’s a quick checklist for you to help ensure that your messages are as relevant as possible. I taught “So What and Who Cares, Part I: How to Make Your Messaging More Meaningful and Memorable” today for our All-Access Pass Holders.

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Getting Attention

JULY 31, 2013

Blank stares. That was the response to most of the one-sentence organizational summary intros (a.k.a. mini-elevator pitches) from co-attendees of a workshop I participated in last week. Let me share some examples with you: We… Provide after school programs for children. Are in lower Fairfield county, CT, and provide emergency assistance to help keep people in their homes. House homeless individuals, veterans and others with special needs.

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Getting Attention

JANUARY 23, 2012

Thanks to marketing master Dan Zarrella for pointing out this obvious (but often overlooked) clue to relevance — look at behavior to date. Relevance Rules

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2015

When you are trying to create messaging that is more relevant to your participants, supporters, and influencers, use our Six R’s of Relevant Messaging. Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year where we show our readers some love with some FREE goodies. .

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 23, 2012

question by making your messaging as relevant as possible to the people you are communicating with. What creates relevance for people? You can create relevant messaging in lots of different ways, but here are my six favorites. The Six R’s of Relevant Messaging.

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Getting Attention

MARCH 26, 2013

4 Steps to Relevant Nonprofit Messages. Join me for this FREE webinar to learn 4 steps to relevant messages that move prospects and supporters to give, spread the word or whatever action you need.

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Getting Attention

JUNE 6, 2012

Relevance rules but this open-minded moment won’t last for long. More guidance on getting relevant: Relevance Rules—Your Key to Nonprofit Marketing Success. Relevance Rules library marketing nonprofit marketing open-minded moment Ray Bradbury

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The Agitator

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Continuing, however: “Targeted communications that are relevant and useful can create lasting customer loyalty and drive revenue growth of 10 to 30 percent. The challenge is to personalize in a way that doesn’t cross lines and delivers genuine value and relevance.

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Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Hat tip to Oreo for its relevant marketing during last night’s 30-minute Super Bowl blackout. Relevance rules! But where were nonprofits? Radio silence on the social channels, ideal for right-things, right-now marketing.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 25, 2013

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Getting Attention

MAY 6, 2013

What if you were skilled at the most critical marketing process necessary to engage your target audiences with clarity and purpose?

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Getting Attention

JANUARY 11, 2012

It’s a core component of being relevant — a must-do for stronger connections in 2012. Customize communications to increase relevance by: Segmenting your list, breaking out members by special interest, wants, location or any other combination of selections. Take It One Step Further – Get Personal Personally to Get More Relevant. Strategy branding personalization relevance

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

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Getting Attention

MARCH 7, 2013

Without relevant messages, there’s no way you’ll connect. Register Now to Learn this Vital Skill - Seats Filling Fast. Join the 24% of Nonprofits Whose. Messages Move People to Give, Volunteer, Participate +. Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Time: 1:00-2:00 PM EDT/10:00-11:00 PM PDT. If you can’t make this time, register anyway. All registrants receive the video recording. Register Now.

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Getting Attention

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Here are my guidelines for implementing the doable, proven strategy—getting personal to get relevant —that is your single most important key to marketing success in 2012 : Your Solution: Get Personal to Get Relevant. Use the Personal to Get Relevant.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 9, 2015

They’re the most practical, available tool you have to move your audience to act… if they’re relevant. Relevance is the heart of memorable, motivating messages—pitch-perfect messages. Join me Thursday, June 11 to learn how to craft relevant messages.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

This kind of relevance is vital for connecting with your network and prospects to move your mission forward. And relevance rules in 2012 (click here for your complete how-to guide). Relevance Rules

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Getting Attention

APRIL 23, 2013

Mastery of the message development process, and the tested process, tools and templates to help you develop more relevant messages for your organization, programs and campaigns.

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Diva Marketing Blog

JULY 17, 2014

Question : How can the strengths of the newspaper industry at-large and your specific newspaper be used to created “Now I care content or stories” that are so unique and audience relevant that your community wants to socially share? Always in motion is the future”– Yoda .

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 21, 2012

Yesterday I presented the lunch keynote for AFP Charlotte on how to make your messaging more relevant, so you are always answering So What? Use one or more of the Six R’s to be more relevant : Rewarding. and Who Cares? Those two questions are constantly at work in our heads, both consciously and subconsciously, filtering the thousands of messages we see and hear each day. Realistic. Real Time. Responsive. Revealing. Refreshing.

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Getting Attention

APRIL 7, 2011

content marketing — creating and distributing relevant content to your target audiences — is the best way to strengthen those ties and raise the engagement level of your base.

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The Agitator

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Others, upon finding the ’same old’ has lost its relevance, push to re-shuffle the deck. Here’s an important exercise every nonprofit should go through periodically. Some fundraisers are content to play with the hand they are dealt.

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Getting Attention

APRIL 4, 2013

Now’s the time to put a memorable, repeatable tagline to work for your organization, campaign, program or service. It’ll help extend your reach, increase donations and program participation, and strengthen your volunteer base. Join me to craft yours—Learn more now: www.TaglineFocusProject.com . Our next session—I have the bandwidth to lead only two sessions each year—starts May 7. Save $200 when you register by April 23.

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APRIL 24, 2014

As you start using content marketing to capture the hearts of your nonprofit supporters, remember to stay true to your organization with the four Rs: Be real, relevant, realistic, and, most importantly, rewarding! Be relevant. That might sound like a lot of marketing speak, but it really means are you relevant.

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Fundraising Coach

JULY 20, 2012

Suddenly, Google+ is more relevant for nonprofits. Yesterday HootSuite [affilate link] announced support for Google+ Pages! Back in November, I blogged about Google+ being open for nonprofits.

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Getting Attention

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

It’s the ONLY way to ensure our marketing and fundraising content is relevant, and a vital way to ensure our own satisfaction. Our daughter, Charlotte, started fourth grade today, and the pumped-up energy at line up this morning got me thinking.

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Social Media Bird Brain

MAY 24, 2012

Google Search With Knowledge Graph Panel Google has subtly changed its search results layout to include something called a Knowledge Graph. When some search results are returned, a panel on the right of the page may display, providing what Google has determined is an appropriate bit of extra information related to the search terms. In my example (left), I searched for Nitrous Oxide and. not for profits knowledge graph search google Small nonprofit

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The Agitator

MARCH 16, 2017

In what amounts to a same-day companion piece to Tom’ post, Are You Under or Over-Invested in Online Fundraising , Nick Ellinger over at the DonorVoice Blog posted a thoughtful companion piece, How the Facebook algorithm works outside of social media.

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Diva Marketing Blog

AUGUST 4, 2014

Question : How can the strengths of the newspaper industry at-large and your specific newspaper be used to created “Now I care content or stories” that are so unique and audience-relevant your community wants to socially share? " Always in motion is the future”– Yoda . She was the daughter.

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Getting Attention

MAY 22, 2019

Messaging branding message development nonprofit taglines relevance rules sam hornG uest post by Sam Horn. Are you preparing an important communication?

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A. Fine Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

I had the great honor to keynote the LEAD Summit sponsored by HandsOn Network last week in DC. My talk focused on the need for stand-alone nonprofits to work as networks, not just with them, to take down their walls, lost control of their message and messengers, and build relationships with the people and organizations [.].

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Getting Attention

MARCH 11, 2015

Relevance rules! Relevance Rules Video #howedoit #makeitwork #relevancerules nonprofit communications jobs nonprofit marketing Power of WE relevance rules Watch it and weep, with laughter and recognition (if you’re a working parent, or overloaded in any other way).

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Social Marketing and Social Change

AUGUST 4, 2009

Unfortunately, the stages of change model has become ubiquitous to many social marketing programs.

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The Agitator

AUGUST 13, 2009

To a communications or fundraising professional, "what is relevant" to my target audience or prospect is — or should be — the threshold question. Relevance to the receiver — not you the sender — is what determines whether your message or appeal has the remotest chance of penetrating the media clutter, as well as all the conscious and unconscious "screens" that the receiver has installed to manage their limited attention span.

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Getting Attention

OCTOBER 31, 2018

That means being ready to roll with relevant outreach on your core issues and causes. Strategy message development midterm elections Nonprofit Communications nonprofit marketing relevance rules

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Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

That’s Relevance Rules Messaging! Get brainstorming now to connect your cause with upcoming holidays—Mother’s Day, Earth Day (priceless relevance for environmental organizations), Father’s Day—and other-top-of-mind moments.

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Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

That’s Relevance Rules Messaging! Get brainstorming now to connect your cause with upcoming holidays—Mother’s Day, Earth Day (priceless relevance for environmental organizations), Father’s Day—and other-top-of-mind moments.

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