Your pain is the breaking of a shell that encloses your understanding – Kahlil Gibran If you recognized the first line of Gibran’s poem On Pain, then you’re more literate than me. But I know it now because Stacey Monk, co-founder of Epic Change, hit me over the head with it in during a keynote […]
VIDEO: The Pain and the Love Read More »
You matter. Your work matters. It’s not just the results gained, but it’s that feeling you have and the impact you can see. What if you could share that feeling with others? Make the story matter–beyond its wall, beyond its boundaries and beyond its normal audience. Here are four ways to make your story pop:
4 Ways to Make Your Stories Pop Read More »
Hubspot, an inbound marketing company, has been researching for a couple of years how blogging helps increase website traffic, email subscribers and the ability to be found in search engines. Their most recent study found that blogging frequency influences the rate of customer acquisition (see graph below). This also applies if the “customers” you seek are
How Blogging Can Get You More Social Fundraisers Read More »
Allison Schwalm of Network for Good offers a quick tip on how to explain your social media strategy and goals to multiple audiences. She spoke during a session break at the Nonprofit 2.0 unconference in Washington, DC, in June.
VIDEO: Break Up Your Social Media Reporting Read More »
Mightycause CEO Brian Fujito explains what he thinks is necessary for social fundraising to really take off for a nonprofit. Brian spoke during a session break during the Nonprofit 2.0 unconference in Washington, DC, in June.
VIDEO: Make Your Social Fundraising Take Off Read More »
We think of email as a method to reach people. But most people see email from organizations and social networks (the notifications they send to email accounts) as bacn, an opt-in email that is just a notch above spam. So how do you make your bacn taste better? A recent eBenchmarks study (hat tip, Katya
Make Your Bacn Taste Better Read More »
In the battle of the social networks, LinkedIn is now the second-most popular online social network in the U.S. in terms of Web traffic. Facebook remains number one. This milestone comes after LinkedIn reached 100 million members in March 2011 helping it go public in May 2011. Now, LinkedIn adds about a million more members
Has Your Generosity LinkedIn? Read More »
Image by Gualtiero It’s better to let your supporters connect with you on their terms, not yours. Sure, you have acquisition goals, but those should never be more important than the trust you’re fostering with your constituents. You really want them to join your email list, but they’d rather connect with you as a fan
Connect With Fans on THEIR Terms Read More »
Jocelyn Harmon of Care2 spoke at the Nonprofit 2.0 unconference in June in Washington, DC, on the critical importance of having solid email lists to direct traffic to dedicated landing pages during online fundraising campaigns. She notes that while these two things may not sound exciting, they will help make your campaign successful by making
VIDEO: The Need for Solid Email Lists and Landing Pages Read More »
Today’s Social Media for Nonprofits conference in Washington, DC featured a stellar list of speakers and local voices. The purpose of the conference was practical tips, tools and approaches to be more effective online with social media. Michael Smith, Case Foundation Michael Smith, Case Foundation’s Sr. VP for Social Innovation, said Case has three Twitter
Live Blog from Social Media for Nonprofits Conference Read More »
