Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 29, 2020

As we continue to switch our fundraising, events, and work to digital platforms, don’t forget to keep your volunteers involved too. People are stuck at home right now and feeling bored, afraid, and isolated. But, are there organizations that you work closely with, or that work with a similar population?

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With this information, you can be designing an effective search experience that helps your customers buy from your store. Also, you can work on your navigation menus to help your visitors through your pages and product categories. Home Page Personalization. Working on Your Social Media. See how it works.

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Selfish Giving

JULY 30, 2009

Not only did you offer some great support and tips, but the 24 comments I got were real evidence that social media really does work! I owe you all a Starbucks, which I’m happy to buy you when you come to visit me at my home store on 627 Tremont Street, Boston. But a blog is also a lot of fricken work too.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Another ideal time for posting on Instagram is between 4 pm and 6 pm when most people are heading home from work. Also, if you have a blog or website, you should consider adding clickable links that will direct your site’s visitors to your Instagram. But, these are simply general recommendations. We want to help.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

It may make sense to hire someone to give you that help, especially if that person has the skills you need and can work remotely. A virtual assistant is an independent contractor who provides services for clients while working from their home office. What you need is a nonprofit virtual assistant or VA. Nor should you.

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Getting Attention

APRIL 23, 2014

As nonprofit communicators, we all know what it’s like to try to find balance in our work despite competing priorities, multiple teams and never-ending deadlines. A process for every project : Creating our own templates in Asana enabled us to take the guesswork out of the work. I shared my favorite (free!*)

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 16, 2010

They distract the audience from what I really want them to do: go to my blog, which I always talk about in my presentation. At my blog, people can find answers to their questions–without bombarding me with emails–and can connect with me six different ways.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2014

As the organization’s primary copywriter and copy editor, Rachel oversees Trevor’s unique, youth-focused, and affirming voice while coordinating external communications, publications, blog opportunities, and more. Mmm… Since our team is bi-coastal, we use this time to touch-base on the various projects we are all working on.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 22, 2020

We all use insider terms at work, but those rarely make good keywords. So, I might search for “dogs for adoption in Lincoln” to narrow my search and find my new friend close to home. To start, let’s talk about your main headline on a page, or the <h1> tag. Use these best practice tips to write <h1>s that work: .

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Last month Rob Wu, CEO of CauseVox , shared tips he learned from some successful peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. We’ve outlined six simple steps to starting your first peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, with a few examples from Shower Strike ’s campaign on CauseVox, our peer-to-peer fundraising platform. Candace Cody. Set A Goal.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Think of it this way—your social media, blog, email, auction catalog, your ambassadors (or peer-to-peer fundraisers), and social media followers work in tandem to promote your event, raise awareness, and create excitement for your auction. Work smarter not harder! Highlight top fundraisers and tag them in posts.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JUNE 20, 2021

Being a solo SEO professional is different from having a full-fledged search marketing team. Encourage your SEO team to consider the following tips when working on a keyword strategy. So, if the eCommerce site has a pillar page related to fitness equipment, the cluster pages could be related to – Fitness equipment for home gyms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2010

I have sneaking suspicion that the merged example in this blog post is a glimpse of the new Pages that are launching this week. For those of you who do not have an iPhone, here’s how to add your nonprofit to Facebook Places from your laptop, desktop or any smartphone browser: 1) Go to touch.facebook.com and login. It does work.

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The Killoe Group

MARCH 14, 2023

Unlike the lesson from “Field of Dreams,” just because an event is built, doesn’t mean that contributors will come or that donations will flood in. In order for it to be a success, the event needs to be marketed effectively before, during, and even after all of the guests have gone home. Now, speaking of event day….

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Care2

AUGUST 2, 2010

I treasured (and still do) the vitality and vibrancy of blogging to generate succinct, timely content and discussions. org blog to complement our long-form e-news articles. Social media is practically all you hear from marketing experts and nonprofit leaders alike. Tags: Online Marketing Social Networking Trends.

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 7, 2009

Yesterday was the first day everyone from the team was back in the office from the holidays so it was a good time to catch up about our cause marketing resolutions for 2009. The good news is it worked. Two of three partners we recruited for the program were new and one of them, Lowes Home Improvement, is a major hit for us!

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Sea Change Strategies

AUGUST 6, 2010

Network for Good posted a free eBook called How to Raise a Lot More Money Now – 50 Great Ideas from 11 top Experts. Get bite-size advice and tips from leading experts in social media for social change. Beneficiaries of your work are assigned new donors to personally thank on behalf of the cause. Tags: General Interest.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

As you get your online fundraising programs in place and start connecting with people through social media, the liklihood that you will raise money not only within your home state, but in multiple states, goes up. the author of Charity Registration: State-by-State Guidelines for Compliance , to provide this guest blog post for you.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I’ve been gone more than I’ve been home in the past 2 weeks. These days, we all work so fast that it’s easy to get behind. We put so much pressure on ourselves to work hard and fast, that when we take time out of our offices, things pile up. I’d love to hear from you. And that’s okay.

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Getting Attention

JULY 29, 2009

NetSquared.org, the "online landing pad for social changemakers leveraging technology for social change" has been working hard on the redesign of its website. NetSquared has excelled in engaging site users in shaping its redesign, a powerful strategy to ensure your site works for your base and reinforces their loyalty.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JULY 2, 2010

If you are at work today, you deserve a little bonus! You’ll learn about making the pieces of your online marketing program work together; how to build your email and social media lists; how to write for the web, email, and social media; and how to best use Facebook and Twitter. Website Home Pages. We’ll cover.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

How it works for nonprofits: This is a chance for you to link all of your social media profiles into one and give your constituents a real understanding of what makes your organization tick. You won’t want to use it for everything, but this works especially well for small projects. Basically, About.me That’s where Delicious comes in.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

The Furniture Bank has a website , a blog , an email newsletter, a Facebook page and a Twitter account. We talked about the beauty of a CMS, Wordpress in particular, and I showed them how easy it is to update your site by making a quick change to the Nonprofit Marketing Guide home page. Another can go on the blog.

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 11, 2009

On to the home page. Online fundraising appeals – the home page featured a classic Donate button as well as an appeal currently based on Asia/Pacific natural disasters. One, essentially a music video featuring work on a Habitat project cut to a song by Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, has had over one million views over two years.

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 13, 2009

If you’re lucky enough to know Charity:Water exists (38 million direct Google hits says someone does), one can proceed to assess the website … Online fundraising appeals — a fundraising appeal dominates the home page; there is also a less prominent merchadise offer. Very compelling. Can’t ask for more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Blog: pancan.org/blog. 1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2) 2) Interaction and response from postings (i.e. Averaging 3,000 referrals per week to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. gid=104492.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

If not, I’ll be sharing some of the “best of&# here on the blog and on Twitter (follow me @kivilm ). Learn more about following the conference from afar. After lunch, I’m co-hosting the Marketing and Fundraising Meet and Greet from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. You can pre-order it from Amazon now.).

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

By working the basics of a good marketing strategy: Defining their audience, creating a message that resonates with that audience, and delivering the message through channels their audience already trusts and uses. Defining the Audience: Moms with Kids at Home. I think the message works for two reasons.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I’ve been working as a volunteer board member with Positive Wellness Alliance (PWA), a small nonprofit that serves low-income people with HIV/AIDS, to incorporate more storytelling and more gratitude into their donor communications. Now here’s the second reason, and the one that really drives home the power of this approach.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

APRIL 7, 2024

Top Sides Hustles For Graphic Designers For Extra Income [2024] Are you a Graphic Designer and looking for the Top Side Hustles you can do from home ? Blogging and Affiliate Marketing 2. Blogging and Affiliate Marketing For graphic designers looking to diversify their income streams, exploring side hustles can be a game-changer.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 16, 2009

Twelve-year old-Mimi Ausland from Bend, Oregon has provided over 50 tons of food to needy animals in shelters through two websites she created. Judith Sol-Dyess was touched by the people she saw who lived at the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, where she works as the Sr. Although the building is her office, for many it is their home.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" I followed with a post to our blog , Facebook pages, Twitter and an email blast.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2010

. $25-50 isn’t much to lose if the ad doesn’t increase your fan base, but if it does result in 50 new fans, just a couple of small donations from your new fans over time could easily cover the cost of running the ad. They have heavily promoted Facebook on their websites and blogs, at events and conferences. on Facebook.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JULY 31, 2009

Most of us spend every waking moment tending to kids, careers and home care. While their cause seems worthy, they are projecting an image that detracts and distracts from their work. The good news is that with blogging and other inexpensive web software you can create a good-looking website that is also easy to update.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 14, 2023

How To Write Great Blog Post Titles [AI Tools Included] Do you want to attract more readers? Your Blog Post Titles can make or break your Content Marketing Efforts. Multiple pieces of research show that having a great Blog Post Title can increase your traffic by hundreds of percentages. Some even state 500%+.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

We’re going to save a little bit of time at the end for Q&A, but we’d love to hear from you. But the bottom line is we would love to hear from you over the next hour or so. . But luckily you get to hear from Lori, not me, and she is a billion times smarter than I am. So use that chat box. Use that Q&A box.

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the pandemic continues, most nonprofit workplaces will become a combination of virtual and on-site work. Smaller nonprofits that might have board members from many different geographic locations have probably hosted hybrid board meetings. 3: Consider how hybrid work schedules will influence meeting design & group dynamics.

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