Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Pollak, My name is Joe Waters and I’m a local cause marketer who writes the blog Selfishgiving.com. I got a great response on my blog and Twitter, and wanted to share with the Mayor and you what my readers suggested. Here’s a copy of the email I sent her this morning. You can read more about cause marketing here.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 4, 2010

After I started my blog, Selfish Giving , in 2004, Carol was a frequent visitor and to this day she still reads all my newsletters (which is more than can I say for my real mother). She also invited me to her office a couple years ago to talk about blogging and cause marketing. . “Wow, what a good idea!&# , I thought.

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Selfish Giving

JULY 30, 2009

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. One of the additions I’m pushing for on the new development web site is a blog. After talking to a number of people I really believe that blogging is a key strategy for nonprofits.

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Selfish Giving

JULY 12, 2010

A lot of people come to my blog for cause marketing advice, but Tricia Wilkerson, Senior Marketing Specialists at Conifer Health Solutions, found inspiration. And we’re happy to report that we have already seen cards being “redeemed” for charities. What other programs are out there? Do we have to adjust it? If so, how?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

published its first blog post. I would have been happy with couple hundred visitors a week, but a year later Nonprofit Tech 2.0 In fact, what I have discovered over the last year is that blogging was the missing piece in my social media strategy. 10 Most Popular Blog Posts :: Year One: Views. Keep up the good work.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

It’s an activity that is part of someone’s job — or it’s something that is tag-teamed by multiple people. I’m happy to help you identify your needs and give you advice on finding the right consultant. Often, that’s all you need. And they can often do it for a lower cost than a firm. Still need help?

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 15, 2011

Happy Friday! If you’ve been reading a lot of nonprofit communications blogs, you know storytelling should be a big part of your communications plan. RAD Blog will be hosting this month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival and is taking submissions now. You can find the lists tagged Friday Futures.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 7, 2010

Happy Friday! And Happy Mother’s Day to all of you Moms out there. NTEN has compiled all the great stuff (presentations, blog posts, etc.) Happy Friday! And Happy Mother’s Day to all of you Moms out there. Tags: Mixed Links Nonprofit Communications. Two Studies on Generations and Giving.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

When you are happy with your VA’s work, let them know! Manage your communication calendar: Your communication calendar should track your email marketing communications, blog posts, and social media posts. Post blog articles: When you finish a blog article, send it to your VA for proofing and posting. Tasks Your VA Can Do.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2010

Social networking communities are migrant communities, but that’s another blog post. I am happy to report that Facebook has authenticated the Nonprofit Organizations Page and the Page is now officially “Official&#. Tags: Facebook. This was a Facebook litmus test for me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 16, 2012

In general, your supporters have minimal interest in downloading a budget-friendly app that only includes a news or blog feed, a link to your YouTube Channel, and “Donate” option. For an app to be successful, it needs to be useful and well-designed and that’s a financial and creative challenge for most nonprofits.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Happy Friday to you all! PR Newswire is offering subscribers of this blog a very affordable rate of $69 for a web release. Check out this blog post by my assistant (and little sister), Kristina Leroux Brown: Tip Of The Day: Add Subject Line and More to Your Email Links to find out how. Happy Friday to you all!

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Fundraising Coach

MARCH 8, 2009

Saw this on Beth Kanter’s blog post Generation Generosity. Goodness And Happiness - Why Generosity Is The Future Of Marketing Strategy. tags: digital planning ). View more presentations from neilperkin. Learn how you can raise serious money in a full-day fundraising seminar you can download right to your desk!

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 1, 2009

How many blogs cover the field, 3 or 4? Sure, mine and Paul Jones’ blogs are fabulous–we know–but there’s room for more, lots more. Tags: Cause Marketer's Journal #cmf09 cause marketing cause marketing forum conference cause-related marketing. Our annual conference should have over 1,000 attendees.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

Watch later today for an interview that Katya Andresen did with me for The Nonprofit Marketing Blog (update: here it is ). And for those of you in the DC area, don’t forget the Happy Hour/Book Party near Dupont Circle on Friday from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. I’ll be showing up on Frogloop and SocialFish later this week too.

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The Agitator

AUGUST 12, 2009

Always happy to see strategy at the top of a list like this.]. Email trends and best practices — consumer email use is evolving with social media, networks, communities and blogs. Here’s an abridged list of what Loren says the successful email marketer really needs to know [with my comments from the peanut gallery]: 1.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 26, 2009

Happy Friday! The next edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival (founded by yours truly) is coming up and the theme is nonprofit technology. Here’s how to submit your blog post (deadline today!). Happy Friday! Here’s how to submit your blog post (deadline [.].

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Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I asked Sandy Rees from GetFullyFunded.com to do this guest blog post. Don’t put an Ask in those cards – simply thank your donors and wish them Happy Holidays. She wrote a great book on fundraising letters. If you haven’t thought of your year end appeal, read this post of her ideas & then create your strategy!

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 26, 2010

Jeff Brooks at Future Fundraising Now is hosting the next Nonprofit Blog Carnival with an April Fool’s theme, so I decided to share with you those times during my week when I am most likely to think, “This is a joke, right?&#. This happens several times a week, as I review the email that comes from my blog’s contact form.

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Fundraising Coach

JUNE 30, 2009

For many readers of this blog, today is the end of the fiscal year. I know a client that used to bring a dozen donuts to work and shout “Happy New Year!&# Congratulations! You’ve made it! What are you doing to celebrate? We live in a fast paced world. And our organization’s financial needs are insatiable. to his co-workers.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 3, 2009

Shannon, a new director of communications at a nonprofit, has decided to blog the first 100 days of his new job, using “ The First 100 Days in Your New Nonprofit Marketing Job &# e-book I released in January as a guide. Gordon Barnes runs a blog with communications and PR jobs in the DC area , many with nonprofits, associations, etc.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I did a quick review of my traffic stats for this blog and here are the top ten most visited posts, ending with the most popular: If Social Networking Isn’t Marketing, Why Bother? What Type of Blog Should Your Nonprofit Write? Why are you reading this blog? Happy New Year! Tags: Nonprofit Communications.

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 7, 2009

Anyone who follows my blog knows that I’m a big fan of point of sale programs , and with good reason. And, of course, I wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year! Tags: Cause Practices cause-related marketing boston bruins cause marketing changeroundup.com resolutions mgive. Move beyond point of sale.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2009

You probably already have a digital camera, so bring it to work and start taking some happy snaps of the fine folks doing great work for your good cause. Get them up on your cool, newsy blog. We’ll talk about photos for blogs, photos for e-newsletters, photos, photos, photos! Send them to your board members. So many ideas!

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Getting Attention

APRIL 1, 2009

So happy today to announce the launch of Nonprofit Marketing & Fundraising Zone. Here's what "the Zone" will do for you: Help you find and organize current and relevant content on nonprofit marketing and fundraising from blogs, news sources and other Web sites. Stimulate new connections with colleagues in the field.

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The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

• It knows how many followers you have on Twitter, how many friends you have on Facebook, how many people read your blog. I’m happy to report that at DonorTrends we’ve taken an important first step in helping you find the most “cloutful&# among your donors, activists and volunteers.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 5, 2009

Happy New Year! I’ll be available to answer your questions live on my blog this Friday, January 9, from 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Just come to the blog homepage and you’ll see a live chat window where you can enter your questions. Tags: Nonprofit Communications questions office hours. Eastern (10:00 a.m.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 3, 2010

I’d be happy to create a program like that for you, but I need to know exactly what YOU want out of it. If you are getting this blog post via email, you can reply to that email as well. Tags: Online Courses Professional Development. . “Hey, Kivi , what about us? That’s a great question! Get the Details Here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

That said, promote your “Start A Fundraising Page&# link [ View Example ] on your website, in your email newsletter, on your MySpace profile, your Facebook Page, and your blog. All you need to is ask them to fundraise for your organization and your core supporters will be more than happy to oblige. Grab Web 2.0 View Example ].

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Or they might do the online equivalent, such as placing one of your fundraising widgets on their own blogs and emailing all of their friends about you. Keep your fans happy, give them reason to cheer, and help them spread their enthusiasm to others. They Believe They Matter. Attend the webinar and find out. Download your copy today.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 7, 2009

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment on the blog, and maybe you’ll end up in Chapter 1! I’d much rather see a nonprofit spend a day writing blog posts and uploading photos or videos than writing a press release and calling a scattershot list of reporters about it. Leave a comment on the blog.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Happy Friday! Sidebar to those of you who aren’t exactly sure what a podcast is: It’s just an audio recording that you can subscribe to if you want, like a blog, so you can get future editions too automatically. Tags: Nonprofit Communications Mixed Links. Using Social Media (and Looking Good While Doing It).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I’m happy to read through the chat and kind of see them. What they didn’t do that I wish they had done, and we talked about this, is tag either your board members, tag volunteers, or tag specific people that you want to pay attention to this, because they’re your followers already, and then they will start to see it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

This is the seventh post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. They do read and often will read very long captions, even articles or blog posts copied and pasted directly into Instagram. Tag Partners and Corporate Sponsors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 24, 2022

In this blog post, TapKat shares their top 10 best practices for launching and promoting successful online sweepstakes. For instance, if your prize is an amazing sports car, reach out to car fanatic blogs that will allow you to write a guest post about the sweepstakes. 1) Choose a Great Sweepstakes Prize.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

Informing and educating the public by attracting new visitors to blog posts, videos, and PDF resources. Have Google Analytics installed on your website (ideally, we recommend installing Google Tag Manage r as well). For example, one account might have campaigns for “Programs”, “Blog”, “Volunteering”, “Advocacy” and so forth.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Steven: But now you’re back home, which I’m very happy for you because I was worried about you. The Veritas Group, if you don’t subscribe to their blog, you should because their blog is all about major gifts. And they put together an awesome blog. Subscribe to their blog or their newsletter.

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