Tag Archives: marketing

Toolkit: Getting Great Turnout for Your Events

Dave Charest. who operates the website DaveCharest.Com, proives ‘Wicked Smaht’ Marketing Tips for Indie Artists. Do you know what it means to break the seal? If you’ve spent any time at the pub, I’m sure you do. Once you make that first trip to the bathroom. You find yourself returning again and again. And do [...]

Pinterest’s Rite Of Web Passage-Huge Traffic, No Revenue

Andy Schwartzman of  Media Access Project shared this Wall Street Journal article on Pinterest today. If you haven’t heard of Pinterest, you likely will soon.  Traffic to the website-which lets users create online scrapbooks to share images of projects or coveted products-has grown tenfold over the past six months. In January, the number of visitors [...]

Hot off the Presses: Nonprofit Marketing Wisdom Guide

Nancy E. Schwartz, Publisher, Getting Attention Blog & E-news shared her new Nonprofit Marketing Wisdom Guide. Subscribe to her newsletter, here. First of all, let me thank you for all of the questions, stories and feedback you share with me on an ongoing basis. It’s your input that makes it possible for me to cover [...]

Media Advocacy: Plan First!

Third Sector New England posted this timely article by Kristen Saulnier, Communications Assistant. Effective media advocacy campaigns start with an advocacy plan. A roadmap for creating this plan was provided by the Progressive Communicators Network’s Tom Louie to attendees at the Be the Media! mini-conference on November 30, 2011. According to Louie, planning for a campaign [...]

Take NTEN’s 2012 Social Media Survey

Annaliese Hoehling, Publications Director for NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network shared this invitation to complete the 4th annual Social Media Survey. Common Knowledge, and Blackbaud invite you to take part in a survey about how nonprofits use online social networks. In addition to helping shed light on this important topic, you’ll be able to enter [...]

Do you qualify for the Technology Leadership Academy?

Brett Meyer, Communications Director for NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network asked us to share this exciting opportunity with you: We’re excited to announce that the Technology Leadership Academy is returning in 2012. Even better, thanks to the generous support of Google and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, we’re able to offer the Academy at no [...]

Is Your Organization’s Online Image In Line With Current Law?

Is “Liking” a candidate on Facebook an endorsement from your 501(c)3 organization? The Media and Democracy Coalition and the Alliance for Justice will host a call on February 16th at 3 p.m. EST to discuss the recently released publication Influencing Public Policy in the Digital Age: The Law of Online Lobbying and Election Related Activities. [...]

News: Arts & Culture Campus to Enhance Economy in St. Johnsbury

Vermont Business Magazine’s vermontbiz e-news reported this on January 3, 2012. Four St Johnsbury nonprofits—Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury Academy and Catamount Arts—will jointly promote the combined arts-and-culture resources that exist within their organizations and develop new opportunities for collaboration to enhance St. Johnsbury’s cultural climate and creative economy. The group [...]

Video: Freshen up Your Communications Plan for 2012

Do you have a communications plan? If so, do you use it? Is there more you can do to increase your visibility and make a difference? Welcome 2012 with a boost for your marketing and outreach work with this year’s first Media Maven. Join your nonprofit and activist colleagues for an engaging learning and networking opportunity.
Thursday, January 19th – 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Toolkit: 7 Social Media Tips in 7 Minutes

Common Good Vermont’s Lauren-Glenn Davitian moderated  “7 Social Media Tips in 7 Minutes” at the annual Women’s Economic Opportunity Conference, Saturday, December 10th,  put together by Senator Leahy’s staff with strong partnerships from Vermont economic development organizations. Rocio Clark of Applecheek Farms talked about how she uses Facebook and Twitter to develop relationships with her neighbors, [...]