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Published on Thursday, June 30, 2011 by BrennaYoung
According to a recent study from Achieve and JGA 93% of surveyed Millennials gave to nonprofit organizations in 2010. By definition this is a particularly philanthropic generation. However, they do want to know and trust the organizations they donate to and they have every tool at their fingertips to do research on your organization (internet, social media, etc). So h... Read More »
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Published on Thursday, May 12, 2011 by BrennaYoung
Seth Godin wrote a very interesting article on the fear of philanthropy. To sum it up, he says that if you do not let people know how much is enough (in terms of a donation amount) they will fear never giving enough and then avoid this dilemma altogether by opting not to give at all. By communicating an amount that lets prospects know their donation is enough you both... Read More »
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Published on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 by BrennaYoung
If you are a B2B email marketer looking for ways to improve your tactics you are not alone. According to an article on Marketing Profs B2B email marketers are looking for improvements in almost every aspect of their email marketing campaigns. Here are 3 steps to help you improve your B2B email marketing:
Focus on what’s important. Is your data up to date? Is yo... Read More »
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Published on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by BrennaYoung
I recently came across a great article in Entrepreneur magazine titled Five Signs You Need a Marketing Makeover. The article made some great points but I wanted to apply this to fundraising because I think it’s just as important for nonprofits to consider these points too. So what are 5 signs it’s time to revamp your fundraising tactics?
You brand is not b... Read More »
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Published on Friday, March 25, 2011 by BrennaYoung
Contrary to popular belief print is not dead. It may not be the same as it was even just a few years ago but it is certainly not dead. In fact, it is actually becoming more fascinating and growing in its power to be influential. It has evolved into more of an art form than it ever has been before which creates incredible opportunity as a marketing tool.
I’ve writ... Read More »
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Published on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 by BrennaYoung
The other day my sister, an iPhone user, was looking at a picture on my dad's cell phone and out of instinct tried to zoom in on the picture by spreading her fingers across the screen. She was unsuccessful in doing so given that my dad has an older phone that does not have this feature but it brought up an interesting point - people's expectations and comfort with tec... Read More »
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Published on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 by BrennaYoung
There’s been some talk of email possibly disappearing forever due to the rising use of social media. But will social media ever be able to replace email entirely? In short, I think the response to that is no. I do not think that is even close to the reality of what will happen. I read an article recently on Mashable that is more in line with what I think is going to... Read More »
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Published on Thursday, March 10, 2011 by BrennaYoung
In our world, we work very closely with many companies in the B2B world that are concerned with the benefits and validity of integrating social media into their business and marketing plans. For the past two years, we have been working on educating our clients on the power of social media and that, yes, it does have a fit in the B2B world. I received an e-mail wit... Read More »
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Published on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 by BrennaYoung
If you had to guess which kind of company was more active in the social media world which would you chose - B2C or B2B companies? First instinct would probably tell you B2C because individual consumers are more in tune to social media than companies, however, this is not the case. A B2B Social Media Benchmarking Study found that B2B companies are more active in their ... Read More »