A couple of weeks ago, the entertainment-streaming service Netflix realigned its offerings to give customers the choices of having a streaming-only service, a DVD-only service, or a combination of the two – all at a notable price hike from last September’s more modest rise. The company found itself in a social-media mine field as its […]
#Marketing: Netflix Blows Its Public Goodwill In Announcing Price Increases
The title of this post requires some parsing: the blowback Netflix has received with its 60% price hikes in its on-demand and DVD media services comes less from the price increases but in its ham-fisted announcing of those increases (note the 5000+ responses to the blog post linked to above). Last week we discussed the angry, reactionary, […]
#Social Networking: Netflix Losing Control of Social-Network Goodwill
This author is not a Netflix subscriber. The draw of the story about the media-streaming service raising its rates by over 60% earlier this week (a raise that will not have an impact on current subscribers until the fall) is how Netflix’s subscribers jumped all over the service via their social networks and Facebook. Netflix runs the […]
#Development: Should You be Focused On Donor Retention Rather Than Acquisition?
The Agitator blog asked Agitator readers a simple question: What percentage of your nonprofit’s 1st time donors make a second gift? The final results of their survey show: 32% — less than 30 percent converted 29% — 30-39 percent converted 22% — 40-49 percent converted 17% — 50 percent or more converted […]
Tech: Public & Private Clouds Could Be Heavenly
Though security remains a concern that catches the headlines, recent surveys clearly demonstrate the fact that businesses of all sized are heading toward cloud computing to share information and to house data and software. The scalability and flexibility of using such networked storage and configuration are just too inviting. What is also becoming ever clearer […]
Marketing: Copywriting and Design Strategies for Better Donor Newsletters
Fundraising copywriter Lisa Sargent and designer Sandie Collette, of S.Collette Design, discuss how copywriting and design go hand-in-hand to make a Dublin-based charity’s newsletter overhaul a success. Discover the strategies that helped make it happen in this case study of a nonprofit newsletter. Click here for the full article. Guest blogger Don Akchin writes frequently […]
Resources: Nonprofit Report, White Paper & eBook Round-up
Lori Halley at the The Wild Apricot Blog provides a useful summary of six recently published research reports, white papers, e-books and guides that might be of interest to non-profit and membership organizations. 2011 Millennial Donors Report Pew Internet and Family Life Project 2010 Nonprofit IT Staffing & Spending Report Social CRM for Associations […]
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