Corporations, small businesses, nonprofits, and even some individuals brand themselves with a specific set of colors and a type font or two and a logo. Usually those entities want the general public to use their logo, etc, as such use can mean free publicity. And certainly in the world of blogs and social networks we […]
#SOCIALNETWORKS: Unifying Your Strategy By Diversifying These 5 Key Points
As we move into the second half of 2012, especially into planning for the fund-raising campaigns of the holiday season, nonprofits also should do a checkup on the face they are presenting on their social networks. Get yourself in the mood to question, re-align, edit… and then get into your Facebook account. The folks at […]
#FUNDRAISING: Facebook Gives Pages & Apps To Nonprofits (Zuckerberg Gives Cash)
Facebook’s power on the social-networks scene need hardly be introduced, and thousands of nonprofits and charities have tapped into that power to expand and support their good work. But has the company offered any of its billions to those nonprofits and charities? Facebook, like Apple, does not have a philanthropic foundation like some other corporations, […]
#HOWTO: Connect Your Facebook Page & Your WordPress Blog For Seamless Outreach
Last week Facebook and WordPress announced a plugin that will link both social-media platforms: posts on your nonprofit’s WP blog will be updated in your nonprofit’s Facebook Timeline, and your blog entries can have ‘Like’ and ‘Recommend’ buttons on them. One of the great things about the WordPress blogging platform is indeed the plugin feature: […]
#SOCIALNETWORKS: NTEN 2012 Report Shows Real ROI Growth Over Past Year
Okay, so you have been developing your nonprofit’s presence on the staples of social media new for a couple of years. Facebook page? Check. Twitter account? Sure. But how much time do you want to put into keeping up with those outlets? Has your organization seen any growth in volunteers or donors thanks to the […]
#SOCIALMEDIA: Facebook & WordPress Join Forces To Connect Blogging With Timeline
For some time one could link one’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, so that if your nonprofit updated its Facebook page, a tweet would automatically be generated − and vice versa. If your organization had a blog running the WordPress platform (as does MKCREATIVEmedia), you could install a plugin that auto-tweets your posts. And if your auto-tweets […]
#INTERVIEW: John Haydon, Founder of Inbound Zombie, Shares Insights on Nonprofit Marketing
John Haydon is the founder of Inbound Zombie, a social media marketing firm based in Cambridge, MA. He is also a partner at the SocialBrite consulting group, a partner at Charityhowto.com, co-founder of 501 Mission Place, and the author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies. The interview was conducted by Don Akchin, a principal of Nonprofit […]
#SM4NP: How Is Facebook’s Timeline Doing In Drawing New Traffic?
Now that the Timeline feature has been up-and-out on Facebook’s individual and on organizational and business pages for a week or so, people are starting to dig into the metrics about how useful and/or successful Timeline has been. The proof of most things Facebook is in the metrics of those who visit and interact with […]