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Food Bank Bags $15k with Cause Marketing, Social Media

Selfish Giving

I love examples of local cause marketing, especially when they involve social media. He and his wife are local supporters of the food bank and he came up with the idea of having a social media challenge with the charity. You might be thinking. Massage Envy has 600 locations nationwide. Like” the food bank’s Facebook Page ($5).

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Digital Storytelling with VoiceThread: Create a Collaborative Multi-Media Presentation

Wild Apricot

VoiceThread, named one of Webware's top 100 web apps for 2008, is an online media album tool that lets a group of people easily add their comments to a collection of images, videos, and documents. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech online community Video collaboration media. read more ).

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Social Media for Revenue or Volunteers? Maybe Not

Tech Soup

The results of two new surveys paint a bleak picture of the effectiveness of social media for fundraising and volunteer recruitment. The survey is based on responses from about 200 mid-sized nonprofits (defined as having revenues between $1 and $5 million annually) between July 2008 and March 2009.

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Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts

Tech Soup

Even if you pay only glancing attention to news about technology and social media, you've probably heard something about their uses during disaster response and relief efforts.

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Avoid the 3 Biggest Mistakes of Fundraising in a Recession

The Fundraising Coach

The media is full of stories about how this Covid-19 coronavirus is impacting the economy. In my time as a nonprofit fundraiser, we've seen recessions related to the dot-com bust, the 9/11 attacks, and the housing market implosion around 2008 and 2009. Gatherings are getting canceled. People are self-quarantining.

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Why Every Cause Marketer Should Buy Facebook Marketing for Dummies

Selfish Giving

He and I have been friends since we met on Twitter in 2008. Facebook is by far the most dominant social media platform for cause marketing. He has incredible knowledge of Facebook marketing. I’m lucky because I don’t need this book as much you do. I have John. If I have a question about Facebook, I just call him.

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Digital Fundraising Ideas As The Election Approaches

The NonProfit Times

In fact, charitable giving increased in nine of the past 10 election years — the only exception being the Great Recession year of 2008. Don’t turn off media, but you should adjust your budgets accordingly to maintain results. *