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5 Things You Must Do Before Building Your Nonprofit Website
If you're planning on building a new nonprofit website or you're planning on updating your existing nonprofit website, I have five things I need you to do that will save you thousands of dollars and hours of your time.
5 Signs Your Nonprofit Website Needs a Refresh
If you want to build a website that consistently attracts and converts supporters to your mission, you need to understand these five critical warning signs that your current site is holding you back.
In this episode, learn how to evaluate your nonprofit website's performance using these five key indicators. Plus, you'll discover the specific actions you can take to transform your website from a digital ghost town into a dynamic hub that drives real results.
Nonprofit Marketing Goals & Objectives
Setting effective nonprofit marketing goals and objectives can be a daunting task. There are so many numbers to look at! In this video, I’ll show you the three categories you should look at and outline what numbers you can safely ignore.
Nonprofit Storytelling for Board Members
Your nonprofit board members are the best free marketing channel that your nonprofit can utilize. If you want to empower your nonprofit board members or trustees to advocate on behalf of your mission, you need to equip them with simple best practices in your nonprofit storytelling. Watch the video to learn all four.
Nonprofit Storytelling Best Practices
Your ability to tell a compelling story is directly proportional to your ability to inspire your donors, volunteers, and clients to act. Mastering the art of storytelling can help you capture the hearts and minds of your ideal supporters. If you want to know what makes a great story for your nonprofit marketing-communications, watch this episode.
The 3 Most-Effective Nonprofit Marketing Strategies You Must Use in 2022
The marketing landscape has changed, and too many nonprofits are relying on old marketing strategies to reach new donors and volunteers. If you want to know what nonprofit marketing-communications tactics are working right now in 2022, watch this episode. You’ll learn the three most-effective strategies and tips for getting started with them right away so you can rest easy knowing your outreach is attracting new supporters.
7 Things to Ask Before You Hire a Nonprofit Marketing Consultant
If you’re looking for help with your nonprofit marketing or want to hire a consultant who will really deliver, watch this episode. You’ll learn seven important questions to ask yourself and your consultant. This will help them be more effective and will help you manage your limited marketing budget well.
Nonprofit Marketing Trends 2022
If you're not doing at least three of these marketing activities in 2022, you run the risk of being left behind. In this episode, learn the five top marketing trends for nonprofits and how to use them to grow your donor base and inspire new volunteers so that you can focus on your mission.
5 things you must do before writing your nonprofit marketing plan
If you’re operating your nonprofit without a marketing plan, you’re leaving money on the table. In this episode, learn the five things you need to measure and evaluate before writing your nonprofit marketing plan. This will help you be more effective with the time and resources you have and ultimately reach more people.
5 Reasons why your nonprofit marketing plan isn’t working (and how to fix it)
Are you struggling to get more people engaged with your nonprofit, and things seem to be stuck? In this episode, learn what might be wrong with your nonprofit marketing plan and how to get your marketing-communications back on track so that you can focus on your mission.
5 lessons I learned in 2020
2020 was a year. Here are the lessons that I learned personally and professionally.
Don't know what to post on social media?
Don't know what to post on social media? It happens to the best of us—a busy day goes by and we realize we didn't post anything on social media! That problem is a thing of the past with these three strategies on what to post.
How to make your nonprofit stand out
The Distinction Framework is a more approachable and unique way for you to describe the programs and services that are part of your mission without needing to compare your organization to another.
How to inspire your visitors to action with audience-specific website pages
Learn a simple framework to create pages for your donors, volunteers, and clients that make a big impact.
How to write headlines that get noticed
Headlines are critical for success in copywriting because they do one important task: they grab attention. Learn how to craft headlines that get noticed.
5 Principles for Effective Nonprofit Copywriting
Humans have been communicating through language for millennia. Learn how to connect to your audience’s hearts and minds with these helpful strategies.
5 tips to show your donors some love
Most nonprofits struggle in fundraising because they approach it as a checklist item that occurs once or twice a year. Instead, you should focus on building relationships all year long so that when the time comes for an annual campaign, your donors and supporters are ready to give from their hearts and their wallets.
Five FREE ways to drive traffic to your nonprofit website
Gone are the days when we could launch a website and receive traffic by virtue of having a website. Just like a brick-and-mortar business, your website needs proven tactics to get people in the door, or eyeballs on your page.
3 things I learned launching my own website
Updating your website can feel like a full time job. Read on for the 3 things I learned launching my own website so you can be prepared for any hiccups that happen.
Nonprofit website prelaunch checklist
Launching your website is the final step in getting your nonprofit online. Here are 11 don’t-miss tips to help your website launch go smoothly.