9 Steps to an Awesome Website
We’re very excited to let you know of the publication of our first eBook, entitled, “Failing to Plan Is Planning to Fail: 9 Ways to Save Money, Launch Sooner, and Dramatically Boost the Effectiveness of Your Website.” It focuses on nonprofits, but its lessons apply more broadly. Even if this isn’t of interest to you currently, perhaps you have friends that can benefit. It would be great if you’d send them a link. We wrote the... Read More
Your Mother Was Right About Facebook
No, not that time she insisted you should be paranoid about tagging photos of yourself at “all the wrong parties,” or how you should never let strangers know that you aren’t home. (Although, hey, be smart.) She was right about asking other people for help. See, when you were a kid and you couldn’t accomplish something at school, your mother didn’t tell you to give up, did she? No, she told you to ask for help. Maybe... Read More
3 Reasons Inbound Marketing is Critical for Nonprofits
Some rights reserved by CCAC North Library (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccacnorthlib/) Last night I attended an event with 40 or so other marketers put on by the American Marketing Association of Baltimore. Matt Doud, founder of Baltimore-based ad agency Planit Advertising, led a discussion about lessons learned in the ad agency world over the past decade. Three key points stuck with me: Advertising (or marketing) is storytelling. Specifically,... Read More
