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6 Steps to Get the Press to Tell Your Story

NonProfit Hub

Even so, getting attention from the shrinking, but highly diversified, press pool still takes persistence and creativity. Here are 6 steps to get the press to tell your story: 1. Reporters do not wait at their desks for press releases to arrive. Writers, bloggers, and reporters work on deadlines. Start small.

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Share Your Posts on Measurement and Learning from Your Data: January Blog Carnival

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s the most recently published blog carnival hot off the press. Here are some more examples ).

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How to Promote a Fundraiser Like a Pro

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Your method of asking will depend on your relationship with the person, so you may need a different strategy for different groups of people. Increase Aware for Your Fundraiser with a Press Release. I’ve never worked in PR, but I have written plenty of press releases in my life, all for nonprofits.

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Five Ways to Ensure Your Event Makes Headline News

Connection Cafe

The traditional press release has been eclipsed in the modern news cycle. For more on this, check out a blog post I loved, “The Press Release that Made Me Cry” ). (For For more on this, check out a blog post I loved, “The Press Release that Made Me Cry” ). Write your posts like a news story.

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Give One, Get One: One Laptop Per Child.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, the Sharing Foundation has continued to use our method of getting donated laptops in the US, refurbishing them, and getting them to Cambodia. Even better, the green laptops would match the video blogging kits that Ryanne Hodson and Jay Dedman brought over the month before I brought the same kits to the Cambodian Bloggers Summit.

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6 Link Building Methods for Nonprofits and Charities

ASU Lodestar Center

Even creating press releases about data may be useful. Events are press-worthy and should have a press release to go with them. Get Bloggers Involved. Add a place on your site for bloggers to submit work and spread the word with blogs who focus on blogging. Don’t forget to use a custom hashtag for twitter too.

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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

The idea of using the Internet to aggregate a crowd to fund a project is a modern complement to, if not a full-on replacement for, traditional fundraising methods that are aging badly in the non-profit space. Look for bloggers both locally and nationally who are covering your space that may be interested in writing about you.

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