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Nonprofit Blog Writing 101: Best Practices, Tips & Tricks

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For instance, a Humane Society’s audience would visit their blog expecting to see things like tips for keeping dogs cool in the summer and recipes for dog treats. Use your About page as a jumping-off point and go more in depth, using engaging historical photos, maps, and documents as much as you can. Use it to tell your story.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web. Blogs were most often written in first-person, more than 1,000 words, and many nonprofit blogs of the past embraced the concept that a blog post had to be published daily for the blogger to be taken seriously.

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3 Reasons Why Pinterest Is Still Relevant for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. Tip: Nonprofits may consider specifically tailoring their Pinterest content to the female segment of their donors and supporters. It’s not about what you are eating in the moment or your current vacation photos.

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23 Years Ago Today and How Not To Pitch A Blogger Redux (And Twitter pitches too)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, I marked the date with the above photo and a post with tips for cultivating bloggers and how it was like a long term relationship. from Esquire Magazine's Awkward Wedding Photos . So, here's some advice on how to not to pitch a blogger. Don't overwhelm the blogger with requests.

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11 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. Be sure to insert and bold the questions in the blog post, keep answers limited to two or three paragraphs, and always include the expert’s photo.

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11 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. Allow Guest Bloggers to Post Commentary and Share Their Expertise.

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10 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I wasn’t convinced at all that the world needed another blogger. Share stories, photos, and videos from events. Nonprofit bloggers should think of themselves as reporters, and a very popular blog is always a report back on an event complete with a photo slideshow or video. Share resources. Write your own.

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