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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

However, in the world of nonprofits, where an organization cannot afford to have boots on the ground full time in all of the cities they have supporters, it is up to the event planner to figure out new solutions to the problem of “you can’t be in two places at once&#." " Lights.

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10 Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The focus is on one story and one call-to-action (both above the fold) and the theme is usually as follows: There is a problem, your organization can solve it, and you need financial support to do it. The time invested in ramping up your campaigns and the content strategy behind it is well worth it in terms of return on investment (ROI).

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » YouTube For Nonprofits, continued

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The problem is, YouTube isn’t Facebook. In this way, no one would mistake their opt-in for spam. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? YouTube doesn’t do that. You will only get someone’s email if they actually donate. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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