Code Pink Marches On Washington For my first non-profit of the week after quite a long hiatus, I thought I’d write about one of my favorite organizations, Code Pink. Code Pink is a national, large-scale non-profit that organizes and unites women across the world in the struggle for peace. They have a website of commendable [...]
Detroit is Pretty Awesome, You Guys Well, it’s been a light week for the blog, because I am vacationing (and very successfully, thankyouverymuch) in Detroit, to help ring in my best friends brand new masters degree in graphic design. Since I’ve already written a bit on the topic of web design this week, I thought, [...]
That 404 error makes me want to go ape s–t. I’ve been thinking this week about the merging of form and function. We generally don’t think about websites as works of art; they’re far too utilitarian and work-horsey. Most websites can perform a variety of tasks- you can spend or receive money, interact with all [...]
In which I launch into my second post about exploited, abused women inside of one week’s time. Earlier this year, I watched an incredibly powerful documentary about human trafficking and underage prostitution in New York City. The film, Very Young Girls, is nominally about young sex workers, but it’s implications are vastly more far-reaching. It [...]
Take Your Victory Lap with Pride, Marketers Welcome to the third and final chapter in our basics-of-email-marketing tutorial; you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll come to terms. At this point, you’ve written a carefully worded, engaging, attractive, compelling email and sent it out to your email list. Now what? Part 3 1. Tracking and Collecting Metrics [...]
Kivi Miller and Her Fantastic Blog This post is not much of a much, just another rousing endorsement of one of our fellow non-profit bloggers- Kivi Miller. Kivi is an excellent writer and an expert in non-profit marketing development and management. She teaches workshops, keeps an extremely informative blog and is generally badass in the [...]
Try not to let the office dullard cramp your style, as you create your newsletter So it’s an exciting day in the office for us nerds, as Glee is returning tonight after a terribly long hiatus- our squeeees! can be heard for miles. I will try, however, to focus on the business at hand, [...]
Get Suited Up For An Email Marketing Extravaganza!! This week, I’ll be doing a three part tutorial about how, exactly, to launch a successful email marketing campaign. I know that this method of direct marketing can be frustrating and expensive, but a well-calibrated e-fundraising letter can really rake in the dough or drum up serious [...]
SafePlace Fights Against Domestic Violence This week, getting back to our NPOTW feature, we’re showcasing another organization from the Seattle/Olympia area: incredible, necessary, cannot-say-enough-good-things-about-it advocacy agency/confidential shelter for victims of domestic violence SafePlace. Safeplace has been an invaluable local resource since 1981, when two programs run by the YWCA- Rape Relief and the Women’s Shelter- [...]
Hey there, moneybags More on Non-Profit Marketing It’s easy to make presumptions about how much money you think your organization should be raising, or how much you think others of a similar variety might be making from their donor base. As it turns out, even in these recession years, there is an upward trend in [...]
