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Marketing Your Small Nonprofit. Presented by: Bianca Violante and Caitlyn Major. Key Takeaways. Identifying your Target Audience SWOT Analysis Developing a Marketing Plan Developing a Media Kit Website Navigation. SWOT Analysis. Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats.
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Marketing Your Small Nonprofit Presented by: Bianca Violante and Caitlyn Major
Key Takeaways • Identifying your Target Audience • SWOT Analysis • Developing a Marketing Plan • Developing a Media Kit • Website Navigation
SWOT Analysis • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats
Simple Rules for Successful SWOT Analysis • Be realistic about your strengths and weaknesses • Distinguish between where organization is today, and where it could be in future • Be specific – avoid gray areas • Keep your SWOT short and simple – stick with the basics
Mission Statement • Essentially, a mission statement defines your organization’s reason for being • NOT a slogan • What are your values? Who does your organization serve? • Keep it clear, and to the pointEX: Nonprofit Finance Fund • NFF's mission is to serve as a development finance institution for nonprofitorganizations, working to fill their overall need for capital through financing and advisory services. NFF supports its nonprofit clients' multi-faceted contributions to communities, advances community and economic development goals, and works to fill the overall need for capitalization of organizations in this sector.
Media Kit Components • Backgrounder with history of organization • Fact sheet • Unique, interesting tidbits relatable to journalists and donors • Key individual biographies • Press Contact • Examples of past media coverage • Collateral material relating to distribution purpose • Current sponsors and donors • Statistics • Volunteer information • Year totals, demographics • Be creative
Social Media Marketing • Pick the right social networks (You don’t have to feel like you need to take over the whole virtual world by storm at once) • Find an “expert” to help you • Find out which social networks your supporters or target audience are already using • Engage actively. Consistency is key.
Website Navigation • Contact info easy to find, either on homepage or linked to off of homepage • Have most important info “above the scroll” • What do your donors/volunteers/the public come to your web site to find? • Have a media or “in the press” section • Include testimonials
Resources • Google Analytics: http://www.google.com/analytics/ • Google Voice: http://www.googlevoice.com • Hootsuite: http://www.hootsuite.com • bit.ly: http://www.bit.ly • Dropbox: http://www.dropbox.com • Franklin Covey Mission Statement Generator: http://www.franklincovey.com/msb/ • Andrew Hudson’s Job List (internship postings) http://www.andrewhudsonsjobslist.com/ • Marketing Plan Template http://www.gettingattention.org/downloads/nonprofit-marketing-plan-template.html