Happy Day! Promoting Using Social Media Just Got a Bit Easier!

Facebook announced a new feature that they are rolling out to pages that lets the administrator automatically publish the update to Twitter.

Online Marketing Best Practices from the Obama Campaign

M+R Strategic Services just released a report outlining the strategies and best practices from the Obama new media campaign and how those practices should be applied to nonprofits and their online marketing and fundraising efforts. It’s a great read. Here’s the lead in paragraph:
The best news for nonprofits? The most successful new media strategies for [...]

Hunch – The Decider

Finally! A site that can help me with questions like:
Does he love me or not?
Should I ask him out?
Should I wear red or blue today?
Should I go back to school?
You think I’m kidding, but really these are the question the site says it handles.

In short, it helps users make decisions by guiding them through a [...]

PPC influencing your SEO work?

Had to share an interesting article about how Google’s new ability to crawl javascript is resulting in unintended consequences.

Dog Obedience Classes – we are graduates!

Ok. I realize that this blog is related to non-profit marketing, but I had share that my new dog Sammy & I are graduates of basic obedience class. It’s a horrible picture of me, but a great one of him!

Ensuring that your blog is SEO friendly

Blogs that run off of WordPress and have set up SEO plugins are generally more naturally SEO friendly than pages generated by a CMS system, but there are unique technical challenges that you should be aware of to make sure your blog is as SEO friendly as it can be.
I stumbled on these series of [...]

Puppy Distractions

Apologies for being so quiet on the blog recently. I just added a new member to my family – Sammy – who is a Mixed Lab 6 month old puppy.

Using Social Media to Sell yourself or a Business

During my training sessions, I regularly get asked the same question, but I’ve not shared the answer on my blog, so here goes:
Question:
How can I use social media for my company/nonprofit to drive sales/promote my mission?
My Answer:
I encourage folks to keep in mind that it’s like being invited to a friend’s party. –At this [...]

Social Media and Local Search Training for Leadership Alexandria

I had a great time this morning leading a training session for Leadership Alexandria’s alumnus related to online marketing, local search and social media for non-profits and businesses.
Here’s the online marketing presentation from today’s training.

Upcoming Social Media and Local Search Training in Alexandria

I’ve been asked by Leadership Alexandria to conduct a training for nonprofits and businesses about how they can use local search and social media to reach and engage their audiences. More information soon on how to register.