Comments on: 5 Quick Ways Your Non-profit Can Use Social Media http://www.gradontripp.com/2010/01/14/5-quick-ways-your-non-profit-can-use-social-media/ Life. Marketing. Social Media. And Combining All Three. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: carissao http://www.gradontripp.com/2010/01/14/5-quick-ways-your-non-profit-can-use-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-784 carissao Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:20:02 +0000 http://www.gradontripp.com/?p=398#comment-784 Social media certainly provides non-profits with great flexibility in extending the reach of their efforts and their budget. The opportunities above are clearly a great start. As you know, this list could be dozens long, but I'll add two more:<br><br>Partnership:<br>Social channels make it simpler than ever for non-profits to leverage cause marketing to form relationships with philanthropic-minded corporations. Whether for a discrete, short-term campaign, or long-running programs, social media creates an instant channel for these relationships to be conceived, cultivated and promoted.<br><br>Measurement:<br>Sure, there are countless tools and software packages now on the market to help organizations measure their social presence, but even with a budget as little as zero, social media and its many free platforms allow non-profits to more reasonably monitor their brand, foster loyalty, and measure their efforts. <br><br>In many ways, it has helped to level the playing field, or at the very least enabled many more to step up to the plate and take that big swing. Social media certainly provides non-profits with great flexibility in extending the reach of their efforts and their budget. The opportunities above are clearly a great start. As you know, this list could be dozens long, but I'll add two more:

Partnership:
Social channels make it simpler than ever for non-profits to leverage cause marketing to form relationships with philanthropic-minded corporations. Whether for a discrete, short-term campaign, or long-running programs, social media creates an instant channel for these relationships to be conceived, cultivated and promoted.

Measurement:
Sure, there are countless tools and software packages now on the market to help organizations measure their social presence, but even with a budget as little as zero, social media and its many free platforms allow non-profits to more reasonably monitor their brand, foster loyalty, and measure their efforts.

In many ways, it has helped to level the playing field, or at the very least enabled many more to step up to the plate and take that big swing.

]]> By: Carissa O'Brien http://www.gradontripp.com/2010/01/14/5-quick-ways-your-non-profit-can-use-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Carissa O'Brien Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:20:02 +0000 http://www.gradontripp.com/?p=398#comment-736 Social media certainly provides non-profits with great flexibility in extending the reach of their efforts and their budget. The opportunities above are clearly a great start. As you know, this list could be dozens long, but I'll add two more:<br><br>Partnership:<br>Social channels make it simpler than ever for non-profits to leverage cause marketing to form relationships with philanthropic-minded corporations. Whether for a discrete, short-term campaign, or long-running programs, social media creates an instant channel for these relationships to be conceived, cultivated and promoted.<br><br>Measurement:<br>Sure, there are countless tools and software packages now on the market to help organizations measure their social presence, but even with a budget as little as zero, social media and its many free platforms allow non-profits to more reasonably monitor their brand, foster loyalty, and measure their efforts. <br><br>In many ways, it has helped to level the playing field, or at the very least enabled many more to step up to the plate and take that big swing. Social media certainly provides non-profits with great flexibility in extending the reach of their efforts and their budget. The opportunities above are clearly a great start. As you know, this list could be dozens long, but I'll add two more:

Partnership:
Social channels make it simpler than ever for non-profits to leverage cause marketing to form relationships with philanthropic-minded corporations. Whether for a discrete, short-term campaign, or long-running programs, social media creates an instant channel for these relationships to be conceived, cultivated and promoted.

Measurement:
Sure, there are countless tools and software packages now on the market to help organizations measure their social presence, but even with a budget as little as zero, social media and its many free platforms allow non-profits to more reasonably monitor their brand, foster loyalty, and measure their efforts.

In many ways, it has helped to level the playing field, or at the very least enabled many more to step up to the plate and take that big swing.

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