Archive for November 29th, 2013
Simbang Gabi Fundraiser
Simbang Gabi Fundraiser
Bundles of Joy is holding a a fundraiser at Simbang Gabi masses from Dec. 15 – Dec. 23 to raise money for St. Hannibal Multi-Level School in Manila, Philippines. This school provides a free education, uniforms, books, school supplies and 2 hot meals a day to poor children living in squatter villages. Simbang Gabi is a Filipino tradition of preparing for Christmas by attending church services for 9 days before Christmas.
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10 Examples of Brilliant Email Marketing (and…
10 Examples of Brilliant Email Marketing (and…
The following is an excerpt of a really excellent post from the Hubspot blog on best practices in email marketing. Hubspot is an inbound marketing software company, and their blog is full of brilliant digital strategy tips. We encourage you to read the full post here — including the examples of great emails. At one point or another, we all need inspiration to do our jobs better. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a marketing veteran who has navigated through years of changing technology or a newbie fresh out of college — we all need to see examples of outstanding content. It helps us get through creative ruts, make the case to our boss for experimentation, and make our own marketing even better. Most of the time,…Read More
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Enticing your audience with exceptional subject…
Enticing your audience with exceptional subject…
The following is a post from Terry Connolly, executive director of The Community Soup Kitchen. Terry shares some of the questions The Community Soup Kitchen has faced as its worked to improve its email marketing strategies. Right now my professional life is all about subject lines. How do you craft that perfect subject line that gets people to open the email? Because surely once they open the email they’ll see how great our organization is and they’ll be inspired to help. I just need to get them to open that email! Should it be witty? Engaging? Intriguing? Exciting? Professional? And, does it say what we want it to say about us, in a succinct and meaningful way, all in under 60 or so…Read More
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Celebrate #GivingTuesday with Maya!
Celebrate #GivingTuesday with Maya!
These days, the holiday season is often equated with shopping, spending, and a general frenzy of consuming. But this year, why not give something back? #GivingTuesday is a new annual movement following Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday that inspires personal philanthropy and encourages giving to charitable initiatives. It’s an organizing principle to support the creativity and energy of people all over the world to work together for good. This year’s #GivingTuesday will take place on December 3rd, and we are celebrating it by bringing you a new worldwide release of Get Water! in support of charity: water! charity: water has reached halfway to their fundraising goal of bringing clean water to India and helping…Read More
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Beyond the Princess Fantasies
Beyond the Princess Fantasies
This holiday season, I’m embracing the shift. Forget electronics on sale and discount plastic toys. In our house, #GivingTuesday is becoming the important day that follows Thanksgiving.
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They Serve 2 is Thankful for You!
They Serve 2 is Thankful for You!
On behalf of the They Serve 2 Board we would like to say a special thank you to our partners because we couldn’t do it without you. The donations from corporations, and individuals made this year possible, and allowed us to touch the lives of thousands of military families. We want to say a special thank you to Joyce Meyer Ministries that partnered with us on two coasts to provide backpacks for military children. Thanks to the generosity of the attendees of the Joyce Meyer Conferences in Hampton, VA and Long Beach, CA, as well as the Hands of Hope division of Joyce Meyer Ministries, we were able to directly impact the lives of military families who did not have the means to provide school supplies for their children. We…Read More
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Stepping outside of your comfort zone on…
Stepping outside of your comfort zone on…
The following is a post from Augusta Foshay-Rothfeld and Jillian Niesley, program directors at The Jed Foundation , an organization working to promote emotional health and prevent suicide among college and university students. #GivingTuesday has been an incredible learning opportunity so far, but also an intimidating one. Until recently, our donation strategy was to avoid any overly forward or repetitive asks. We have erred on the side of caution – always relying on our annual gala, the generosity of recurring donors and their willingness to share our message. Let’s not email too much; let’s not be too pushy. Let’s let them come to the conclusion of donating on their own. When our #GivingTuesday…Read More
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Meet the #GivingTuesday University Organizations!
Meet the #GivingTuesday University Organizations!
#GivingTuesday University — the place to find resources and best practices for building a successful #GivingTuesday campaign — will profile 13 organizations as they develop their own activations and work toward achieving their #GivingTuesday goals. Learn more about the bakers dozen and check out their videos to hear about the challenges and opportunities #GivingTuesday brings:
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Punch up your email copy in three easy steps
Punch up your email copy in three easy steps
Like the #GivingTuesday University Facebook page to keep up with all of our posts and find other practical resources to help your organization achieve success on #GivingTuesday. Learning to write better copy is one of the best ways you can improve engagement with your audience, whether that be through social media posts, emails, or webpage copy. When your audience members are online literally millions of things are fighting for their attention. If what you’re saying isn’t interesting, they’ll move along to something else. Here are three ways you can punch up your email copy to grab and keep the attention of your readers: Personalize your messages: Though it’s not always possible or practical, segmenting your messages…Read More
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What We’re Reading: Digital Wisdom Edition
What We’re Reading: Digital Wisdom Edition
Like the #GivingTuesday University Facebook page to keep up with all of our posts and find other practical resources to help your organization achieve success on #GivingTuesday. We’re so grateful to all of you who have come to #GivingTuesday University over the last month and a half and read and shared content on everything from emails to branding to landing pages and everything in between. Of course, there is an immeasurable amount of brilliant content covering these areas all over the web. As you move past #GivingTuesday and start thinking about your digital strategy for the coming year, check out these blogs we love: · Hubspot · CopyBlogger · Unbounce · Vertical Response · Beth Kanter ·…Read More
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