How To Reach a Nonprofit Audience with Social Media

Post by Dennis Fischman of Communicate!

So you’re interested in reaching a nonprofit audience?

Good choice, given there are 1.5 million tax-exempt organizations in the United States alone. [Click to Tweet This]

6 Ways to Reach a Nonprofit Audience with Social Media

And yet, even with big numbers, it seems few people target these organizations successfully via social media. If you make yourself valuable to the nonprofit niche, there is plenty of room to attract a devoted following.

Emphasis: If you make yourself valuable to them…

Knowing your audience before you craft your message is vital. The nonprofit world seeks specific goals, faces unique problems, and speaks a language that for-profit businesses often wouldn’t.

To successfully capture the nonprofit audience, you must offer solutions that focus on their unique problems and present your message in a language that makes sense to them.

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Social Media for Nonprofits: 3 Ways to Engage Do-Gooders

This is a guest post my Mike Query of BACC.

People enjoy doing good.Using Social Media for Nonprofits

One of the reasons I believe the “Golden Rule” has survived the test of time is it’s hard not to feel like you’ve left a better legacy after doing something that betters the life of another.  McCartney and company echoed this in their last recording when they sang “…and in the end, the love you make is equal to the love you take.”

So if it feels so great to give, why don’t we see more talk of it in the blogosphere? And even better still, is there anyone searching for these stories, looking to be inspired to do good?

I manage the web initiatives for several Bay Area community service programs, which means I’m responsible for generating content and building relationships with those around Bay Area who are interested in volunteering.  Social media has provided me with plenty of tools to drum up support for all sorts of causes, and without it we would not be as strong as we are today.

Here are three ways you can use social media to engage volunteers or get involved yourself.

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