nonprofit marketing trends 2014: what to ignore, what to embrace
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2-3 Year
Communications
Plans are standard.
Things are changing too fast. Plan
12-18 months out, with editorial
calendaring 3-6 months at a time.
The average length of
written content is
500-700 words.
Shorter content wins – except
when it doesn’t (Fans and
Google like depth and details).
The idea of
“nonprofit
marketing” is
poorly understood. Many executives and boards still
don’t get it. And “it” is very
diverse (hard to understand) and
often not tied to goals (our fault).
Direct mail
communications
frequency is going
down.
No significant differences over
the four years we’ve done the
Trends report (2011-2014).
Email communications
frequency is going up.
No significant differences over
the four years we’ve done the
Trends report (2011-2014).
It’s much more cost-effective
and better data management
and list segmentation will make
it much, much easier.
Donor retention will
overtake acquisition
as a top priority.
Facebook will continue
to take up a lot of
time for nonprofit
communicators.
Orgs/Brands will either abandon
it, or stay and become much
more strategic and selective.
Your website
management skills will
determine your success
online.
It’s the only real estate you
really control, and like a
homeowner, you are expected
to maintain it well.
Obsessive focus on your
SEO (search engine
optimization) will pay off
big.
It’s too hard to keep up with the
ever-changing algorithms. Focus on
good content marketing, and SEO
will take care of itself.
Nonprofits will be
expected to have
apps.
Mobile/responsive websites and
emails are far more important
now, but this is one to watch.
Print will die as a
major communications
channel for nonprofits.
It will be at least 20 years
before that happens, if it ever
does.
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