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Is Your Marketing Missing the Mark?

Is Your Marketing Missing the Mark?

By: Valeria Basso Symphonic Communications Consulting Here is a fact you most likely don’t want to hear but need to: 98% of your marketing is a waste of money. It’s just noise and your audience is hardly noticing it. The truth is that most non-profits miss the mark with their marketing because their message fails to answer a simple question: What’s in it for the donors? You can tell uplifting stories about how your organization is changing lives but if you don’t show your donors how your work impacts and matters to them, those stories are going to be largely...

How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals

How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals

8 Ways Social Media Can Further Your Mission By: Melissa Lagowski CEO, Founder and Queen Bee, Big Buzz Idea Group When to-do lists run long, social media management is often one of the first things to fall off a busy nonprofit team’s plate. While it’s crucial to stay focused on organizational strategy, building and maintaining a social media presence is a tactic that can help your nonprofit successfully execute that big-picture strategy and meet next-level goals. Social media may seem small-reaching, especially if you’re still working to build a following, but with consistent, engaging content, it has limitless potential. How...

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Insights Blog Archive

  • SPONSORSHIP 101: Growing Nonprofit Revenues
  • Big Buzz Has COVID-19 Resources For You!
  • Something Good: Building Your Team’s Connection
  • Becoming a Virtual Event Planner in an Instant
  • Silver Linings Discovered Amidst a Pandemic
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  • Client Spotlight: Illinois Theatre Association
  • Budgeting for Your Nonprofit in Uncertain Times
  • Four Tactics to Resolve Nonprofit Staffing Shortages
  • Cancelling or Postponing Your Events in Light of COVID-19
  • Goal-Setting For Successful Events
  • Does Your Mission Have a Compelling Voice?
  • To Be Successful, Nonprofits and Associations Must Be Forward-Thinking
  • A Job Gone Wrong
  • Virtual Fundraising: 18 Ideas for Nonprofit Revenue
  • Securing Help from Your Board: Are You Ready?
  • 11 Tips to Make Your Newsletter More Readable
  • From Awareness to Action: Using Social Media to Reach Your Goals
  • How to Manage Your Organization During an Election Year Without Violating Your Nonprofit Status
  • Leveraging E-Newsletters For Nonprofit Growth
  • Board Nominating: A Better Way
  • Client Spotlight: Hope For The Day
  • 5 Secrets to Streamlining Your Administrative Tasks
  • The Importance of Authenticity in Sales and Networking
  • Making a Case for Strategic Planning
  • Engage Your Board – Start with Recruiting and End with A High-Performance Culture
  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part II
  • Interim Directors Provide Strength in Times of Transition
  • 3 Reasons Why Your Organization Should Use Canva
  • How to Keep Your Visuals On-Brand
  • The Benefits of Outsourcing
  • Client Spotlight: Old Town School of Folk Music
  • Conference Call Hero – 6 Tips to Master the Art of Video and Audio Conferencing
  • Client Spotlight: Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce
  • The Need to Go Beyond Surveys
  • 8 Tips For Leading Productive Meetings
  • Tips For Meaningful #GivingTuesday Follow-Up
  • Why Identifying and Communicating Your Core Values Is Important
  • 2020: A Lesson in Gratitude
  • Real Progress Requires Intention: What Do You Want to Achieve in 2020 for Your Nonprofit?
  • Should You Ever Cover Board Member Expenses?
  • Innovative Approach to Volunteer Recruitment
  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part I
  • Chart a Path for Nonprofit Success
  • 7 Tips for Managing Hybrid Events
  • Re-Imagine the Possibilities to Better Serve Your Mission
  • Life After COVID-19: Next Steps for Your Nonprofit
  • Four Step Process to Building Better Buy-In
  • How to Rewire Your Brain with Positive Thinking
  • How to Secure Mega Sponsorships For Your Fundraising Event!
  • Organic Methods to Cultivate Sponsorship Leads
  • The Taxman Cometh (Yes, Even For Your Exempt Organization)
  • The Board’s Hot (Summer) Topics
  • 3 Tips For Maintaining Your NPO’s Digital Assets
  • Should Sponsorships Include Membership Dues?
  • What’s Your Nonprofit’s Story
  • Self-Care: A Necessity for Successful Leadership
  • Seven Tips to a More Productive Year for Your Organization
  • Keep Your Mission in Mind to Maximize Results
  • The Hidden Costs Behind Your Fundraiser
  • Make Your Nonprofit Stand Out: Creating Impressions for Impact
  • Four Pillars to Attracting and Retaining Ideal Employees
  • Meet Big Buzz, the Creators of Ribfest Chicago
  • Word of the Year: Manifestation
  • 50 Content Promotion Tactics: How to Drive Traffic to Your Next Article
  • 4 Productivity Tips to Elevate Your Nonprofit
  • 5 Tips for Prioritizing Your Mental Health in the Workplace
  • Are You Leaving Money On The Table?
  • How To Secure More Donor Dollars
  • An Interim Leader Isn’t a “Temp:” Interim Leadership in NPOs as a Management Profession
  • 5 Ways to Generate Sponsor Leads
  • Please Send a Hi-res Copy of Your Logo
  • Put Some Zing in Your Zoom (Or Any Other Virtual Meeting)
  • DIY Event Photos
  • Fostering Board Engagement in Virtual Times
  • Why Is My Organization Not Growing?
  • If You’re Feeling Hopeless of Late, Remember That Your Work Matters and You Do, Too
  • How Big Is Your Fire?
  • Post-Pandemic Event Lessons
  • The Compelling Case to Renew
  • Tips to Ensure Event Safety
  • 9 Lessons Learned from Our First Virtual Conference
  • Nonprofit Form 990: Friend or Foe?
  • Boost Your Daily Productivity
  • Board or Bored Leadership – Enter the Magnificent Seven
  • Implementing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Your Nonprofit
  • Is Your Marketing Missing the Mark?
  • How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals
  • 6 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude in the Workplace
  • Why Nonprofits Need to Evaluate Their Budgets Every Year
  • Nonprofit Event Venues 101
  • Talk to Me! Prioritizing Internal Communications During Times of Transition
  • Optimize Your Contact List for Nonprofit Growth
  • 10 Tips to Cultivate Sponsor Relationships
  • Networking for Personal and Professional Growth
  • Crisis Management: Are You Ready?
  • Communication Tips to Advance Your Organization
  • Team Culture Exists Beyond the Office Walls
  • Cross-Train Your Team for Better Outcomes
  • The 3 Mistakes I Made Managing a Nonprofit
  • SPONSORSHIP 101: To Package or Not to Package
  • SPONSORSHIP 101: Growing Nonprofit Revenues
  • 4 Ways Outsourcing Your Development Work Can Provide Value
  • Holding On When You Feel Like Throwing In the Towel
  • Client Spotlight: Center for Changing Lives
  • Losing Control? Reclaim Your Time!
  • Fresh Funding Ideas Are Blooming
  • Never Overlook the Value of Gratitude
  • Spend Less. Do More. Your Guide to Effective Outsourcing
  • Employee Retention Tax Credit Yields Powerful Opportunity
  • Time to Assess Your Year-End Campaigns
  • 3 Questions to Ask If You Hope to Grow Your Membership
  • The Keys to Presenting Your Nonprofit Online
  • Leadership Starts with You
  • Organizational Operations Versus Organizational Strategy
  • Are You Leading With Impact?
  • The Birth of a New Vision
  • Cyber Security: How To Protect Yourself In Today’s “Connected” World
  • Tips for Virtual Event Success
  • Financial Planning for Uncertain Times
  • Best Practices For Nonprofit Management
  • Celebrate You and Avoid Nonprofit Burnout
  • Why Your Nonprofit Needs Brand Guidelines
  • How to Hire a Consultant
  • Big Buzz Idea Group Launches Additional Services
  • Take Time to Evaluate Your Events
  • Clearer Communication Is the Secret to Better Outcomes
  • Defining Your Value: Reclaiming Relevance to the Community You Serve
  • Grateful for Nonprofit Leaders
  • How to Develop Your Nonprofit’s Audience Persona
  • Outsourcing: The Only Solution To Staffing Shortages
  • New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members
  • Our Top Five Free Online Tools for Nonprofit Management Teams
  • Transparency and Nonprofit Organizations
  • Want To Retain Your Employees? Wellness in the Workplace Matters!
  • 6 Tips for Healthy Collaboration with Your Board Chair
  • Client Spotlight: Cyberjutsu
  • Lessons Learned in Nonprofit Management
  • 6 Tips for Recruiting Ideal Board Members
  • 5 Reasons to Outsource Instead of Rely on Volunteers
  • Why You Need to Establish Gratitude as a Pillar at Your Nonprofit

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