A rather ominous title for a blog post but reflective in this time of year. The month of May marks the beginning of Fall planning for digital strategies here at Oneicity. Yes, it’s difficult with the weather warming up (that’s 60’s in Seattle!) to even begin to think about turkeys, Christmas, winter storms, and year […]
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Here at Oneicity we are big fans of Facebook. Facebook drives conversation around your ministry, builds community with your donors, and supports conversion of online income. The ministries we work with that are seeing 30-40% growth in online giving are able to achieve those results only by leveraging and investing in social media as part of their digital
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I love to teach. Not in the classic sense of children or textbooks. I love to teach because of the light bulb moments — when someone smart and savvy like yourself is taught a new strategy or a new tool that will forever change how you think about a problem. We are just finishing up our
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Online Donors are raising their hands! Pause. Picture your direct mail marketing program in your head. How do you determine who gets mailed? How are you receipting first-time donors? How many letters and newsletters are you sending a donor in a year? These are some of the basic questions that are at the core of
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This is not about your political preference. It’s not even about insurance. This is about what you can learn by watching someone (healthcare.gov) launch a new website. #1 Load times matter Page load time is how long it takes the end user’s computer to see a page on your website. This is measured in seconds.
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If I asked you what’s the most important week for your ministry’s online giving, what would you say? The week of Thanksgiving? Christmas? Maybe even #GivingTuesday? The largest giving week is the week between Christmas and New Year’s. In fact, it’s not even a week. According to the Network for Good’s online study of over 66,000
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December! A month of Christmas buying, ho-ho-hoing, and sale shopping. The US Postal Service is
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What is Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday is on November 27th and follows the shopping days Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It is a national day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season. It celebrates and encourages charitable activities that support nonprofit organizations. Some biggies have already lent their weight to help the movement get off the ground (Microsoft, Red
We just finished up speaking at the Christian Leadership Alliance conference (CLA) last week. Our class on Social Media ROI was filled with lively discussions and interactive examples. One of the major conclusions that struck me from our class was how differently organizations incorporate social media into their development and marketing departments. If you are
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Graphic designers rejoice! Facebook timeline for pages has been officially announced as a reality. What’s the deal? On March 30th all Facebook pages will be required converted to the new format. Don’t wait ’til the last minute…start considering how the changes will affect your page. So what’s the big change? In one word…visual! The new
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Can you tell we are excited about this? The kick-off of the Socialicity Series is about much more than just a monthly free webinar. Socialicity is about taking the Oneicity philosophy It’s all about relationships® and applying our knowledge, strategy, and neato social media tools to equip nonprofits to genuinely connect with their supporters and
We here at Oneicity love all things social. We follow great thinkers, learn new technologies, and spend hours creating ways to make social media work for nonprofits. So as a natural extension of this, we want to spread the love. It is all about relationships after all! Introducing the Socialicity Series! We will be hosting
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