Session focusing on content marketing and how to share your story.
Course: Storytelling for Nonprofits hosted by Kitsap Center for Nonprofit Excellence and Kitsap Community Foundation.
March 24 – 8-5 p.m.
Speaker: Erica Klinger, Director of Marketing, Seattle Foundation
8. “Sticky” Headlines
Be persuasive - what, why, how, or when?
On the average, five times as many people read the headline as
read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have
spent eighty cents out of your dollar.
—David Ogilvy “Father of advertising”
9. Formula
Example = philanthropy “18 Fascinating Ways to Donate and Smile in Less than 5 Minutes”
Use numbers + an interesting adjective
+ verb + trigger words + promise
10. Activity:
_________ Innovation Restores ______________With
________
_______________ And Could Save Thousands From
_________.
promise
what? adjective
community issue
noun
11. Deliver on Your Promise
Promise: Subscribe to be part of an exclusive look behind the scenes
at the role of a community foundation. Join us as we chronicle the
choices and motivations of philanthropists in a fascinating three-month
journey that ultimately gives $1 million dollars to nonprofits in the
community by September 2015.
12. Together, we work to create
equality of opportunity in our
community, with strategies
for philanthropic investment
that creates lasting change.
GiveTogether
13. Brand Ambassadors
Build a list of people that will share you content in their social networks.
• Employees
• Volunteers
• Board
• Family
• Friends
• Media and bloggers
• Celebrities
20. Activity:
Calculate Year over Year (YOY) Growth
Traffic May 2015= 1220 visits per month
Traffic May 2014 = 720 visits per month
Traffic now minus traffic last year. 1220-720 = 500
Take 500 x (100) / 720 (the original amount)
Multiplying by 100 (calculate to %)
69% YOY growth rate
Video, photos, visualizations (compare text boring, to creative interesting – summer givetogether infographic)
Put it in multiple mediums, build your content, creative
Simplify complex information into something scanneable
Compare boring headline vs. interesting actionable headline
Mad Libs – fill in the blanks activity as a group (5) headline that is also SEO friendly
Video, photos, visualizations (compare text boring, to creative interesting – summer givetogether infographic)
Put it in multiple mediums, build your content, creative
Simplify complex information into something scanneable
Compare boring headline vs. interesting actionable headline
Mad Libs – fill in the blanks activity as a group (5) headline that is also SEO friendly
Video, photos, visualizations (compare text boring, to creative interesting – summer givetogether infographic)
Put it in multiple mediums, build your content, creative
Simplify complex information into something scanneable
Compare boring headline vs. interesting actionable headline
Mad Libs – fill in the blanks activity as a group (5) headline that is also SEO friendly
Video, photos, visualizations (compare text boring, to creative interesting – summer givetogether infographic)
Put it in multiple mediums, build your content, creative
Simplify complex information into something scanneable
Compare boring headline vs. interesting actionable headline
Mad Libs – fill in the blanks activity as a group (5) headline that is also SEO friendly
Video, photos, visualizations (compare text boring, to creative interesting – summer givetogether infographic)
Put it in multiple mediums, build your content, creative
Simplify complex information into something scanneable
Compare boring headline vs. interesting actionable headline
Mad Libs – fill in the blanks activity as a group (5) headline that is also SEO friendly
Video, photos, visualizations (compare text boring, to creative interesting – summer givetogether infographic)
Put it in multiple mediums, build your content, creative
Simplify complex information into something scanneable
Compare boring headline vs. interesting actionable headline
Mad Libs – fill in the blanks activity as a group (5) headline that is also SEO friendly
Blog post or web page
KEY TO CAPTURE AN EMAIL, related content
Email blast and eNewsletter
Ambassadors email with easy sharing links
Social Networks
SMS Text
Paid Media
Social
Search ads
Banner ads
Human behavior = this is too hard – I give up!
Keep the message and path simple
Different channels have different goals – EMAIL & Mail for $
Email long form
Email short form
Example:
YouTube screenshot – where do they go?
End screen with CTA (GiveBIG)
Human behavior = this is too hard – I give up!
Keep the message and path simple
Different channels have different goals – EMAIL & Mail for $
Email long form
Email short form
Example:
YouTube screenshot – where do they go?
End screen with CTA (GiveBIG)
Human behavior = this is too hard – I give up!
Keep the message and path simple
Different channels have different goals – EMAIL & Mail for $
Email long form
Email short form
Example:
YouTube screenshot – where do they go?
End screen with CTA (GiveBIG)
Human behavior = this is too hard – I give up!
Keep the message and path simple
Different channels have different goals – EMAIL & Mail for $
Email long form
Email short form
Example:
YouTube screenshot – where do they go?
End screen with CTA (GiveBIG)
Human behavior = this is too hard – I give up!
Keep the message and path simple
Different channels have different goals – EMAIL & Mail for $
Email long form
Email short form
Example:
YouTube screenshot – where do they go?
End screen with CTA (GiveBIG)