Slides from my presentation at the #MarketersUnbound Meetup in Toronto on June 3, 2014. During the presentation, I shared insights and lessons from the Nonprofit Content Markting: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends report from the Content Marketing Institute and Blackbaud, insights from participants of #NPMC chat and content marketing examples from Canadian Nonprofits.
6. 92% of nonprofits are using
content marketing
" 69% have someone overseeing content
marketing strategy
" 79% cite fundraising as the top goal for
content marketing
" 91% use Facebook to distribute content more
than any other social media platform
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
7. Content volume
" 65% of nonprofits are producing
more content vs a year ago
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
8. Tactic usage
" Nonprofit professionals use an
average of 11 content marketing
tactics.
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
9. Tactic Usage
" In person events (88%)
" Social media - other than blogs (86%)
" Articles on their website (85%)
" E-newsletters (84%)
" Videos (71%)
" Annual reports (68%)
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
11. Effectiveness
" Videos (80% vs. 60%)
" Articles on other websites (59% vs. 38%)
" Blogs (58% vs. 38%)
" Infographics (43% vs. 18%)
" Online presentations (43% vs. 19%).
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
33. Content marketing challenges
" Lack of time
" Lack of budget
" Lack of integration across marketing
" Lack of knowledge/training
" Producing the kind of content that engages
" Lack of buy-in/vision from higher up inside organization
" Inability to measure content effectiveness
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
34. Future of content marketing
" On average, 20% of nonprofit marketing
budgets are allocated to content marketing
" 38% of nonprofit professionals plan to
increase their content marketing budgets
over the next 12 months
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
35. DOCUMENT THE STRATEGY
The most effective nonprofit marketers
have a documented content strategy.
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
36. MANAGE THE STRATEGY
Nonprofits that are the most effective at
content marketing have someone in place
to direct the initiative.
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
37. INVEST IN TRAINING
Nonprofits that invest time and money
into training and accumulating know-how
are the most effective content marketers.
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
38. USE MULTIPLE TACTICS
The most effective nonprofit content
marketers use more tactics than their
peers, 13 on average.
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
39. INCREASE CONTENT BUDGETS
Nonprofit marketers with a documented
content strategy are more likely than
those without one to increase content
budgets.
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
40. PUMP UP THE VOLUME
The most effective nonprofit marketers
increased the amount of content they
produced over the last 12 months.
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
41. GET SOCIAL
The most effective nonprofit marketers
have far more confidence with all social
media platforms, especially Facebook.
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
42. DON’T GO IT ALONE
Effective nonprofit marketers outsource
some aspects of content creation to
professionals.
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
43. TAILOR THE CONTENT
The most effective nonprofit marketers
tailor content more often, in more
categories, than their least effective
peers.
Source: Nonprofit Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends
44. #NPMC chat
" Last Thursday of each month
" 1:00 pm ET
" April archives: content marketing strategy
" May archives: keep up with production
June: establishing goals/measuring success
nonprofitmarcommunity.com/npmc-chat