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Hello, has anyone created any audio ads or tried podcast advertising? Do you have an idea of how much would that cost We are thinking to either create a 60 second audio or give a script for the host...
Hamza Hassan
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for marketing grants/free advertising available to nonprofits? I know that there have been threads about this before, but they all look to be quite o...
Rosa Balliro
Hi all! My partner is looking to procure a press management system for the charity he works at. So far, they have booked demos with Muckrack, Onclusive, and Prowly. The features they are looking for...
Louisa Wania
Where do you take images for blog or charity website? I need high quality pictures - does anyone have any suggestions?
john smith
We segment our printed communications with supporters so that they receive different messages based on their level of support for the charity. (For example, if they've recently made a one-off donatio...
Liam Purcell
Hello Our charity has a subscription to Hubspot but we're not getting the best value out of it because the (small) team don't know how to use it effectively, and none of us has a chunk of time to lea...
Fiona McAuslan
Hi We are in the process of building a new Drupal based website for our global membership charity and deliberating on what cookie consent manager to go with?  Does anybody have any recommendations? W...
Debs Waller
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm interested in finding out if anyone is using SMS for their legacy audience, and if so how? E.g. reminders to cont...
Ocean King
Hi folks,  I work for a great charity that delivers programmes in schools. One of my biggest headaches has been getting schools interested and responding, which got me thinking about what a better wa...
Cedric Fromageot
I am going to order 1000 wristbands for our charity. Any recommendations for suppliers worth trying would be very welcome. I've started with  https://thewristbandcompany.co.uk/  from a first pass on...
Evan Grant
Hi - we're looking for a freelance copywriter to help with patient information materials, updating website copy and ad hoc other writing such as impact reports etc.  Hard to get that combination of a...
Jeannie Rigby
Hi, we're an animal rescue charity based and registered in the UK, rehoming dogs from Turkey. We had charity status on Facebook prior to them altering their rules on 1st Nov '23. Since then I've been...
Joanne Molloy
Hi - we're looking for a freelance marketing person who is experienced at developing public awareness campaigns - for a under-represented, but common (top 10 in UK) cancer.  Any recommendations or su...
Jeannie Rigby
Does anyone know if it's possible to generate a simple URL for people to access your charity's page on the charity commission register? I usually just hyperlink the page from the 'charity search' fun...
Caroline Walker
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We had 2FA set up on one phone and it was lost which meant that we lost the 2FA account. Now we're locked out of the...
Ocean King
I wonder if any of you lovely people could help me with some practical examples of KPIs for a health awareness/information campaign. I'm really stumped.  The campaign is about awareness/avoiding risk...
Thomas B
Hello!  I run a Twitter account for the charity I work for that has around 7500 followers. Engagement, follower count and general interaction with our account was very successful at the start of 2023...
Jo d'Orville
Hi all, Im looking to source some training on the intricacies of PECR. Can anyone recommend a good trainer for this please?
Carolyn Clarke
Hey lovely folks! I wonder if anyone can give me advice on paid social media ads... So we recently started investigating using an external marketing company to help us to reach new audiences on socia...
Louise Cordery
Hello, I'm looking for recommendations and advice about how you store people stories/case studies - that is the text, photos and consent forms. I'm looking for: - What content hub does your charity u...
S Edge
Hi there.  What promotional marketing materials have you found to be the best value for money? I was thinking of trolley coins.What are your thoughts on this?
Elizabeth Laing
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Is anyone aware of any good training courses for charities on marketing your services to paid customers - especially those in the public sector (NHS, LAs)?
Eleanor McMahon
Hi, Does anyone have any advice on which of the website builders (e.g. Wix, SquareSpace, etc) are best for a charity just starting off? We want to get it up and running as soon as possible, and will...
Karen Pluess
Hi there everyone, I'm currently on the lookout for an online social media scheduling tool that would work for multiple accounts. Looking for something that is fairly cheap and easy to use. If it has...
Emily Woffindin
Not many nonprofits know that LinkedIn has an ad grant program. It's only open to applications once or twice a year, it's quite restricted in the types of ad you can run, your nonprofit has to offer...
Jason King
Hi Looking to see if anyone can point me in the direction of a website designer that specialises in small community organisation. I have a very limited budget (free would be utterly amazing) for this...
Lainy Bedingfeild
We're a small charity and I'm writing our first ever marketing and comms strategy. The aim is to have a one-pager high-level document, perhaps with a more detailed accompanying document.  Would anyon...
Farrah Morde
Hi there!  I've recently started as the Design and Communications Lead for a charity. I've been tasked with finding a printing company who will print marketing materials, and will give us VAT excepti...
Lisa Hocking
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