Right-Things Right-Now Marketing

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THIS is what you need to do to connect with your people (supporters, prospects, partners, staff, leadership and volunteers all) and move them to take the actions you need.

Take newsjacking one step further—to integrate what’s going on inside of your peoples’ heads—as well as in the world around them and you, to focus your marketing messages, format, channel and delivery time. Here’s a great example…

Friday was tough here in the Northeast. The real blizzard was still en route but the pelting ice outside made outside play impossible. Every child I know was yearning for snow and, with school closed or cut to a half day, sick of being stuck inside. Ugh!

So when this tweet and the email below crossed my lens, I thought, “Wow, these folks really get me. And if they get me, I’m more interested in what they have to say.” (post continues below email)

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Nancy Schwartz on February 11, 2013 in Right-Things Right-Now Marketing | 0 comments
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Right-Now Right-Things MarketingHat tip to Oreo for its relevant marketing during last night’s 30-minute Super Bowl blackout. Relevance rules!

But where were nonprofits? Radio silence on the social channels, ideal for right-things, right-now marketing.

Take a look at the possibilities: The Oreo marketing team posted this photo ad on their Facebook page within a few minutes of the blackout. It was exactly the right message for viewers at  exactly the right moment.

There are three reasons Oreo grabbed this win—17,500 shares, 6,500 shares—in a flash at a tiny cost. They:

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Nancy Schwartz on February 4, 2013 in Right-Things Right-Now Marketing | 0 comments
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Flickr: QuinnRegister now, seats are filling fast. And you can watch at your convenience if you can’t make it live.

What’s the right way to connect with supporters, and motivate them to act? And how do I know if I’m doing the right things?

These are the questions I hear most from you, followed by your secrets—that not knowing those answers leads to self-doubt, paralysis, or, worse, just doing what you’ve always done, regardless of the impact it has (or doesn’t have).

Being uncertain so unsetttling. I hate not knowing which way to turn, and being forced to just see what sticks via trying various things out. Yuck.

But you don’t have to leave it up to chance. There’s a better wayRight-Things Right-Now Marketing
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Nancy Schwartz on January 28, 2013 in Right-Things Right-Now Marketing | 2 comments
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I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. Dream your way to change—not by sleeping or hoping—but by acting to make it real, and motivating others to do the same!

That’s the best way to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.—who followed his dream, and motivated us to serve. Consider the influence he and his work still have today, 40 years after he was assassinated.

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Nancy Schwartz on January 21, 2013 in Right-Things Right-Now Marketing | 1 comment
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