Posts by margie

June

17th

2013

Influence Marketing and Fundraising: A New Approach

June 17th, 2013 by margie
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For the past two weeks, we have been discussing how to approach fundraising on social media sites through the prism of the book Influence Marketing, by Danny Brown and Sam Fiorella. In the first post we talked about how influence marketing as a strategy has been evolving over the last few years, and last week…

June

10th

2013

Influence Marketing and Fundraising: Why Doesn’t It Work?

June 10th, 2013 by margie
Photo by Sappymoosetree

Last week we talked about how a lot of companies and organizations approach social media based on the idea of “the influencer.” The hope is that if a very well-known person shares your content, you’ll get a lot of exposure, and hence, you will succeed in increasing sales or raising funds. As Danny Brown and…

June

6th

2013

Influence Marketing and Fundraising: Current Thinking

June 6th, 2013 by margie
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I just finished reading a book called Influence Marketing, authored by Danny Brown and Sam Fiorella. The book primarily is a marketing book. It talks about how the long-standing relationship between brands and their “audience” has been altered by the strange new world of social media. It talks about how new platforms have evolved to…

May

13th

2013

Social Media Love Made Tangible

May 13th, 2013 by margie
Photo by Blankies for Boston

In 2007, back when Livejournal was still my favorite online platform, I was running an organization called Homespun Helpers. The group existed solely in the online world, although in some cases some of our members truly befriended each other, and got to craft together. Our goal each year was to make and donate 3,000 items…

May

6th

2013

Why You Should Support @HardlyNormal’s At Home Campaign

May 6th, 2013 by margie
Photo by Kamil PorembiƄski

I remember one of the first times I encountered a homeless person. They shook a little cup full of change as I walked by. I wanted to give some change but I was warned against it. “They’ll probably just use it to get beer,” I was told. I remember a scene in the Terry Gilliam…