Nonprofit Editorial Calendar: 2025 Guide to Stay Organized
Learn how to create a nonprofit editorial calendar to stay consistent, engage donors, and raise more money with clear, organized communication.| Get Fully Funded
Copywriting legend Gary Halbert goes to prison for tax fraud. The conditions are harsh. He doesn’t know if he’ll survive in Boron Prison for long. So he writes letters to his son to teach him everything he knows about copywriting and marketing. And later his letters became the famous book: The Boron Letters. In one… Continue reading How Starving Prospects Build Thriving Firms (And 3 Signals To Find Yours) The post How Starving Prospects Build Thriving Firms (And 3 Signals To Find Yours)...| Frontera
Giving Tuesday can feel like a whirlwind. Your inbox floods with donation appeals, your social feeds fill with #GivingTuesday hashtags, and it feels impossible to stand out. For small nonprofits, the pressure to compete with larger organizations can feel downright discouraging. So, what’s the single most important thing you can do to set yourself The post The #1 Thing You Must Do Before Giving Tuesday appeared first on Get Fully Funded.| Get Fully Funded
If you’re trying to raise money, but all you’re hearing is crickets, you may need to work on your message for fundraising. When it comes to convincing people to give, your message is everything. It’s how you explain to a potential donor who your organization helps, what problem you're working to solve, and how The post A Strong Message for Fundraising = More and Bigger Donations appeared first on Get Fully Funded.| Get Fully Funded
Learn how to create a nonprofit editorial calendar to stay consistent, engage donors, and raise more money with clear, organized communication.| Get Fully Funded
When the world’s most powerful defense institution declares that “the press no longer roams free,” it’s a revealing example of how even someone steeped in media can misunderstand both a mandate and the medium. In… Continued The post Pentagon Press Policy Standoff: Lessons for Communicators appeared first on PRNEWS.| PRNEWS
For multilingual organizations, building a bilingual rapid-response system goes far beyond simply translating messages. The post Crisis in Two Languages: Proactively Building Bilingual Rapid-Response Systems appeared first on PRNEWS.| PRNEWS
When Zoe Glass was offered an intern position with us at m+p, she set out on a journey to understand what Language Strategy is all about. Here, she reflects on Stuart Hall, Kelly Osbourne, and what she learned about Language Strategy. The post Stuart Hall, Kelly Osbourne, and an Intern’s Take on Language Strategy appeared first on maslansky+partners.| maslansky+partners
As Napoleon said, “Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.” Many people agree that the two most powerful emotions, especially in business, are people’s desire for gain – their controlled greed, as evidenced in the WIIFM factor (“What’s in it for me?”) – and their fear. The strongest fear is the fear […]| Cutting Edge PR
Here's a rambling of thoughts that I've been thinking about for a while, just observing and listening to how people use the internet... Prompts are replacing posts. A prompt makes a video. A song. An agent. Soon, an entire app. Prompts are becoming the new content type. And new content| Shane Mac
Since a years we know, or might suspect, our chats are listend on, our uploaded files are sold for advertising or what purpose ever and the chance our social messengers leak our private data is incredibly high. It is about time to work against this.| code and society | codedge
Industry leaders note that the real power of AI in PR lies in giving teams their time back. When communicators spend less time sorting media mentions and formatting briefings, they can focus on the insights themselves and on what their organizations should do next.| PRNEWS
Ethical agility means acting swiftly without compromising on principles. It's about creating systems and strategies that are nimble yet always guided by core values.| PRNEWS
Why is so much of our messaging confusing, convoluted? It's time to simplify. Learn how to unclog your copy with this simple copy framework.| Ann Handley
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The EU is pushing legislation that would scan all our private messages, even in encrypted apps.| Metalhearf's Blog
Use participant messaging to follow up after UX sessions, clarify confusion, and improve the quality of your research results. The post From Ghosted to Guided: How to Message Participants Effectively appeared first on Useberry.| Useberry
Your potential clients have limited resources but many problems. Here's how to make them prioritize the one you solve:| Frontera
News that RFK Jr. will push to change the childhood vaccine schedule is putting intense new scrutiny on recommendations. When pharma responds with “trust the science” or appeals to authority of the CDC’s past recommendations, these messages often fall flat—or worse, appear dismissive. The post Why Pharma Must Rethink How It Explains the Vaccine Schedule—Not Just Defend It appeared first on maslansky+partners.| maslansky+partners
The key to maximizing media investments and establishing a well-known brand is an integrated approach, where P2P complements PR.| PRNEWS
Picture this: You’re a marketing director scrolling through design agency websites, after getting some recommendations from industry friends. Agency after agency promises to “transform your business,” “create bold brands for brave companies,” and “help ambitious brands thrive in a changing world.” Before long, your head starts to throb, your eyes glaze over, and you decide […] The post Why agencies must think of themselves as brands appeared first on How Brands Are Built.| How Brands Are Built
It is admittedly tough to both craft and successfully disseminate a cogent narrative when you are stuck in the political minority. Nancy Pelosi was especially successful in 2006 when she persuaded …| DOMEocracy
Story mining, the ability to consistently uncover and shape compelling narratives from everyday business activity, has become essential for PR pros.| PRNEWS
Discover how Mrs. T’s Pierogies tapped into humor, parenting insights and multiplatform content to connect with millennial parents.| PRNEWS
Over the summer, I delved into a book by the Wharton school’s Associate Professor of Marketing Jonah Berger titled, Magic Words: What to Say to Get Your Way. His blurb in Goodreads, where it receiv…| C-suite Blueprint
Let's analyse why is Spotify launching its new messaging feature and why now?| ProcessOne
The biggest mistake in B2B messaging is copying consumer brands. I know. Who doesn’t want to be inspirational like Nike? Who doesn’t want to influence buyers with a strong mission like Patagonia’s? But think about it. These are consumer brands. They sell commoditized products. A jacket is a jacket. No matter what brand you buy… Continue reading Why Nike Can Get Away With ‘Just Do It’ and Your B2B Brand Can’t The post Why Nike Can Get Away With ‘Just Do It’ and Your B2B Brand...| Frontera
If you wanted a case study in why so many Americans believe the system is rigged, jsut look to what’s happening with Texas gerrymandering.| maslansky+partners
Lee Carter says that the path is now clear—if the Democratic party is willing to learn from its own, and from its greatest rival.| maslansky+partners
Stop losing prospects to confusing jargon. Discover Emma Stratton's proven framework for writing clear, punchy B2B messaging that actually converts leads.| TinyTechGuides
I recommend a new book about marketing and positioning your brand, called The Brand Benefits Playbook: Why Customers Aren’t Buying What You’re Selling – And What to Do About It. Written by marketing professors Allen Weiss, Ph.D., and Debbie J. MacInnis, Ph.D., the book is chock full of marketing zingers that too often ring true: … Continue reading "Marketers Focus on Benefits to Position Brands" The post Marketers Focus on Benefits to Position Brands appeared first on Crystal Clear Co...| Crystal Clear Communications
Social proof doesn't sell — it reassures. Here’s how most B2B brands get this backward in their messaging and how to fix it:| Frontera
Is there room for a third political party in America? Michael Maslansky shared his views recently on Fox News.| maslansky+partners
Michael Maslansky shares how Musk’s idea for an “America Party” is a case study in how NOT to build trust through language.| maslansky+partners
The words you use matter. Messaging isn’t just about sounding clever. It’s about making a real connection with the people most likely to buy.| Hivehouse Digital
Hey friends, I'd love to hear your thoughts—hit reply and say hi! I've been thinking about this for a while: As social networks become algorithm networks, followers lose all their value, and group messaging becomes the new social graph, what changes? Why the Next| Shane Mac
You can’t differentiate your brand by using what’s expected. Let me explain with an example. Go to 20 management consultancy firm websites. You’ll see that they claim to be different by providing high-quality work. Or by bragging about years of experience. Go to 20 CRM software websites. You’ll see that they claim to be different… Continue reading Points of Parity: Why Saying What Buyers Expect Never Makes Your Brand Stand Out The post Points of Parity: Why Saying What Buyers Expect...| Frontera
Dark Shows 2: This Time It's Personal.| Mythcreants
Can fantasy move past its crush on kings?| Mythcreants
Lessons from The Umbrella Academy, Preacher, and The Boys.| Mythcreants
If you ever used the IBM MQ Docker image provided by IBM, you might have encountered the problem that JMSToolBox is not able to connect to the broker using any user. In this blog post we will show you a simple setup to fix this problem and some additional tips for troubleshooting.| ConSol Blog
Lee Carter reflects on how in moments of crisis—like the recent strikes on Iran nuclear sites—language is not just a reflection of reality, but a force that shapes it.| maslansky+partners
Public relations is a very useful tool for an organization making its case in the public forum, especially when confronting another organization with conflicting values. In this case, I will explore the opportunity for using public relations concepts in defending a historical society against the desire of a group of property developers who wish to … Continue reading ROPE Process in Consumer Relations→ The post ROPE Process in Consumer Relations appeared first on Schadone.com.| Schadone.com
Why do many B2B brands struggle to get their message across? Why is their value lost in translation? Here’s one reason. Many executives confuse messaging with copywriting. But messaging isn’t just about beautiful words. It’s about making decisions. It’s about clarity. Most B2B brands skip straight to copy and content, without building the structure beneath… Continue reading 7 Rules to Build Messaging That Actually Influences Your Buyers The post 7 Rules to Build Messaging That Actua...| Frontera
Why consulting firms use unnatural words to describe what they do, what causes it, and why you need clarity first to convey your value:| Frontera
Partner Ben Feller shares how a simple moment with his son sparks a powerful call to reshape the way we talk about modern fatherhood.| maslansky+partners
Sometimes your best brand story isn’t the one you think it should be. It’s one of your throwaway stories; an informal anecdote everybody else loves, but you don’t think twice about. I’ll explain. I recently stopped by a pet food store. Outside sat a brand representative at a table full of a type of cat […]| LEVY INNOVATION
Apple's iOS 26 software could enhance the iPhone's built-in Messages app with new capabilities, including polls and automatic translation.| iDownloadBlog.com
As we move ever closer to legislation that will significantly curtail the federal funds that flow to states, communities, and individuals for health and wellbeing, it’s vital that voices in the movement for health equity speak up consistently and effectively. Harmonized framing is one of our most powerful forms of resistance in this moment — […]| Berkeley Media Studies Group
You wouldn’t know it from news coverage, but U.S. residents are more united on many issues than we realize — even seemingly controversial ones. For example, recent research found that more than 80% of us support diversity, equity, and inclusion, and want to help end divisiveness. However, we mistakenly believe that only 55% of people […] The post The ‘spiral of silence’ makes us think we’re more divided than we are. Here’s how to break it. appeared first on Berkeley Media Studie...| Berkeley Media Studies Group
In responding to the executive order on drug pricing, pharma companies have a chance to redefine their narrative.| maslansky+partners
Author’s note: This blog was originally written in 2014 and was updated in 2020 to reflect current information and practices. Creating clarity and consistency in your organization’s communications assists your audiences to better understand your mission, strategies and activities. In previous posts I discussed elements to include when developing your brand guidelines and items to provide… Read More » Author information Angela de Burger Angela de Burger is a communications professional...| Nonprofit MarCommunity
Author’s note: This blog was originally written in 2014 and was updated in 2020 to reflect current information and practices. Your nonprofit does important work, serves people with needed programs and services, and enriches your community through the efforts of dedicated volunteers and staff members. Yet you feel your organization’s public profile isn’t as compelling… Read More » Author information Angela de Burger Angela de Burger is a communications professional who is passionately...| Nonprofit MarCommunity
Do you know what messages to share during a crisis? As a nonprofit marketer and communicator, how you communicate in difficult times can make or break your organization’s future success. If your messages are shared quickly yet thoughtfully, you can rally your donors and dissuade your skeptics. Conversely, a response that’s overdue or disjointed may… Read More » Author information Allison Weber Freelance Professional Writer and Storyteller at Allison Weber Consulting Allison Weber is pa...| Nonprofit MarCommunity
In this landscape, nonprofits have one major advantage—their work centers on impact and fuels change, two things that people care deeply about. The post Cut Through the Noise: 3 Creative Ways Nonprofits Can Communicate Their Mission with Heart and Clarity appeared first on JGA Counsel.| JGA Counsel
As fundraisers, we often ask others to give their time, talent, and treasure to support causes that matter. But how often do we truly embrace those roles ourselves? The post Three Mistakes to Avoid with Your Fundraising Data appeared first on JGA Counsel.| JGA Counsel
As fundraisers, we often ask others to give their time, talent, and treasure to support causes that matter. But how often do we truly embrace those roles ourselves? The post Why Fundraisers Should Volunteer as Board Members and Be Donors appeared first on JGA Counsel.| JGA Counsel
In today’s oversaturated info space, brands more than ever need to foster authentic relationships with customers, offering them meanings, values, and genuine connection rather than just products and services. This knowledge of your audience and on-level communication is difficult enough in one market. When you need to transplant all this intricate system onto new soil, […] The post Why brand localization matters: connecting with global audiences appeared first on How Brands Are Built.| How Brands Are Built
People are angry. From DEI to tariffs and rising prices, companies need to understand how to respond & communicate in this new "age of rage."| maslansky+partners
Five steps companies can take that will allow them to continue to work towards their DEI goals while mitigating the risk.| maslansky+partners
The post 5 ways you can refine B2B tech messaging appeared first on B2B Messaging & Positioning Consultancy | Punchy.| B2B Messaging & Positioning Consultancy | Punchy
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Have you ever been stuck deciding between SQS, SNS, Kinesis Streams, and EventBridge? Struggled to pick the right one for your use case? If the answer is "yes", I've got you covered with a simple decision tree to help you make the right decision.| Better Dev
The simplicity of setting up a Kinesis trigger for a Lambda function may be deceptive. There are pitfalls that can cause problems we will spot only later, in the production environment. I learned about some of them the hard way, so let's say I speak from the experience.| Better Dev
AWS can overwhelm with the number of services. Especially if multiple services seem to do a very similar job. Let's look at the cloud-native AWS messaging services – the SQS, SNS, Kinesis, and EventBridge. What are the differences and when to use which one?| Better Dev
This 1-2-3 playbook will help establish a strong foundational communications strategy that can adapt and grow with your brand over the next four years.| RH Strategic
How do you deal with read models being out of sync with the actual system state? In other words, how do you deal with the specter of Eventual Consistency?| Erik Heemskerk
How does one query over data in an Event-Sourced system? We examine ways not to and the solution: CQRS. What is it and how do you make it work?| Erik Heemskerk
Are customers ignoring your sales outreach? Get them to engage by aligning your message with your customer’s journey. Here's how!| Cerebral Selling
Google Pub/Sub is a managed messaging platform providing a scalable, asynchronous, loosely-coupled solution for communication between application entities. It centers around the concept of a Topic (queue). A Publisher can put messages on the Topic, and a Subscriber can read messages from the Subscription on a Topic. In this article, I will first use the ... GCP: publishing and reading from Google PubSub Topic using Python client libraries| Fabian Lee : Software Engineer
Customers are ignoring your pitch is because you're leading with products and they care about problems. Here's how to connect the two.| Cerebral Selling
To have your pitch not only heard but deeply felt by your target audience, ditch the solutions and benefits and lead with problems instead.| Cerebral Selling
Strategic media planning for B2B requires a holistic strategy that encompasses the buyer’s journey and uses the right mix of channels to achieve results.| Elevation Marketing
Insights from B2B marketing experts about fine-tuning websites for better conversion rates by leveraging the interplay of psychology and UX| Elevation Marketing
Democrats had a big challenge for this year's DNC: reintroduce Kamala Harris to the American public and redefine the party’s vision for the future. It was an opportunity to reframe and reshape their entire campaign narrative. We analyzed their strategic shifts in language and messaging—and how it transformed the voice of their campaign.| maslansky+partners
Dive into our journey of improving in-app translation experience amidst a post-COVID tourism boom. Discover how we overcame language detection hurdles, crafted an in-house translation model, and implemented stringent quality checks, all while maintaining cost efficiency.| Grab Tech
Powering Democracy: Leveraging Tech to Secure Victory In November In just 26 hours, we all witnessed the seamless transition from the Biden campaign to the Harris campaign. President Biden made a deeply personal decision in service of our democracy and as a result, we have a new candidate – a much younger woman of color, […]| Higher Ground Labs
Anyone in the world can now send free global payments with a private and secure text message. This is just the beginning of individuals having more control, privacy, and ownership over their assets, identity, and now communication. I'm thrilled to announce that Coinbase Wallet is now part of the XMTP| Shane Mac
The “message box” technique is a fun, fast way to create a compelling elevator pitch for your new product or service. For the month of March, this new online course is available for free. Designed for busy product managers and marketers, this course offers a practical and powerful way to work with your team to […]| Marketing Campaign Development Blog
Executives and sales reps continue to struggle with the best way to present their company to new prospects. Especially if you are part of an early stage company, your personal and professional credibility are on the line. Unfortunately, the most common first slides I see in the obligatory corporate pitch are about technology. There is a much, much better […]| Marketing Campaign Development Blog
In this episode, we dissect the challenges of selling innovation whether you are selling enterprise technology, a new investment product, or plant-based meat.| maslansky+partners
Una guía de mensajes Heartwired para personas que trabajan para promover la aceptación equitativa de la vacuna COVID-19 The post Generar confianza, responder dudas e inspirar seguridad en las vacunas contra el COVID-19 appeared first on Heartwired.| Heartwired
A Heartwired messaging guide for people working to advance equitable COVID-19 vaccine uptake The post Building trust, answering questions and inspiring confidence in COVID-19 vaccines appeared first on Heartwired.| Heartwired
A new messaging guide for those working to support family, friends and neighbors who care for young children The post A Labor of Love appeared first on Heartwired.| Heartwired
People don't just love the ocean, they are heartwired to love the ocean. The post Heartwired to Love the Ocean appeared first on Heartwired.| Heartwired
Las personas no solo aman el océano, están encantadas de amar el océano. The post Heartwired Para Amar el Océano appeared first on Heartwired.| Heartwired
Picture Susan: a woman sitting in front of her computer at home on Long Island, New York. Stirring her tea, she eagerly navigates to the homepage of a grassroots organization in her community that helps families with The post How Donors Decide: Lessons From a Year of Exploring Donor Attitudes on Long Island appeared first on Heartwired.| Heartwired
FLOSS alternative for Whatsapp.| Random Ramblings
MicroProfile Reactive Messaging 3.0 introduces a number of new features and changes from MicroProfile Reactive Messaging 1.0, including negative acknowledgments, emitters, and backpressure support. In MicroProfile Reactive Messaging 1.0, messages could be only positively acknowledged. If a problem existed with the payload or if exceptional behavior occurred, no mechanism was... The post Negative acknowledgment and more for MicroProfile Reactive Messaging in Open Liberty 24.0.0.2 appeared firs...| MicroProfile
What Happened Twitter is adding a new feature to Direct Messages (DM) to make it a better customer support tool for brands. Now, when brands manage their Twitter DM through Twitter’s API, they can send call-to-action buttons via direct messages that, when clicked, can direct people to visit a specific site, post a pre-written tweet, […] The post Twitter Integrates Call-To-Action Buttons Into DM appeared first on IPG Media Lab.| IPG Media Lab
I’ve been writing about Spring Batch lately and one of the questions I had in terms of fault tolerance is … Read MoreHandling manager failures in Spring Batch| Arnold Galovics
On the last article, I explained how to implement a Spring Batch job with remote partitioning using Kafka. This time … Read MoreSpring Batch remote partitioning with AWS SQS| Arnold Galovics
I haven’t really covered the topic of batch jobs so far and it happened that I needed to work with them lately and design a quite complicated batch job setup based on Spring Batch with partitioning using Kafka.| Arnold Galovics
Why rebrand? Read this AMJ blog post to find out. Our San Diego-based communications studio offers expert messaging, branding, and content services. Let's work together!| April May June Communications
NServiceBus endpoints support only code-based configuration, which is handy and not always friendly at the same time. But what if we could plug in the superb...| Mauro Servienti - Milestone
We're excited to introduce our new Campaign Studio, allowing you to launch time and event-based campaigns for the holiday season.| Spectrm
On March 23 I was invited to participate in a panel discussion at the European Internet Services Providers Association (EuroISPA). The focus of this discussion was on recent legislative proposals, …| A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
.NET developers building message-based systems seem to give serialization and surrounding concerns more importance than needed. Let's try to dissect the topic| Mauro Servienti - Milestone
