Summer is nearly here and it’s time to plan out the social media content for your Chamber of Commerce for the next few months. Unfortunately, most Chambers are doing summer social media wrong. They’re reposting member content or sharing generic graphics and wondering why no one is engaging. Here’s the truth: Reposting isn’t marketing, storytelling […]
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Retain Your Members: Promote Your Chamber Successes & Benefits
Promoting your Chamber by telling your members what you do for them and touting your successes is imperative to the success of your Chamber. As a Chamber of Commerce professional, you work hard to support your members and help grow your community. A lot of what you do is behind-the-scenes work, so your members never […]
Create Strong Passwords & Be More Secure Online
We do just about everything online these days. We shop online, manage our healthcare online, store personal data online, and so much more. Keeping our accounts safe and secure is something we have to be proactive about. One way to do this is to create and use strong passwords. Check to See if Your Passwords […]
How to Write Email Subject Lines That Improve Open Rates
The email subject line is the first thing your readers see. It is an essential tool to grab your audience’s attention. If your email inbox is like mine, it gets pretty full. With all those emails waiting to be read, how do you make sure your carefully crafted emails get opened? If you have a […]
2021 American Web Design Award Presented to Kathy Jacobs Design & Marketing
We are so pleased to have been awarded an American Web Design Award for 2021 presented by Graphic Design USA magazine for the design of the responsive website for the Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee (LMRCC). More than 2,000 entries were submitted for this competition; a highly selected top 10 percent of entrants were recognized […]
How to Write an Event Sponsor Letter or Email that Works
Have you had this experience? You send out your sponsor request letters or emails and eagerly anticipate the sponsorships rolling in. But all you hear in response is the sound of crickets. A typical business owner receives a lot of requests for donations and sponsorships. You have to make sure your request for event sponsorship […]
Free & Discounted Software and Services for Nonprofit Organizations
There are several programs and resources that nonprofit organizations can use or apply for to get a discount on the software and online tools that will benefit their programs. There are also some free software and online services just for nonprofits. I have compiled a listing of some of the resources below. Graphic Design, Layout, […]
Where to Find Forestry, Forest Resource, and Silviculture Images
It can be hard to find royalty-free or creative commons licensed forestry or free tree photos to accompany an article. The traditional stock photo and royalty-free photo services sometimes lack species-specific tree and forest pictures. When online stock photo sites do have some photos, they are sometimes mislabeled. The photo description may use the wrong […]
2019 American Web Design Award Presented to Kathy Jacobs Design & Marketing
The work we do is so rewarding. We get to work with Clients to benefit their communities, grow their organizations, reach more people, and achieve their goals. We deep dive into each project to learn all we can about what each organization or business does, how they do it, how best to reach their goals, […]
