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	<title>Comments on: Using Blogging to Fundraise</title>
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		<title>By: leonot</title>
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		<description>&quot;Ask, is blogging a good way to connect with our audience?”

That line skips a step.

Who&#039;s your audience?

Specifically is a blog the right way to connect with them?
If you write it, will they come? No guarantees.

A CEO can blog up a storm, but if it&#039;s not reaching the
intended audience, what&#039;s the point?

A blog is nothing more, or less, than a communications tool.
It&#039;s an appropriate tool for many things, and the wrong tool
for many more.

Examples: You might use a blog to keep major donors
informed. Perhaps it&#039;s a way to keep politically minded
supporters informed of efforts and opportunities. Perhaps
it&#039;s a way to keep peers (other NP&#039;s) informed of your
efforts, or to spark inter-organization discussions.

It is a good way to connect with your actual clientèle?
THAT depends on what you are - social service agency?
Probably not appropriate. An arts organization? Could be
dramatically effective.

Blogging isn&#039;t something you do, it&#039;s a tool you use while
doing something else: communicate with an audience.

Understanding that audience is key to being effective.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Ask, is blogging a good way to connect with our audience?”</p>
<p>That line skips a step.</p>
<p>Who&#8217;s your audience?</p>
<p>Specifically is a blog the right way to connect with them?<br />
If you write it, will they come? No guarantees.</p>
<p>A CEO can blog up a storm, but if it&#8217;s not reaching the<br />
intended audience, what&#8217;s the point?</p>
<p>A blog is nothing more, or less, than a communications tool.<br />
It&#8217;s an appropriate tool for many things, and the wrong tool<br />
for many more.</p>
<p>Examples: You might use a blog to keep major donors<br />
informed. Perhaps it&#8217;s a way to keep politically minded<br />
supporters informed of efforts and opportunities. Perhaps<br />
it&#8217;s a way to keep peers (other NP&#8217;s) informed of your<br />
efforts, or to spark inter-organization discussions.</p>
<p>It is a good way to connect with your actual clientèle?<br />
THAT depends on what you are &#8211; social service agency?<br />
Probably not appropriate. An arts organization? Could be<br />
dramatically effective.</p>
<p>Blogging isn&#8217;t something you do, it&#8217;s a tool you use while<br />
doing something else: communicate with an audience.</p>
<p>Understanding that audience is key to being effective.</p>
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