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Online Video Fundraising Coming Soon?

As the 2006 election season heats up, vendors of online TV ads are promoting their new tools to campaigns. Online video advertising is blossoming alongside the deepening penetration of broadband access in the home. Seems like a no-brainer to me — a marriage of fine-tuned targetability and the impact of video. But it's new so […]

Learn More June 30, 2006

Speaking of Thank You’s

Roger's post about “thank you's” to donors got me wondering … how do you thank someone adequately for a $30 BILLION+ gift?! Shouldn't we ALL write notes to Warren Buffett? Should (did) Bono or President Bush call him … or award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Should every newspaper, magazine and newscast in the […]

Learn More June 29, 2006

Thank You Helen Keller

We report a lot on The Agitator about the wonders of technology, the beauty of effective communications. Yet, despite today's technology — or maybe because of it — good manners and good fundraising seem to be on a marked decline. Gifts made over the web receive an instant thank you. As if any mere mortal […]

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Dipping Your Toes into Blogging-II?

You'll be hearing plenty from us on the subject of blogging – why, whether, how, best practices etc. (obviously we're believers!). Here are observations from some of the best in the new biz, collected by MarketingProfs: Daily Fix. As usual, we like Seth Godin: “They don't care about what you write. They care about what […]

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Can You Say “Billion” Without Stuttering?

Authored by JerryHuntsinger, Guest Agitator Here they come! The hurricanes of 2006! How many? How deadly? They already have namesBerly, Rafael, Debby, Oscar And why was 2005 such an active and disastrous hurricane season? According to Dr. Jeff Masters, Director of Meteorology at Wunderground.com, your guess is as good as his. Maybe global warming. Maybe […]

Learn More June 27, 2006

Still in Silos?

The Boston Globe has announced that it is merging the editorial staffs of its print and online editions. This reflects today's digital realities in terms of the need for cross-platform brand consistency, the economics of producing content, and the desire of readers to use both media. Are your printed newsletters and publications still in a […]

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