How-to Guides - Marketing & promotion

Resources for setting up and running community organisations and projects.

Social Media Marketing Mistakes (details)
"Business publications are full of stories about social media and consultants have been out there proclaiming its benefit (and selling their related coaching services) for a couple of years now. ...
Date added: 30 September 2011
New Series Aims To Make Mental Health Sector 'Media Savvy' (details)
The Mental Health Foundation and Like Minds, Like Mine have launched a new online series taking an inside look at the media and how organisations working within mental health can better tell their ...
Date added: 3 June 2011
Bartercard Foundation – Applications for promotional funding now open (details)
Bi-annually charities are able to apply to become the recipient of the Bartercard Foundation funds to help them gain mainstream recognition. The Foundation is now taking applications to find a ...
Date added: 24 May 2011
11 Ways to Get to Breakthrough Nonprofit Messaging (details)
In February, Nancy Schwartz spoke at the Marketing by Association conference in Auckland. Nancy writes a regular Getting Attention blog featuring ideas to help non-profits succeed through effective ...
Date added: 14 April 2011
Opening the Door to national television (details)
Do you, or a group that you’re involved with, have something to say to the people of New Zealand? If you’re actively involved with an issue, be it family, social, environmental or ...
Date added: 7 July 2010
Free Business Cards, Brochures, Signs and More (details)
Vista Print is a great website that allows you to design your own marketing material and get it professionally printed - absolutely free.
Date added: 31 May 2010
NZ Mental Health Media Grant (details)
The Mental Health Foundation is looking for new partners to help bring the inspirational NZ Mental Health Media Grant projects to more New Zealanders. Art, music, theatre, film, creative writing and ...
Date added: 10 May 2010
US survey shows nonprofit organisations fail to connect with key audiences (details)
A new survey of more than 900 US nonprofit leaders reveals a major crisis among charitable organizations: they’re doing an inadequate job of connecting with their key audiences and characterize ...
Date added: 30 January 2010
Your news on tvCentral (details)
Waikato and Bay of Plenty regional television station tvCentral has recently received a funding contract from NZonAir to assist with the production and broadcast of its very first news show.
Date added: 3 September 2009
Māori Television profiling Māori volunteers (details)
Māori Television is producing a 13-part series looking at Māori working in community organisations. It will be a great chance to not only acknowledge your volunteers, but put your ...
Date added: 3 September 2009
The People's Times - new community web service now live (details)
Do you have an important story to tell, but no way to get it into the mainstream media? Or trying to get your local group online, but lack the budget or know-how to do it independently? Or maybe you need somewhere to post notices on the web that ...
Date added: 26 February 2009