Reader Questions: Bootstrap your nonprofit startup in 4 steps!
Hi Molly!
First off, I love that you’re helping women get wheels. When I worked in a domestic violence shelter, this is something that would hamper women in getting the services that they needed, whether baby-sitting, counseling, welfare, etc. A car can mean the difference between a job and no job, and between a woman having to return to an abuser or not. Thank you for recognizing this.
How NOT to volunteer
You’ve shown up at a nonprofit, ready to volunteer. The nonprofit has a phone-a-thon going on. You don’t WANT to do a phone-a-thon, even though the nonprofit stated this was the opportunity. So the nonprofit staff person tries to find something else for you to do. You are asked to organize some file folders. You […]
8 places to find volunteers
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Are you a membership based nonprofit? 3 ways to be better
I don’t usually go in for membership.
I find that whatever the cost is, it’s usually not followed up with enough concrete benefits.
However, there is ONE organization that I am a member of, which exceeds all my expectations, and I think it would help you to tell you about it.
How to get money in the mail
Five Things That You Can Learn from “The Long Tail” for Marketing Your Nonprofit
What is the Long Tail?
It’s a book by Chris Anderson, who talks about the internet’s ability to keep a product going long after it should have stopped selling. The Long Tail means that there are no masses, but lots of people with very specific sets of niches and interests. Mr. Anderson looks at the business models of Zappos, Amazon, Ebay, Apple, Google, and other top American companies, and tries to decipher how they keep up with the changing pace of the business world and the internet markets.
This can apply to your charity, and I’m going to tell you how after the jump.