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Marketing a Nonprofit With a Team of One
Most marketing advice assumes a team. Here are the channels and routines that earn one person’s time.
Key Takeaways
- Pick two channels and do them well
- Run a weekly hour, not a daily scramble
- Automate reporting so you see what works
Summarize With AI
Choose Two Channels
Email and one social channel cover most small nonprofits. Search comes next, because it keeps working after you stop posting.
Set a Weekly Hour
- Thirty minutes to draft the week’s posts
- Fifteen minutes on email
- Fifteen minutes reading last week’s numbers
Measure One Thing
Pick the action that matters most, a donation, a volunteer sign-up or an event registration, and track only that for the first quarter.
Questions
What is the best marketing channel for a small nonprofit?
Email, because you own the list and it drives the most donations per hour spent.
How much time should one person spend on nonprofit marketing?
A protected weekly hour plus a monthly review is enough to keep two channels running.