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Habitat for Humanity: Marketing Plan

Marketing Team:

Elizabeth Murphy, Rachel Aldridge, Madison Dickson, Corley Cole,

Idania Carranza, Katelyn Roso,

& Leslie Garcia

Objective

Objective

Identify best practices that Habitat for Humanity can use to reach and engage potential donors in Lewisville and Flower Mound.

To Do So We Focused On:

Three Focuses

  • Finding new donors

  • Maintaining donor relationships

  • Increasing brand awareness

Monthly Luncheon/Dinner Party

Topic 1

  • Invite current donors, and encourage them to bring friends/family

  • Board members and staff members present

  • Informative & interactive meeting
  • Discuss progress, goals, and appreciation

  • Host in ReStore to build foot traffic and awareness

Why Monthly Luncheon/Dinner Party?

Why?

  • From our field research, it was discovered that a common link between successful non-profits were their monthly events.

  • These events are not elegant, but rather simple gatherings with snacks provided, that allow opportunity for donors to feel a part of the organization.

Re-Vamp Advertisement Strategies

Topic 2

In order to reach new donor audiences, it is vital that Habitat adapts to the new frontier of advertisement, Online Applications.

Reaching audiences ages 20-35 requires a different approach in comparison to audiences ages 35-60.

Costs and Considerations

Music Applications:

  • Spotify: Advertisements can start at $250.
  • Pandora:
  • Visual - $5-7 per one thousand people
  • Audio - $8-$12
  • SoundCloud ($)

Entertainment Applications:

  • YouTube: $10 per day for local campaigns, current offer of $100 free credit when you spend $25 on video ads.
  • Facebook: Set your own budget by using the ad manager tool.
  • Instagram: Set your own budget, like Facebook
  • Twitter: The average cost for a Promoted tweet is around $1.35 per engagement
  • Denton, FlowerMound, and Lewisville DMV's

Re-Vamp Website Page

Topic 3

  • Create a more engaging website

  • Have visual stimulation through the use of pictures, videos, slideshows, etc.

  • Fill in white space on website

How To Make an Interactive Website

  • Page dedicated to building Client-Relationship

  • Page displaying donation package options for both individuals and firms,
  • Online outlet for individuals and companies to make donations

  • Create an interactive section: Build-A-Home
  • Walk through steps of making a home
  • Includes personal stories on the recipients for the houses

  • Include a variety of displays: Slideshows, videos, pictures, etc.

Acts for Donor Appreciation

Topic 4

  • Donors are individuals who wish to feel they are making an impact

  • Habitat needs to be transparent in communication channels

  • Habitat can build donor relationships by spending more time on making the donor feel special.

Transparency to Donors

  • Monthly Top Donor Newspaper pertaining information of upcoming events, recipients status, goals and aspirations of the non-profit, personal stories of those impacted.

  • Send hand-written Thank-You letters frequently to Donors
  • "Carpenter Club" Donation of set amount for every home built

  • "Wall Raising" celebration for every finished home to celebrate the donors who made it possible.

Increasing Funds Using Outside Sources

Topic 5

  • Focus on gaining more than just private donors.

  • Expand donor target audience to include government programs & funding from other organizations.

Government & Non-Profit Funding Programs

  • New Markets Tax Credit Program
  • Must be certified as CDEs by the CDFI Fund
  • Application timeline
  • Opening Date is January 2019
  • Deadline April 2019
  • Announcement date Septemeber 2019
  • cdfifund.gov has all the available information to apply

  • Serve Denton
  • Mission must cater to helping people become self-sufficient
  • Directly contact Serve Denton on website forum

  • Cloud 9 Charities (Flower Mound)
  • Must serve local, Denton County families
  • Directly request donation on website forum

Attending Local Events

Topic 6

  • Board members & employees should attend several community events each month in:
  • Denton
  • Flower Mound
  • Lewisville

  • Collaborate with other non-profits to build brand awareness within the community

Local Events to Attend

  • Chamber of Commerce events
  • Non-profit organization events
  • Farmer’s markets
  • Art exhibits
  • Volunteer fairs
  • High school/University events
  • High schools located in neighboring cities
  • Community Colleges
  • Universities
  • Specialty/Trade Schools
  • Getting in contact with organizations on college campuses
  • UNT/TWU Honors programs, volunteer organizations, etc.

Sources

References

  • Elizabeth Johnston (Collin County Habitat for Humanity Development and Marketing Major)

  • April Timko (Knoxville, Tennessee Habitat for Humanity Director of Marketing and Communications)

  • Tina Corbett (Christian Community Action)

  • Kim Cloud (Cloud 9 Charities)

  • Amy Ferdinando (Children’s Advocacy Center)

  • Brooke Hawkins (Serve Denton)

  • Marci Pritts (Untied Way of Denton)

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