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Designing for nonprofits

Designing for Nonprofits: Our Commentary + Experience

This blog was co-written by Associate Creative Director, Ida Persson, and SVP of Brand + Strategy, Amy Small. Within Media Cause’s Creative, Brand, and Design team, one of our favorite…

By: Media Cause Team

75 Google Ad Tips

75 Tips + Tricks to Optimize Your Google Ad Grant: Part 2

In Part One of our 75 Tips + Tricks to Optimize Your Google Ad Grant, we covered creating and structuring your account, target settings, and selecting keywords. Here’s a link…

By: Courtney Williamson

Google Analytics 4 Illustration

Google Analytics 4: What Nonprofits Need to Know

Tracking your website’s activity with Google has just gotten easier. You may have not heard, but Google has officially rolled out Google Analytics 4, a new kind of tracking property….

By: Media Cause Team

Always Room to Grow Graffiti

It’s OK to change your career path

I’m writing this for whoever has been contemplating making a career change. I encourage you to take that first step—and then go all in.  Last Summer, I officially transitioned from…

By: Maggie Rakovic

Inclusive Imagery

Why Is Inclusive Imagery So Hard?

Ah, June. The month that our newsfeeds, popup ads, and neighborhood windows are covered with rainbows. June is the month we celebrate Pride, but it does seem like the only…

By: Ansley Luce

digital advertising Billboard outside on busy street

Nonprofit Advertising Best Practices

Launching a new advertising campaign can be daunting. Is my targeting right? Is my message good enough? Is all our tracking setup correctly? Here are some best practices our media…

By: Stephanie Schug

Pride 2021

Pride Month Resources

When you’re a part of the LGBTQ+ community–allies included–being proud of who you are is something that should be celebrated all year round, and even more this month. June is…

By: Media Cause Team

Example of Call to Action on phone

Pairing Advocacy and Fundraising: The Peas and Carrots of Digital Engagement

Why leveraging different calls-to-action actually deepens relationships with your constituents and supporters. Advocates aren’t donors. Donors aren’t advocates. Or so says the urban myth. 501c3’s can’t do advocacy, it’s not…

By: Dan Reed, CFRE

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Audio Social Media Platforms for Nonprofits

In the social media world, platforms are always changing. Creators are constantly looking for ways to improve their online applications to better serve their target audience. For nonprofits, using social…

By: Media Cause Team

Isaiah Advocacy Fellow

What It’s Like to Be a RiseUP Fellow: Isaiah Schutz-Ramon

Being selected as a Fellow for the RiseUp Fellowship couldn’t have come at a better time. I had just finished college but had lost both my restaurant and warehouse jobs…

By: Isaiah Schutz-Ramon

Theory of Color

Color Theory: Emotion + Bias

Click here to view the presentation and learn more about how color theory informs our creative work at Media Cause. Media Cause Art Director Rob Shaw and Senior Designer Ansley…

By: Media Cause Team

Handicapped

Accessibility and the Harm of Simple Symbols

In honor of GAAD, our second blog focuses on the harm symbols have on the disabled community. Read part one here. Symbols have always been a way for people to…

By: Ida Persson