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Ensuring Fundraising Email Deliverability: Updating your DNS Record

Update as of March 2026: Email deliverability requirements have changed significantly since this was written. While SPF records remain important, they are no longer enough to ensure your emails reach…

By: Tori Baskind

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Creating Effective Fundraising Ads for Social Media

In today’s uber-connected world, it’s no surprise that social media is becoming an increasingly important tool for fundraising. When done right, putting advertising dollars behind your fundraising efforts on social…

By: Stephanie Schug

RiseUP Marketing Fellowship

Meet our first three RiseUP Marketing Fellows

Last summer, amidst our country’s long-overdue racial awakening and social justice reimagining, we decided that it was time to stop simply talking about making our own progress toward greater diversity…

By: Media Cause Team

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It’s agency life — but does it have to be? 

“It’s agency life.” It’s a term you’ll hear from employees at marketing and advertising agencies across the country. You may even see it accompanied by a hashtag. If you’re not…

By: Ida Persson

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A Day for Reflection and Giving Back: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is an official day of service and celebrates the civil rights leader’s life and legacy. At Media Cause we recognize the federal holiday and…

By: Media Cause Team

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Mentorship is a two way street

2020 was a pretty challenging year for everyone–physically, financially, and emotionally. If you’re looking for a meaningful way to give back to the community in 2021 that doesn’t involve money…

By: Amy Small

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Media Cause Joins Green the Bid

Media Cause is proud to announce we’ve joined Green the Bid. Green the Bid is a movement to make production sustainable in all ways. It’s our job to do whatever…

By: Media Cause Team

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Giving Tuesday 2020 Quick Takes

Giving Tuesday was a few weeks ago, and reports from the biggest platforms are showing positive results—the biggest Giving Tuesday yet! Here are a few things to look out for…

By: Nicola Leckie

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10 Google Ad Grant Best Practices

If there is anything this year has taught us, it’s to not take things for granted. An opportunity you don’t want to take for granted is Google Ad Grants for…

By: Media Cause Team

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Actions Speak Louder than Corporate Pledges

Remember black out Tuesday? Remember how many corporations and nonprofits hopped on that bandwagon, pledging to do better with racial equality? Those were some inspiring times! We even published a…

By: Media Cause Team

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Media Cause wins Gold from Inc. Best In Business Awards for Helping Nonprofits During Crisis

Like many others, even the mention of 2020 brings shivers down our collective spines and stressful looks to our faces. But in our case at Media Cause, it also brings…

By: Eric Facas

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Bathroom Google Searches

As an industry that thrives with lingo, we’re not kind to newbies. At my first agency job, it was very clear from day one that questions were persona non grata,…

By: Sarah Ackerman