Adwords for nonprofits through Google Ad Grants

 AD GRANTS Google Ad Grants is the nonprofit edition of AdWords, Google’s online advertising tool. Google Ad Grants empowers nonprofit organizations, through $10,000 per month in in-kind AdWords™ advertising, to promote their missions and initiatives on Google.com. Eligibility | Program Details | Testimonials | Apply today Join the program Get further, faster. Apply to the Google for Nonprofits program. Members will gain…

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social media infographics

SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT + MODERATION.  Brand Management & Online Marketing  Online PR & Publicity  Social Media Campaign Development  Networking & Moderation  Community Engagement Marketing  Consulting   Author Social Media Plan. From Situation Assessment & Analysis to Development. o Reconnaissance mission to collect everything about {INSERT ENTITY} (Company History, Competitive Analysis,…

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Vine promotions

I recently embraced the use of VINE for marketing promotions, PR and business development. I’m the type of guy that can always find a way to make something practical, but VINE for the 30-something marketer…. definitely out of the box. What is Vine? Vine is a mobile service that lets you create and share short…

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Law Firm Marketing

Specializing in Marketing for Attorneys, Law Firms & Legal Industry Professionals BRANDING & IDENTITY CAMPAIGNS Establishing strong a brand image is an important factor in winning business and is just as important as origination. Having a firm logo, website and online brand that stands the test of time is critical. Couple that with an impeccable…

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Elevating organizational culture with effective communication

BROEKMAN communications is now officially a partner with Organic Communication. Organic Communication coaches are experts in Organizational Development, Leadership Training & Executive Coaching. We work with executives, managers and teams who are ready to achieve more satisfying and successful interactions with colleagues, clients and customers. Our clients want to improve their internal and external communication and collaboration. We…

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WordPress 3.6 – amazing new features!

WordPress 3.6 REVISIONS, Media Player and really nice default TWENTY THIRTEEN theme! Colorful New Theme Introducing Twenty Thirteen The new default theme puts focus on your content with a colorful, single-column design made for media-rich blogging. Inspired by modern art, Twenty Thirteen features quirky details, beautiful typography, and bold, high-contrast colors — all with a…

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How to create QR Codes

QR codes (or Quick Response codes) are those awesome bar code looking boxes you have been seeing everywhere from posters, magazine ads, theatrical billboards and juice boxes (yes, I have kids). Using a cool APP QR Code Reader (like this one in iTunes) on your mobile device (yes including your iPhone 5) or tablet (okay…

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AWeber – Email Newsletters and Campaigns with Marketing Automation

Email Newsletters – Create and send professional email newsletters in a matter of minutes. Sign up now at  http://broekmancomm.aweber.com Email Templates Blog to Email Performance Tracking Facebook & Twitter Integration Publish Emails Online Signup Forms Automatically deliver a sequence of messages to new subscribers. Signup Form Templates Easy to use Form Designer Form Animation And Effects…

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How to use Pinterest

Pinterest helps people collect and organize the things they love. You create boards showcasing things that you like. Each board tells a unique story about what we care about. People can FOLLOW your boards whos pins they like (like yours!). A pin could be a gift, receipt, quote, picture of a desired place to visit…

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twitter branding guidelines

Twitter’s policy is “designed” to help you use their logo and trademarks without having to worry about negotiating with us or talking to our lawyers.   Follow @broekman     Downloads For light backgroundsEPS · PNG For dark backgroundsEPS · PNG *white (it’s there trust me!) Blue on whiteEPS · PNG White on blueEPS · PNG Usage guidelines – Do: Use our official, unmodified Twitter…

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Themeforest – favorite source for WordPress Themes

Professional WordPress Themes & Website Templates for any project Discover thousands of easy to customize themes, templates & CMS products, made by world-class developers. At Themeforest, you can buy website templates aka themes for WordPress in addition to HTML, Shopify, Magento, Jamstack, and many other content management systems like Joomla and Drupal with prices ranging…

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How to use Statcounter

StatCounter Installation with WordPress. StatCounter is a free web traffic analysis service, which provides summary stats on all your traffic and a detailed analysis of your last 500 page views. This limit can be increased by subscribing to their paid service. To activate the StatCounter service for your WordPress site: STEP ONE: Sign Up with StatCounter or add…

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How to use Statcounter

StatCounter’s mission is to help our members easily understand their visitors, so they can make good decisions to become more successful online. Fast, Responsive, Quick loading Service StatCounter was born out of the frustration of Founder and CEO, Aodhán Cullen from using a counter service that was loading slower and slower every single day. This…

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Branding / Marketing Coach?

Want to hire a marketing consultant, but feel you can’t afford it? Ready to rebrand, but first want someone to soundboard your ideas?
HIRE BROEKMAN FOR A 1-2 HOUR COACHING CONSULTATION? Broekman will make everything accessible and attainable.
Having offered 100s of past clients business development, branding, publicity, marketing, PR, advertising, social media and IT advice, BROEKMAN has a wealth of knowledge to share including best practices, industry benchmarks, what’s working, and pure gut instinct tailored for you.

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Search Engine Optimization

SEO is real strength of ours. We have a proven track record with SEO basics as part of our Wordpress Website Development projects. We follow many benchmark best practices. We deploy plugins to strengthen site content, communicate better with bots, yield better search engine results and get 1st page ranking quickly. We offer a number of ways to do “after market” SEO programs. Core focus is to yield some natural great ‘organic search’ strength!

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Non-profits can apply for NO MONTHLY FEE (FREE) PayPal Payments Pro account

Still have transaction fees for processing credit card transactions for donations, fundraisers, membership, events and school registration fees, but saving $360.00 a year is amazing start to integrating online payments for YOUR non-profit! With an amazing partnership with a Third Party form developer called JotForm (www.jotform.com), making shopping carts (or donation forms, event registration forms,…

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Jotform Integration plug-in

WORDPRESS USERS…. Ever find your EMBED CODE disappears the next time you are in VISUAL MODE and you have to keep copying/pasting over & over again in TEXT? Yep, me too. SOLUTION: Install the free WordPress Jotform Plug=in! Works PERFECTLY! http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jotform-integration/ INSTALLTION instructions 1. Install the plug-in via dashboard 2. Activate 3. Went to settings…

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Vimeo the basics

Vimeo Basics Vimeo is where your videos belong. We put your videos first and give you the best ways to share, discover, and be inspired.Upload your videos Vimeo makes it easy to upload the videos you take. We adore many different kinds of file formats and give you great tools so you can make sure your videos look…

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How to use JotForm?

JotForm is the first web based WYSIWYG form builder. Its intuitive drag and drop user interface makes formbuilding a breeze. Using JotForm, you can create forms, integrate them to your site and receive responses by email. Check out this tutorial to learn more about JotForm: Creating Your First Form Find out more information about using JotForm on our user guide: Visit User Guide Now! JotForm’s…

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Godaddy – checking your email

Please find below instructions to add your new GoDaddy email account to your Microsoft Outlook as well your cell! For starters, you always have a back up to checking you email using godaddy’s free online interface 1. Log online at http://email.secureserver.net/ 2. Type in your user name as your full email the first time (i.e yourname@domain.com). Thereafter…

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