by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 1, 2014 | Marketing Monday
Not matter how you feel about giving money, donating, tithing, or volunteering, I think we can all agree that it’s fun that online has their own version of Cyber Monday in the way of Giving Tuesday. Sure it’s a poke at the consumerism of the season and...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 21, 2014 | This Week In Business
I’ve been working with small businesses for over six years now, from the ‘ we haven’t even opened yet’ stage to running for multiple generations. And I’ve noticed a bit of a pattern. Once we reach about the 300 fan mark on some social media platform (usually...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 18, 2014 | Marketing Monday
Domestic violence is a cause pretty close to my heart, for a mainly selfish reason. I (at one point) thought I was too smart, too straight-forward, too butt-kicking to be in an abusive relationship. It was years ago since it happened but I still remember the yelling,...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 11, 2014 | Marketing Monday
You know what I appreciate? Someone who looks at something that works well enough, then changes the way it’s done. Like haven’t all of us did the awkward 5 minute (ok 2 minute) mattress test in a furniture store then spent several hundred dollars (or more)...
by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 7, 2014 | Personal Finance Tips
I was reading a statistic that there are 1,409,430 non-profits in the US and 817,379 of them have an operating budget of less than $100,000. I’m guessing this means that most of them don’t have fundraising committees, an on staff donor relations...
