Title: Chicago Cause 2013 Aims to Help Non-Profits Help Others!
In a large city like Chicago, non-profits are often pushed to their limits trying to help as many people in need of their services as possible. While volunteers and staff are working around the clock to help others, far too often they overlook their organization’s marketing needs. After all, how will those in need of their services know the organization exists without a marketing plan to reach their demographic? We’ve noticed that far too many non-profits don’t have the capacity to focus on a marketing plan, which is where Chicago Cause comes to the rescue!
This year, we’re giving away over $64,000 worth of services to 3 nonprofits in Chicago. Chicago Cause is a partnership created between the following 7 small businesses in Chicago:
- Orbit Media
- Digital Third Coast
- Lightspan Digital
- Bottleneck Management
- ShiftFocus Productions
- Flanigan Communications
- Seedhouse
These 7 companies will be offering a variety of marketing and web design services to help nonprofits reach more Chicagoans in need of their services. You can read more about Chicago Cause 2013 here. Last year’s winner of the SEO site audit from Digital Third Coast was Snow City Arts. After implementing the recommendations from the site audit, they saw their overall site traffic increase by nearly 72% in just 6 months. That’s a lot more visibility for a nonprofit trying to help more people! You can read more about how Snow City Arts benefited from the SEO site audit here.
If your nonprofit can benefit from some marketing and/or web design guidance, we encourage you to enter. However, you must meet the following 4 criteria:
- You must have a Chicago mailing address
- Be a 501 (c)3 organization
- Demonstrate financial need for web and marketing services to better serve a philanthropic cause
- Have a desire to improve the Chicago community
If you meet the above criteria, we encourage you to submit an application! We can’t wait to read your entries and look forward to helping you with your goals of helping more Chicagoans in need of your services!
