How to Write Effective Survey Questions to Get Useful Data
Is your library planning for upcoming services, programs, or events? They'll be more successful if you know what sorts of things the people in your service area truly want and need. Great marketers and planners don’t guess what people want, and they don’t presume to...
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How to Promote Your #GivingTuesday Fundraising Campaign
We have a day for giving thanks (Thanksgiving), and two days for getting great deals (Black Friday and Cyber Monday) - but what about day for giving back? That's the point of #GIvingTuesday. Entering its seventh year, #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled...
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20 Marketing Resources in 60 Minutes
It’s easy to believe you have plenty of marketing information at your disposal—until you’re in the middle of a project and you run across a need you didn’t anticipate. Would you rather search in a panic, or have a great resource list at your fingertips? During...
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From Budgeting to Blanketforts: Programming for 20-30 Somethings
A recent PEW study reported Millennials are the generation most likely to use the library, so why aren’t we seeing them at our programs? In this interactive and informative webinar, learn how to capture the elusive 20- and 30-something adult audience by...
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Serving the Underserved: Using Outreach to Find the Customers You Didn’t Know You Had
All libraries have loyal customers that come in regularly and support us day in and day out. But what about those who might wish to use our services, but can’t get to us? In this webinar, the Cari and Kate will talk about how the Twinsburg Public Library in Twinsburg,...
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Not Just for Kids: Book Displays for Adults
Book displays are a great way to fill unused shelves or empty table spaces. But what happens if you have great books and they never get checked out? How could you increase library program sign-ups, support your library’s mission statement, and provide readers’...
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RA Rethink: Using Next Level Data to Improve Merchandising
If someone told you there’s a practical way to improve circulation and increase the job satisfaction of your staff, would you do it? Librarian Becky Spratford has developed a method you can use to accomplish both goals. She’ll explain how to deepen staff involvement...
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Growing Your Brand with Social Media
Social media is everywhere these days, and if your library isn’t “plugged in,” then it is missing out on a huge marketing opportunity. In this webinar, we will discuss how a large portion of patrons experience their library’s culture and brand through their online...
read more How to Write for the Library Press (and Make Editors Love You)
Do you long to write something for a professional publication? Are you eager to contribute to the library literature? If you have your content idea, but don't know how to pitch it or where to start, this webinar will guide you. Learn from someone who's...
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Curb Appeal: The Library Edition
You are proud of your collection, your programs, your staff, and your services. But the details of how your library looks and sounds might be what people remember. What would a stranger notice driving into the parking lot, walking up to the front door, spending time...
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Event Planning 101: You’re Already an Event Planner… Here’s How to Be an Even Better One
Librarians don’t always think of themselves as event planners, we prefer the word “programmer.” But programs and events are very similar and very important to library missions and goals. Proper event planning can make or break a program, and set your library apart. In...
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Marketing Online Tools and Resources
Social Media is constantly changing and it is important to know how to manage all the platforms new and old. Many organizations have social media platforms set up but they do not know how to get the most out of the tools without spending too much time on them. Knowing...
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Word of Mouth Marketing
The best possible way to market your library is to have your patrons do it for you! Research from Nielsen shows that “Ninety-two percent of consumers around the world say they trust word-of-mouth or recommendations from friends and family, above all other forms of...
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Be a Networking Ninja!
When we think of networking and libraries, we may think there is no need to be intentional regarding networking. After all, we are interacting with people every hour of every workday and isn’t that networking? In a sense, yes. But networking goes deeper than we may...
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PR Tactics That Work (And Why Some Don’t)
If the world of Public Relations mystifies you, or if your PR efforts aren't as successful as you'd like them to be, this webinar is for you. Sign up to get the scoop from an insider who works in the library press and consults on library marketing and PR. Many people...
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Be Prepared for Media Coverage: Build a Press Room on Your Website
Do you want to make it easy for the media to cover the good things that your library is doing? Then add a Press Room page to your website. It's easy and it's important. An online Press Room will serve and impress reporters and editors, and will make your organization...
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Academic Librarians and Personal Branding: Providing Meaningful Outreach through Social Media
This presentation will highlight an academic librarian’s attempts to use social media as a tool for creating meaningful connections with her patrons while enhancing her personal brand as a subject specialist. Two case studies will be featured, one in which she joined...
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Sharing Your Library’s Stories of Impact
What does your library mean to you? How has it made a personal impact on you and those you’ve served? Why is it such an important part of your community? While our libraries are stocked full of stories, these are the stories we rarely hear, but need to hear. Kathy...
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Pinterest for Libraries
Social Media can be overwhelming if you do not know what sites are right for your organization. Pinterest is one of the fastest growing social media networks that organizations are choosing to use to increase their brand awareness. Libraries across the country are...
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Am I Doing It Right? The Accidental Library Marketer
Have you been tasked with marketing library events or services without ever having a course that taught you how? If so, you're an "accidental marketer." And you're not alone! Kathy Dempsey wrote a book just for you, called The Accidental Library Marketer. Many people...
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