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Marketing
Strategy

Looking for that donor, member or student? You're probably not short on ideas.
But you might be short on clarity and prioritization. Let's build the roadmap that gives you both.

Focus Before Fads

In an age of zero-click marketing, algorithms, and AI search, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by tactics and jargon. You don’t need to chase trends or throw ideas against the wall to see what sticks. You need a roadmap. A foundation upon which you can make the smartest, most effective marketing decisions.

We provide traditional and digital marketing strategy to nonprofits, schools, social-impact and purpose-driven organizations – helping you focus on what will bring the greatest return on your dollars, time and effort.

The Plan Feeds the Action

You may think you need a new website, or to be more active on yoursocial channels. Or, that your organization needs to appear more often in ChatGPT. While all of these approaches have value, they may not be the solution to the problem. You won’t know until you analyze and plan.

We’ll build a plan custom-fit for your cause and focus your strategy around three key questions:

  • 01
    Who is our audience?

    We start here. Get this right and everything else falls into place. We’ll use data and audience insights to focus the strategy where it matters most.

  • 02
    Where does our audience reside?

    “Casting a wide net” doesn’t work. We combine AI-assisted research tools with human analysis to reveal the channels, communities, and conversations that matter most to your cause.

  • 03
    How will we reach them?

    We’ll lay out-in yearly, monthly, and weekly increments-the precise steps, tactics, assets, and actions needed to meet your goals.

What Does a Marketing Roadmap Look Like?

While your roadmap will be unique to your cause, all roadmaps include a combination of discovery, strategy and tactics:

  • Discovery

    We’ll uncover data, trends and themes that you may not know existed; these are gold insights about your audiences, their preferences; your existing marketing efforts, and ROI as well as what your competitors are up to that can spur ideas for differentiation.

  • Strategy

    From our discovery and research we’ll develop a 2-5 year plan that includes the Who, Why, How and What of an outreach effort designed to reach your goals (whether that’s a set marketing metric, audience growth, or general brand awareness).

  • Tactics

    Here we’ll detail what marketing channels you’ll need to be on and the types and frequency of content you’ll need to push out.

What We'll Help You Clarify

A marketing roadmap helps improve all aspects of your marketing

And we'll design it together — as comprehensive — or as focused — as you need.

  • Audience definition & persona development
  • Messaging & positioning refinement
  • Channel prioritization (email, search, social, web, AI)
  • Analytics & performance benchmarks
  • Campaign planning & budgeting
  • Technology & platform selection

The Mental Health Association
in New Jersey

We partnered with MHA to help struggling teens access suicide prevention resources.

For MHA, the right roadmap led to outstanding results. And that meant more resources for struggling teens:

  • 1 Million

    Campaign Views

  • 19,000

    Landing Page Visits

  • 127

    Form Completions or Crisis Calls

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BCS Impact is professional, creative, and extremely collaborative. They were excellent partners, actively engaged in our mission.

Jasmin Abbatiello Director of Development & Communications
Bronx Charter School for the Arts

The Nonprofit's Marketing Playbook

Download the Guide

Marketing is Changing

Are you ready for the next phase? Download our free guide
and learn about the trends shaping the future of nonprofit
marketing, including:

  • Zero-Click Marketing

    What is "zero-click"? And how can nonprofits benefit?

  • AI Search

    How Can Your Cause Appear in tools like ChatGPT and Claude?

  • The "Validation" Website

    What role does your nonprofit website play these days?

Let's Talk Strategy

Good ideas deserve a clear plan. Tell us about your
organization and we'll help you build the path.

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Ready to Reach The Next Level
In Your Evolution?

Drop us a line. We'll discuss your goals and start you on the path to building the influence and infrastructure your mission deserves.