Display Ads 101: A Beginner’s Guide

Display advertising is a powerful tool with wide reach, precise targeting, and, arguably most importantly, creative capabilities beyond what a text-forward search ad offers.
Display Ads Design Guide: Tips for High-Performing Creative

From crafting compelling visuals and messaging to choosing how to reconfigure certain elements of that design to fit all dimensions, here are some tips to create display ads.
Creating a User-Centric Experience With YouTube Advertising

We all know the public media landscape is rapidly changing. We have entered what’s known as the “user-centric period” of media consumption and see great opportunity with advertising on YouTube.
Stop the Churn With These Simple Strategies

One of the challenges to building a successful email program is frequent and attentive list hygiene. At NextGen, we focus on several key areas to revitalize dormant programs.
Full-Funnel Approach: Building Bridges Across Teams

Many organizations struggle to evolve beyond a siloed approach that inevitably fragments branding, messaging, and donor conversion. How do we know? Because we’ve been there.
Think Like an Investor: Managing Donor Segments

Understanding the value of your donor base—along with its segments and audiences—is critical for both fundraisers and nonprofit leaders.
Content Calendars: What Do You Need To Know?

Content calendars provide a visual reference or plan for integrated communication across social, email, website, and external properties.
Membership & Marketing: A Mutual Relationship

This is a mutual relationship. Marketing teams can support membership fundraising efforts with multi-channel stewardship or impact awareness campaigns.
Content as a Case for Support

Marketing and membership departments should craft consistent messages that answer why someone should support local public media.
Think Like a Journalist: Messaging and Content

As you update your messaging and content, we recommend you use an approach that works for NextGen and our clients: think like a journalist!