Take Five Friday: Where To Stick Your Signs, Accounting Software and…The Kittens Are Coming! The Kittens Are Coming!
- Planning a video that highlights one of your life-saving programs? Take a cue from Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region and focus on one animal’s story. (3 in this case, but you get the idea.) Worth the view: Comments from Dudley’s young owner, Sam.
- Slammin’ social media tip: Has your agency recently passed a milestone or won an award? Make like Humane Society of Boulder Valley and say it loudly and proudly on your Timeline photo…
…or like Greater Androscoggin Humane Society and post your milestone as a Facebook status. Last week they let fans know they completed their 1,400th adoption for 2012. And photos don’t hurt either… That magic number includes Bristol, this sweet senior lady who went home earlier in the week:
- Your advice needed, sheltering peeps: Last week a colleague in the field was looking for accounting software for nonprofits for Mac, and we asked our ASPCApro Facebook fans to pool their collective wisdom.
Best answer: “Try Account Edge or if you need something cheaper, take a look at Market Circle, but it’s very limited. For an online only set-up, try Freshbooks.”
Any others to add? Leave your response in the comment box, por favor.
P.S. If you ever have a question like that on any sheltering topic, post it on our Facebook Timeline or send a private message, and we can repost it for you.
- Fahgeddabout the red coats…The Kittens Are Coming!
Loving this reduced-fee adoptions campaign from Seattle Humane Society. Smart move: the info on their website about the promotion includes links to a pre-adoption questionnaire and hours and directions to their facility so folks can plan the “fastest route to cute.” (I bow down to whomever wrote that–good one!)
- Just got back from Vegas, where HSUS put on yet another incredible Animal Care Expo. We’ll be sharing some of the cool stuff we learned there on Shelters’ Edge and our Facebook page over the next couple weeks, but here’s a teaser tip from the Pets for Life session on “Providing Services to those Greatest In Need and Overcoming Barriers:” Not-so-no-brainer places to post flyers about your services: Faith-based venues, public transportation stops, laundromats, convenience stores, check-cashing businesses, telephone poles…
What are your adds to that list?
Tags: Adoption Marketing, Adoption Programs, Marketing & Media, Saving Lives, Social Media, Videos
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Rebecca Poling Says:
Quickbooks Pro is the industry-standard accounting software. They have a MAC version as well as an online version, and a Windows version created specifically for non-profits. The key to using Quickbooks, is to keep it simple. Use the chart of accounts, Write Checks, and Make Deposit functions, and leave the rest alone. It’s easy to use and if you can find an accountant (or Quickbooks Pro consultant) to help you set it up, and periodically check your work, you should be fine.