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How To Create a Marketing Plan for an Entire Year Even if Your Library’s Strategic Plan Sucks or Is Non-Existent!

Super Library Marketing

If you’re like me, you do some strategic planning when you go on a trip. Marketing for a library works best when the promotions are tied to a library’s overall strategic plan. What is the difference between a strategic plan and a marketing plan? It’s even got its own website and fan club.

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The Biggest Problem Library’s Face? Reaching New Cardholders! Here’s a 6-step Plan for Growing Your Library User Base

Super Library Marketing

An example of the Problem-Solution approach I recently saw a real-life library’s strategic plan which included a pledge to increase access to the collection for underserved communities, immigrants, and new residents. Reporters and newsrooms are more likely to pick up a story about a real person than a press release.

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I Spent 3 Hours in a Room Full of Curious and Committed Library Staff: Here Are the 4 Things I Learned From Them!

Super Library Marketing

We must make print collateral, send emails, schedule social media posts, attend meetings, make press releases, do outreach events, and then attend more meetings. We don’t give our employees the time to work through strategic planning. Library marketers need time to think. We are all doing too much.