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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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10 Tips to Make The Most of Your Next Library Marketing Conference

Super Library Marketing

You may be expecting me to recommend that you always attend sessions in the marketing, communications, or outreach track. For example, this year at LibLearnX, I attended a session on strategic planning for libraries. And I do… but only if your library is sending more than one person to the conference.

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Time Well Spent: How One Library Marketing Team Analyzes Metrics and Uses That Data To Prove Their Value

Super Library Marketing

I work closely with our director, and fortunately, our library did a strategic plan two years ago. Those metrics come in handy as Ann plans marketing for the rest of the year. Her library recently purchased a bookmobile and is creating a new Outreach department. Their importance cannot be overstated.” exclaims Ann. “We

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A Changing Workforce Makes DEIA a Priority at DHS

GovLoop

The DHS Inclusive Diversity Strategic Plan reflects that success while setting demanding goals for improvement. For instance, to assess its recruiting efforts, DHS has developed the Strategic Marketing Outreach and Recruitment Engagement tool. “It The rate for all federal agencies is 38%.)

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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. There is no rest.

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Innovation in Workforce

GovLoop

Among its many endeavors — e.g., data collection and analysis, legal compliance, toolkits and training videos, community outreach, and more — the office offers consulting services to transform state agencies and their partners into more “innovative, just, and equitable” places.

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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. It’s marketing with empathy. It’s best explained with an example.