Street-savvy Marketing for Influencers and Advocates 

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Thu, May 26

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Bio

The word on the Street: If you are trying to influence anyone about anything, you're a marketer!

Chris Forbes is a 20 year veteran of communications, ethnographic research, and nonprofit marketing. A slightly frustrated ex-stand-up comedian, Chris writes and speaks about nonprofit marketing. Through his humorous and unique perspective, he makes learning about nonprofit communications fun, interesting, and practical. He helps people become better at marketing.

He has developed contextualized marketing and media strategies on five continents. Today he uses his skills as a contextual marketer to help advocates, influencers, and anthroprenuers make more impact with the people they want to reach. He has helped nonprofits, politicians, and business leaders effectively reach people of all kinds with astounding results.

He has a varied background of work in nonprofit marketing, including extensive experience in the faith-sector. He has pioneered multiple global and national media initiatives in internet, public relations, radio, and television while working as a ministry communication strategist and marketplace researcher with various organizations and ministries within the Southern Baptist Convention.

Books

Guerilla marketing is vital for your nonprofit organization!

Chris Forbes is co-author of Guerrilla Marketing for Nonprofits: 250 Tactics to Promote, Recruit, Motivate, and Raise More Money with Jay Conrad Levinson & Frank Adkins. Published by Entrepreneur Press in 2010. 

“Buy this book immediately if you are on a mission to do good in this world. It’s jam-packed with concrete ways to effect great changes — even if you have tiny staffs and itty-bitty budgets. Guerrilla Marketing for Nonprofits is a Godsend to nonprofits and do-gooders everywhere.” 

--Katya Andresen, COO, Network for Good and author of Robin Hood Marketing: Stealing Corporate Savvy to Sell Just Causes

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Speaking

Is your organization ready for the road ahead? Or will it become road kill?

Is your organization street-savvy? The world is changing, geographic boundaries no longer matter as they once did. Look down your street, you’ll see a complex blend of people groups, cultures, worldviews, and customs represented.

Do you know how to contextualize your programs, products and services to the ever-changing marketplace? Chris shows you practical steps to market contextualization that any organization or individual can apply.

Everything Chris teaches is based on his experiences as a marketing and advocacy specialist, not academic theory. But you don't need to have a background in marketing or public relations to begin applying the principles and experiencing the results.

Consulting

Get the street-savvy skills you need for the long haul.

Chris Forbes has been helping people communicate effectively all over the world for twenty years. He is a marketing coach and consultant who knows how to create street-savvy contextual marketing that can help your organization survive and thrive in the new millennium.

No matter if you are in the social, public, or private sector, you need to learn how to reach people in ways that are relevant to them. The secret is knowing people, learning their needs and linking messages to solutions that attract them. Let Chris help you expand your impact and influence. He has road ready strategies for...

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"Of all my business relationships, I am closest with Chris Forbes. I have learned a vast amount of wisdom from him in the area of ministry marketing and he has personally guided some of my development in the area of missional research."


-Alan Muehlenweg, President/ CEO, Equip Research & Consulting

Interested in booking Chris or using him as a consultant on the next project? Use the form below to send him a message!