Posts by Caitlin Quinn
Getting Shelter Pets Noticed with Better Bios
If photos and video open the door, then the descriptions and bios that we write for pets are what tend to seal the deal. Pet bios take many forms – most often as social media captions/descriptions or writeups on Petfinder or Adopt-a-Pet type sites. No matter where these will be seen, they become an important…
Read MoreDesign Templates: Celebrate Volunteers
Every day volunteers positively impact the work happening in our shelters, rescues, and advocacy organizations. In fact, they’re our life blood. So help celebrate them during National Volunteer Week (or any time!) with these pre-made but fully customizable/editable Canva templates. Add your own logo, change up the text, or feel free to add your own…
Read MoreSocial Media Magic for Senior Dogs
Senior pups (and all senior pets!) deserve a chance in the spotlight, and what better way to help them find a foster or adopter than to highlight them on social media. But to take advantage of the amazing, free marketing resource that is social media, we have to be intentional with the way we use…
Read More10 Tips for Better Senior Dog Photos
Getting photos of shelter or rescue pets can feel hard – sometimes the lighting isn’t the best or our four-legged friend has a case of the wiggles. And sometimes a pet can be camera shy. But thankfully a few small adjustments and the use of a handy cell phone can make a world of difference…
Read MoreCanva Templates to Promote Senior Pets!
Canva is a graphic design platform that allows users to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, and other visual content. Most excitingly, it can be used for free or with a paid account (free for nonprofits!). For our purposes, it provides the perfect platform to provide plug-and-play designs that you can customize for your shelter…
Read More10 Tips for Great Foster Pet Photos
Getting photos of foster pets can feel hard – sometimes lighting in our home isn’t the best or our foster has the case of the wiggles. And sometimes a pet can be camera shy. But thankfully a few small adjustments and the use of a handy cell phone can make a world of difference. In the…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Communications: Free Tools for Shelters & Rescues
For many of us, it feels like the past week has contained the emotions and activity of a year. So much has changed, and continues to change, about our daily life in general. And for shelters and rescues responding to the moving target of COVID-19 response, we know it’s been a series of pivots to…
Read MoreEditable Canva Templates for Coronavirus Response
Canva is a graphic design platform that allows users to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, and other visual content. Most excitingly, it can be used for free or with a paid account (free for nonprofits!). For our purposes, it provides the perfect platform to provide plug-and-play designs that you can customize for your shelter…
Read MoreCoronavirus Response: Graphics + Overlays for Shelters
We know how hard everyone is working to balance both human health and animal lifesaving as information about Covid-19 rapidly evolves. Our hope is that this collection of 35 graphic overlays (transparent PNGs for you to place over photos or incorporate into designs) — promoting foster, adoption, social distancing with furry friends, and more —…
Read MoreCommunications & Marketing Guide for Shelters, Amid COVID-19
It’s been quite a week, hasn’t it? We know how hard everyone is working to balance both human health and animal lifesaving as information about Covid-19 rapidly evolves. And we know this can mean struggling to keep the community abreast of how each of these changes impacts your organization’s programs, events, and most importantly, pets.…
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