New This Month: Overlays, Email Creation Tools, and More!
In April, we sent a survey to all GovDelivery clients and the response was astounding. We asked about customer service, how you use our products, and what we can do to improve our offerings. The...
View ArticleKeeping The Public Safe During a Storm
As powerful winter storms sweep across the United States, receiving critical safety information can mean life or death for some. With over 67%* of the US covered in snow this week, government entities...
View ArticleNew This Month: Overlays, Email Creation Tools, and More!
In April, we sent a survey to all GovDelivery clients and the response was astounding. We asked about customer service, how you use our products, and what we can do to improve our offerings. The...
View ArticleThe Most Important Change Coming to Public Sector Websites
If there’s one small change you should make to your organization’s website in 2014 that will make the biggest impact on your communications, it’s the addition of an overlay. An overlay is a method that...
View ArticleCompliance and Deliverability: What Government Needs to Know
We all know that getting messages to your audience is important. But if you’re spending time and effort crafting messages that get people to act, your communications are only effective if they actually...
View ArticleBuying the Buy-In: Pitfalls in Purchasing Social Media Interactions
When it comes to spending money to acquire social media likes or followers, government organizations are simply losing an uphill battle. Tossing money into a gamed and faulty system simply isn’t worth...
View ArticleThinking Outside the Box: How to Reach a Younger Generation
Status quo methods of digital outreach often result in status quo audience growth results. Engaging a new and different audience requires innovative tactics, taking chances, and having some fun. At...
View ArticlePhishing and Spoofing: What the Public Sector Needs to Know
By the GovDelivery Security Team As a government communicator, you know your organization is constantly in the spotlight, and a phishing scam causes one fire you hope you never have to put out. But...
View ArticleFinding Your Untold Stories
By Amy Larsen, Client Success Consultant When I talk with state and local government organizations that are interested in communicating more with the public, there is always a consistent idea on what...
View ArticleTransitioning from Candidate or Nominee to Office Holder
In 2014, new office holders and their communications teams will find new opportunities and challenges when they leave the campaign trail or the nomination hearings and take office. As you begin your...
View ArticleLeveraging Mobile to Capture Audiences on the Go
Successful public sector digital communications is born from a commitment to reach a large and relevant audience. The largest audiences are built on direct contact channels such as email and text...
View ArticleMore Changes at Gmail: What the Public Sector Needs to Know
By Ryan Kopperud, Content Editor at GovDelivery In spring of this past year, Gmail introduced their new inbox tabs, effectively separating incoming email content into general categories for their...
View ArticleKeeping The Public Safe During a Storm
As powerful winter storms sweep across the United States, receiving critical safety information can mean life or death for some. With over 67%* of the US covered in snow this week, government entities...
View ArticleText messages can help you find in-person enrollment help
GovDelivery client King County, Washington recently kicked off a new mobile communications initiative to spread the word about their healthcare offerings and services. Here is a guest post from King...
View ArticleLeadership Excellence Award Winner Carl Haggerty on the State of Local...
Congratulations to Carl Haggerty for winning the Leadership Excellence award from the Guardian’s Public Leaders Network! Haggerty is the Digital Communications Manager at GovDelivery client, Devon...
View Article2013 Digital Cities Winners: Congratulations to GovDelivery Clients!
Achieving cost savings, citizen engagement, and more effective services in their communities 2013 was a transformative year for the adoption of innovative technology in government. And some GovDelivery...
View ArticleEnhancing the Power of Your Drupal Website with GovDelivery
By Rishi Vajpeyi, Solutions Consultant Among content management systems—software that enables publishing, editing and modifying content on a website—Drupal continues to be a major player in the public...
View ArticleWelcome San Francisco Planning Department!
By Ryan Kopperud, Content Editor Over 1000 public sector organizations use GovDelivery’s digital communications platform to build a massive online audience and reach targeted groups with the right...
View ArticleWashington Post Highlights Government’s Ability to Reach More People
For government communicators and IT professionals, driving traffic to the website is one clear metric that can be tracked and analyzed over time as a measure of success. And, with Google Analytics and...
View ArticleSupporting Massive Demand with a Commitment to Security
GovDelivery is rolling out some major enhancements this weekend that will super-charge performance for our 1000 customers, while continuing to solidify ourselves as the most powerful tool for outreach...
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