3BL vs. CyberGrants

I would (and do) recommend 3BL Professional to any company/org trying to expand the reach of it's CR programs. Often communications is how we justify the budget for our program work (communications help us increase brand reputation, reach potential employees, reach investors and ESG analysts). The 3BL platform is an incredible way to get your impacts and initiatives out to the world so that people know about the incredible programs you're running. Would recommend for any CR/ESG/Sustainability team.

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CyberGrants is very adaptable, so it's ideal for any team that has a large number of grants to review, especially teams with multiple grant applications running on different timetables. Their employee engagement features, while not something we've used, are an area we'd love to explore further, because they create an overall snapshot of giving to an organization (tying in-kind support from volunteerism, etc. in with gift matching contributions and grant applications). If you only receive a few grant applications, or a lot of your grant applicants are very hesitant to use computers or online applications, it might not be as worth it for you.

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• sourcing and amplifying relevant content across a large network
• critically assessing current industry trends and determining the best plan for our campaigns and content
• professionally managing out content, drafting mock-ups and promoting articles in a timely manner

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• Custom grant applications - it was easy for us to create applications that asked exactly the right questions. Features like downloadable budget templates were perfect for us, too.
• Easy review process - we're able to see the status of any grant's review process in just a few clicks.

Incentivized

• Could use detailed description of difference between page views and impressions and how these are differently experienced by people who could see the content on various channels
• It would help to know a ballpark figure of impressions served up by Reuters, AP and other services that pickup 3BL content
• It would help if quarterly reporting could track with our fiscal year quarters instead of calendar year quarters

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• Help guides on the admin page aren't always the most helpful for the specific questions I've had.
• Reporting is almost TOO comprehensive - it can be a little overwhelming at first!

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• A lot of staff time saved on PR which is not our expertise.

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• The time saved on administrative work is a huge win. We used a simple web form for our applications, and spent a lot of time and energy manually entering details into our old system.

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