Nick Burne joins THINK
Howard Lake | 7 May 2008 | News
Charity new media expert Nick Burne has joined THINK Consulting Solutions as senior new media consultant. He will work closely with Jason Potts on developing THINK’s new media and digital consultancy offering.
Burne joins from Christian Aid where he was head of interactive marketing between 2005 and 2008. He launched the charity’s first e-commerce website, which exceeded income targets by 700%, and in June 2007 he implemented the charity’s new corporate website.
Nick also runs MusoFinder.com, a social networking site he established in 2003 for musicians looking for new band members, which now has more than 36,000 registered users.
Nick’s areas of expertise include: digital behavior, audience research and insights, competitive analysis, online marketing tactics (such as search, email and affiliate marketing), Web 2.0 technologies, mobile platforms and e-commerce.
He has won a number of industry awards including the 2005 Bronze Cannes Cyber Lion award for MailOrderChickens.org (2005).
THINK’s managing director Tony Elischer said: “We are enormously pleased to welcome Nick – one of the real stars of charity digital fundraising – to the ranks of THINK Consulting Solutions, to cope with the increasing demand for digital consultancy expertise and to continue to drive digital and new media fundraising further up the charity agenda.”
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.