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Seth Godin on Innovation, Failure and Why Non-profits Should Stop Operating like Businesses

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Back in January of 2008 he told us (the non-profit sector) that we should be looking to use the internet in new and innovative ways to build community and engage our supporters because direct mail, although still a huge revenue source, was beginning to show signs of fatigue. Only 26% of Nonprofits Rated their Websites Very Effective.

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Social Media Fundraising, Obama and the 2012 Presidential Election

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President Barack Obama raised nearly $410 million dollars through individual contributions in 2008.

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Raise More By Avoiding “One Size Fits All” Email Appeals

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While nonprofits often deliver highly relevant content in direct mail appeals – based on giving history, interests and past actions – that approach isn’t always carried over to their email appeals. MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, MarketingSherpa “Email Marketing Benchmark Guide” 2008.

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Top 3 Trends to Fool Proof your Future Fundraisng

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Neff – Author of The Future of Nonprofits: Thrive and Innovate in the Digital Age. Predicting the future can be a scary thing for nonprofits and the scariest part of it can be thinking about where, who and how they will receive funding in the future to continue their mission. Guest post by David J. Hey online fundraisers!

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What is Google Doing for You?

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In 2008, Google launched several applications for nonprofits that allow them to use technology at a whole new level. Many of these applications would have significant costs associated with them if you chose other vendors, but for nonprofits they are either free or low-cost. Let’s take a look at a few:

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9 Social Media for Social Good Sites You Should know About

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Jumo’s received a very warm welcome and a lot of press being that the founder Chris Hughes was also the co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign. According to Jumo they are “a social network connecting individuals and organizations who want to change the world.&#

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Living Between the Tides

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And the nonprofit fundraising world is being broken a little bit at a time too. The rate of change in the nonprofit world has been steadily increasing over the past decade. And the 2008 U.S. And the 2008 U.S. Nonprofits used to have the luxury of letting other organizations take the plunge first. Kiva breaks it.

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