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Facebook is Great, but Does it Really Work for Fundraising?

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Affiliate programs, organic search traffic and even offline advertising scored higher than social. of non-profits were able to raise over 10k through Facebook in 2010. By far the most effective channel was paid search marketing, which 90% of respondents put in their top three biggest sources of acquisition.&#.

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Top 4 Online Fundraising Tactics Your Nonprofit Can’t Live Without

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The largest online gift received in 2011 was $260,000 – more than two-and-a-half times 2010′s largest gift. With that type of growth you’d be silly not to spend time focusing on improving your organizations online fundraising program. Adopt characteristics that work well for them and watch your online fundraising take off.

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9 Social Media for Social Good Sites You Should know About

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Social media for social good is grassroots organizing, fundraising and impact in the digital world. Crowdrise came on the scene with a big splash in 2010. Causes was the very first application built to work with Facebook a few short years ago and now they’ve seen 30 Million dollars raised for 27,000 non-profits.

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

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It usually doesn’t work out so well. Said another way – what works offline also works online. MailerMailer’s 2010 Email Marketing Metrics Report, MarketingSherpa “Email Marketing Benchmark Guide” 2008. Ever buy something that’s “one size fits all?” Maybe a hat or pair of gloves?

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3 Proven Ways to Wow Your Fundraisers and Keep Them Coming Back for More

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Susan G Komen Chicago made a great effort to renew the Survivor Parade associated with its Race for the Cure in 2010. So in 2010 event organizers reformed the notion, starting with a program to allow family and friends to nominate a Survivor to win an award (Hope, Strength, Faith, Courage, Love, Believe). What would you add?

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Remember Me? 5 Website Tips to Retain Loyal Donors

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Lately, however, I’ve been thinking about how organizations can retain their best and most active volunteers and supporters. For many organizations, volunteers are the life blood of the cause because of budget cuts, small staffs, etc. But as a volunteer I was left wondering what I would do now to help this organization.

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Facebook: Is it Worth your Nonprofit’s Time?

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Idealware who surveyed over 500 nonprofit staff members about their Facebook usage and goals may have answers to some of the questions organizations have been seeking. In 2010, 78% of nonprofits surveyed by NTEN who had raised money on Facebook raised $1K or less in 12 months. Check out the key Facebook data below. Nonprofits Spend 2.6

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