Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

You’ve heard many (many) times that all your nonprofit’s blog and site content should be optimized to drive traffic. But when you’re lean on resources and human power, just producing blog posts and updating your website feels like a miracle, never mind SEO or a content strategy. So, what kind of content is that, exactly?

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Let’s dive in and explore how creating donor personas can help us engage and resonate with our target audience better, so that in turn, we can create more impact in our areas of work. Donor Persona Examples (credit: Kindful ) The more we understand about our donors, the better we can communicate with them in a way that resonates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2023

According to Pew Research Center , 85% of people have a smartphone and even more than that are active on a number of social media platforms. 2) You can tailor social media to your audience. Consider your target donor audience as well as the constituents you serve. For example, maybe you’re utilizing the text-to-give feature.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If your nonprofit organization is struggling to share your message with your various audiences, you’re not alone. Are you looking to talk to your existing audience, or expand to new folks? But with a little bit of structure and curiosity, it becomes a lot easier to learn and iterate to better connect with your audience. .

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

and learns not only about the content of that data but also how the words and phrases in it have been structured. You can ask the program to generate a list of email ideas and then refine the list based on any number of factors, such as audience, theme, tone and more. We’ll show an example of this in the next section.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When you’re working with limited resources it can be a struggle to both get new people in the door and then keep them there once you do. Target new audiences – We focus on member experience, satisfaction, and retention, but what about the more tangential groups we touch as an organization? What’s slowing these association’s down?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Mastering relevant content marketing. Master relevant content marketing. That means that you must work to make relevant content marketing more readily accessible to your constituents. . Make your content something with which they’ll want to engage. Where do you find that content? So, what speaks to people?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

A new year brings new goals and now is the perfect time to plan your social media content calendar for 2019. A content calendar is the link between posting daily on social media and a social media strategy. It will help you stay organized by planning your content in advance, without being overwhelmed by last-minute deadlines.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this article, you’ll find four tips to keep in mind when building your newsletter and 14 ideas for your newsletter’s content. Consider Your Audience The key to creating a member newsletter that people keep opening and reading is to offer content that’s beneficial to them in some way. Let’s get started!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

Instagram can be a powerful tool for nonprofits wanting to connect to a broader audience. The social media platform has more than 1 billion users — beating Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok — and is especially popular among people aged 18-29. Build a Content Strategy. You should also create a mixture of photo and video content.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Otherwise, they might take their support to a different organization that better communicates its purpose and inspires its audience to take action. That way, you can keep current donors and volunteers excited about the mission, inspire new people to support your work, and invest more into other areas of your organization.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

If your organization requires the translation of content to languages other than English, it means that your audience is multicultural, multilingual, and diverse. Translating content from English to any other language presents challenges that go beyond the selection of accurate words. Understand your multicultural audiences.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JUNE 1, 2022

But for any of that to happen, you must have content to put into your newsletter. Content is the backbone of your newsletter and it’s in your organization’s best interest to select great content. A great strategy that I recommend is to create a list of broad content ideas for your non-profit newsletters.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 4, 2022

For example, you may have wanted to ask questions like: “What if we hosted our event for free?”. We want to figure out who these people are and determine how to better understand them. Consider: Repurposing existing content and bundling it in a way that appeals to them. What if we offer an online-only experience?”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The two organizations are partners that share the same cause – fighting hunger – yet they have different philosophies and audiences, leading them to pursue different approaches with fundraising and communications. They also have a keen focus on the broader environment, ensuring their content is relevant and appropriate to the moment.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

Your association can also learn what membership benefits and opportunities resonate most amongst your various audience segments. For example, a medical association might set up their membership journey like so: medical students, residents, fellows in training, early career, mid-career, and senior-level or experts.

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Qgiv

APRIL 13, 2021

Keep reading to learn how your nonprofit can use social media to drive people to your donation form! Social media is an incredibly valuable tool to get in front of your audience and educate them about your organization. The same content goals exist for nonprofits! Pandemic shutdowns placed limitations on in-person fundraising.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

After all, how many people click on a link on the 4th page of a Google search (less than 1% FYI!)? Research What People Are Looking For (not just what you have) When we start creating our websites, we think about the content that we already have. Instead, we should focus more on what people need and are searching for.

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fusionSpan

AUGUST 17, 2023

Membership associations thrive on being a place their members can go for specific content, training and events for their area of expertise. But while an org’s content will already be focused on a particular domain, their audience of members will break down into multiple niches all with their own unique combination of interests.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

Content tends to be an all-encompassing word these days. You have influencers on social media who call themselves content creators, posting videos and content online, and people like myself who consider themselves content writers, because, well, we write for a living. So, how do you create a content strategy?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

If that’s how you’re approaching the content you’re sharing on social media or in your newsletters, this blog post is for you. . Keep reading for three content creation tips to use when you’re short on time, as well as a few examples I’ve brainstormed just for you. . Tip 1: Batch your content. . Create your content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Step 1: Conduct a Content Inventory and Site Audit. A content inventory is a list of all the content on your site. A comprehensive web content inventory lists pages, images, documents, and applications on a spreadsheet. An inventory and audit will help you make decisions on: Content to be removed. Nice-to-haves.

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Forum One

APRIL 13, 2021

To do this effectively, content strategy for digital collections is a necessary piece that is able to streamline the approach of how these institutions shape and expand their roles as modern resources. They have been produced by people putting energy into telling their stories. Enter content strategist as digital curator.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

Here’s why storytelling is so vital: 1) Creating an Emotional Connection: Stories have the power to evoke emotions and connect with audiences on a personal level. By sharing real stories of the real people or communities you serve, you can appeal to the hearts of potential donors, volunteers, and partners.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The first thing that you’ll need to do is start creating content that will attract your target audience. This is the key to getting noticed by people who will be interested in joining your organization. For example, some people might regularly use forums to meet with others online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Crystal Dionysopoulou is the founder and Creative Director of Lucid Fox , a dynamic web design and development agency that puts people first. Still, understanding your audience is the foundation of all other design strategies and directly influences the success or failure of a website. Is this a temporary or permanent change?

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 17, 2022

While it can be confusing and hard to understand, ensuring you know how to optimize content for search will set you up for success. billion visits per month ( blog.hootsuite ), and AdEspresso reports that 200 million people visit an Instagram business profile everyday, with 66% of those visits coming from users that do not yet follow them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. ” For example, @WomenforWomen : It’s also recommended that your nonprofit sign up for Twitter Blue for $2.99 (USD) a month.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By doing this, you’re encouraging your followers to amplify your organization and cause to reach a broader audience. They need to see your social media content to be inspired to give, and only a small percentage of your followers sees what you share. Most prioritize content that other people are liking, sharing, and commenting on.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2021

Navigation is what people do.” So, how do we help our audiences find the information they need? Before identifying which menu approach is appropriate, make sure your team is aligned on overall goals, audiences, and content needs. Audiences: Which audience groups are you prioritizing? A standard basic menu.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 2, 2022

To make sure your newsletter gets opened, you need to write clever (not the knife) headlines that cut to the point and entice people to click. . If people don’t open your newsletter there is no point in hitting send, this is why the subject line can mean everything. Plus people can only see about 41 characters.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. Over 90% of the United States uses social media, including the people in your community. Engagement.

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Achieve

AUGUST 12, 2021

Ask a volunteer to share a personal story from their time serving the organization, or ask one of your clients to share an example of how your organization has benefitted them. Communicate with your audience by showing engaging photos of your work or a testimonial. Add a visual element with images and videos. As of 2019, 90.4%

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 28, 2021

When planning your virtual event, you have to make production decisions that include choosing the best way to stream your content. With any virtual event, you need a plan for video content. But how do you decide on live streaming or pre-recorded content? But how do you decide on live streaming or pre-recorded content?

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Why LGBTQ+ advocacy is always-on from here on It’s more important than ever for LGBTQ+ organizations to effectively advocate on behalf of LGBTQ+ people. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people on June 6, 2023, the first state of emergency ever declared in its history spanning four decades.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Fresh, timely content is more vital to the success of your nonprofit’s digital campaigns than it has ever been. First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Here are a few use cases we’ve seen (and used ourselves): Brainstorming content topics. Ask a generative AI model to act as your target audience (giving it as much anonymized context as possible). For example: I want you to act as an average college student in the Midwest.

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