The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 23, 2024

Keeping our valuable supporters in the loop, and ensuring our messages land right in their inboxes, not the dreaded spam folder. As of February 2024, they’re dialing up their fight against spam with a fresh set of sender requirements. Let’s Keep Those Spam Rates below 0.3% So pull up a chair, and let’s dive in.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 29, 2013

I received seven copies of two versions of this spam. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2023

85% of all emails are spam. As you expand services and need to raise more money, expanding the number of mailings you send makes a lot of sense. The post Nonprofit Email Communication Truth: Quantity Is As Important As Quality appeared first on Bloomerang. The average nonprofit email open rate is 23%. You’re not their priority.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 27, 2012

Since I don't use ADP it's obvious that they're spam, but others may fall for them. The digital certificate you use to access ADP's Internet services is about to expire. If you do not renew your certificate by the expiration date below, you will not be able to access ADP's Internet services. Thank You, ADP Benefit Services. --.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

He helps women-led communications teams free up their time and lock down WordPress from getting hacked. Akismet Anti-Spam – automatically deletes spam and comments with malicious content on your blog posts and contact forms; also has an option to queue them for manual review.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

At the end, what the results told us was that we were communicating in a way that better aligned with what people were expecting to see in their inboxes.” If it reads and sounds like spam to you, it’s probably going to look like spam to other providers,” McClelland said. Approximately 600,000 of the roughly 1.6

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 26, 2012

Text: Hello, I am a customer service employee at CareerBuilder. Careerbuilder Customer Service Team. Hello, I am a customer service officer at CareerBuilder. Careerbuilder Customer Service Team. Text: Hello, I am a customer service employee at CareerBuilder. Careerbuilder Customer Service Team.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 19, 2021

Marketing and communication teams have significant pressure put on them to grow their reach and lists every quarter. CAN-SPAM fines Let’s start with the scary legal argument: it is technically illegal to send unsolicited, ‘cold emails’ to people that haven’t opted-in to hear from your organization. Reasons not to rent or buy a list.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 6, 2012

US) Thirty Five million United States Dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here in Libya, this is no stolen money, and there is no danger involved. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of (35,000,000.00 Can I trust you? Respectfully, Sgt Chris Brand.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

The TwtPoll results are often surprising and can be very useful for nonprofits as they forge ahead with their 2010 communications strategies. 11% An online giving portfolio service (like Change.org). 5) Does your nonprofit poll your online donors about what communication tool inspired them most to donate on your Website? [ [link] ].

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Achieve

MARCH 4, 2022

Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive. It’s primarily intended to prevent spam email ads from commercial entities, but nonprofits are not exempt.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 21, 2019

million) due to spam filters ( EveryAction ). million) due to spam filters ( EveryAction ). However, nonprofits lose 20.18% of their revenue due to spam filters. For every 1,000 fundraising messages delivered via email, nonprofits raise $45 USD ( M+R Benchmarks Report ). Nonprofits lose 20.18% of their email revenue ($92.8

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TechImpact

JULY 16, 2014

This means that email campaigns lacked creativity, personalization, and users felt like they were receiving a spammed message, not a message that was sent specifically for them. Here are 10 different ways your nonprofit can segment its donors to improve communication for your next email donation campaign. Communication frequency.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 15, 2023

Email marketing can be used to promote an organization’s mission or services, or it can be used to build relationships with subscribers, donors, and prospects. Acquisition Emails Acquisition emails typically introduce the company and its mission or services. What is email marketing? Thank you for your time and input!

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Roundtree

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As a marketing agency serving Christian nonprofits, Roundtree offers the best in donor communications. Roundtree provides a wide range of services to keep its clients at the forefront of donors’ hearts and minds, from website development to branding, email marketing, content creation, and more. Cantrell Communications, Inc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

The service provides early access to new Twitter tools and a variety of unique features. Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement. The service launched in April 2021 and.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Hosted e-newsletter services allow subscribers to share your entire e-newsletter to their social networks, but allowing subscribers to share individual articles is smart strategy. Yet, in 2014 this is still a common practice especially with small nonprofits most likely because they do not want to invest in a hosted email service.

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Roundtree

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Your nonprofit annual report is a key component in your annual communications plan. The size of this section depends on the number of programs and services your organization offers. We believe y ou grow healthier relationships with donors through consistent communication. And we're promising not to spam you. 919.601.1439.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

In the Simple Development Systems’ donor communications model, we’ve always recommended both a print and an e-newsletter. As part of your consistent donor communications, an e-newsletter is a good thing. What kind of communications will I be receiving? When that happens, your ask looks like spam in my inbox.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

When it comes to receiving communication from nonprofits, donors have a clear favorite: Email! Our latest research uncovered that 48% of donors cite email as their preferred method of communication from nonprofit organizations. Most of these contacts will likely unsubscribe quickly (or mark you as spam!),

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many small NGOs are also unaware of the services and resources offered to the NGO community by TechSoup Global , SANGONeT , NASSCOM Foundation , Meedan , and FrontlineSMS. To do so, you’ll need a web hosting service such as BlueHost.com. Of course, being based in the U.S., 2) Launch an e-newsletter.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Have you ever felt trapped by your email provider -- dissatisfied with the features and/or service but daunted by figuring out how and where to move? Why do you need an email service provider? There’s no better way (yet) for a nonprofit to hit the communications trifecta -- reach, engagement and action.

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Kindful

APRIL 8, 2021

Huge organizations have huge teams and designated employees just for nonprofit public relations and outreach, media connections, and communications. That said, identifying when to reach out to the press and how to do it so your press release isn’t moved to the spam folder is a little more involved. What story will you tell?

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

“Originally the annual appeal was sent by direct mail, then we saw a shift to email, but even now email is becoming less effective–spam filters are picking up more and people are growing numb to solicitations.” Beyond the social sphere, nonprofits see less activity from mailing (i.e., direct mail and email).

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EveryAction

AUGUST 1, 2016

In the 2016 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study , we found that spam complaints cost organizations 7.56% in fundraising revenue in 2015 alone. If it has been inactive for too long, it can become a spam trap. If you continue to send to them, the email service providers will see this and downgrade your deliverability score.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2017

This issue of email deliverability — the percentage of email that actually makes it into inboxes and not spam folders — is becoming a critical issue for nonprofits of all sizes. Often it's decisions made by email service providers (ESPs) about whether to deliver your email. How Your Emails Become Spam.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. Recent studies suggest that there is a demographic shift happening – social media being more primary communications avenues for Millenials and Gen Y, and email for everyone older.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For most states, soliciting donations refers to any ask made by your organization for a charitable gift as well as selling goods or services in exchange for money that will benefit a charitable cause. The CAN-SPAM act allows nonprofits to only email subscribers they can verify have opted in to receive their emails.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Informz is an online email marketing service that allows you to send and track email communications. If your organization regularly sends emails to your constituents and wants to track whether they are successful, you can benefit from the services included with Informz. TechSoup is proud to announce our newest partner, Informz.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam. Perhaps it's something else, but regardless the cause, some ingenious script-kiddy has turned the tables and suddenly you're responsible for thousands upon thousands of spam messages. The names have been changed to protect the paranoid.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

A true social site encourages interactivity by creating an environment that fosters communication not only between your organization and its constituents, but also between the members themselves. Many sites implement a CAPTCHA system to filter out spam robots, but quite a few systems use only visual-based tests, which aren’t accessible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

It will help you centralize all your efforts and reduce the amount of spam and notification e-mails sent to your work e-mail account. HootSuite is a Web-based social media dashboard service that allows you to update and monitor Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, and WordPress from one dashboard. </strong> 8.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 29, 2018

Did you know an average of 18.21% of emails go straight to spam? They should be more detailed, including giving history, types of recent engagement, hobbies and interests and preferred methods of communication. Prioritize your deliverability. Anyone can send emails but the key to having a great email program: high deliverability rate.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2011

All-volunteer run until 1984, with the addition of full-time staff, the organization also broadened the range of services it offered to include professional counseling to victims and survivors of hate violence, and services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and HIV-related violence.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

It’s Microsoft’s free webmail service that just replaced the venerable Hotmail service. Users of other services like Gmail or Yahoo Mail can set up a new @outlook.com address and have their other accounts forwarded. It also has better spam filtering — it keeps spam to less than 3 percent of your inbox.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Social media can be a useful (though often overlooked) tool for frontline workers in social service agencies to engage with youth, according to Jason Shim, a Program Facilitator at the Canadian nonprofit, Mosaic Counselling & Family Services. According to Shim, Facebook is a primary communication tool for young people.

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