Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

Unless you plan on working at your current nonprofit for the rest of your life, it’s entirely possible that during your next job search, recruiters and your future boss will be browsing your LinkedIn Profile. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail. Make Connections. The more you engage them, the worse it gets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

Unless you plan on working at your current nonprofit for the rest of your life, it’s entirely possible that during your next job search, recruiters and your future boss will be browsing your LinkedIn Profile. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail. Make Connections. The more you engage them, the worse it gets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Constant contact??? t Spam regulations ??? t Spam requires you to have a physical mailing address, opt out of every mail and be responsive, registered domain and bunch of other things, only allowed to email to people who have opted into your list. Not of the methods are easy or cost-effective Can contact them ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

I thought I’d tweeted about it so much that Twitter was going to suspend my account for spamming—yet many of my followers didn’t even know about it. So this year I DM’d and emailed my best contacts well ahead of time and asked if they would help retweet before the event and the day of the event. 6. People love information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

That’s equivalent to sending an email to your supporters and 98% of your emails going to spam folders. In fact, one of the most in-demand job skills for digital marketers and fundraisers is knowing how to effectively use social media advertising channels and Google Ads.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Use a tool like Constant Contact, Mail Chimp, or something similar to send out your email newsletter. If you try to use your regular email, you run the risk of being marked as spam, looking unprofessional, and not being able to measure open rates. A system like Constant Contact complies with U.S. Full contact info.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

You can apply that same lesson to your membership program by using every contact as an opportunity to improve your relationship with your supporters. And roughly 45% of that volume is unsolicited spam messages. While the emails you send to your members aren’t spam, that doesn’t necessarily keep your messages out of the junk folder.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

But our ESP, which we’d used since 2005, just wasn’t up to the job. After a quick scan of each ESP’s website to get a sense of the features and pricing structure of each (pricing is generally by number of contacts or by number of emails sent per month), I called the colleagues to dig into their referrals. What isn’t?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

For starters, make sure your blasts are readable , that they cut through the noise , and that they arent labeled spam - it works! 60) Search « Every Woman Counts Launch Meeting | Main | Did You Miss The Online Holiday Fundraising Season? What does this mean for you? To create a new comment, use the form below.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

There are reports all over the web that long-term plans for inside jobs maybe on the rise. For more info, web search for: hacking "inside job" (As of late, the China/Google scandal commandeers at least the first three search pages. I have 3 or more people (and discussion boards) I can contact at any time of the day (really!)

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Care2

AUGUST 14, 2007

Relocate that Tell-a-Friend link - moving it to nearby an article on an important, urgent issue improves the chance of someone forwarding it to a friend Dont skimp on the design - be careful, though, of getting sent to the dreaded spam folder!

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

Open rates can be an unreliable metric due to spam filters, preview panes and image blocking -- all of which make it hard to know whether someone is actually opening (or reading) an email. However, as online programs have matured, the decline in the performance of email has slowed. Don’t be too alarmed though.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org. 57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org. 57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. Myspace avoids spamming so the members usually blocks people from adding them directly unless you know them personally or their email. ve contacted us but we??ve

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Robert Weiner

JULY 28, 2010

It's not unusual to get phishing scams in the form of lottery "winnings" or that appear to come from legitimate businesses or nonprofits (see the Habitat for Humanity job offer scam ). Of course, they need my contact info, including: 1. Contact Address. Here's what it looks like: Tags: Phishing Spam. Full name.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? Things to consider and target include: sender line: who is your email "from" subject line: what are you saying before the email is even opened? opening: do you make your email seem personal, use your database to insert members names design: is it clean?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 6, 2021

A welcome email series is how businesses make introductions to new contacts. Companies send a series of emails at a regular cadence to introduce their business and products to their new contacts. Dare to Care Food Bank’s welcome email does a great job explaining who donors help when they give. Get The Templates.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

Also worth considering: your software should provide easily-browsed and highly-sortable donation history for each contact. The ability to sort major donor reports by score helps your development team refine and prioritize its outreach strategy, allowing for an even more personal touch with these important contacts.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

So day two on the job. Now, don’t forget to make the ask, but sometimes the donor, if you’re sitting across the desk or the coffee table from them, or maybe it’s a virtual thing and they’re reading your emails, they’re just so ready to give because you’ve done such a good job. You’re not spam.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Of course, most nonprofits will not use all the sites listed above, but the time frame does at least allow you to craft a reasonable job description. Too many nonprofit staff are being expected to add social media to their job descriptions without a time adjustment or a budget and that’s a doomed social media strategy.

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Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2007

» Tuesday Aug 08 2006 Spam Filters Arent Blocking my Emails, Are They? It seems spam blockers are becoming larger and more broad-based all the time. McAfee Spam Killer is especially difficult to deal with, even a simple thank you for "your time and interest" results in automatic deletion. That might not be the case.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Of course, most nonprofits will not use all the sites listed above, but the time frame does at least allow you to craft a reasonable job description. Too many nonprofit staff are being expected to add social media to their job descriptions without a time adjustment or a budget and that’s a doomed social media strategy.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

The more data points you have on your donors—from email and street addresses to job titles and company names, giving capacity, philanthropic history, contact preferences, and general interest—the more you will be able to target your asks and create fundraising campaigns that speak directly to them.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

5) The furor about “junk mail” is mild compared to that about spam—as it should be, because online communications is prey to all sorts of fraud. August 23, 2009 | Gordon Steen As a consumer, yes, I do get more direct mail and all kinds of spam. Second, I agree with you that direct mail isnt going anywhere.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

Amazing job by the conservancy.??? This helps us be good community members and avoid issues of spamming. ll send the link for our landing page to all of my contacts and ask them to give it a positive review. s Great Bear Rainforest , a user wrote: ???This This is one of the most breathtaking places I have ever seen.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

While spam is worse than it’s ever been, email continues to be the key to successful online fundraising programs – that’s a bit of surprise. It took leaving my job for me to fully appreciate how amazing my colleagues were. Or, I would hire a great person into the wrong job and have to sort it out later.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

While spam is worse than it’s ever been, email continues to be the key to successful online fundraising programs – that’s a bit of surprise. It took leaving my job for me to fully appreciate how amazing my colleagues were. Or, I would hire a great person into the wrong job and have to sort it out later.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2008

It’s not enough to say someone’s famous, that you like spam. We contacted the person to find out more about the reasoning behind the nomination but we never heard back. Did you maintain contact with many of the people who nominated things? But we had contact information for everyone. How did you reach them? Pretty much.

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