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What to Do When Your Fundraising Methods Fall Flat

Get Fully Funded

It’s a horrible feeling when the tried-and-true fundraising methods that have worked in the past stop working. Even experienced fundraisers sometimes use fundraising methods that just don’t work for a particular organization or audience. Let’s back up and look at your methods of fundraising through the eyes of your donor.

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Five reasons you need text-to-give technology at your association

Nimble AMS

Pew Research Center reports that 97% of Americans now own a cell phone, with 80% of respondents texting. It enables donors to give money from their phones to campaigns. The ease of text-to-give makes this fundraising method so appealing to many associations. . Text-to-give is convenient. Text-to-give helps boost engagement.

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7 Ways Nonprofits Can Automate Donor Retention

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Here are seven excellent methods of increasing donor retention and how to automate them. Using DonorPerfect’s partnership with Constant Contact can make drip campaigns easy and effective. In Constant Contact, you can build your email series and apply DonorPerfect’s filter so only those donors will receive the emails.

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Product Update: Take Donations with ACH and Venmo

CauseVox

Why would I take the time to pull out a credit card when I can tap an app on my phone—the phone which is usually in my hand? Yes, phones make emailing, working, and paying bills super convenient now. Now donors can pay with their preferred payment methods to help you secure more donors. It’s sort of a no-brainer.

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Fundraiser vs. Friendraiser vs. Waste of Time

The Fundraising Authority

In this episode , Michael is getting chided (over the phone) by the corporate office for spending too much money holding office parties. You should walk out of every “friendraising event” with contact list of new friends for the organization. Their goal is to be a lead-generation tool for your donor funnel.

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Don’t Let Staff Turnover Affect Your Grantmaking Data Quality

sgEngage

Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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Fundraising Basics: What To Do When They Don’t Respond

Bloomerang

There have never been so many different communication methods available. Some people prefer email; others texting, cell phone calls, landline calls, video conferencing, social media. You can learn from the perspective of someone else in your nonprofit who knows the individual you are trying to contact. Guess what happened?