The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Provide More Sophisticated Content. Provide them with sophisticated content and create calls, webinars, or events to provide them deeper insight into the organization. Your major gifts team is probably already creating incredible content that can be adapted to share with your mid-level audience. Get on the Phone.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Make use of a New Donor Welcome Kit that contains sample content. Taking a multi-pronged approach Feeding America advises using a multi-pronged direct marketing approach that includes and integrates direct mail, personal phone calls (including telemarketing), texting, and video. There’s nothing better than that.”

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

Develop content. What content is needed to make this campaign successful: newsletters, testimonials, etc.? Collect and Build Your Content. There are a variety of content pieces you’ll need for a successful annual campaign. Start writing weekly or monthly blog posts to generate fresh content. Keep it tight.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2023

Personalization also includes adjusting the content you share based on supporters’ interests. In an email list for remote supporters, you would instead promote online opportunities and content. Call them on the phone. Create a script that your callers can use to keep these conversations short but impactful.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. They might not get breaking news alerts on their phone. Q: How does it sound?

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Build your campaign around the concept of letting the community create the content. These tools can be simple, such as examples of fundraising emails, social media posts, phone scripts and even official logos. For instance, ever get swept up in the Facebook videos that automatically play as you scroll through your feed page?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

This is a most exciting development: it means that anyone with a cheap MP3 player or a phone that plays MP3s can have access to our books. The second principle is sourcing locally relevant content. But, we have far more to do to ensure that all Bookshare users have access to the local content they need!

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Achieve

OCTOBER 29, 2017

If you’re going to segment your emails by audience, build out each individual email and determine the content you want to vary – like subject lines and calls to action. In November, skim through your donor database to identify the donors you want to reach out to individually by phone and/or email. That’s where Hannah comes in.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

With more Americans getting their news through social media, video content provides an opportunity to grow your audience and make your story heard. Two-thirds of Americans get at least some of their news on social media and those platforms prioritize video content because it commands attention. Now, anybody can do it.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc).

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 3, 2017

When it comes to designing, launching and running a WordPress site, there are so many critical elements to consider for achieving success, from stellar content to an easy-to-navigate theme and templates to keeping track of updates to plugins. Will your customer’s information be protected from hackers? Managed WordPress Hosting.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 4, 2016

At Achieve, we focus our efforts on increasing your site speed through a combination of tactics that include adjusting the size of images on your page and minimizing scripts to diminish the amount of server requests. When users visit a website on their phone or desktop, they expect the site to be easy to navigate. Navigation.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These campaigns may involve phone calls or occasional events and demonstrations, but most advocacy work will be conducted through virtual means. . Establish a posting calendar, whether with manual or automatic uploads, to help you schedule and coordinate your content. Script-branching. Real-time reporting.

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Forj

MARCH 8, 2017

Camera (phone or webcam). Audio Recording/Microphone (phone or webcam). Step 2: Write a script. Outline your content. Try to treat it like any other content piece. Be specific in the items above, know your goals with this content piece and stay on track. Basic Tools Needed for Video Creation. Non-Member?

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

Video content has grown to be so ubiquitous that you’d need to go out of your way to avoid watching them. For that, you can use meaningful animation, unexpected script turns ( narrative ), and adequate characterization. As well as the ability to identify you the next time they come across your content. This whole month?

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Content is still a very important factor in educating, informing, and building member/donor trust. 47% of donors say they consume 3-5 pieces of content prior to engaging with a sales/development person. But getting your content in front of your target audience can be difficult. Remarketing On Facebook.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2014

scripting and editing videos and short films. Send a welcome email; three days later follow that with a program content email; six days later send another, different program content email; and then, twelve days later, an invitation to join your cause or donate. A/B testing the layout of our fundraising forms. Email Matters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I blogged about the content last week. It integrates online community discussion forums, structured learning like webinars, content, with participants' social profiles. From my experience in doing technology trainings, no matter well you describe levels and content, you always get a range of experience, comfort, and skill. .

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 23, 2015

Why do my donors phone me about information they can easily find on the website? . Inspectlet seemed too whiz-bang good to be true, but with a small embed script you can record and playback anyone using your website. Heatmaps of what content is most clickable throughout your site. It’s more fun than cat videos.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is formally defined as the act of distributing syndicated audio content online via RSS to listeners who use software or a hardware device to receive updates. No reason to be afraid: the important part of this definition is that the audio content is syndicated. The What and Why?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. There wouldn't be a local node or the phone had some weirdness that prevented me from dialing out successfully. Like the time I was doing a session in an artists loft and the phone jack was 150 feet away and my phone cord was only 125 feet.

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M+R

MARCH 6, 2024

Mobile-first ads We saw at year-end that mobile-first display ads are flourishing for nonprofits because they align with the shifting digital landscape and provide targeted and visually compelling content. Timely, urgent content drives response — especially for nonprofits in the international relief space providing emergency response.

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Kindful

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Tip #1: Pick up the phone to solicit gifts. . Making phone calls is one of the least expensive and most powerful fundraising strategies when it comes to soliciting a year-end gift! . If you haven’t started making phone calls yet (or even if you have!), I can even process the donation over the phone if you’re ready to give now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2006

The flickr set has notes and pointers to other resources if you are interested in the content. After a few phone calls back and forth between my video host tech support and the cable company and a visit by the cable man with a new modem, I was finally able to get this sreencast uploaded today. My work flow. So, I set up each scene.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

The most important aspect of running a live stream is in recognizing that your content is out in the world as is. Depending on the clout of your brand, you may want to carefully control the speaking portion with scripts. . Be sure to record your live stream as well so that the video content is saved.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

You will get exactly the same amount of content and your questions answered in the time that you have allotted for this training. Those board members agree to pick up the phone and call and say, “Thank you.” ” You’re going to provide your board members with the script. Things like that.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So let’s go ahead and dive deeper into the content. Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. I hate phones.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

I picked up the phone and got a hold of Jim Spadaccini, founder of Ideum, whose blog post I discovered via a discussion thread on flickr and museums on the museum technology list. The Shooting Script Colonizing Social Spaces , looked more broadly at the benefits and drawbacks of museums utilzing social networking sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The content is focused on the professional area of expertise. Tate's Mobile Blog is collecting audience input on the new building design at the Tate - via mobile phones to blog - or mob blogging. The Shooting Script Colonizing Social Spaces , looked more broadly at the benefits and drawbacks of museums utilzing social networking sites.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

So if you have to leave early or maybe get interrupted or you just want to review the awesome content you’re about to hear, don’t worry. George heard about this and he grabbed his phone and he videoed a whole bunch of people saying, “Thank you to the Smith Family Foundation. So use that chat box. We are thrilled.”

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

The most important aspect of running a live stream is in recognizing that your content is out in the world as is. Depending on the clout of your brand, you may want to carefully control the speaking portion with scripts. . Be sure to record your live stream as well so that the video content is saved.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So let’s go ahead and dive deeper into the content. Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. I hate phones.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" Does that include cell phones? Michelle Murrain adds that she won't sign up until the content is more compelling and the social graph is open. " -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. Allison Fine asks, " Do most people really fine web2.0 hard to use ?"

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 24, 2022

From your logo and campaign hashtag, to sample posts and scripts, to printable materials and essential language about your campaign, the toolkit distills all the insights you have as a fundraiser into one easy-to-find resource. Don’t be afraid to reuse content: you can always make small adjustments to make it seem fresh.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Assume your audience is distracted by at least one other thing — the cell phone, dog, or a child coming into the room. It’s not your script. If you don’t have enough visual content to accompany a great story you plan to tell, consider augmenting with stock photos. Well, that depends.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

With visuals of the form and walk-through examples, we were able to put the content into context and make the information easier to process. For example, you might create a gamified microlearning course about phone solicitations. Microlearning courses are short learning experiences hyper-focused on one specific topic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

Assume your audience is distracted by at least one other thing — the cell phone, dog, or a child coming into the room. It’s not your script. If you don’t have enough visual content to accompany a great story you plan to tell, consider augmenting with stock photos. Well, that depends.

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