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3 Tips that Make Every Holiday Campaign Work

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By now many of you have been working on your end of year campaigns, but if you haven’t started planning the good news is you still have time to put a plan in place to maximize end of year giving. Look to 2013, how can they’re gift make a difference. Make Every Email Count. - Tap into your Constituents’ Network. . - Share your goal!

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The #1 Way to Raise More Money Through Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events

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To get the most from your event this year, it’s important to realize that your participants are a diverse group and you need to speak to each group differently. Your participants have different motivators, perspectives and needs. Superstar fundraisers respond differently than those who raise the minimum. New participants.

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2011 Online Giving Trends and 5 Tactics Your Nonprofit Must Implement Today

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If you’ve done the work to get someone to your website and presented them with the right opportunity then you’d better be ready to close the deal. Second, they’ve boldly told you how much of your gift goes to the work they are doing. They make it very clear that your money is being used to do the work on the ground.

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Facebook Subscriptions: 8 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Pay Attention

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Making a difference, a positive impact in the world, is the entire reason your nonprofit organizations exists. What Facebook subscriptions does is allow Facebook to work more like Twitter or Google+ in that you don’t have to “friend&# or accept someone’s “friend&# request for that person to see your public updates.

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4 Easy Email Tests to Start Today

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You can immediately see what worked and adjust your message on-the-fly, if needed. Day of the Week: You’ll find different research on the best day to send email. Send another 10% a different subject line. Are you testing your email messages (i.e. subject lines, time of the day, etc)? It’s also the easiest way to begin testing.

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Raise More By Avoiding “One Size Fits All” Email Appeals

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It usually doesn’t work out so well. Said another way – what works offline also works online. 3) A university found their newsletter open rates increased by 7-12% when they personalized the first story within a newsletter to different audiences. Ever buy something that’s “one size fits all?” Maybe a hat or pair of gloves?

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7 Online Fundraising Tips I Learned By Participating in Movember

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Using Movember.com as a home base, participants are encouraged to use their email contacts, work colleagues, social networks, and any other means to promote the cause and raise money. This gave me a great place to experiment with some different fundraising and communication tactics. People Give for Different Reasons.

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