Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2012

appreciated for the donations or pledges they contribute on a timely. Here are some hints for improving your nonprofit's relationship with your key donors. You will be surprised just how much this matters and can make the difference for their donation next year. Who knows – they might decide to donate more next time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Since neither Microsoft, Apple, or Google have “Nonprofit” or “Charity” categories in their app stores (hint, hint!), People will not use, much less pay for an app that is simply a feed of your blog with a “Donate Now”" button. National Geographic Society.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

Their blog has an e-mail newsletter subscribe option and a “Donate Now” button. Hint, hint. Consistent publication of fresh content to a blog or website. Their website, e-newsletter, and blog all include links to their social networks. That’s a very basic must-have criteria in my book, literally.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Data validation: Reports covering all accounts, committees, members, donations, publications, and more . Donations: Funds donated to your association . Finding a connection among those groups may hint at a possible way to raise subscription or membership rates in the future.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This is a great time to set up your GivingTuesday donation page, plan a few publicity blasts, and start approaching donors about commitments. Whether it’s your first year or your fifth year, make sure you have a GivingTuesday-specific online donation page. You won’t be able to accept donations without one! Email Marketing.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 20, 2021

Pressuring employees to donate to charity. Hinting, rather than speaking straightforwardly. Here are the highlights : 1. Making social events unofficially required. Calling employees who are on vacation. Holding endless meetings. Not making hard decisions. Delegating without truly delegating.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Additionally, Facebook has made both creating and donating to Fundraisers a highly streamlined process. The focus for campaigns is encouraging donations to Fundraisers during timeframes when it’s most important for your organization. 5) Take advantage of the matching donation feature. Year-Round Promotion. Campaign Tactics.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Here are a few of the most common program types you might encounter: Employer matching gifts: Many companies offer to match their employees’ donations to nonprofit organizations, often doubling or even tripling the amount of the original gift. And encourage them to get involved!

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Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Social media is an important part of this plan and can help drive donations. That way, when the donation request rolls around, you’ve already got them ready. So, if you want them to click your donation request when it comes up, you need to get your audience used to engaging with your content.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

A look beneath the hood reveals that the numbers offer more than a hint of potential growth. New corporate givers are coming online, possibly at lower initial levels of donating as they ramp up participation, as corporations increasingly comply with corporate social responsibility (CSR) mandates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for January 2012 illuminating that Pinterest now drives more referral traffic than Google+, YouTube, and LinkedIn combined will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Website analytics: help us track donation page interactions and web traffic. Email marketing analytics: help us track open rate, click-through, and donation conversions. However, you find that those who open and donate through email marketing are aged 40-60, female and live in a suburban area.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2010

In January 2010, I was quoted by Association & Nonprofit BizNow for saying: “[Heather] envisions a mobile app with a GuideStar database of nonprofits that would make it possible for people to donate to any organization at any time. At year’s end, givers could print out all their donation info on one page for tax purposes.&#

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

One of the best features was that they embedded the livestream directly onto their CauseVox page so that viewers could watch and donate all in one place. Louis (hint: this is a great place to use CauseVox’s peer-to-peer fundraising capabilities). Charge a flat entry fee or suggested donation for attendees. Donation Match Drive.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2022

Hint: If you use a CRM, you’re likely already paying for automation tools! Drip campaigns,” or a series of timed emails triggered by actions like sign-ups or donations, are a common way organizations use automation to provide steady, responsive information to audience members right when they’re ready to engage. Marketing automation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

People donate because they want to do good. Every donor, regardless of the amount they give, deserves to be treated with respect and given a good experience — both during AND after the donation process. When a donor clicks that Donate button and makes a gift, what’s the very next thing they experience? They want to help.

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Socialbrite

MARCH 8, 2020

Donorbox is a powerful and efficient next-generation fundraising system that allows organizations to raise more donations, implement smooth donation management, promote fundraising campaigns in a variety of ways and establish lasting relationships with donors. Truthout portrays itself as a form of journalism seeking justice.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Average Donor Lifespan x Average Donation = Donor Lifetime Value. This is why it is important not just to focus on keeping track of donors after they give their first donation, but also on building strong relationships with them before they donate at all. In fundraising, we talk a lot about donor lifetime value.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

As we approach the end of the calendar year, many of your donors will be thinking about end-of-year donations to your organization. Maybe that means you are sending an email to encourage your constituents to donate – you can use the event information to make that email more personal. Consider Accepting Non-Traditional Donations.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Hint: A great time to do this is when you are creating your annual budget and marketing plan. Increase online donations? Hint: I typically recommend posting 3-4x per week per channel as a starting point. Hint: Did you know you can respond to all Facebook & Instagram direct messages and comments through Business Manager? .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Pressuring employees to donate to charity. Hinting, rather than speaking straightforwardly. Here are the highlights : 1. Making social events unofficially required. Calling employees who are on vacation. Holding endless meetings. Not making hard decisions. Delegating without truly delegating.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2013

— It’s very easy to become paralyzed by the variety of opinions about how to optimize donation forms. 2. Don’t distract from the act of donating. A person who has made it to your online donation form has already had a conversation with themselves about the desire to donate. Don’t distract them!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2010

I’m hoping that someone (hint, hint) will write the blog post or report taking off on this work, and articulate the major nonprofit use cases for Social CRM. How do you know which of your Facebook fans/Causes members are also a donors (separate from donations through Causes)?

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 26, 2022

Hint: SEO will be the best value over time followed by the Google Ad Grant. Are intake webforms working? Are emails being sent? Consider the digital cybersecurity course to make sure the organization is inoculated from the most common (and damaging hacks) Start at the top of the marketing funnel (steal this chart).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Pressuring employees to donate to charity. Hinting, rather than speaking straightforwardly. Here are the highlights: 1. Making social events unofficially required. Calling employees who are on vacation. Holding endless meetings. Not making hard decisions. Delegating without truly delegating.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

During the US Thanksgiving holiday, Tweetsgiving asked people around the world to use Twitter to share something they were grateful for and include the link to the Tweetsgiving site (where people could donate to help build a library, classroom and more for the benefiting school in Tanzania). Looking at all of you readers, hint hint!).

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Your data can reveal hints about donors’ giving preferences, giving capacity, willingness to give, and the reasons why they support your cause. In this case, you may aim to upgrade donors to a larger monthly donation. Prospective monthly donors may give annual donations or support your organization in other ways, like volunteering.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

A virtual or hybrid gala provides a way for your supporters to buy a ticket, attend a livestream, donate, and even fundraise for you online. Your attendees can buy tickets at different price points and also donate to your organization, right in one place. Need to sell tickets for your gala? Host A Challenge. Happy Hour.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

In fact, some people check out your site first before they decide whether or not to donate, just to see if you’re legit. Though they have tutorials and customer support, setting up your site to accept donations can be challenging. Of course, you’ll have a home page, and then you need an About page and a Donate page. Trustworthy?

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. In short, great storytelling tugs heartstrings and that’s step 1 if you want a donation. Your donation of $7.32 EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell!

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2022

As an animal-related nonprofit, you often compete with other similar organizations, not to mention thousands of other deserving causes, for every donation. Pet stores often have long, comprehensive lists of customer contacts who love animals and have money to donate. In-kind donations. Make donating easy and rewarding.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 9, 2014

Pressuring employees to donate to charity. Hinting, rather than speaking straightforwardly. Here are the highlights : 1. Making social events unofficially required. Calling employees who are on vacation. Holding endless meetings. Not making hard decisions. Delegating without truly delegating.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 27, 2013

Pressuring employees to donate to charity. Hinting, rather than speaking straightforwardly. Here are the highlights: 1. Making social events unofficially required. Calling employees who are on vacation. Holding endless meetings. Not making hard decisions. Delegating without truly delegating.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 14, 2022

This guest post was contributed by Double the Donation. For example, let’s say your fundraising team is looking to increase your matching gift efforts and collect more corporate donations for your cause ( hint: you should be !). Online donation form. This typically includes: Donation minimums and maximums.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

” Online donor acquisition is essentially about creating new relationships with people by getting them to donate during a specific moment or campaign, or by acquiring emails (and the permission to keep the relationship going) from people that may go on to donate to your organization in the future. Thanks + Donate Now.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 27, 2021

What Should You Say to Get People to Donate? Understanding Why People Give (hint: it’s not what you think!) (Someone called me the “Queen of Bullets” recently and I took that as a compliment!). Catch these info-packed fundraising articles now if you missed them, or re-read them to see if there’s more you can glean.

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