TechImpact

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Have you and the decision makers at your nonprofit ever been sitting around a table trying to decide which demographic you should target during an upcoming donation campaign? Well, predicting your nonprofit’s fundraising potential is not a mystery. Considering a […]. Considering a […].

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

You’ve been told over and over the more information you have on your donors, the better. Well, according to a recent study conducted by Blackbaud and nfpSynergy of 338 nonprofit organizations in the United Kingdom, many nonprofits are “drowning in data” and are unable to fully utilize all the data they’ve collected with their CRM.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 31, 2013

70% don’t like getting spammed by nonprofits. 42% have donated to a nonprofit. Nonprofit leaders, make learning more about the younger generation a priority–track the giving habits, positive interactions, and social culture this group enjoys in your CRM system and really hone into their habits.

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TechImpact

MARCH 10, 2015

The post 5 Content Marketing Tips That Yield Donors appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. General content marketing data database donation donations donors nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech social media technology'

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TechImpact

JUNE 2, 2013

A donor has the right to understand a mission before contributing to it. According to a recent post from npEngage, most potential online donors need to understand what will happen with their money before they … Continued The post Acquire Online Donors By Clearly Explaining Mission appeared first on Tech Impact.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Nonprofit statistics seem to grow more positive with each passing day. Donation numbers are growing steadily and the pervasiveness of technology is saturating nonprofits with opportunity to become more efficient and expand into new markets. Here are 13 Nonprofit statistics you never knew until today. in the 2013. in the 2013.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

With online donations to nonprofit organizations on the rise, the onus is on the nonprofit to make the donation process as simple as possible. The point is to make donating through your nonprofit secure website simple, easy, and fast. Image courtesy of Dunhamn and Company.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 24, 2014

Regardless of your mission, if you are unable to communicate with your constituents, employees, donors, or any other affiliates, accomplishing your mission becomes immeasurably more difficult. Numbers and figures thanks to the hard work by Nonprofit Marketing Guide. Image courtesy of The Connected Cause.

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TechImpact

JUNE 2, 2014

Between running a nonprofit’s website, blog, and social media, not to mention working in the day to day, jumping into video seems terrifying for a lot of nonprofits. If your nonprofit has not yet considered adding video content to their arsenal of online communication tools, these 3 reasons might just get you to start.

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TechImpact

JULY 28, 2014

The more ways your nonprofit is generating leads when fundraising, the better. Reaching out to constituents through multiple networks, and using these powerful social platforms in a targeted way can help take your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts to the next level. One of those leads could turn into a life long donor or volunteer.

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TechImpact

JUNE 25, 2013

According to a recent post from npEngage, there are many techniques that top nonprofits are already using to increase their donor acquisition and online fundraising results. … Continued The post Boost Donor Acquisition and Online Fundraising appeared first on Tech Impact.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 27, 2014

It is impossible to ignore the importance of technology in today’s competitive nonprofit fundraising climate. Every dollar is tightly contested by other nonprofits whose missions are often equally as noble as your own. No one wakes up in the morning and says, “I need to make sure I give to a charity or nonprofit today.”

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Gather more information about what your donors are doing during your campaigns. Is your data being made up of employee traffic because you forgot to block your nonprofit’s IP from analytics, or are employees using multiple methods of reporting? Image courtesy of Ketia 4 Kids Foundation. Define a strategy. Collect accurate data.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 30, 2013

Some of the most current and meaningful stats about nonprofits and the digital realm, from sources such as Nonprofit Tech For Good , Waggener Edstrom , TechSoup , and the Artez Interactive. 59% of people donate after becoming a follower of a nonprofit’s social network. Nonprofits saw a 264% growth in Twitter followers in 2012.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Nonprofits use databases to handle volunteers, donors, staff, and more. For smaller nonprofits, a database may be nothing more than an Excel file. Medium to large nonprofits might have an IT staff and a simple database, designed by the in-house development team. Image courtesy of The Connected Cause. Authorization.

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TechImpact

JULY 30, 2014

Applying a customer audience segment to your overall traffic, or to specific webpages grants even more donor insight than you’d get when looking at total aggregated results. This informs you on who is advocating for your nonprofit on other websites, and can give you good fodder for your social media outlets to think them for their support.

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TechImpact

MARCH 17, 2014

These ten statistics about nonprofit technology, fundraising, and social media offers us insights into the effectiveness of our strategies, and can help us redesign strategies in the future. Source ) 25% of nonprofits professionals have a documented content strategy. 76% of mobile subscribers came from integration with a CRM system.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Donors, volunteers, partners, and sponsors are considered the “life blood” of nonprofit organizations and foundations. Therefore each individual relationship, interaction, and correspondence with these supporters is vital to a nonprofit’s overall sustainability. Image courtesy of iwillradio.tv.online.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Most nonprofit organizations are small. of the world’s workforce employed in the nonprofit sector, a vast majority of those individuals are working as individuals, or in organizations less than 50 people. In fact, with over 7.4%

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The post 3 Ways to Build Donor Loyalty With Your Nonprofit’s Brand appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. General content marketing donation fundraising nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech social media storytelling technology'

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 11, 2013

In 2013, nonprofits looked forward to integrating communication channels to increase effectiveness, but are hesitant to try something new. In fact, more than half of the nonprofits surveyed write informal strategy plans for themselves, without approval from their superiors and board. by juliareich.

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TechImpact

APRIL 14, 2014

Each email address is a potential donor, someone who knows your nonprofit, and intentionally gave you their email address because, quite likely, they believe in your mission. The post 7 Steps To Effective Nonprofit Email Marketing appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Choosing the CRM that best serves your nonprofit’s needs is one of the most important technology decisions your nonprofit can make. Your CRM, or constituent relationship management system, is a digital catalog that works for your nonprofit when correctly utilized. Customization. Getting Started.

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TechImpact

MAY 20, 2014

They’re precious validation that your nonprofit’s presence on Twitter is not only being well received, but it is reverberating through the annals of the highly trafficked social network. Nonprofits have been utilizing Twitter since its inception. Here are the 5 Twitter posts your nonprofit should never even peep, let alone tweet.

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TechImpact

JUNE 11, 2014

Between your nonprofit’s website, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube channel, Instagram account, and whatever else your nonprofit uses to advertise online, it can be hard to keep up. Here are 5 common sense approaches to your nonprofit’s digital marketing strategy to help you get noticed, and take your nonprofit to the next level.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 19, 2014

That’s the question nonprofits of all sizes ask every day. Understanding donors is the first step to connecting with them in a meaningful way, and ultimately enticing them into giving to your nonprofit.

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TechImpact

MAY 5, 2014

Your nonprofit sends out emails to either donors, constituents, members, employees, subscribers, or all of the above. Here are a few tips to help your nonprofit’s email marketing team perform better, drive more interaction, and complete your mission faster. How does your nonprofit successfully email market?

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TechImpact

JULY 15, 2014

Image courtesy of Nonprofit Information. Whether they be donors, employees, volunteers, partners, sponsors just someone who likes to read your blog, nonprofits are leveraging technology to allow the public a looking glass into the inner working of their organizations. It’s important because transparency builds trust.

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TechImpact

JULY 4, 2014

Your website is your nonprofit’s most important online asset. It is the most customizable, is often the first thing a constituent or potential donor sees, and serves as your online storefront. If all of this is true (it is) why do so many nonprofits neglect their websites and allow them to fall into disrepair?

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

After the initial purchase or account setup, your nonprofit can connect to the application through a browser or application portal. An entire virtual network for your nonprofit that is housed on the vendor’s servers. What the cloud can offer nonprofits: No server crashes. Platform as a Service (PaaS). Low, per-user costs.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Why is this pertinent to the nonprofit sector you might be wondering? Essentially, storytelling is something that not only helps nonprofits engage with their communities, but it also harbors the potential to help nonprofits fundraise, too. Does your nonprofit have a blog? Every nonprofit has a story to tell.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 12, 2014

Your website is your digital store front; it is the home for all your content marketing efforts, and it’s a place where potential constituents, volunteers, and donors can go to learn more about what you do, and perhaps most importantly, it is the place where those donors can actually give to your cause. Analyitcs reporting.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Your nonprofit stay active all year long on social media. Constantly keeping your followers up to date on Facebook, engaging with donors, and other nonprofits on Twitter. Maybe you’re even posting beautiful pictures on an Instagram account you started to highlight the visuals of your nonprofit’s impact.

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TechImpact

APRIL 2, 2014

But when difficult decisions impact employees working for us, and a nonprofit whose mission you care passionately about, those decisions become that much more difficult. To really scale and grow your nonprofit, you need to choose one major problem you are looking to solve. Get donor ready. Choose one big problem.

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TechImpact

MAY 27, 2014

Nonprofits have identified the power of this social media platform, and are doing everything within their power to connect with and engage as many of these users as possible. The social networking site is also one of the best places for nonprofits to digitally spread their name and recruit help to completing their mission.

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TechImpact

APRIL 10, 2014

Additionally, there is a lot of competing ideas about what makes the best nonprofit website. Here are few myths about your nonprofit’s website that can (finally) be laid to rest. Too often nonprofit’s believe that their website should not be too ‘flashy’ for fear donors will think they are undeserving of a donation.

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TechImpact

JUNE 19, 2014

But getting started with any performance measurement initiative can be difficult and overwhelming for some nonprofits, especially smaller organizations that do not boast the raw man-power of other more established nonprofits. Here are the 3 steps your nonprofit needs to get started measuring and reporting on meaningful data today.

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