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New Email Tests Improve Clicks, Slow Exiting

The NonProfit Times

“I hear people say all the time that email is underperforming or dying, but that certainly hasn’t been the case for us,” said Rebecca Sparenberg, vice president of digital marketing for the Humane Society of the United States in Washington, D.C. Research backs this up. That is something the American Cancer Society has long done. “If

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Lame spam of the day: They want me to donate $50 million?

Robert Weiner

Usually this type of come-on is offering me free money, but this one seems to want me to give them $50 million. Or maybe they're going to give me the money and I'm to regift it. Clearly we have a failure to communicate. Sender: Mrs. Alphonse Casambre [bhchue@yahoo.com.sg]. Subject: none. Text: Attn: Sir/Madam.

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Roundtree Announces Collaboration with Mission Increase

Roundtree

Mission Increase provides free fundraising training to over 3,500 nonprofits organizations across the country through 28 strategically placed area directors. The Chattanooga-based agency serves organizations all over the United States and helped them raise over $100M last year. And we're promising not to spam you.

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Lame spam of the day: FBI and Nigeria still want to send me money

Robert Weiner

of $2.4million USD from a Lottery Company outside the United States of. without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $2.4million USD has. be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been. System) we discovered that your e-mail address was automatically. We have successfully notified.

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Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NGOs can also use WordPress.org as a CMS for your website and download a free or low-cost theme to design a mobile-optimized website. If that’s too complicated, then your NGO could set up a free blog on WordPress.com which offers numerous, easy-to-install mobile-optimized templates. Many NGOs do send e-newsletters, but via BCC.

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Software to Grow Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Donor management software can help you keep your fundraising efforts in line, ensuring that each of your constituents gets your message in a way encourages their support without unintentionally spamming them. For examples of training webinars held on ReadyTalk, check out the TechSoup Talks series. cents per minute, per participant ($1.65

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Perhaps they can not get a Facebook ad budget approved or they are simply stuck in the outdated “social media is free” meme. That’s equivalent to sending an email to your supporters and 98% of your emails going to spam folders. either way, Facebook organic reach is estimated to be an abysmal 2%.

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