Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

My e-newsletter is by far the driving force behind Nonprofit Tech 2.0. And even though a recent report pointed out that email open and donor response are dropping in the nonprofit sector, I can’t help but wonder if current (yet old) e-newsletter design trends have a lot to do with the results. Top of e-Newsletter: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits. A pioneer of crowdfunding and online fundraising, GlobalGiving.org is a site to study and learn from. 1) Implement Donation Page Best Practices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.).

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

Small nonprofits face even more challenges when it comes to securing funding in comparison to larger organizations—from low donor retention rates to limited resources to an overall lack of unrestricted funding. This leadership is critical to driving both community impact and fundraising success.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 2, 2022

To make sure your newsletter gets opened, you need to write clever (not the knife) headlines that cut to the point and entice people to click. . If people don’t open your newsletter there is no point in hitting send, this is why the subject line can mean everything. Tips For What To Write in the Subject Line. Make it a question.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

My director of development & communications is giving serious thought to taking our hard copy newsletter and changing it to an e-newsletter. How do I convince her that a printed newsletter is worth the investment? A copy of our summer newsletter is attached for your review. It also includes a business reply envelope.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Wouldn’t life be easier if people opened and read your fundraising emails? Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing. Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing.

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 2, 2023

We’re in the dog days of summer… And that can only mean one thing — year-end fundraising season is upon us! Why end-of-year fundraising? And, according to ANA/DMA, “Direct mail still pulls a higher response rate than any marketing medium.” Your donor newsletter. What’s your renewal rate? Your Gratitude Report.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Adapting to Changes in Facebook Fundraising Tools: A Guide for Nonprofits When you run a nonprofit, you’ve likely leaned on social media platforms for fundraising. However, the recent announcement about changes to Facebook’s fundraising tools may have you rethinking your strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

By GolfStatus.org – an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. Free Webinar On February 23: How to Host a Successful Virtual or Hybrid Golf Fundraiser for Your Nonprofit. Here are six ways an event website helps maximize your golf fundraiser, and how you can get one at no cost.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 5, 2022

Fundraising can be a powerful way to drive non-dues revenue for your association. . Here’s how fundraising can help your association and what best practices you can use to raise funds more effectively. Fundraising can be a highly effective way to drive more non-dues revenue. How fundraising helps your organization.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 23, 2024

Others say it’s an excuse used by lazy fundraisers to justify their poor results. I say it’s a real phenomenon that occurs when fundraisers are so focused on the money that they forget where the money comes from. This is why a well-done newsletter , updates, and warm touches are so critical. Focus on the long-game.

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 15, 2023

An Impact Report can be an email , a short newsletter, even a thank you letter highlighting a handful of impacts. Over time watch your engagement rates soar! The Donor Newsletter. Oh, woe is the lonely print donor newsletter… It’s fallen out of favor in lieu of Instagram and TikTok. Impact Report. Phone Call. Here’s how.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy encompasses more than just earning donations from supporters. That’s why developing a strategic fundraising plan is necessary. We’ll cover: Why you should create a fundraising strategy. 6 elements your fundraising strategy should include. 10 steps to build your fundraising strategy.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

However, your nonprofit isn’t the only one that understands just how valuable social media can be for your fundraising efforts. By collecting and analyzing key data points, you’ll be able to continually refine your strategy and stay at the forefront of social media fundraising. This is where your social media engagement rates come in.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 7, 2024

But the good news is that nonprofits benefit from higher open rates compared to regular marketing emails. Your Welcome Email According to Campaign Monitor, Welcome emails have a whopping 91.43% open rate. If you’ve got a regular email newsletter, it sets the stage — the tone — for the rest of the emails you’ll send.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2011

Register for our Social Fundraising Newsletter and immediately get access to the full reports used to construct this INFOGRAPHIC. Over the past five years peer-to-peer fundraising (aka social fundraising, event fundraising or friendraising) revenue has more than doubled online – reaching close to the billion-dollar mark.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

If you feel a little unsteady about your nonprofit’s fundraising right now, you are not alone. Fundraisers have been through real challenges before.” Let’s dive into the basics of nonprofit emails so you can improve your fundraising results in any economy. Newsletters. But take heart.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

If you feel a little unsteady about your nonprofit’s fundraising right now, you are not alone. Fundraisers have been through real challenges before.” Let’s dive into the basics of nonprofit emails so you can improve your fundraising results in any economy. Newsletters. But take heart.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. You can text message donors information about fundraising campaigns, events, emergencies, and volunteer opportunities – just to name a few. 6) Add charity rating badges and program vs. operating expense graphics.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Personal acknowledgments, impact reporting, and a strong monthly giving program are some of the cornerstones to a high donor retention rate. But there’s one unsung strategy that can elevate your donor retention rates, while expanding mid-level and major giving: multi-year gift agreements. Q3 itself saw a YOY drop of 7.6%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 6, 2023

The early days and weeks, and sometimes even months, are when your nonprofit is most likely to experience the fastest organic growth rate of new followers. Instagram Fundraising Tools are not available on Threads. 5) Resist the urge to do traditional social media marketing and fundraising on Threads (for now).

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Bloomerang

MAY 3, 2021

My last article of this two-part series, “ Nonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy ,” began a discussion of smart fundraising strategies to take advantage of best practices and current trends. It covered broad brush strategies all nonprofits today should incorporate into their donor fundraising/marketing mix.

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TechImpact

MARCH 25, 2014

Having a tough time tracking the analytic behind your last fundraising campaign? Have a good tip for tracking your fundraisers success in Google Analytics? But traffic from your newsletter or Twitter links are driving huge donations. Fundraising Industry News Tech fundraising nonprofit npTech social media supporters'

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

In part 1 of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. As a fundraiser, don’t abdicate responsibility by leaving your donation page or plugin updates to your marketing or IT staff. You can read part one here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action. Twitter Newsletters. Twitter Spaces.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Fundraising 10 Steps to Plan a Successful Membership Drive 9 min read Read Now 3 Membership Engagement Strategies That Boost Member Retention You worked hard to grow your member base. Fundraising The Top 5 Best Nonprofit Social Media Examples 7 min read Read Now 2. Instead, focus on growth in follower count, clicks, and shares.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 22, 2013

Until recently the nonprofit pioneers of the Social Web had to mostly rely on their intuition that their social media campaigns were resulting in more dollars raised online, an increase in brand and cause awareness, and higher rates of volunteer recruitment and retention. Using Twitter during fundraising events can result in 10X more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Some of the most effective online fundraising strategies happen when you dig into your organisation’s data and understand who your donors are, and how they came across to you. . Data should inform and optimise your fundraising strategy , and attribution is a simple technique you can use to really help you get it right.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2016

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. You may have an e-newsletter list that includes all donors and supporters, another list specifically for repeat donors, and another list for supporters who have not yet donated. Add e-newsletter opt-in forms to online event calendars.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

What if we could have a conversation about fundraising strategy with David Ogilvy, founder of Ogilvy a leading marketing/PR firm and deemed the ‘Father of Advertising’? Sending a recurring newsletter or print mailing to engage supporters. Study email subject lines and opening sentences that motivate instant open rates.

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Socialbrite

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Online fundraising has changed markedly in recent years. R ecent years have ushered in a new era of fundraising — and nonprofit fundraising in particular has changed significantly. 3 strategies to foster successful fundraising campaigns. To succeed in this new era of fundraising, here are three strategies to execute: 1.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

But, what if you’re the kind of fundraiser who is expected to complete your annual giving program “off the side of your desk,” with no fancy agency to guide you on the latest trends, no idea what your donors really respond to, no current data segmentation strategy to contend with? Do your monthly donors expect your newsletter?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

then as your numbers grow on social networks so will your e-newsletter and mobile lists which in turn significantly increases your fundraising success. This is most easily done through a Social and Mobile Media Fundraising Success Spreadsheet. There is also a science to social and mobile media. Download Spreadsheet Template ].

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

If any of this sounds like you, and you’re tired of being so stressed, check out this webinar, led by fundraising and leadership expert, Mazarine Treyz (Wild Woman Fundraising). Fundraising planning 101. How NOT to make a fundraising plan. Your One-Page Fundraising Road-map. In this webinar you’ll learn: 1.Fundraising

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 24, 2024

Keep Spam Rates Under 0.3%: Don’t be the annoying spammer in people’s inboxes. Now, let’s talk about spam rates – the real sticky wicket. High spam rates are like waving a red flag at Google and Yahoo. So, be cautious, and check your spam rates. And keep an eye on your spam rates.

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