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It’s Not Too Late: 3 Strategic Year-End Fundraising Tips

Bloomerang

The subject line is like the envelope for a direct mail letter; it’s a critical part of your appeal “package” as 47% of email recipients open an email based on the subject line alone. Tip 2: Send online and offline appeals. According to direct mail expert Mal Warwick, the follow-up letter can boost your overall return by 15-25%. .

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The #1 Reason You Need a Recurring Giving Program and 3 Expert Examples

NetWits

Online fundraising research suggests that if you move an online acquired donor to on offline channel (i.e. direct mail) you’ll increase the lifetime value of that donor from $128 dollars to $197 dollars – An increase that any nonprofit organization would love to see. The catch is that only 32% of online acquired donors make the switch.

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Relationships That Raise Funds: 5 Tips for Creating Successful Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers

NetWits

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc).

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Top Nonprofit Blogs to Bookmark Today

The Modern Nonprofit

In this blog, you’ll find articles about: Opinions on Industry Trends, Topics in Behavioral Science, Whitepapers and Case Studies in Philanthropy, and Direct Mail and Online Fundraising. If you’re not afraid of getting into the nitty-gritty of network building, both online and offline, this is the blog for you. BETH’S BLOG.

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Top 10 Ways To Keep Nonprofit Donors

Bloomerang

Mail The gold standard is a prompt and personal mailed thank you letter. It’s why I advocate mailing a thank you letter to donors who give online, in addition to the immediate email receipt. Let them know they’ll receive their ‘official’ thank you later in the mail. Top 10 Ways to Say ‘Thank You!’ to Nonprofit Donors 1.

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7 Keys to an Effective Social Media Ambassador Program

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You want your ambassadors to be themselves, not a scripted version that resembles themselves and strips away the authenticity that made their relationship as an ambassador so powerful, to begin with. But, take it offline, too. . So set objectives and let them guide you. 2) Choose the right people. 5) Provide the necessary tools.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

And I learned a lot about fundraising before the internet, when you just dialed for dollars and sent mailings and had a lot of house parties. . It was sent to the matriarch of the foundation within a half an hour, 45 minutes of receiving their mail. And it is for both online and offline actions. She called.

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