Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Practical Tips for Donor Engagement Strategies As a fundraiser, you probably have a good feel for how your donors want to engage with you, whether it’s on social media, through email, over the phone, or face-to-face. It’s easy to feel like you’re the voice of your organization, and it’s tempting to try to talk like you are that organization.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A lot of times these calls will result in voice-mail messages, but that’s okay because the message will still leave a strong impression. It’s amazing the results that are possible from phones and other smart devices. Communicate clearly and consistently on what’s being achieved with gift dollars. Send handwritten notes.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Initiate conversations via mail, phone, or email, and listen attentively. Listening to your donors’ voices can provide invaluable insights, guiding your fundraising efforts in the right direction. To comprehend your donors’ ‘big why,’ engage with your donors regularly.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Your donor software should allow you to insert the donor’s name into the thank-you in either email or snail mail letters. Use my Kitchen Table Exercise to develop your conversational writing voice. It creates two pieces of mail or email for the donor to open and read. Leave out the jargon, acronyms, and slang. Write that.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

There’s strength in numbers, and you need to build a base of educated and engaged advocates to raise their voices with you. The Campaign Workshop is an award-winning political consulting firm that specializes in targeted communications, digital, mail, and video for advocacy and political campaigns.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

and it is communicated through your logo, typography, colors, photo style, and tone or voice. Or will snapshots from cell phones work for your website to convey the grassroots nature of your work? Tone: Your website has a voice. What do you want that voice to be? Work on your voice. Next, think about photo quality.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2012

Voices from the Community is a series of blog posts highlighting various threads from the TechSoup Community Forums and other TechSoup online community channels. Snail mail versus email security (is one *really* safer than the other?). This edition is focused on security-related discussions from the TechSoup Community Forums.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” As it turns out, The Red Cross used but one of several common methods to generate revenue from mobile phone owners. Your nonprofit receives a check in the mail 30 to 90 days later. This, you expected.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 27, 2013

Other common limitations include a lack of resources to maintain an on-site mail server, not enough funds to add an email service, or unreliable email service. Office phones. In a 2012 study conducted by TechSoup on nonprofits using the cloud, 55% of responders were using the cloud for email services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

As social media taught us, those nonprofits who act quickly and embrace emerging trends tend to experience the highest success rate, and similar to the rise of e-advocacy and “E-mail Action Networks&# beginning in 2000-01, the nonprofit sector is on the brink of transitioning their e-advocacy efforts to the Mobile Web.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Finalize your direct mail and send it (and your data) to the print/mail house. you designed and finalized your direct mail appeal (and, hopefully, the rest of your fundraising pieces). Now it’s time to get your appeal to your print/mail house so it can get out the door! October. , Build and prep email solicitations.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 6, 2011

I considered going with an iPhone but haven't been wild about the user experience on my iPad (too inflexible, inconsistent navigation from app to app, Apple bans apps they simply don't like) and I can't abide the idea of a phone with a battery that can't be swapped (which also eliminated the new Motorola Droid RAZR from consideration).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 7, 2019

Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2022

Many donors will prefer to give right on your website via their digital wallet as opposed to mailing in a physical check. This shows that donors are using their phones to make gifts. Tapping into text fundraising is a no-brainer when you consider how donors are using their phones already to make gifts to your nonprofit.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

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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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Mission —The voice of your appeal must prominently support your mission, beginning to end. In addition to face-to-face connections, appeals can be sent via email, promoted on social media, introduced by phone, and mailed directly to donors. All the better if your representatives are as diverse as your donors and prospects.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 4, 2018

Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2012

Has the thrill of "You've got mail!" (and and a text, and a voice mail, and a Facebook update, and a tweet, and a LinkedIn request) faded? Here's a great excuse to turn off your phone and computer: The National Day of Unplugging is next week from sundown Friday, March 23 to sundown Saturday, March 24.

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Greater Giving

JULY 20, 2022

While 72% of nonprofits used personal phone calls, 69% said they relied on email newsletters to get the word out. Don’t forget that snail mail still exists—and it still works. Use different messaging, voice and calls-to-action in each channel to better personalize your outreach and increase the chance of a response.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

Cloud-Based Phone Systems for Nonprofits Wednesday, April 17, Noon to 1 p.m. Want to forward your office phone to your mobile phone? Want to forward your office phone to your mobile phone? Want to have your voice-mail e-mail you your messages? Eastern time Click Here to Register. No problem.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It helps to write out the language you’ll use to help your tone and voice be consistent across your messages. When your supporters text your keyword to a text-to-give service they’ll be charged a preset donation amount on their phone bill. Direct mail. Direct mail still works as a means to raise funds and get noticed.

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Classy

JULY 7, 2021

In a world where we can order our favorite cereal instantly with a voice command and use facial recognition to authorize payments, giving back should be an intuitive checkout experience too. A digital wallet allows anyone to complete payment through their mobile phone. Payment Options for a Modern Donation Process.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 6, 2017

Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Before you ask for a donation, have a clear strategy and a strong voice. 51% of donors in Brazil prefer to give online (credit/debit card), 22% by bank/wire transfer, 13% cash, 9% via PayPal, 3% through direct mail, and 2% via mobile payments. ? 45% are enrolled in a monthly giving program. ?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 28, 2016

Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A relatable human voice connects. For example, if a mailed appeal with a matching gift incentive consistently outperforms others, keep using that format. Sending a recurring newsletter or print mailing to engage supporters. Evaluate telethons and phone banks – what makes people donate on the spot?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. A mobile app that allows you easily conduct mobile searches by simply speaking into your phone using their new “Speak Now&# technology. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 14, 2015

Leave the "thank you message" on a voice mail if you don't reach the person live During and after your Thank-A-Thon , feel proud when you'll likely hear from many of the people you called that: "You are the only or one of few organizations that's ever called me to say thank you."

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Statistics are great motivators but can also change the voice of an appeal. Mission – The voice of your appeal must prominently support your mission throughout the entire piece. In addition to face-to-face connections, appeals can be sent via email, promoted on social media, introduced by phone and mailed directly to donors. .

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2022

Once your donations are processed, you receive a check in the mail for the shoes collected. If it fits your organization’s brand voice, this is a great opportunity to invoke a sense of humor in promotional materials. Ask participants to enter an email address or phone number along with their donation to garner useful donor data.

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DipJar

AUGUST 6, 2021

Sending volunteer feedback surveys so supporters can voice opinions. Reach out by email, phone, or direct mail, shout them out on social media, or offer a token of appreciation such as a free t-shirt. . This can help boost volunteer attendance at events and shifts. You can thank them the same way you would thank your donors.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

I worked to develop my own voice. That kind of reading can feel like a chore, especially if you are reading on your phone screen, which most of your readers probably are. Mail Chimp gives you immediate feedback on your subject line’s length. How did I learn? I took copywriting classes. And I studied appeals that impressed me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

A first-person voice is best. The easiest way to conduct these interviews is through e-mail or over the phone, but for the enterprising blogger with a penchant for journalism, in-person interviews provide the opportunity to get action photos and video interviews. Share Stories from the Field.

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