Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Learn from direct response – Study annual appeals, door knocking, and other methods that inspire immediate action. For nonprofits, this means rigorously testing different emotional appeals, stories, and calls-to-action and then reusing what proves most effective. Focus on optimizing donation channels for mobile.

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Qgiv

JUNE 25, 2021

That means texting is one of the most effective communication methods out there. Test your chosen keyword by recruiting a few people to type it out for you. Remember to test on a variety of devices—an iPhone user and an Android user may have totally different experiences. . If you want your audiences to read (and act upon!)

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Achieve

JULY 26, 2021

Broadcasting your marketing materials on several different platforms can ensure that your donors will see your message through at least one of the methods. . Social media: Don’t forget about this effective outreach method! Online donations: It is crucial that your website can accept donations, especially from mobile devices.

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Everyaction

APRIL 23, 2018

Utilize A/B testing for more impactful emails. Your digital tools should allow you to run A/B tests on email subject lines, to experiment with different options and prove what your supporters care most about. EveryAction’s multivariate testing suite enables A-J testing of up to 10 options.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

To compensate for these changes in individual behavior, digital campaigners have had to up their testing and innovating game to new levels, and bite the bullet and send more email than ever before. Having a tool that allows for easy segmentation and testing is key to improving email deliverability. Mobile list size grew by 35% in 2017.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We rummage through troughs of data to tweak campaigns, make minor adjustments to landing pages, and obsess over A/B testing email subject lines all in the name of incremental improvement. Marketers are obsessed with mobile first… EVERYTHING! Mobile responsiveness, ease of use through mobile design and now mobile donations.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We rummage through troughs of data to tweak campaigns, make minor adjustments to landing pages, and obsess over A/B testing email subject lines all in the name of incremental improvement. Marketers are obsessed with mobile first… EVERYTHING! Mobile responsiveness, ease of use through mobile design and now mobile donations.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2011

Digital activism has never been about the tools, just as 20th century activism was never about phones, radio or television Digital activism has never been about the tools, just as 20th century activism was never about the tools of phones, radio or television, and pre-20th century activism was never about the printing press or the telegraph.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

Since then, we’ve been hard at work bringing together the wide range of tech, tools, and services we all offer, including case management, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and fundraising and engagement, as well as some functionality from our friends at Mobilize. Activate supporters with Mobilize. Mobilize is here to stay.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

Mobile fundraising empowers people to give on the go! Whether supporters are donating through text or accessing your online donation page on their smartphones, it’s imperative that your organization has the tools, resources, and best practices to conduct a successful mobile fundraising campaign. What Is Mobile Fundraising?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2012

Kelley Jarrett is market manager for Guide Creative , a design agency that serves nonprofits in creative design from strategy and branding to web and print design, social and mobile strategy to analyzing results for success. Keep mobile in mind – In three years, mobile will be the #1 method your audience uses to access your site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Educating to Mobilize the Masses David Williamson Shaffer (UW-Madison), Doug Nelson (Doorknocker Simulation/ Kinnection), Nelson Layag (CompassPoint Nonprofit Services) How can organizations educate their masses for door-to-door canvassing, fundraising, or advocacy? They focused on one outreach method - which was doorknocking.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

To test the theory, I recently ran a remarketing campaign on Facebook promoting my article, “ How To Get More Online Donations With Content Marketing.” I would recommend testing out some of the feature sets to maximize the success of your fundraising ideas. Without remarketing, only 8% will return to complete the purchase.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

With a built-in wifi connection and the ability to run wirelessly using battery power, kiosks have helped religious organizations move away from cash-only events and accept gifts using other payment methods. Qgiv’s Mobile Suite platform is an event planner’s dream. Request a demo and take our tools for a test drive!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of best practices. Mobile is the New Normal. There are 7 billion people on Earth and 5 billion of them have a mobile phone. Did you get the memo?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here at Galaxy Digital, we often work with volunteer leaders like you to help mobilize supporters and maximize impact. For example, instead of having someone teach volunteers how to handle a task in person and then testing them afterward, you might instead incorporate online quizzes to pivot this process to a virtual format.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Example of A/B Testing Results. There are no systems in place, no dashboards or simple collection method. Testing and Coordinating: At this stage, the organization is regularly collecting data but in a bunch of different spreadsheets and collected by different people or departments. What is the difference?

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Some of the tasks you’ll want to cover during this portion of pre-production include: Proper testing of the virtual platform you will be using to make sure your team is comfortable with it, and that you avoid day-of surprises by discovering bugs or workarounds in advance. You can think of pre-production as a big dress rehearsal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Your website should be mobile ready and should load fast. Call extensions which provide a phone number in the ad so that people can easily call you. Many of the things you learn about your audience and what they are looking for will be applicable to these and other advertising methods. How To Use Google Grants Effectively.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

And, since all virtual engagements are facilitated by your digital tools, it’s the perfect method of collecting valuable data and determining if and where engagements are dropping off. Encourage your peer-to-peer participants to go mobile with a text fundraising campaign. Pledge drive. Golf-a-thon. Game-a-thon.

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2010

At the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we gave our session evaluation system a major tech overhaul by highlighting a mobile text messaging option in addition to our normal paper evaluations -- as well as an online option that was added at the last minute.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Mobile phones. Some of these topics are relatively new and still emerging ( people fundraising for you ), others seem to be exploding (Donor Advised Funds) and some have already passed a lot of nonprofits by and are here to stay (like how we use the mobile phone). Donor’s customer service expectations.

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Cloud 4 Good

JANUARY 31, 2022

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an authentication method used during a sign-in process that requires a user to present multiple methods of identity verification before accessing a secure system. How long will testing occur on the new MFA process for sign-in and who will test it? . Why do I need MFA? .

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2023

If you’re doubtful, test this. Phone Call This is your secret weapon, perhaps the most under-utilized ways of thanking donors, and probably the method that has the most lasting impact. TIP: Ask donors for their phone numbers on your response devices and donation pages, and use them! In a good way.

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Qgiv

MAY 10, 2023

This fundraising method boasts a 98% open rate, which is much better than email’s open rate. Text fundraising is a method of fundraising in which nonprofits send a text to donors or create a text fundraising keyword that donors can text to make a donation. Next, stick to a single word that is short and easy to text on a cell phone.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Common channels include email, direct mail, social media, phone calls, your website, etc. Your nonprofit can produce QR codes that store your organization’s website or donation page; when someone scans the QR code using the camera function on their smartphone, the code will open that page on their phone.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The next frontier in nonprofit fundraising is reaching prospective donors on their mobile devices. Most nonprofits aren't doing it yet, but mobile is where our donor audience has largely migrated. Why Is Mobile Such a Big Deal? I've heard that we check our phones an average of 150 times a day. And only 9.5

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

I’m {shocked|amazed|surprised} at how {quick|fast} your blog loaded on my {mobile|cell phone|phone}. There is|There’s} {a problem|an issue} {with your|together with your|along with your} {site|web site|website} in {internet|web} explorer, {may|might|could|would} {check|test} this? I’m not even using WIFI, just 3G.

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Care2

MAY 31, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) So test, test and retest!

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) So test, test and retest!

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

ways to bring in fundraising dollars and engage supporters is the time-tested fundraising event. Your website can be one of the most effective methods, as you can easily display the event’s details, reasoning for fundraising, and advertise registration forms. Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc). Even better?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Salesforce offers up to 10 free licenses for nonprofits and allows you to test drive their solution before investing. Kindful’s donation page builder is straightforward and user-friendly, allowing nonprofits to create streamlined, mobile-responsive donation pages. After all, you designed it that way! Salesforce pricing.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Test all Software Beforehand. Lack of a mobile-optimized donation page. Test All Software Beforehand. Try donating to your own nonprofit to test out the software. Does the donation page load on all browsers and devices (especially mobile)? All first-time donors should receive a phone call from your organization.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

Invitations from your tool should be mobile-responsive and allow for one-click RSVP right from the body of the email. For example, if you notice he’s an enthusiastic door-knocker on canvassing days but doesn’t even open your phone banking sign up emails, keep those habits in mind for future volunteer asks. Look no further. ).

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

For example, as the level of complexity of your courses increases– whether due to the intricacy of the course topic, the various multimedia and engagement methods you want to include, or the elaborate nature of the authoring software you’ve chosen– the harder it will be for members of your team to complete the project.

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Neon CRM

JULY 7, 2023

Year-End Giving Campaign Idea #1: Tell a Story Creating a story-driven campaign is a tried-and-true fundraising method. Once you’ve cleaned up your donation form, submit a test donation on both your desktop and your mobile device. The process should be simple whether someone’s on their computer or on their phone.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

Each and every fundraising method comes with real-world examples to spark creative ideas for your own organization! The entire fundraiser is run via the Double Good mobile app and all the orders are shipped directly to folks in the US, so you avoid the in person contact. Use the Roundup App. karaoke songs! Digital Tribute Wall.

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