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Should Nonprofits Fear Charity Watchdogs?

NonProfit PRO

As Charity Navigator makes a shift in how it reviews organizations, nonprofit leaders can help ensure a great rating based off of well-rounded metrics by keeping a handful of tips to keep in mind this year. Nonprofits have had a love-hate relationship with Charity Navigator for 20 years.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Your Nonprofit’s Google Ad Grants Campaign

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What Metrics to Review When Analyzing Your Campaign Your campaign(s) up and running, it’s time to assess whether your campaign is performing up to par. After a week, review the following data points: 1) CTR (Click-Through-Rate): The CTR is the number of times your ad is clicked on after it is visible on the SERP (search engine results page).

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Go MICRO And Improve Your Response Rates in New Donor Acquisition

Bloomerang

For the last 5 or so years, there has been a trend in new donor acquisition : Response rates continue to drop while average gifts continue to rise. Usually, organizations use large compiled files that actually contribute to lower response rates. . For email, the key metric to review is your Open Rate.

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Fundraising Ideas to Reverse the Trend of Declining Email Response Rates

NetWits

Fundraising email click-through rates dropped 27 percent and response rates were down 21 percent from 2011. This follows a recent trend that email click-through rates have declined across all industries. Epsilon and The Email Institute’s Q3 2012 report indicated overall click-through rates have fallen from 5.5

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Solving the Donor Retention Rate Issue: The Case for Creating a Board-level Donor Thank You Committee

Bloomerang

Do you know your organization’s donor retention rate? In 2019, Dr. Adrian Sargent bemoaned the fact that first-time donor retention rates were below thirty percent: “The USA still holds the record for the most shockingly poor pattern of results. Because according to the FEP, the 2020 repeat donor retention rate was 59.6%—whereas

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The Importance of Data Analytics for Fundraising Events

Achieve

Here are some metrics to watch for that can be tracked through most professional email delivery services: Open Rate The open rate is the percentage of emails opened out of the total number of emails sent. The average nonprofit email open rate is around 25%. The average nonprofit email click-through rate is about 3%.

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Engagement Analytics 101: Setting Your Association Up for Success

Association Analytics

Be mindful not to overweigh activities that have limited opportunities for participation (i.e. Since his activity is newer and more consistent, his engagement score is rated higher than Lynne’s. Next, discuss how often your association will review your engagement analytics data and improve audience targeting.

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