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10 Donation Page Best Practices for Nonprofits

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This is the third post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts.

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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

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Not following on a 1:1 ratio on Twitter. If your nonprofit’s objective is to gain a lot of followers on Twitter, then you should follow on a 1:1 ratio. There are so many benefits to following on a 1:1 ratio, and sadly less than 1 percent of nonprofits on Twitter do. I am a big believer that less is more on Facebook.

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5 Easy Ways Your Website Can Boost Your Fundraising Results

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Engaging CTA text and a solid visual design can direct traffic from your social profiles and email newsletters to your website. If you already have an audience in front of you, don’t be afraid to promote your upcoming events—whether you’re planning a dance-a-thon or participating in a webinar or panel. Promote your fundraising events.

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How to Turn Your Current School Parents into Lifelong Donors

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There are innumerable methods you can use, including newsletters and direct mail pieces, e-mails and e-mail newsletters, small group meetings, invitations to events at the school, calls from school administrators and staff, volunteer opportunities, etc. Register for this free webinar or as many in the series as you like.

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3 Key Pieces in an Engaging Email Campaign

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This article was originally posted in AFP’s weekly eWire newsletter. During the webinar, I shared several ways to personalize email content. If your list is under 5,000, increase the ratios to 20 percent/20 percent/60 percent. Nonprofits can learn from email campaigns corporate marketers are sending. Follow-Up Approaches.

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Defining a Nonprofit Websites Google Analytics KPIs (Part 2) - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Some basic KPIs that would be useful to most nonprofit websites: Visitor-to-donor conversion ratio Unique visitors per day/week/month Cost per visitor Bounce rate Abandonment rate Average time on site For a more complete listing of KPIs, broken down by type of website, check out this post by analytics guru Bryan Eisenberg.

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Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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If I were to put a ratio on it, I wouldnt want to exceed 30% self-promotional content to about 70% links to other things. Some days are more on one end than others, but overall that is our goal. DZ: What do you feel youre getting out of it?