NetWits

JULY 23, 2009

According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS ) there are currently over 1.5 million NPO’s in the US. This number does not account for organizations with income less than $25K (and therefore does not file the Form 990 with the IRS).

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NetWits

AUGUST 4, 2011

Note: It’s important to achieve statistical significance in your email testing. Systems like Blackbaud NetCommunity will even do most of the work for you, including randomly and automatically dividing your list into selecting 10%/10%/80% increments. Otherwise, results may just be by chance. What tips do you have for email testing?

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NetWits

MARCH 4, 2011

I’ll let you read the summary for yourself, but I wanted to highlight some interesting statistics: Not surprisingly, 47% of peer-to-peer fundraisers raise money for health or disease research. 39% of the respondents to the survey were between the ages of 30 and 39 years old.

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Fundraising Atlanta Survey Summary 163

NetWits

MAY 11, 2011

It would be tough to relay all the great new statistics, pointers, and tidbits I picked up at the conference, so I’ve narrowed it down to my favorite takeaway , nabbed from the session led by Ted Hart on Online Fundraising Success and Social Media.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Statistically, there are only a few of them—about one percent of all social media users—but they drive many a conversation. Using Social Scoring, you can identify four categories of social media users within your database: Key Influencers, Engagers, Multi-channel Consumers and Standard Consumers.

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NetWits

JANUARY 25, 2012

Highlight statistics about how social media can help them raise even more. More than other participants, share outcomes of past donations. Tell them “you did this!” Also monitor their fundraising progress and reach out by phone, if needed. Provide ways to connect with other top fundraisers. Minimum/Non-fundraisers.

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NetWits

AUGUST 11, 2011

Statistics show that only five percent of total donations come in after the event; however, because the event is over, there is little to no expense associated with these donations. Starting too late tends to result in participants raising an average of 27 percent less online than if they were given six months or more to fundraise.

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Technique Fundraising Registration Template 218

NetWits

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

I’ve just completed a quick review of this, and I believe there are some interesting statistics that can help give us a picture of what online priorities Asia-Pacific organisations have. Blackbaud has just released the 2010 State of the Not-for-Profit Industry Survey results for the Asia Pacific. Picture of feedback form.

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NetWits

JULY 27, 2011

There are very well established best practices, standard metrics that are tracked, widely accepted and proven statistical data to measure your effectiveness by and countless bits of information on the web to teach us how to do email marketing and communication well.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

First , make sure you are using an emarketing tool that allows you to track all of the basic email statistics (open rates, clicks, actions taken, money raised, etc). Second , use the tool correctly so you can both capture the metrics you need and use the data to make educated decisions about what to do next.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

In Germany, for example, according to the German Federal Statistical Office, 6 of every 10 people in the workforce commute by car. In many locales, VW points out, the needs of commuters are already met by the 150 km range. On average, 45.8% drive less than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) (one-way commute), another 28.1% miles) and 16.2%

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Lithium Communication Germany Online 121

NetWits

MARCH 29, 2011

A few additional interesting statistics: 19% of cellphone owners ages 18-29 said that they’ve donated via text message. [ An additional interesting statistics: Social Networking sites like Facebook and Twitter now account for 22.7% &#. Growth – “How fast is the mobile world growing?&#. Pew Internet Report ].

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

This makes each FAF email potentially worth $15 in donations to you, if your events perform close to our statistical averages. The average online gift size is $60. Get a large number of participants to send out fundraising emails, and the money will follow. donations of $60 each resulting in $450 raised in a single day. .

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