CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Since 2012, thousands of nonprofits have run campaigns on CauseVox ’s fundraising platform. Some of these campaigns have been more traditional—such as an online peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, while others break the mold. That’s why you should try incorporating more events into your charity’s annual fundraising plan.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Guest post by Bill Connors , author of Fundraising with The Raiser’s Edge: A Non-Technical Guide. — Recurring Giving - The #1 way to create steady fundraising revenue. One of the ways nonprofit organizations are meeting this demand is by placing some of their focus on building successful online fundraising programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Gen X and gen Y both came of age during the rise mass Internet communications and increasingly shun print communications and fundraising while adapting quickly to new trends in mobile and social giving.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 19, 2011

2, 2012: A check mailed (and postmarked) on December 29th that arrived in the office on January 2nd. A voice mail donation via credit card left December 29 (yes, it happens). So if the charity did not process the charge until January 2012, the donor would be treated as making the gift in 2012 rather than 2011, as she intended.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2012

Will 2012 be pretty much like 2011? When NTEN asked whether I’d be willing to predict tech trends for in 2012, I, of course, asked my Magic 8 Ball™. It replied: Based on that, plus 27 years in the field, I foresee that 2012 will be pretty much like 2011. Weiner Consulting. it’s not cloud-based. it’s the cheapest.

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TechImpact

MAY 12, 2014

ExactTarget – “The 2012 channel preference survey” (2012). 23% of emails with images loaded comes from mobile, 69% from desktop and 5,5% from tablet – LiveIntent “Opens by device Jan 2012 vs Jan 2013? The percentage of people that use on E-mail on their smartphone is very different per country. Equinux (June 2013).

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NTEN

DECEMBER 4, 2012

If you ask me, nonprofits will remember 2012 as a year when communities connected and mobilized with newfound moxie. Principal and Founder. As you wrap up another year of working toward your mission, here are a few things to add to your 2013 to-do lists.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2012

After catching up on our email and our sleep post-2012 NTC, we started reading blog posts from attendees and speakers, and we've been amazed by the insights and ideas you all took away from the conference this year! Why Fundraisers are Failing at Storytelling -- and What They Need to Change , Lori Jacobwith. Other Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Note from Beth: As we head into the home stretch of the giving season, there are lots and lots of wonderful holiday giving campaigns and plenty of fundraising data to guide strategy. Frank Barry offers this guest post with some advice about how to succeed with nonprofit fundraising in 2013. Flat or decreased fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Of all social media worldwide, Facebook dominates and its new fundraising tools will likely transform global giving. If Facebook extended their fundraising tools to WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) and Facebook Messenger, messaging apps would likely become much more powerful in their ability to raise money for charitable organizations.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2012

share and learn fundraising best practices? switched to CiviCRM from other fundraising and CRM software products? so, there are sessions for you at CiviCon 2012! helps organizations realize their missions through fundraising, events. management, membership programs, mass-mail marketing, peer-to-peer campaigns, and.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Track donations and build targeted lists of supporters with GiftWorks 2012 (admin fee: $25). It features multiple, matching, and honoraria donation tracking, SmartLists, mail merging, and QuickBooks compatibility. What's New in GiftWorks 2012? GiftWorks 2012 provides that flexibility. November 8, 2011 2:00 p.m.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Credit card payments are donors’ preferred giving methods— 63% of donors prefer to give online with a credit or debit card , followed by direct mail (16%), PayPal (10%), wire transfer (5%), cash (4%), digital wallet (1%), and text-to-give (1%). There is also a 1% fundraising platform fee on all transactions processed through Bloomerang.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Note from Beth: Here’s a guest post from my colleague Steve MacLaughlin that is a great example of “ data informed fundraising.” ” A Fundraising Cliff? Over the past few months I’ve been asked a lot of questions about giving trends: What explains the flat trend in overall fundraising?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Part of the reason is a commitment to altruism, but I also use (for lack of a better word) these 31 nonprofits to study how nonprofits are progressing in online fundraising, social media and mobile communications. Related Links: Webinar: Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters for Nonprofits. 10×10 Campaign.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

has increased an average of 10% every year since 2012. Now, I’m not here to say direct mail is dead (it most certainly isn’t) but I do believe that if your college or university isn’t making online giving a priority, you’re missing out on a massive opportunity to raise more for your institution. In 2020, it grew by 21%.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The concept of Giving Tuesday has been in circulation since at least 2012, after a concerted drive by the nonprofit industry to refocus on giving to those in need during the holiday season, and it’s only grown in prominence since then. . To make a good impression, create a special email or mail a package to make that initial introduction.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 5, 2014

posted by David Clain Founder Camelot Campaigns More and more nonprofits are shifting their fundraising focus online—and for good reason. Online fundraising platforms are making it easier than ever for donors to contribute when and how they want to, and they eliminate some of the costs of direct mail solicitations and in-person events.

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Care2

DECEMBER 14, 2012

People donated more money to charity in 2012 than in 2011, according to a Blackbaud survey , where over 4200 donors from the US, the UK, and Australia responded to a variety of questions about their donation habits to nonprofits. one-time donations increased from 2011 to 2012. Check out the some of interesting data below. In the U.S.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

NTEN partnered with Charity Dynamics to conduct the 2012 Nonrprofit Donor Engagement Study. This donor-focused study gathered feedback from consumers spanning a wide range of giving levels ($25 – $5,000+) who donated to a nonprofit in the past 12 months.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Whether you’re brand new to nonprofit work or a veteran of the sector, you know that Giving Tuesday is one of the most important fundraising days of the year. Giving Tuesday began in 2012, raising an estimated $10 million in its first year, according to Nonprofits Source. Create a research-based fundraising strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Just because it is Friday and sometimes we need to let off a little steam, here’s six funny nonprofit spoof accounts that make fun of philanthropy, fundraising, and the nonprofit sector. Fundraising Yoda Shares Fundraising Wisdom. Fundraising is not like a box of chocolates. Sorry, Forrest.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2012

Salesforce had acquired collaboration tool company Stypi in May 2012, as well as social media monitoring platform Radian6 in March 2011." Channels covered included online, direct mail, telemarketing and canvassing." They are not exclusive – you can mix and match. What does social media success look like, anyway?"

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Care2

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Last week, Care2 held a terrific webinar on the latest killer tactics to drive elections using online fundraising and social media. ” Rosenkranz reminded nonprofits and political campaigns that 90% of their donations comes in via direct mail and through email fundraising. “Ask your people for their opinions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

What would you like the world to know about NGOs and fundraising in Brazil? Doare was founded in 2012 with a focus on recurring donations. “Abrace o Brasil” is an online fundraising campaign in partnership with Brazil Foundation that gathers 100+ Brazilian nonprofits to crowdfund at the same time.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

" I suspect fewer fundraisers are asking themselves, "How will my nonprofit raise the money it needs four years from now?" Between email solicitation, direct mail, major donors, and grant-writing, the vast majority of nonprofits will weather the economic hard times. Notice something strange about those tasks?

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AFP Blog

APRIL 9, 2012

The Dangers of an Inactive E-Mail List - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : The Dangers of an Inactive E-Mail List April 5, 2012, 9:20 am By Nicole Wallace Inactive e-mail lists have always posed a challenge to fundraisers, but as spam filters get more sophisticated, the (..)

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

And small nonprofits grew their online fundraising by 18.4% compared to 2012! If your fundraising strategy doesn’t account for a swell in fourth-quarter, you could be kicking yourself on December 31st. Here are a few tips for readjusting your 2014 fundraising strategy , if you haven’t already: 1.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Don’t let the name fool you, the end-of-year ask fundraiser for nonprofits is not about the end of the year. Jerry Krueger is the vice president of branding/operations for Alpha Dog Marketing, a firm that coordinates fundraising campaigns, newsletters and mailing for nonprofits across the country.

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Care2

MAY 24, 2013

Last month we reported that online fundraising response rates declined 27% between 2011-2012, according to the eNonprofit Benchmark study. “This is present in direct mail, telemarketing, and face-to-face solicitation.” “This is present in direct mail, telemarketing, and face-to-face solicitation.”

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2012

Back in 2010, I wrote about all the direct mail pieces that I had collected over a year. This time I collected all of the nonprofit emails that I was sent between December 15, 2011 and January 1, 2012. 80 Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising. That means my inbox gets pretty flooded at the end of each year.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2018

It’s hard to imagine a time when peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising wasn’t fueled by digital platforms and online communications tools. Instead of directing donors to paper pledge forms, fundraisers were now able to direct them to a website. The rise of online fundraising tools did not significantly alter the potential donor audience.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

By most accounts, the annual late November #GivingTuesday online giving tradition has been gaining traction since 2012. It was founded in 2012 by New York's 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation. GivingTuesday has had double-digit year-over-year growth in online donations since 2012. What Is #GivingTuesday?

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Make sure to check out their annual Nonprofit Technology Conference , taking place in San Francisco, April 3-5 2012. ” Gregory’s not talking about subject lines exactly, but about how the ubquitous, “E-mail not displaying correctly? — Did you know that nearly 90 million Americans use their phone to read email

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 4, 2012

80 Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog : Back in 2010, I wrote about all the direct mail pieces that I had collected over a year. This time I collected all of the nonprofit emails that I was sent between December 15, 2011 and January 1, 2012.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2012

on October 1, 2012. Best Integrated/Multi-channel Campaign — The Trust for Public Land (TPL) was presented the award for its year-end matching gift campaign, which integrated direct mail and online communications. The deadline for nominations is August 31, 2012. Does this sound like you or a nonprofit you know?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 29, 2014

A mailing may be sent to 100,000 potential donors with certain demographics, i.e., income being most common, at a cost of a few pennies per mailing. Fortunately, a study conducted in 2012 brings forth important insights into this question. Featured Fundraising Nonprofit Marketing Plan' Newman and Y. Think about it!

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