TechImpact

OCTOBER 13, 2014

According to Blackbaud’s 2014 M+R Benchmark Study , a nonprofit’s social media audience on Facebook and Twitter grew by 37 and 46 percent respectively in 2013. These numbers dwarf the growth of email distribution lists in 2013, which grew by a mere 14% during that time period. Was it to better engage with community?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2013

It’s easy to host a benchmarking session and just present data. Why benchmark? Jay Odell, Vice President of Altru at Blackbaud, discussed why benchmarking data is important. Most organizations aren’t lacking in opinions on where to focus, but benchmarking data tells you where you need to focus. Are you using benchmarks?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The latest 2013 Charitable Giving Report by Blackbaud analyzed data from more than 4,000 nonprofits to provide the largest analysis in online giving data. in 2013 compared to 2012. of all charitable giving in 2013. of all charitable giving in 2013. Online giving on #GivingTuesday in 2013 was up 90%, compared to 2012.

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Care2

APRIL 11, 2013

A few days ago, I reported some of the juicy details from the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study that was just released showing data from 2012. In my last blog post, I talked about the decline of email and fundraisin g response rates. In my last blog post, I talked about the decline of email and fundraisin g response rates.

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Online giving increased 14% in 2013, mainly due to email communications. Monthly giving revenue grew 25% in 2013. Email raises money.

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Care2

MAY 13, 2014

Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Online giving increased 14% in 2013, mainly due to email communications. Monthly giving revenue grew 25% in 2013. Email raises money.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

According to the 2014 M+R Benchmarks Study, the average transaction-completion rate for donation pages is 22%. According to the latest data, about 16% of monthly donations came from online giving in 2013, but imagine what that percentage would be if the other 78% of site visitors actually completed their transactions.As

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Participate when the analysis and reporting contain benchmarks that allow you to compare your own organization’s performance with that of your colleagues. Mostly, though, it’s all about the benchmarks. What is your success rate in comparison with others in your mission focus/sector? Please, take the survey now!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

Delivering personalized content to your audiences can significantly increase click-through rates. MarketingSherpa’s gigantic 2011 Email Marketing Benchmark Survey found that, in the corporate world, the most effective email elements to test are: Target audience. Landing page. Subject line. Call-to-action link.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

In 2013, internet users donated more than any previous year, with online giving up 14% since 2012. millions total gifts and nearly $325 million were raised, making 2013 a huge year for nonprofits working to optimize their online presence. Couple those two facts, and a long donation form could be killing your conversion rate.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Since 2013, NPCA has experienced…. Their four largest text campaigns in 2019 averaged a 24-percent click rate and almost 15 percent conversion. The value of the 45,000 NPCA advocates who made connections is more than $220,000 at an average of $5 per new advocate, a common benchmark for advocates who take action.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Rate yourself, activities you lead and your leadership if you manage staff. So far 2013 has been an up and down for my champion Ravens and their bye week has come at the perfect time. Reflect on your performance in 2013. Benchmarks & Stats Event Fundraising Friends Asking Amy Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Traditional Events'

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

And there’s certainly truth with that statement – the 2013 Benchmark Report is broken up by not only NTEE verticals but by revenue band and email tier – but the sheer size of an organization’s email file is starting to mean a lot less. For the last seven years, the Benchmark Report measured total and usable email housefile size.

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NTEN

JULY 22, 2013

Wild Apricot shares highlights from the recently released fifth edition of MGI''s Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report , including findings on membership growth, renewal rates, top challenges to growing membership, top membership goals, reasons members join, reasons members don''t renew, and top communications methods.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Additionally, the Regional Representative will receive a trip to the 2013 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Washington, DC. GreatNonprofits announced the launch of its "community-sourced" Top-Rated Awards. Visit iamoregon.org to make a nomination or go to mmt.org to learn more about MMT's work.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Their 2015 Walk Registration Benchmark Study evaluated seven organizations, 6,000 local walk events, and 700,000 potential participants over the summer of 2015. The second step, where the visitor determines how they will participate also saw a 14% abandonment rate. After all, benchmarks are great, but your own data is even better!

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

In fact, the 2013 Online Benchmark Report reported monthly giving revenue increased 27 percent in 2012 over 2011. The results were outstanding; open rates for the emails average approximately 30 percent while overall response rate for the campaign was greater than four percent.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

According to the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , online revenue grew by 21% over 2011 totals, presenting nonprofits even more reasons to pull out the heavy gear and start online fundraising. With these experiments you can establish your own benchmarks. Thus, it’s an area requiring a fresh perspective.

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2014

Published today, M+R and NTEN’s 2014 Nonprofit Benchmarks Study returns for the eighth year. 2013 really raised the bar for online fundraising. Even though response rates for nonprofit emails continued to slide in 2013, online giving was up as email and social media audiences and web traffic kept climbing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 3, 2018

For example, the poverty rate in the United States increased from 12.4 percent in 2015; and was even higher in Arizona where the 2015 poverty rate was 18.2 While poverty was rising, so were national high school graduation rates. graduation rate was 79 percent and the rate in 2015 was 83.2 percent in 2000 to 15.5

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Oftentimes, registration rates suffer because of the process itself. The 2nd gift.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

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) billion in 2013. billion in 2008 to $29.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 27, 2013

2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. This year’s study – the seventh Benchmarks report – analyzes 1.6 The report provides benchmarks for FB and Twitter, including engagement rates and fan growth rate. RESEARCH STUDIES. billion email messages sent to 45 million list subscribers, 7.3

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Last week I published the 112 Nonprofit Blog Posts, Articles, and Stories from 2013 You Can’t Miss , that compiled some of the wisest words and insights from across the industry this year. . npEngage’s Top 20 Posts from 2013. Most nonprofit websites see a donation form abandonment rate of around 50% – 70%.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 27, 2013

Website traffic is down and website conversion rates are stagnant – yet online fundraising continues double-digit growth. So Chas Offut told us back in April when he and Dennis McCarthy presented a sneak peek of the Blackbaud 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits at NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

According to the Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits [ Download Now !] Double-digit growth for four years in a row is a pretty amazing fact, but how could it be when nonprofit website traffic and email appeal response rates are on the decline? 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits by Blackbaud.

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