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Fundraising Ideas to Reverse the Trend of Declining Email Response Rates

NetWits

The much-anticipated 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark study was released last week. This follows a recent trend that email click-through rates have declined across all industries. The study advises that “addressing email engagement should be a top priority for anyone involved in raising money and driving advocacy online in 2013.”.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. gear up to administer standardized tests digitally next year. Smartwatches.

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Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital Trends. He also talked about consumption trends and changes, particularly a rise of mobile traffic at bedtime when people check tomorrow’s news at night. He went through some recent trends with social networking use. Jim Canales (@jcanales) April 5, 2013. Trying to get a head.

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Why Email Still Rules!

Care2

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. You can test targeting a range of advocates – the most engaged people or try to re-engage those who stopped taking action via email. Email raises money.

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Why Emails Still Rules!

Care2

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. You can test targeting a range of advocates – the most engaged people or try to re-engage those who stopped taking action via email. Email raises money.

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Marc Chardon: Peering Into the Nonprofit Crystal Ball.2013

AFP Blog

2013 : Technology will play a major role for both nonprofits and their supporters At times, it would seem that ongoing technology trends like mobile and cloud will go on forever, but at some point these technologies reach a tipping point that causes a transformational change in the way people relate to technology.

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PhilanthroTech: How Nonprofits Are Using Crowdfunding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For nonprofit leaders who are paying attention, the crowdfunding trend is hard to miss. I foresee that 2013 will be the year that this strategy really takes off. How can we test this this theory, and how can you be a part of it at SXSW this year? Austin is hosting its own giving day, called Amplify Austin , on March 4, 2013.

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