Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Focus on selling – Judge ads by sales results, not awards.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

To answer these questions and put experts’ advice to the test, I decided to ask my peers. Adding Gen Z’s perspective to the picture To put today’s expert advice to the test, we created a short survey that asked Gen Z about their use of social media as it relates to philanthropy. What does it even mean for a brand to be authentic?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 19, 2022

Unfortunately, 27% of our attempts to sign up for email were unsuccessful, resulting in lost opportunities to engage. Let’s look at three simple actions every organisation can take to maximise online giving, boost subscriber numbers, and enhance the supporter experience. Action 1: Get the Basics Right and Test, Test, Test.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2023

In the event of a data breach, nonprofits can be held liable for any resulting damages or legal actions. In a recent cautionary tale , nonprofit organization Queens Together encountered a scam known as the “credit card test attack.” Fees : Payment processors typically charge fees for their services.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 26, 2017

The truth is if you don’t show up on the first page of search results, then are you’re missing out on a lot of views to your website. If you want first page results, especially for competitive keywords, you need people linking to your site. The key to email outreach is to make it short, but actionable.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Break down your goals into objectives and strategies: Objectives are the specific steps or milestones needed to achieve your goals, while strategies are the methods or tactics you’ll use to accomplish your objectives. These methods can help you gain insights into potential supporters’ preferences, motivations, and concerns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action. You may discover that retweeting your own tweets results in higher engagement than tweeting the same tweet twice. Don’t be a #hashtag #spammer.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 29, 2023

Make the Most Important CTAs Visible With Buttons While you want your message to be clear and easy to read, you also want to strike the right balance with the number of calls to action (CTAs) and links that you use in your email. Based on our research, using six button and form links in an email resulted in a 10.09

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Best of all, you really only need to adopt a few proven and productive cultivation and engagement methods to start converting your peer-to-peer event participants into monthly donors. For the Ration Challenge, the team used a variety of methods to pinpoint the personas and behaviors of those interested in refugee issues.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 5, 2018

That’s why In this article I’ve put together a list of 5 practical reasons why digital marketing fails to get results with actionable solutions to move you towards success. How To Measure Your Digital Marketing Results. Take a look at the phrase Charitable Giving Statistics : Results as of July 3, 2018.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 17, 2021

Daisy chain fundraising is an indirect or passive method of soliciting a donation following a cultivation email, social post, or multichannel campaign. It serves as a targeted strategy for raising funds from your most engaged cohort, directly after an action on their part. . What is ‘Daisy Chain’ fundraising? Cases in Point.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As you get started on sifting through your data reports and action items completed this year, carefully consider how you are packaging your data in the most impactful way. Analyze with actionable data in mind. The goal with your analysis is to have actionable data. First, set your data reporting goals.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Using these three components together in the right ways can help you see real results in your donor acquisition program. Dig into Your Data to Find Qualified Leads We all know that your organization is collecting lots of data about people and the actions they take. Ask friends and family to make a small donation and collect feedback.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

When you have a strong grasp of your audience’s motivations, you can increase donations, volunteer hours, advocacy actions, and the overall public opinion of your nonprofit. Market research allows organizations to focus their efforts on only the most successful strategies, omitting those less likely to yield results.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Direct mail is the most popular year-end giving marketing method. Assess past year-end giving results. This will help you strategize for your upcoming campaign and improve year-over-year results. Wrap it up with a call to action. They will see your organization as more credible and trustworthy as a result.

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Media Cause

JUNE 22, 2021

Why leveraging different calls-to-action actually deepens relationships with your constituents and supporters. Pursuing advocacy is more than simply “allowed” — it’s a tried-and-true method of activating your supporter file and bringing them closer to your mission. Action Center. Daisy Chains and linked actions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We began by working on an alignment process called “ V2MOM ”, which stands for: Vision, Values, Methods, Obstacles, and Measures. Through this exercise, we quickly discovered a strong alignment in values and agreed to focus on co-creation, designing with empathy, and action-oriented thinking. Results for Venture2Impact.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 30, 2021

Our actions tend to live in a comfortable, predictable place that, if it’s working for us, we’re reluctant to change. Based on the results of their research, they are creating new, innovative methods to present their nonprofits to the public and elevate their fundraising goals to new heights. A New Philosophy in Fundraising.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

No matter what you choose, don’t forget to consider your target audiences and the resources you’ll need to have available to put that plan into action. Even if it’s something as simple as holding a local 5k charity run, asking your supporters to conquer some kind of physical or mental challenge to raise money can yield great results.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

There are many reasons why direct mail donor acquisition can be a compelling fundraising tool that produces results that digital methods simply cannot. However, according to a study by Giving USA , Millennials are the generation most likely to give as a result of direct mail strategies. ABC (Always Be Consistent!)

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Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2023

Email fundraising is a tried-and-true method for nonprofits all over the world. Nearly half of all people cite email as their preferred method of communication with their favorite nonprofits. Email is the single most important communication channel and the most effective digital fundraising method. And for good reason!

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Qgiv

APRIL 10, 2023

Choose a text fundraising platform Plan your campaign Promote your text fundraising campaign Thank your donors Update your text fundraising supporters Analyze your results Choose a text fundraising platform If your organization is using text fundraising for the first time, you’ll need to find a platform that supports text donations.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Nonprofit Innovation and Optimization Summit (NIO) If you love data or get excited about A/B tests, this is a great choice. You’ll see lots of examples from other nonprofits and results from fundraising optimization experiments. This is definitely a conference for the data-focused fundraiser.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 1, 2018

Now that you’re in the right mindset for approaching online fundraising let’s dig into some of the actionable tips in this article. You can go down the route of spending money on advertising, which works and is far more effective than ANY other method online. Improve Engagement And Fundraising Results With A Live Chat.

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Achieve

AUGUST 26, 2015

The unknown can be scary and overwhelming, and as a result, often leaves us feeling paralyzed—sedentary. But, it is discovery and knowing that begin to propel us to action—movement. scientific method. While there are many ways to fashion the scientific method, essentially, it involves six basic steps: The first step is to.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Result: 63% more donations, 55% higher conversion rate and a 2X ROI. Result: 119%-203% higher conversion rates. To test the theory, I recently ran a remarketing campaign on Facebook promoting my article, “ How To Get More Online Donations With Content Marketing.” Result: 45% increased conversion rate.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

But donors can reveal just as much information about their motivations and interests through their unspoken actions. For example, a change in legislation or a natural disaster could motivate concerned supporters to take action. Do donors like to give via cash, check, online donation, stock transfer, or some other method?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The messaging also notes that the campaign is time boxed and they highlight the key call to action message. Wikipedia supports donations in more than 70 different currencies and 16 payment methods. Always Be Testing: Wikipedia does a tremendous amount of testing that has helped to improve their online fundraising results.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Members-as-Advocates The members-as-advocates membership model focuses on producing action behind a particular cause. This type of organization’s primary concern isn’t fundraising but advancing their cause through meaningful action, such as influencing policy change and mobilizing supporters to volunteer, advocate in court, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2013

They follow the scientific method which includes coming up with hypothesis question, collecting data, analyzing results, and getting insight to their questions. My daughter’s project involved testing different potting soils to see one was better for seed germination. Note fishhook in right wing. What works for you?Kate

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Create unique materials for each giving method, such as eCards, video messages addressed to the recipient, and custom messaging options donors can fill out with messages to their loved ones. Include multiple calls-to-action throughout your website, including a large, brightly-colored donation button on every page.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Heeding our own advice, we have been helping a number of clients to get up and running with new GA4 properties, the tags they’ll need to deploy the GA4 code through Google Tag Manager or walking them through the steps of adding the GA4 directly to their website’s pages (not a method we would typically recommend, but that’s a whole other blog post!).

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Everyaction

APRIL 23, 2018

Utilize A/B testing for more impactful emails. As a result of this phenomenon, however, people are feeling more and more overwhelmed by the amount of marketing emails in their inboxes, meaning that more and more emails are going straight to the trash folder, unopened and unread. Track supporters' engagement across channels.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 16, 2022

The $2 maximum keyword bid still applies to all other bidding methods (like Target CPA, Enhanced CPC, maximize clicks, and manual CPC). Chances are that your organization already ranks high in the organic search results for searches of your organization’s name, the name of your CEO, or other similar branded searches.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2021

Gemba walks help to see people in action, see their movements, their projects, their goals, their roadblocks and hear their conversations. In fact, a passionate individual creates these organizations when they involve themselves in another’s experience, and turn that mission into action. Quality over Quantity.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The task manager allows you to assign, manage, and track the progress of action items. From here, donors can easily update profile information and payment methods, download end-of-year receipts, and more. Their fundraising app makes it easy to search a keyword and find resulting grants that could be a good fit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2013

For many nonprofits, Google Analytics is the tool of choice for measuring traffic, reach, engagement, and action primarily because it is free. While it is somewhat easy to use, some of the more valuable features may require a little tutoring to understand and use. Best practices for collecting actionable data.

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