Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This can help you to tailor your site and strategies towards potential volunteers and supporters, building awareness and growing donations. In this post, you'll find step-by-step instructions to connect your site to GA and some suggestions for a few metrics to track that will provide insights into your site activity.

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Achieve

AUGUST 27, 2017

But when fundraising isn’t top of mind, nonprofit leaders often turn their attention to another type of activity: the awareness campaign. Awareness campaigns typically are defined as a sustained effort to educate individuals and boost public awareness about an organization’s cause or issue. And who needs that?

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

Your nonprofit needs compelling marketing to engage new and existing supporters to boost brand awareness, cultivate donors, motivate them to volunteer, and more. For example, the truth Initiative leverages a multi-step SMS, email, and social messaging campaign to spread awareness of—and stop—the sale of tobacco in Walgreens.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

From the beginning of her tenure at ENA, Nancy has made building a positive culture a priority. All of the association’s activities and initiatives are grounded in the ideals that are outlined below. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity. Nancy MacRae, MS, CAE, ENA, describes the relationship between trust and culture. “As

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This overarching goal can be broken down into a few smaller goals, such as: Spread awareness about our cause Gain financial support through online donations Increase volunteer activity sign-ups This information will serve as the guiding star of your WordPress content strategy. Building your WordPress site is a time-intensive process.

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EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2023

They can help drive a culture of adoption , which allows leadership to focus on change management activities to ensure you succeed with significant tech shifts. What issue is the board keenly aware of that this new tool can help solve? Let’s dive in. A roadmap is a pathway to the future state!

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

Challenges and Opportunities Despite growing awareness of the importance of equity, there are still significant challenges facing the philanthropic sector. This may involve conducting equity audits , adopting anti-racist policies and practices, and actively working to dismantle barriers to access and opportunity.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 15, 2023

Email marketing can be used to promote an organization’s mission or services, or it can be used to build relationships with subscribers, donors, and prospects. Marketing funnels help to give context and relative value to metrics that build on each other to work toward achieving a goal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. People who are active on Twitter tend to be plugged into current events and trending news. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We’ll also be sharing the important metrics you need to keep an eye on to measure your performance. This strategy will encompass tailored activities, communication channels, and personalized interactions aimed at making their members more satisfied and encouraging them to contribute to the organization’s mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Build Real Connections At Work Now here’s a fact: Real connections and friendships at work matter because they can help us get stuff done! You want to inspire curiosity beyond formal professional development activities. Empathetic leadership isn’t just about being nice; it’s about forging deep bonds with our teams.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Every dollar counts in the fundraising world, so the free marketing that social media provides can be crucial to raising awareness for your cause without breaking your budget. Social media helps you build more connections within your community, allowing you to raise more awareness and money for your cause. Engagement.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Cause marketing is a great way to build a relationship with a business to make your fundraising more sustainable. Cause marketing is a collaboration between a nonprofit like yours and a business that helps you raise money and awareness for your cause. Check out these tips for building a cause marketing campaign!

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

However, you also know these cycles of boom and bust aren’t always efficient or effective at building a truly successful program—instead, retaining advocates year-round and between campaigns is what will help you build more power and make a deeper impact in alignment with your long-term vision and goals.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

While many may think of marketing as a for-profit pursuit, it’s also the backbone for nonprofits connecting with supporters and spreading awareness about your mission. Nonprofit marketing goals often focus around building recognition, fostering community, and increasing your funds raised.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If you’re looking for a new way to raise funds, engage donors, and build connections, look no further than a charity golf tournament. Besides the obvious fundraising power, golf events spread awareness about your organization, build and advance partnerships, and provide meaningful donor stewardship and outreach.

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2021

Whether you’re brand new to nonprofit work or a veteran of the sector, you’re probably aware that GivingTuesday is one of the most important fundraising days of the year for many nonprofits. Key fundraising metrics like donor retention rate, donation frequency, and fundraising return on investment (ROI). In fact, an incredible $2.47

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2024

If you retain a major for many years, you’ll need to cycle between steps three and four repeatedly to continue securing donations and building the relationship. Philanthropic activity , including donations to other charitable organizations, political contributions, or gifts to their alma mater that could reveal more about their values.

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CauseVox

MARCH 30, 2022

For each campaign, she builds her CauseVox campaign site, creates a template, and then clones it for all of the fundraisers involved, all in just a few minutes! To make sure potential donors are aware that there are programs they can directly donate to, in addition to donating to your nonprofit in general. Pro Fundraising Tip.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. And that makes sense -- someone needs to be charged with keeping a close eye on the organization’s community growth.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones. People like knowing the charitable activities of friends, family, and neighbors.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In our work helping clients we have come across some things we really like and some things we’re keeping clients aware of. Once your GA4 property is active, you’ll immediately be tracking a number of events as standard. Some things to be aware of: New measurement conventions. Out of the box standard event tracking.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Whether you’re looking to take an improved approach to your existing strategy or design a new plan from scratch, this guide will steer you through the process of building a fundraising strategy. 10 steps to build your fundraising strategy. So, how can you build a fundraising strategy that incorporates these six critical elements?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

That said, below is selection of metrics to track and a brief explanation as to why. The number one activity on smartphones is reading email , so for your nonprofit to continue to be successful using email fundraising, a mobile compatible redesign of your e-newsletter should be at the top of your to do list. Other Metrics.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

To better analyze your campaigns, you’ll need to understand a few fundamental metrics, including ROI, cost per dollar raised (CPDR), and cost per acquisition (CPA). Metrics like these measure your digital marketing campaigns in different ways, but they all seek to answer the same question: “Are your campaigns raising or losing money?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

Photo by Monster Today is Information Overload Awareness Day. Mapping Strategy to Metrics, Benchmarking, and ROI. Do an annual ROI for your blog (and other social media activities) using benchmarking and metrics. Do research first and implement one presence at a time with specific goals and metrics. Take Breaks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

That said, below is selection of metrics to track and a brief explanation as to why. The number one activity on smartphones is reading email , so for your nonprofit to continue to be successful using email fundraising, a mobile compatible redesign of your e-newsletter should be at the top of your to do list. Other Metrics.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

Return on investment is a metric that measures the profitability of an investment, giving you a way to compare the yields of investments and make more effective financial decisions. However, keep in mind that it’s a less straightforward metric in the case of capital campaigns than it is for annual campaigns you might host.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

Monitor important dates : there are numerous awareness days that are relevant to your organization. A good way to start building your new content calendar is to find inspiration from other social media accounts. There’s no need to be active on all social channels if you don’t get ROI from them. 3) Decide on your channels.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

A well-run event can build MANY relationships within your community that will serve you well for years to come! It can attract potential new donors and partners, keep your current donors close, sustain excitement about your cause, and build awareness in the community. And that’s where the RIGHT event comes in.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This representative should be dedicated to building lasting relationships with members and helping your organization fine-tune culture, products, and services to meet their changing needs. Marketers are becoming aware of the important links between experience, persuasion, and the bottom line. It’s about showing rather than telling.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We recommend you start with these 7 Key Database Metrics. 7 Key Database Metrics – Allegiance Group | (teamallegiance.com) At the most basic level, the goal is to understand if your donor base is growing or shrinking and how many new donors you will need to acquire each year to offset any projected attrition.

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2021

Implemented as part of a broader marketing strategy, events can: Grow brand awareness. Be an active form of revenue generation. With event technology like Accelevents, you can build an event website , which can host custom branding for a white-labeled experience. . Increase the number of references and partners .

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

The latter number is predicted to reach almost 505 million by the end of the year, with over 100 million active listeners in the United States alone. Here are the top three:  Increase awareness of your cause. Much like building up your nonprofit’s supporter base, growing your listeners will take time and patience.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

To harness the full potential of performance measurement, funders and nonprofits must join together to co-create mutually beneficial methods and metrics. At the same time, remain aware that data will fluctuate before trends and causal relationships can truly emerge over time. Actively evaluate PM processes and metrics.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you’re not “ all signs point to go ,” it’s time to take a look at what your team is doing and how you’re faring based on the metrics that matter most to your nonprofit. Once you know those metrics, you’ll be able to see in which areas you’re falling behind or that have remained static and where you need to improve. Ask yourself: .

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Think carefully about the cost of your fundraising activities and the long-term impact your nonprofit potentially has on your community. A good CRM will help you track your donors’ giving history, document their engagement with your organization, and help you identify opportunities to build strong donor relationships that will last for years.

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