Neon CRM

MAY 12, 2023

Your members are the backbone of your membership program. In membership programs , it’s all about the details—and there might be one seemingly small detail that your organization isn’t devoting enough attention to: The all-important membership renewal letter! Never address them as “Dear Member” or “To Whom It May Concern.”

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 24, 2023

Make sure they’ve heard it before you launch your next fundraising or advocacy campaign. When email works together with your social media, direct mail, in-person activities, phone calls, and website, your supporters have many more opportunities to hear your message. At the top of that time period, you send a direct mail appeal.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 1, 2022

You’ll want to plan to do a refresh in January/February once the books are closed Start now by assessing potential refreshes in your caseload Are there donors you need to move to mid-level or back into direct mail? Intentionally thank your internal team Specifically note if people supported on an ask, provided program updates to donors, etc.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this guide, we’ll explore how you can to leverage this data and grow your monthly giving program: Determine your objectives. First, we’ll cover how to determine your goals for your monthly giving program. For example, let’s say you want to increase the total number of supporters enrolled in your monthly giving program.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 21, 2021

By: Stu Manewith, Director of Thought Leadership and Advocacy at Omatic Software. According to Salesforce.org’s Nonprofit Trends Report (3rd Edition), 71% of organizations surveyed had to accelerate their move to digital programs or events last year due to the pandemic. Director of Thought Leadership and Advocacy at Omatic Software.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

You identify key metrics by which you’ll determine if your programs are successful. Start with those programs that are most productive. A targeted mid-level donor program will pay off. Metrics for a mid-level donor program might include: Number of donors talked to personally. That which gets measured gets done!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Share information about your memorial donation program. By increasing awareness of your memorial donation program, you can easily connect audience members with opportunities to give in honor of a loved one. Consider branding the program to foster awareness. For example, the St. Giving in-kind gifts.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 12, 2021

For example, many nonprofits responded to the pandemic by shifting programs online, hosting virtual fundraisers, and having socially-distanced events. Depending on the program you use for text-to-give, it’s possible all donors will have to do to donate is type a code or keyword into their mobile device to initiate the donation process.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

For one nonprofit we work with, individual donors who give between $1,000–$99,000 make up less than 1% of the overall donor base, but they contribute an amount that is equal to the entire small donor program. That’s not to discount the value of the small-dollar fundraising program. What is the speed of upgrade?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Be sure your nonprofit CRM can create both: Letters and mailings. Design and save direct mail communication documents like solicitations and acknowledgments. Similar to direct mailings, make sure you can create and save templates for your nonprofit’s emails. Engaging emails.

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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) 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead?

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

early childhood development programs, supplemental learning opportunities, and innovative educational programming for indigenous children, migrants, refugees, child laborers, and children with disabilities. They provide education tailored to girls’ needs. Areas served: Worldwide. International Paper Foundation. Kars4Kids Foundation.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

If you’re ready to start improving your digital program through testing, here are five places to get started. Many organizations have moved away from passive language such as “join our mailing list” or “sign up to receive our newsletter,” and toward active calls such as “take action” or “join the movement.”

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

These may include: Online fundraising Major gift fundraising Event fundraising Direct mail fundraising Corporate sponsorships Grant funding A SWOT analysis can be a useful opportunity to identify your fundraising strengths and weaknesses to develop a stronger foundation for your organization.

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DipJar

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Growth can be quantified in many ways though, from expanding your pool of volunteers to building out new programs. There could be issues with the appeal itself keeping your organization from reaching key donors—maybe you’re sending your direct mail campaigns to donors who prefer email campaigns. Target the right communication channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 4, 2019

While someone traveling to the future from the 1950s might be disappointed to realize we don’t send mail by rocket or have flying houses , what I am sure they’d be impressed by is the degree of social impact we’ve driven as a collective society and the steps we’re taking to continue to evolve.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” With that settled, it’s time to move on to the benefits of advocacy. How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? All this being said, advocacy can be difficult to quantify.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

They can donate in many different ways, including online donations, fundraising on your organization’s behalf, contributing to recurring giving programs, and more. Build a dedicated sustainer program. Some of the key benefits of sustainer programs are: Contributions are automated. Sustainer programs make it easy to give.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Marketing tools such as dynamic email campaigns, shareable online donation forms, and direct mail campaigns. Online engagement features such as embedded online donation forms, ready-made email templates, online event invitations, ticket sales, and membership program management.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

Over the past two decades, how nonprofits initially understood ‘digital fundraising’ as email and social channels to supplement direct mail has come a long way. EMEA Nonprofit Advocacy & Fundraising CXO Strategic Industry Advisor at Salesforce.org. . But arguably, this was an acceleration of existing digitization. Jane Trenaman.

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EveryAction

JULY 21, 2016

Direct mail is never going away completely in my lifetime, and good old telephone solicitation continues to be effective for some nonprofits. We know what goes into creating a great online engagement program and wanted to bring that honest, fresh perspective into the very start of the search process. MW: This is a great question!

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Care2

MAY 29, 2012

Nonprofit marketing tactics have become siloed with different disciplines strategizing and executing programs autonomously. You have development directors that reach out to donors directly, the overarching house file receives solicitations, their may be a direct mail program, and finally social media based fundraising.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

We needed something that included more advocacy and fundraising tools for managing our donors and our data more effectively. As our engagement and donations increased, we also created a volunteer program that EveryAction is helping us manage. We’re also working on expanding our advocacy campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

But, wait – before you go recruiting your most outspoken supporters to shout about you in their Instagram stories, make sure you know these 7 keys to an effective social media ambassador program: . 7 Keys to an Effective Social Media Ambassador Program. Here’s a list of 13 programs you may find useful.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

In every vertical, ranging from the environment to public health, there are hundreds if not thousands of organizations with similar names and missions competing for advocacy, donor, and foundation support. Direct Mail and Social Media: Strange Bedfellows or a Match Made in Heaven? million organizations. 10:00 to 11:15. 3:00 to 4:15.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

Many of the smaller or emerging nonprofits that I''ve worked with, or even larger brands who are just now getting started with building an online program, only send – or plan to send – about four appeals a year. If you break that down, it''s two per month, on average. Email marketing is mainly a numbers game.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 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) Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Care2

JUNE 5, 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) Who wants to do fund rising programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. and your “Thank You” landing pages and e-mails. For this reason, group text messaging is especially relevant to advocacy and activist organizations. Add a “Subscribe to Receive Text Alerts!”

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Everyaction

APRIL 11, 2018

But Excel is not built to manage the amount and type of data required for nonprofits to run effective fundraising, digital, and advocacy programs. They are on Development lists for fundraising by direct mail or phone, Digital lists for online advocacy and fundraising, and Program lists for any offline volunteer activity.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2013

We spoke with Program Director of the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO), Amber Masso, who told us about their previous fundraising methods: mass mailing, cold-calling, etc. One of TechSoup's members just finished up an extremely successful crowdfunded apparel campaign, raising nearly $7,000 for their cause!

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Care2

DECEMBER 29, 2014

For example, you can ask their opinion on new programs you are considering launching. In terms of donations, direct mail is still the number one way most nonprofits raise money. Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Marketing' But most importantly it can make donors feel like they are being treated like an ATM machine.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

The new report might look slim and slick, but this scrappy guide is thick with valuable insights and key industry benchmarks for online messaging, fundraising and advocacy, based on a full year's worth of results from 31 of your nonprofit peers. > 13%, and email advocacy response rates were 4.00%. Are my results different?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 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) Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

If you use your website to publish news stories or press releases, make sure that the titles of the press releases and articles include words and phrases that people who may be interested in your mission and programs are likely to type into Google, Bing, or Yahoo! Subscribe to E-newsletter and Text Alert Functionality.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We explored everything from must-have nonprofit reporting tools , tips for upping your email game , direct mail strategies , and most recently using data to improve your major gifts program. If you've been keeping up with EveryAction, you're familiar with our recent development series, "New Year, New Heights."

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Care2

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

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) If you have a street address, mail them!

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Social Media Advocacy Online Money 31