Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Donor acquisition is all the rage, but did you know nearly 3 out of 4 new donors leave and never come back. Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. The average donor retention rates for first-year online-only donors is 22%.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

Donor acquisition is all the rage, but did you know nearly 3 out of 4 new donors leave and never come back. In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. If the ten-year trend continues, we’ll eventually end up with donor retention rates under 20%.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t want to start a race to the top of the Nonprofit 25 – where organizations start spending more time worrying about their position on that list, and less time feeding people. Allan says: Granted, web site stats will not tell me anything about how many hungry people a nonprofit feeds.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars, we are also a provider of donor-management software. That’s what Bloomerang is, it’s a donor database. Their donor database, it’s fantastic. You want to have a connection with the donor, with the volunteer. We love doing these webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Deep into the analytics peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing. Tell me what thy wildlife name is on the twitter feed-but be sure! My twitter feed: [link]. NWF's Twitter feed: [link]. Not just linkbacks here but something more. Listening, and dreaming dreams no marketer ever dared to dream before.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

You’ve got 3 kinds of donors – the True Believer, The Casual Fan, and The Reluctant Tagalongs. More and more donors are giving online, especially towards the end of year. Yes, even your older donors! There’s a lot of talk about attrition rates, and what nonprofits must do to keep their donors around.

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