TechImpact

JULY 30, 2014

Image courtesy of Google User Content. No problem. Create custom audience segments. You’ve undoubtedly targeted a specific audience or demographic with a fundraising push, or with a specific message. Make sure you’re paying attention to what devices are being used to scroll your site. Piece of cake.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Why You Need a Good Story Strong, effective storytelling for nonprofits can accomplish lots of good things: Connects your audience to those you serve. Allows your audience get to know you a little better through the stories you tell. Plot/Desire: In any good story, there’s a problem that becomes part of the plot of the story.

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Candid

MARCH 22, 2022

So many things are competing for your supporters’ (and potential supporters’) attention, from the latest meme to their endless email queue—how can you capture their interest amidst all that noise? Next it's really understanding how to properly develop your story so it has the problem, the solution, the impact and the ask, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

Image Source: ntegrity. Even if you made a donation, consider making a recurring gift which will be matched and assure that funding will be there when most needed. As the need for donations continues, the public attention starts to wane, so does donor interest. Let’s continue to pay attention and support this effort.

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Candid

JULY 6, 2021

By itself, automation isn’t the answer to all of an organization’s problems. While generic messages that are not tailored to your audience may not do much to help build relationships, they don’t hurt like poorly automated ones can. . Conduct A/B tests to make sure your subject lines, images, button placement, etc.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 4, 2021

With the events industry focused on hybrid and virtual events instead of more traditional live events, event producers need to pay careful attention to the attendee experience. Why are you hosting this event and who is your target audience? Define Your Objectives. Defining your own goals is a critical piece of any event plan.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As such, consider showcasing your mission statement as a sub-headline on your nonprofit’s homepage, appearing just after your nonprofit’s tagline or name, to immediately grab your audience’s attention. Take your time to create a homepage that not only accurately reflects your nonprofit but also grabs at your audience’s attention.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Reminder, email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in email content. When a user downloads that image, it registers as an “email open.”). Sure, you’d get the occasional bot open or someone with images blocked, so it wasn’t a perfect data point, but it was a fairly stable, useful number. That part is still true.

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Neon CRM

JULY 13, 2023

Nonprofits are able to grow their audience by tapping into GivingTuesday’s large, global social media community. A graphics package that includes images to post on their personal social media accounts makes it easy for people to spread the word about your campaign. Solving this problem costs only $.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

GPT and The Grey Jacket Problem At a Fundraising event in NYC, George was on a panel to talk about AI applications for fundraising and was wearing a grey sports jacket with blue pants. When you combine generic prompts with untrained AI’s and then publish it you are walking straight into a Grey Jacket Problem.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If your nonprofit organization is struggling to share your message with your various audiences, you’re not alone. Are you looking to talk to your existing audience, or expand to new folks? But with a little bit of structure and curiosity, it becomes a lot easier to learn and iterate to better connect with your audience. .

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Using a specific story and words from one of their alumni, Fiver effectively and emotionally conveys the impact their organization has on participants, and asks their audience to donate today. Developing a strong fundraising appeal is the first step to getting your audience (your donors and soon-to-be donors!)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It’s a terrific book that captured my attention back in January when I wrote this on my blog: “It’s only January and the new book, When Everyone Leads , could likely be my pick for the best new leadership book of 2023. He draws for the New Yorker , so that gives you an idea of the kind of compelling images we were going for.

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AccelEvents

MARCH 4, 2021

With the events industry focused on hybrid and virtual events instead of more traditional live events, event producers need to pay careful attention to the attendee experience. Why are you hosting this event and who is your target audience? Define Your Objectives. Defining your own goals is a critical piece of any event plan.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Thanks to YouTube, videos can be raw, without heavy editing, and still strike the right chord with audiences. “We What problem are you addressing? Virtual tour: A peek behind the curtain at your organization will engage your audience, especially those who are curious about your work. We don’t have the budget for videos.”

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

With more than 4 billion users, email empowers you to reach a vast audience while targeting your messaging to particular constituents. Your Priority: Engage Your Audience Inboxes are flooded with more than 100 new emails a day. Email marketing. Our supply of pantry items will last only 30 days.”) Ask a question. (“How

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

With more than 4 billion users, email empowers you to reach a vast audience while targeting your messaging to particular constituents. Your Priority: Engage Your Audience Inboxes are flooded with more than 100 new emails a day. Email marketing. Our supply of pantry items will last only 30 days.”) Ask a question. (“How

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

All Form 990s had been released as TIFF image files making it both time-consuming and expensive to extract useful data from them. Compared to the clunky image files, this means it can be consumed much more efficiently at scale. Remember, you are writing for an audience who may not be familiar with the work of your institution at all.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

How will you grab the attention of your donors when their inbox is already full and they barely have time to read what’s already there? How will you convey your message in as few words as possible so you make the most of every second you have their attention? Remember, you’ve only got a few seconds of their attention!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Image Credit: Ryan Plomp via UnSplash Today, I feature an interview with Debbie Laskey , MBA. The moral of the story is that the Zappos employee was trained to provide customer service…in this instance, the agent found a solution to the problem even though it did not result in a sale for Zappos. Leaders, are you listening?

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sgEngage

JULY 22, 2022

Pay attention to header classification. No problem! To write effective content, you’ll just need to know your audience (your supporter base) and what they want to read about (topics around your mission, beneficiaries, initiatives, upcoming events, volunteer program , etc.). Pay attention to header classification.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 27, 2021

As shown in the image below, Salesforce.org, Marketing Cloud, Nonprofit Dreamin’, and even Cloud for Good are classified as male. Marketers should pay close attention to these insights, as it may affect buying personas and the overall insights on who their followers really are. Inclusivity for the Future.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Whether revenue comes from a previous campaign, a particular audience, or a giving package, leverage clean data so you can know where you’re going and eliminate potential problems. Clean up dirty or messy data early on to identify problem spots. Capture their attention! We can help. #2

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

To tell your nonprofit story well, put the audience first. Stay focused on the details that delineate the problem and the answer that you provide. People these days literally have the attention span of a goldfish, so keep your story short to keep the donor engaged. It’s the endgame for you AND for the donor. Use visuals.

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EveryAction

JUNE 22, 2016

Unfortunately, there were so many questions from the audience that we weren't able answer them all during the alotted time. I mentioned a few in the webinar like using giant images and little text, or “millions of dollars.”. BS: Oh, that’s likely a part of your problem. How big is the image? Tell your boss “no.”

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A popular way to bring attention to your charity fundraiser is through a personal challenge. Most personal fundraisers use written word, but you can also create a video or even share an image of something that connects you with the cause. Focus on the following: Set up the problem. Perform A Personal Challenge.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

It can help segment your audience. You may want to set reminders or continuous messaging until a problem is resolved such as payment errors, so ensure that your nonprofit database comes with customizable settings that allow you to edit communication timelines at your discretion. . It can help segment your audience.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

Just wanted to see if you were paying attention.). Creative-problem solving on a small budget. But instead of seeing this as a problem, how can we turn it into an advantage? . Last year’s pandemic only amplified the importance of being able to find non-traditional approaches to problem solving.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

If you find that your marketing efforts were misaligned with your audience, conduct more audience research to help understand your supporters better. Give your audience information that will help them identify with the individual featured in your story. Define the problem.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

By translating these lessons into the nonprofit context, we can gain valuable insights into crafting campaigns that inspire participation rather than simply grab attention. Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed. Those insights should drive messaging and campaigns. Lean into what works.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2017

The bottom line is that your nonprofit organization is competing with large for-profit companies and other nonprofit organizations for attention and resources from your target audience. The navigation menu of your website is the primary location that your audience looks when they want to move around your site.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

You should also make sure you are tapping into the possibilities of the multiple channels, with their different content types and audiences. This is a great example of how you can use hashtags, images, or ideas that are already popular across social media to further your nonprofit. Make-A-Wish’s YouTube Channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

Define the problem from your stakeholder’s point of view. Use human centered design principles, not your arrogance of thinking you know what works for your audience without testing. Images: Images convey more than mere text, shapes, and colors. ” More about testing images on Facebook, see this useful article.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2016

Purpose Brings Clarity to the Problem Your Nonprofit Is Solving. From climate change to inequality, the problems that changemakers aim to help solve are complex. Purpose Inspires and Mobilizes Your Audience. In fact, we now have shorter attention spans than goldfish. How do you win attention in the first place?

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

It also gives you a platform to include a compelling call-to-action that prompt your audience to take the next step – visit your site, fill out a form … – without seeming too “ salesy.” They are short and to the point: People’s attention span isn’t very high ( some reports clocks it at 8 seconds.) Create A Relevant Message.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Even experienced fundraisers sometimes use fundraising methods that just don’t work for a particular organization or audience. Sometimes, methods of fundraising that worked in previous years don’t work as well when the economy shifts or a big news event pulls people’s attention away. But look, it’s not you.

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Global Giving

APRIL 28, 2016

Start with your audience. What is going to grab their attention? If your team doesn’t understand what you’re going for, neither will your audience! Pixlr (for image editing, if so desired). Always pay attention to background noise. If possible, film each shot a few times just in case there is a problem.

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