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How To: Write Fundraising Auction Item Descriptions

Greater Giving

You’ve only got a few brief seconds to engage attendees as they browse item displays, making item descriptions one of the best ways to catch their attention. Use Attention-Grabbing Language To make your headlines and auction item descriptions more tempting, use words that: Convey appeal (excellent, popular, quality, etc.)

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6 Reasons SEO Is Important to Nonprofits and Why

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Once they find you and are engaged, you can teach them your language. You can also comment about news stories that relate to your mission. Use the “mullet” philosophy when writing website and blog headlines. Use your keywords in front (the business), and the rest of the headline (the party) in the back.

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Launching a successful nonprofit communications campaign

Candid

Add to the story by explaining your organization’s unique solution for addressing the problem, including how your nonprofit’s work will drive impact. For example, on social media you’ll want to modify your language to be simple yet engaging to encourage sharing. Define the problem. Outline the solution. Explain the next steps.

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Romancing Your Donors: Showing the Love to Donors of all Levels

NonProfit Hub

Ask successful couples what their secret is and you’ll often year that effective communication and attention play an important role. Here are some great ways to communicate with and shower attention on donors for a long, happy relationship. Tell stories of the impact of their gift. Romancing your donors should be a top priority!

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How to Convert Your Nonprofit Website Visitor into a Donor

Get Fully Funded

By telling the right stories in the right way, you can lure visitors to your donation page and inspire them to give. The challenge is grabbing your visitor’s attention. Something in the photos and the language on the page pulled me in and made me care. It’s best to start with a short story.

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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

Tech Soup

We are surrounded by stories: our own story, the stories of our families and friends, and the stories of the work we do every day. These stories simply exist in our minds until we add language and share them with others. And, as we all know, a story you share with others has the power to change the world.

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

Get Fully Funded

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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