Bloomerang

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Good communication is the key to being an effective fundraiser, building strong relationships, leading well, and serving the people you’re working to help. And one way I’ve found to be a good communicator is to work on your storytelling abilities. . Assessing your audience: Figuring out who you’re talking to . I have good news!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

With social media, you can connect with your donors in real time and give them information about the work you’re doing and a peek behind the curtain at the people that make your mission a success. Build your audience persona. Instead, build an audience persona to guide the creation of your social media posts and content.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Today we will talk about how to help your audience visualize the impact their donation can have within your organization and then how to communicate the results when a campaign has ended. There are several ways to communicate goals to your audience but this blog will cover two of the most common: Impact Goals and Financial Goals.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Picture yourself in a donor’s shoes. So, you get to work and land on one text-heavy website and another website with a prominent video that describes a nonprofit’s work, mission, and impact. These short films, which take viewers on a journey into the specifics of your work in 90 seconds or less, have many benefits.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In part two of this series on the skills you need to be a great nonprofit storyteller, I talk about how to engage your audience emotionally through creative storytelling. In the first part of this series, I talked about why you need to define your goals, your brand and voice, and your audience before crafting your story.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Without a strong brand, you’ll spend your days reinventing the wheel, and your customers/donors/funders/audiences will struggle to connect. . At Media Cause, we work with nonprofits of all shapes and sizes, focused on raising awareness and driving donations for their specific causes. You didn’t invest in audience research. .

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2021

This will give you a picture of where there is overlap with your current and prospective donors and show you specific places where your new donors may be unique. The goal is to walk away from this stage with a clear picture of who you are trying to reach. Do your current donors and prospective donors share commonalities?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Just like identifying an ideal donor profile is useful for fundraising, your social media presence should cater to your defined target audience. Understand your audience As the old saying goes, you can’t be all things to all people. The content you post should be crafted with your platform and audience in mind.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Using the toolkit’s free Reflection worksheet, gather data on your current revenue streams, audience, donor retention rates, and more. Work with the finance team and other stakeholders to ensure that your goals are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Bound). Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals.

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Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

When it comes to your reporting strategy, it’s important to keep in mind who your key stakeholders are, and how can you package your data and results in a way that speaks to them directly. How to glean insights: Having the data is one thing, but knowing what insights to pull with confidence that it is the right picture is quite another.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Meanwhile, whether integrated within or working alongside CRM systems, fundraising tools simplify the fundraising process through campaign management, online donation processing, and donor analytics, aiding nonprofits in crafting effective fundraising strategies. Here, CRM systems play a crucial role.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Does direct mail work? Yes, direct mail fundraising does work. Additionally, audiences are likely to open and engage with direct mail. Direct mail reaches different audiences. Conduct research about your organization’s specific market, working to identify marketwide consumer and technology trends.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Author: Seema Rao This month we’re talking about work. Not the work we do, but the ways we do that work. or 38 hours of work a week, most of us put in way more. The whole issue of wages gets at the heart of the faulty systems of capitalism, the culture of women’s work, and museums as privilege-concentrating institutions.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

When scheduling your ad campaigns, keep in mind that some months are more lucrative when it comes to donations. How do you target the right audience for Facebook Ads for nonprofits? Widening your audience reach provides your organization with more opportunities to expand your fundraising campaigns and raise more money for your cause.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Determine your goals and audience. The first step to creating a nonprofit content strategy for WordPress is to determine your goal and your audience. To help you figure out your goal and audience, answer the following questions: Why do you want to start a WordPress site? Who do you want to see and interact with your content?

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Achieve

AUGUST 25, 2022

Public speaking and presentation skills can help you craft better written and verbal communications, whether you’re engaging with your team internally or connecting with an external audience. . One of the most important aspects of hosting an effective team meeting or delivering a presentation to these team members is knowing your audience.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

Leverage the benefits of this fast-growing industry and reach a larger audience by creating a nonprofit podcast. This guide will give you the rundown on how to get started so you can smoothly host an engaging podcast that will “wow” audiences. Connect with your audience in a new way. Why start a nonprofit podcast?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

To make a positive first impression for visitors who land on your website, seek to introduce your nonprofit by highlighting its mission-driven work and tangible impacts in the community. Who does your nonprofit serve and how are you actively working to solve the challenges they face? Impact stories.

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EveryAction

MARCH 29, 2023

As a nonprofit marketing agency with a specialty in advocacy and campaigns, we’ve worked with countless folks like you across issue areas who are valiantly working to acquire and engage new advocacy audiences. At the center of that big picture is your target audience. Start to fill in their portrait: Who are they?

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Association Analytics

JULY 27, 2021

This will only work if taxonomy and tags are uniform. Keep your audience in mind as you create content. Asking member feedback in a survey may not give you the full picture. Start by tagging and classifying content across your association’s digital assets. Identify top terms and build a hierarchy. Start at a macro- level.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mission statements are typically short and to the point, briefly communicating the nature of the organization’s work, impact , goals, and values. With a well-crafted mission statement, your nonprofit can present a clear, concise picture of what you do and why. Are you working with new demographics? Here’s an example.

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Achieve

MAY 24, 2024

Use relevant hashtags in your caption to expand your audience and bring in new supporters. Keep in mind that nonprofits aren’t as strictly subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act as for-profit businesses, meaning that your organization is allowed to opt-in supporters based on implicit consent.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

And that information can almost always be broken down into its underlying data: the literal and figurative bits and bytes that catalog our lives, the work we do, and the world around us. Our environment is telling us how important our data is by how hard we work to protect it. Why pay attention to data? Data is valuable!

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Using the toolkit’s free Reflection worksheet, gather data on your current revenue streams, audience, donor retention rates, and more. Work with the finance team and other stakeholders to ensure that your goals are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Bound). Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

When it comes to your reporting strategy, it’s important to keep in mind who your key stakeholders are, and how can you package your data and results in a way that speaks to them directly. How to glean insights : Having the data is one thing, but knowing what insights to pull with confidence that it is the right picture is quite another.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

If someone asks you why you put so much work and energy into your nonprofit, this is the story that answers that question. To tell your nonprofit story well, put the audience first. But there are few things you can keep in mind every time you tell your story. Your story includes who you help, and most importantly, WHY you do it.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Without the assistance of community-minded individuals just like you, we wouldn’t be able to serve those in our community each year. Your generosity will make a difference in our community by allowing us to continue in our work. ” Find your own dramatic and exciting angle to captivate your audience. Sincerely, Argh!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

It gives your audience a tangible transformation to observe through the sharing of the written word, photos, testimonials, and videos. Storytelling makes it personal and transforms the heart and mind of your target audience by showing them why something is important, instead of just telling them. Act one – Set Up.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The earlier tickets are bought also gives you a better picture of how successful the event may be. If you are not connecting with your target audience, the amount of attendees you expect for an event won’t match up with your actual attendance. Talk about the stories from people who have benefitted from your nonprofit’s work.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 13, 2022

It’s simple: Greater reach means a bigger audience—not just for you, but also for your sponsors looking to get their brand in front of people. And don’t stop marketing when the event is over: Post pictures and video clips from sessions.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Understand your target audience As a small business, it’s important to focus your marketing efforts and dollars on the audiences that are most likely to invest in your products or services. Once you have a target audience in mind, start putting your ideas into action and building a strong digital presence for your organization.

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 16, 2023

Be specific in your ask and avoid using jargon or acronyms that could confuse your target audience. When crafting your fundraising message, tug at heartstrings and paint a picture of how donations will make a real difference in the lives of those you serve. Offer multiple giving options.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

After over a year of hard work, we were ready to celebrate. After the first few long dark months of lockdown, I hired babysitters and was starting to find actual stretches of time to work. With so many talented professionals newly out of work, we had an overwhelming response to our job posting. Be Proactive.

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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. Pictures and Videos Can be Worth a Thousand Dollars They can also be worth a thousand words.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

In other words, don’t throw this together at the last minute and expect it to work! Here are some of the different pieces you’ll need to write: Teasers: A few weeks before your campaign launches, start letting your audience know what’s coming. Interest Keepers: Post photos and videos of your work in action throughout your campaign.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Determining which model works best for you will then inform how your program will function and what member benefits will look like. Every membership program needs a structure that appeals to its intended audience. Check out the various nonprofit membership models that exist throughout the sector! The data you just pulled can help!

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Achieve

JUNE 11, 2021

Share Pictures of Your Event Online. However, in the beginning, a virtual approach will allow you to act quickly while your event is still fresh in attendees’ minds. Thank yous can take many forms, and physical items can help keep your nonprofit front of mind for supporters who regularly use your branded mugs and t-shirts.

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