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MARCH 30, 2011

Author: Emily Goodstein. And above all else, I learned how to rake in the e-mail addresses so I could follow-up with folks post conference. Consider using an iPad with a form optimized for mobile and encourage conference attendees to share their e-mails that way. Follow-Up Once you’ve got the contact info, use it!

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. The following post is by Dennis McCarthy, Convio's VP of Strategy and Organizational Practice. The Trust’s goals were to increase revenue with less expense and smash prior records for year-end fundraising. Reduced direct mail quantities by 24.5% This is probably starting to sound familiar.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Author: Emma Zolbrod. If there’s one topic that’s near and dear to my heart in the nonprofit world, it’s participant fundraising. Back then, fundraising was different. I had to use both email and regular mail, contacting every person in my address book. First a little background information.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Author: Sally Heaven. And direct mail, email, telephone and face-to-face conversations haven't gone away - in fact, some might argue the strategic application of these communication channels has even more importance than it used to. And other than that, the rich really aren't that different from everyone else - especially online.

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MAY 27, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. Guest blog alert: Donna from Charity Dynamics (a Convio Solution Provider ) is sharing an real-life example of how integrated marketing and fundraising helped a nonprofit increase online revenue by more than 100%. If ever there was a doubt in your mind about the multichannel approach, this will dispel it.

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APRIL 9, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. In today's NTEN NTC session "The Generational Divide of American Giving" Andrew Magnuson and Matthew Mielcarek, Nonprofit Consultants, discussed the recent research published by Convio , Edge Research and SeaChange Strategies on the Next Generation of American Giving. My main takeaway? So what does this all mean?

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. And some are just helping to fundraise for other nonprofits. These attachments are probably viruses.

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AUGUST 22, 2011

Author: Lynn Howes. Last week, I read this blog post about the author’s recent experience with Morton’s Steakhouse and it gave me goose bumps. For non-profits, Convio also knows that behind every name, there is a story, a relationship, a clear way to engage your supporters. ” 3) Be consistent with data.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Author: Michelle Shefter. This organization has reached out to me via direct mail and email in the time since then, but always through an acquisition or renewal campaign. Check out the Convio Customer Community or your Account Manager if you want to learn more. That happened sometime in 2008 or 2009.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Author: Tad Druart. Much has been written and many have prognosticated about how new and emerging fundraising channels, fueled by technology, would spell the end of direct mail as THE predominate fundraising conduit. While there are several surprises, it is clear that the death of direct mail is an exaggeration.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Author: Kent Gilliam. Kent Gilliam is the Convio Community Manager. Be sure to follow him and keep in touch with other Community members, download free kits and sign up for free trainings and webinars here (for Convio clients only). Sounds pretty simple, right?

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JANUARY 8, 2010

Author: Jordan Viator. While most online consumers and the wired wealthy now say they prefer to give online, they are multichannel donors – 61 percent of online consumers report writing and mailing a check, 38 percent gave at an event, and 16 percent responded to a phone call. Increase fundraising for participant-led events.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Author: Tad Druart. The mayors and council members we reached out to were equally proud and excited (and in one case even asked if “Convio sold their software to politicians?”). Lists almost always get people’s attention. They also point to trends and issues that are often of interest to people.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Author: Noel Beebe. If you’ve got an event (or many events) taking place this fall, and are using an online fundraising tool like TeamRaiser, you are probably up to your elbows in reports as well. In Convio, this is the Report Writer TeamRaiser Registration or Cross-Event Registration report. Online Dollars Raised.

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JUNE 14, 2011

Author: Jennifer Atkins. Because we’re immersed in “CRM” every day here at Convio , it occurred to me that we probably tend to get caught up in a vocabulary of terms that are foreign to most people. Some words in life just seem more useful and practical, while others are just plain obscure.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Author: Tad Druart. This according to The North American Technographics® Omnibus Online Survey, Q4 2009 (US), a commissioned omnibus survey conducted by Forrester’s Technographics® on behalf of Convio. 60% of seniors – those over 65 years young - said they plan to donate online.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Author: Tad Druart. With that great online success, does direct mail still have a future in fundraising? Research shows that direct mail is alive and well and has an important fundraising future. What is changing is the centrality of direct mail to the marketing mix. In a word: Yes.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

Author: Jennifer Atkins. But with 2012 in full swing, it’s time to harness the momentum you created with year-end supporters to kick-start fundraising in the new year. One example would be a three-part campaign starting with email, followed by direct mail, and then telemarketing. Are you still reeling from the holidays?

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APRIL 13, 2011

Author: Michael Rogers. Are you mailing to all of them? Several of our clients have asked for my input on a couple topics in the past week: the first being the postage increase that takes effect on April 17th (first class and standard mail presort will see an average rate increase of 1.8 Now, that’s smart mailing.

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JUNE 4, 2010

Author: Jill Ward. Single channel direct mail is on the decline and digital fundraising is rapidly increasing. I have heard ranges from direct mail will be dead in 5 years to direct mail will never die. For organizations that are not investing outside of traditional mail, they are sure to experience a funding gap.

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MAY 6, 2011

Author: Cheryl Black. Guest blog alert : The following post was contributed by Donna Wilkins of Charity Dynamics , a Convio Solution Provider. The direct mail campaign typically went to donors or acquisition targets with known profiles and expected results. Thanks for contributing Donna! Were they past donors or new donors?

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DECEMBER 27, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. We have a myriad of interaction channels to choose from when engaging with company x, y or z – online, direct mail, email, text, Twitter, Facebook, etc. In the nonprofit sector, direct mail has been the “tried and true” approach to fundraising for the past umpteen years.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

In 2013, she co-authored Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to implement online multichannel strategies to spark advocacy, raise money, and engage your community with Allyson Kaplin. She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits.

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