Bloomerang

APRIL 27, 2021

Newsletter. Knowing these factors makes your donor drives far more effective and better aimed day to day. . Ensure you have a clear idea of where you believe your target donor market lies by learning their demographics. You can look to your current donor data to help provide guidance on this. . Social Media. Live Events.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The present and future of your organization are great topics to write about as well, especially if your organization has interesting events happening or changes planned that would engage donors or visitors. Search for the topic you’re writing about and see what already exists. That’s totally natural. Mind blank of ideas?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

So, what do we do when our time is limited and we need to communicate with the community and our donors? Donor-focused storytelling is the difference between: “Jim now has a roof over his head thanks to our organization’s work.”. Newsletters. Direct mail. We tell stories. Social media posts. Over coffee meetings.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Also, in my upcoming webinar on How Nonprofits Can Successfully Launch and Maintain a Blog on WordPress , I will give concrete examples of the nonprofit blog content ideas below as well as how to set-up and design your blog and craft your blog content to ensure that your supporters and donors will actually read your blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Most nonprofits distribute the original source of the story to their communities (the New York Times , for example), but while that is generous, it does not help build the nonprofit’s brand recognition, e-newsletter list, or social networking communities; rather, it builds those of the New York Times. It makes them feel special and important.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Main | Care2 Adds Two Experts to Nonprofit Services Team » Wednesday Jan 14 2009 10 Fast Tips to Boost E-newsletter Performance Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 10:40AM | by Allyson Kapin Let’s face it: People have a love hate relationship with their email. Here are some useful tips to increase your e-newsletters performance rates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Also, in my upcoming webinar on How Nonprofits Can Successfully Launch and Maintain a Blog on WordPress , I will give concrete examples of the nonprofit blog content ideas below as well as how to set-up and design your blog and craft your blog content to ensure that your supporters and donors will actually read your blog.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 21, 2022

Keeping donors feeling connected to your work through fundraising communications is critical to your fundraising success. It’s pretty simple really – when donors feel like part of your team, they give bigger and more frequent donations. But look, donors want more than that. Without donors, you have no money.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Main | The ROI of Social Media » Friday May 29 2009 Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? Furthermore, many people view direct mail as “junk mail.”

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Care2

AUGUST 14, 2007

Place the most important articles at the top - theyre more likely to get read there Give people an opportunity to donate or take action - links in standard newsletters do get clicked on, but, admittedly, not as much as stand-alone appeals Include fun stuff in the sidebars - they get clicked on a lot! Its worth it!

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Care2

JUNE 16, 2009

» Monday Jun 15 2009 Converting New Activists into Donors Monday, June 15, 2009 at 05:05PM | by Allyson Kapin Last week Frogloop talked with Madeline Stanionis and Jenn Smith of Watershed about their top 5 tips for engaging new activists who recently signed up for a nonprofit’s email list. • Ask early! • Make it a match.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies.

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2007

» Monday Aug 27 2007 NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award Monday, August 27, 2007 at 10:18AM | by Hatef Yamini If your nonprofit is a 501(c)3 and meets some other basic criteria, you can apply for a an Innovation Award and win up to $43,000 in cash, technologoy consulting, hardware and software.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

The awards committee praised Lambda Legal for using conditional content very well. NARAL won the “Integrated Fundraising Campaign” prize for a multi-channel (email plus direct mail plus telemarketing) campaign that acquired 11,300 new contributing members at a 20% to 30% conversion rate.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

We are here to talk about where to find potential donors to support your cause. We’ve got a good old-fashioned donor acquisition webinar for you today. But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond these webinars or if you’re a first-timer, Bloomerang is also a provider of donor management software.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

» Friday Jul 14 2006 Best day to send an e-mail - is there a seasonality factor? Have you been sending your e-mails on a Monday? Perhaps its worth revisiting the topic: which day of the week results in highest e-mail click through rates? Thats what I thought. Friday, July 14, 2006 at 02:15PM | by Agata K.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

60) Search « Nuts and Bolts of Online Advertising | Main | Webinar: How Online Marketing Can Be Your Nonprofits Fundraising Stimulus Plan » Friday Feb 20 2009 Tapping Small and Local Donors on Twitter: A Girls Inc. Only three online donations came from previous donors. Twitter surprisingly drove most of them. com , Inc.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2011

Poor donor appreciation has serious financial consequences because failing to properly steward your small gifts ensures they can’t grow into major gifts. I recently read this story about Gail, a donor who has been giving consistently for over 30 years to the same organizations and has never had her cumulative gifts recognized.

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Care2

AUGUST 26, 2008

Care2 Senior CampaignerNatasha Nummedal and Maureen McGregor, Oceanas Manager of E-Activismand Marketing, shared some of their keys to success in maximizing emailresponse rates and converting email subscribers into donors. Click here to watch the replay. Natasha Nummedal is Senior Campaign Manager atCare2.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Valerie Harris will focus on what is required when you commit to attracting and maintaining major donors, understanding how major donors think, and how to optimize your communications for this important donor segment. We are here to talk about major donor stewardship. Major donors equal your most significant givers.

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2008

Care2 Senior Campaigner Natasha Nummedal and Maureen McGregor, Oceana’s Manager of E-Activism and Marketing share some of their keys to success in maximizing email response rates and converting email subscribers into donors. But it’s not always easy. Join them for this webinar and online discussion brought to you by Care2.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

Regardless of whether you believe direct mail is on its way out -- and many smart people seem to disagree with each other on this point – nearly everyone agrees that the role of online giving is only becoming more important over time. Clearly the Internet has transformed how nonprofits communicate with their activists and donors.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Each week, we’ll focus on one particular area of donor-based fundraising and we’ll give you the action steps you need to take to implement what you’ve learned quickly and easily. Donor-based fundraising is all about building relationships with donors and prospects so that they give because they love the work your organization is doing.

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2007

In the end, Marketing Sherpa reports that nearly three times the number of walkers and donors were recruited via the email test series than the mail control – resulting in a 30% increase in ROI! Did they test combining direct mail and email? Self-mailers have a notoriously lower response rate in several markets.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Converting online supporters and email subscribers into donors and integrating your online and offline fundraising efforts are indispensable. With the economy in historic turmoil and a recession on the horizon, theres never been greater need for nonprofits to raise money effectively and efficiently.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!"

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Care2

JULY 19, 2007

Fine Interview:Social Media Author Allison Fine » Tuesday Jul 17 2007 The Great Debate: DM vs. Online Acquisition Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 04:10PM | by Karen Taggart As a former direct mail diva, I have a constant debate in my head about which type of donor/member acquisition is "best" – online or direct mail?

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

Fine Interview:Social Media Author Allison Fine » Tuesday Jul 17 2007 The Great Debate: DM vs. Online Acquisition Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 04:10PM | by Karen Taggart As a former direct mail diva, I have a constant debate in my head about which type of donor/member acquisition is "best" – online or direct mail?

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Care2

DECEMBER 5, 2008

This is the key finding of a new Convio study that also found that 42 percent of donors plan to donate up to $100, and that total donations will reach about $3 billion this holiday season. Donors, especially younger ones, are going online to support nonprofits, so making it easy for donors to find nonprofits’ websites is a must.

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Care2

JUNE 26, 2009

As a donor, you choose which project you would like your donation to support. frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!"

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Care2

AUGUST 21, 2007

60) Search « NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Award | Main | Building a Successful Internet Presence » Tuesday Aug 21 2007 Get a Google Earth Pro License for Free!

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Care2

MAY 29, 2007

Converting Subscribers to Donors Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 09:00AM | by Karen Taggart [originally published DMAW AdVents , June 2007] It is no secret in direct mail (DM) that recency is key to successful fundraising. Perhaps the optimum combination is an online welcome, followed by a mail solicitation coupled with a phone call.

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2007

Topics covered: Leveraging demographics Retaining donors Harnessing email Synchronizing media Acquiring new donors Here are some highlights to tempt you into reading further. Paper direct mail should follow online direct mail, not the other way around. 60) Search « Get a Google Earth Pro License for Free!

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2007

Schwartz A Few Recommendations on E- Newsletter Tools [link] Nonprofit Marketing Blog Katya Andresen Back to Basics: 4 web site tweaks [link] Nonprofit Integrator DMA Nonprofit Federation Walking the Walk: The Right Questions to Ask Online Technology Providers [link] Post a Comment | by Share Article in Misc. Getting Attention Nancy E.

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Care2

JUNE 4, 2009

60) Search « Why Nonprofits Need to Grow their Online Lists | Main | Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? 60) Search « Why Nonprofits Need to Grow their Online Lists | Main | Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? 60) Search « Why Nonprofits Need to Grow their Online Lists | Main | Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead?

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Google AdWords for Nonprofits: 10 Tips About Keywords | Main | Whats an Email Address Worth?

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