Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Feature your landing page on the right bar of your blog. M+R Benchmarks Report. Add an opt-in form to your website and blog. Every Saturday or Sunday send a one-topic re-engagement email (event, blog post, fundraising campaign, etc.) Resources: TikTok for Nonprofits , Later Blog: TikTok , Tiltify for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

One of the ways is to stop getting email alerts or "announcements" from many, many causes that I'm a member of. So, yesterday, after getting two announcements in a row from the same organization that should know better, I went to change my preferences but by mistake ended up leaving the Cause. So I asked them on Twitter.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2024

In a three-year comparison, the 2022 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Benchmark Report found that organizations hosted 15% fewer events in 2022 than they did in 2020. Activity-tracked P2P fundraising events will help you achieve your goal of raising more money while giving new energy to your cause.

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Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others. percent response rate for subscribers donating to your cause, which on an email list of over 100,000 really adds up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

This is the fourth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. According to the 2020 Benchmarks Report , revenue from monthly gifts increased by 22% in 2019 and now accounts for 17% of all online revenue for nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

We engaged, asked questions, held competitions, discovered advertising and had a great time teaching the world about our cause and how to keep kids safe. So thanks for your great advice back then and the fantastic advice you still provide through your awesome blog. And today we hit 100,000 likes/fans. And it’s true.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 20, 2022

They want to know how their donation will directly further the cause, and that this gift will make a difference in achieving it. Lay out the fundraising goal for each of your initiatives, and include photos and videos that focus on the importance of the cause and how a gift will help create real change.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 4, 2021

Nonprofit work is passionate work, and who knows your cause, your mission, and your work better than you do? As the conversation proceeds, ask what has caught their interest in your pitch so far, and focus more on those specific cause areas. So now you know what interests them, and what causes they feel passionate about.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 13, 2022

You need a definitive benchmark for success, and a strong plan for how to reach it, for your donor to truly feel good about choosing your nonprofit to support. The best conversations with donors are about the mission, the cause, and the work. The truth is, tax deductions aren’t why people generously give to causes they care about.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

Now is the time to build and refine your donor retention strategies to ensure that these year-end donors remain engaged and committed to your cause. Whether you launched a full-blown end-of-year campaign or didn’t send out appeals at all, the inherent generosity of the holidays inevitably attracted donors to your cause.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 3, 2022

These best practices will help you to better recruit volunteers for the jobs you need them to do, and retain them longer by valuing and respecting the time they donate to the cause. Nothing is more frustrating as a volunteer than signing up to help a cause, only to end up standing around with nothing to do.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Due to the decline in reach on social media, nonprofits should prioritize email communications and fundraising in 2018 [ Benchmarks for Success ]. Advanced social media managers will repackage the stream into blog, email, and social media content. The number of smartphone users worldwide has reached 2.4 billion by 2020.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

We saw some of the impacts of these changes in this year’s Benchmarks. You’ll see them go by different names, but for the sake of this blog I’m going to call them: Human opens — what “opens” were before this change rolled out. Make strategic adjustments? Burn down email and move into a bunker?). Now, let’s dig deeper. We’re hiring!

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In this six-part blog series, we’re highlighting key digital features your organization can start implementing now to boost fundraising this fall. Editor’s note: this post was originally published in October 2020 and was last updated in August 2022. Last week, we went over digital advocacy forms. Fundraising.

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sgEngage

JUNE 30, 2023

According to our Annual Luminate Online® 2021 Benchmark Report , more than 770 social good organizations collectively raised over $1.8 Cause Marketing Cause marketing involves partnerships between nonprofits and for-profit businesses for mutual benefit. first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog.

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2011

Check out our blog picks of the week. And feel free to tell us your favorite blog posts from this past week in the comments section. They offered a trip to Haiti to people who hit a certain fundraising benchmark. There was so much great content being shared this week across the blogosphere for nonprofit campaigners.

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Socialbrite

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Donors are still eager to support the organizations and causes they care about, yet they expect to be engaged differently — often through digital channels. As noted in the 2021 M+R Benchmarks Study , nonprofits enjoyed a 32% bump in revenue from online sources from 2019 to 2020.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Once your supporters and donors see you hit one donation benchmark, they’ll be inspired to continue to give as your goal increases. Urge your volunteers to explain why your nonprofit’s cause means so much to them. People won’t really care about a cause if they know it’s not time-sensitive. Raise it once it has been reached.

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M+R

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Using M+R’s digital ads Benchmarks , you can set your own KPIs for cost per donor, return on ad spend, and more—and even game out in advance what happens when you hit (or don’t hit!) Now, let’s go raise all the money for the most important causes — before the ball drops! . __. Set KPIs to inform last-minute adjustments. those KPIs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2018

She also writes about digital marketing with helpful and actionable advice on Wired Impact’s nonprofit marketing blog and for their online guides. According to M+R Benchmarks , half of nonprofit website traffic comes from mobile and tablet users. 2) It doesn’t display well on phones or tablets. What happens after someone makes a gift?

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A well-executed fund-a-need appeal creates an opportunity for attendees to spend time with one another while discussing their favorite causes and ways they can help. What are the specific benchmarks for success that indicate success, and when will they be achieved? How will this “seed” amount benefit your organization?

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Media Cause

AUGUST 15, 2022

Let me take a moment to be upfront: You should only keep reading if you really want to explore the question in the title of this blog. Your cause and your mission require money to continue to carry out the work. At Media Cause, one of our fundamental beliefs of advocacy is the combination of power AND persuasion. Does it matter?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 23, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN – "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

And I couldn’t help think to myself, “oh, so all we need to do to raise funds for a great cause is get a celebrity? But, on the top of the chart: a compelling cause. In the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R Strategies, it’s easy to see what a compelling cause may be to Millennial donors: disaster.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Think of actionable steps and physical outcomes, such as reaching a benchmark on new construction or funding a specific program. Solicit donors who are interested in your cause—but might not be ready to give right now—and you can spend the next few months showing them what makes your nonprofit the best choice for their Giving Tuesday gift.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 3, 2023

According to MR Benchmarks 2023 , both Giving Tuesday and December 31 saw a 13% decline in overall revenue compared to 2021. Your messaging for both your ads and your acknowledgements should focus on what your donors’ gifts will be used for and how their generosity makes an impact on your cause. billion for nonprofits alone.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

alone, over £20m was donated to good causes for Giving Tuesday, a 43% increase in giving from 2019 — that’s more than £14k every minute! Of course, there is a concern about ‘cutting through the noise’ in a crowded marketplace, so in this blog we aim to offer you some best practice tips to make the most of your Giving Tuesday 2021 efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

While difficult to link cause/effect, it will be interesting to see what the long term impact is. How important are outside social reviews of your cause and its efforts to measure and improve? In the nonprofit sector, there is no universal review mechanism to benchmark against, but Great Nonprofits is beginning to fill those shoes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

I attended a local unconference for nonprofits about two years ago with the intention of learning how I, as a blogger, could help local nonprofits… you & your blog were mentioned several times. I went home and immediately included your blog on my Google Reader, but somehow only just now got to clicking on your FB page.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The national spotlight on charitable giving and important causes. The cause of such a large increase in revenue without a similar increase in the number of appeals is decidedly mixed. On to the goods! . Giving Tuesday: December Edition. There are so many reasons to love Giving Tuesday. The revenue, of course.

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Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Check out the full study here. com , Inc.

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Givinga

APRIL 6, 2021

You should take a broad look at your company to understand its mission and values – including what causes and charities it currently supports. Which cause areas and specific charities are important to you? When you offer employees the ability to give to causes they care about, you will see higher participation.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Each asset should embody its commitment to the larger cause and constituency it serves, and also show the value that your organization brings to the proverbial table. This is great news for nonprofits, especially since monthly giving attributed for an extraordinary 32% growth in revenue, according to this year’s Benchmarks report from M+R.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2009

As I announced recently , Advocacy Online and Fairsay have jointly produced a benchmark report to examine key e-campaigning performance measures. The benchmark data is derived from the activity of over 2 million supporters from 50 campaigning organisations in the UK, Canada, and several other countries. Download Reports.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Donors hate feeling like cash machines.”

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Check out the full study here. com , Inc.

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Care2

APRIL 24, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) More benchmark articles can be found here.

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