The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Top Nonprofit Blogs to Bookmark Today. Many of the most respected professionals run their own blogs to shed light on best practices, challenge the status quo, and even offer humor to help folks fundraise smarter. BETH’S BLOG. Clairification . Don’t let it be you!

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Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As we prepare to ring in the New Year, we wanted to bring you a taste of our own flavor of Spotify Wrapped by revisiting and reflecting on the top 10 most-read Candid blogs from 2022: 1. Topping the charts of most-read Candid blogs of 2022: the overhead myth. Read her blog to see if these trend predictions came true.

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sgEngage

JULY 22, 2022

Update your “About Us” page with the most recent accessibility guidance in mind? Instead of biting off more than you can chew, try starting with just one part of your website first: your blog! Create new blog content on the regular. A regularly-updated blog can be one of the best assets to your nonprofit’s SEO efforts.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 1, 2023

Blogging can be a unique and powerful way for nonprofit organizations to connect with their audience. However, with so many blogs out there (let alone all the other media your audiences see every day), it can be difficult to stand out from the crowd. But those basics only set the foundation of your blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Thanks to the Social Web, there is no shortage of possible topics for your nonprofit to blog about. Still, understand that the content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI. If your nonprofit has yet to start blogging or wants to improve your your blogging strategy, Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. If your nonprofit has yet to start a blog or already blogs but struggles with ideas for fresh content, then hopefully the 11 blog content ideas listed below will help. That said, mix it up!

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Top Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Sample Blog Post 1. Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About Virtual Fundraising Events, But Were Too Embarrassed to Ask. New copy here. Share This Post! Recent Posts. 91 Nonprofit Industry Conferences + Professional Development Opportunities in 2021. Demystifying Donor Advised Funds.

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Candid

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As COVID-19 continued to dominate world headlines in 2021, Candid’s blog readers looked to us for guidance on fundraising in a largely digital world, along with related news and trends in the social sector. What we know about the nonprofits that received grants from MacKenzie Scott. And, the most-read blog of 2021 was: .

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 5, 2012

I just put up a BIG list of blogs about the ocean on the Upwell blog: Big Blue Blogs: 88 Ocean Conservation Blogs Give 'em a look. And please let me know what ocean-y blogs I missed in the comments, or email me at britt AT upwell DOT us. Spread the word to your ocean-loving pals.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 2, 2024

What about our websites? In this Pinkcast, he talks about how to make New Year’s resolutions like a pro. Getting back to your website, what are your regrets about your website from the last year? Getting back to your website, what are your regrets about your website from the last year? What Are Your Website Regrets?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Thinking about our clients’ biggest challenges and successes, we take a look at what our readers have found to be our most helpful blogs of 2021. From practical advice on personalization to tackling a digital transformation, here are 10 of our most popular blogs from 2021.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In this blog, we outline how you can use the same framework to improve new member acquisition at your association. Step 1: Build the top of your funnel SImply put, building the top of the funnel means participating in activities designed to create awareness about your association. One example of thought leadership is this blog!

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Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

To learn more about calculating your retention, check out our blog. These metrics can help your association learn more about various members, which, in turn, enables you to customize retention efforts for a specific group and boost their engagement. To learn more about member engagement best practices, check out this blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2022

3) Embedded opt-ins and donation forms in blog and news content. A growing trend is to add large, visually prominent CTAs to the body of blog posts and news articles approximately halfway down the page. 1) Embedded newsletter opt-in on the Marshall Project blog. 2) Embedded donation form on the Human Rights Watch blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

You’ve heard many (many) times that all your nonprofit’s blog and site content should be optimized to drive traffic. But when you’re lean on resources and human power, just producing blog posts and updating your website feels like a miracle, never mind SEO or a content strategy. Search Engine Optimization. But you can change that.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In this post I’m going to share everything I’ve learned about how to build a successful nonprofit blog from the ground up. This year I've taken traffic from 9,000 visitors/month to over 36,000.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

This week, our friends at Cornershop Creative are dropping in to talk about the best ways for nonprofits of all sizes to improve their website performance, increase user engagement, and ultimately boost digital fundraising. Make full use of your blog content. Think about why supporters visit your website.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 10, 2023

As we approach the end of 2023, we want to thank you for reading our blog , downloading our resources, attending our webinars, and meeting us at events. Have you subscribed to the Nimble AMS blog yet? Sign up for the Nimble AMS blog today! It’s beginning to look a lot like the New Year! Subscribe now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2018

I need to take a break from blogging until August 1. There’s not much new to write about social media and fundraising these days. Hi everyone! To write the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. My family and I are in the process of moving from St. Louis, Missouri to Tucson, AZ. Hope you are enjoying your summer!

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Care2

JULY 18, 2011

You've designed and built your blog, signed some of the staff on to help, laid out your blogging guidelines , and even engaged some volunteer blog contributors. A few weeks go by, you've gotten a few comments, and you're feeling good about your efforts. I have nothing to write about!". Tell me about it!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

There are now over 143 million blogs on the Internet and when I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 But within a few months it was clear that blogging was the missing piece in my online communications strategy. But within a few months it was clear that blogging was the missing piece in my online communications strategy.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Everyone has a blog it seems. As a result, creating content that anyone cares about, let alone engage with, is becoming increasingly difficult. Put very simply, blogging for the sake of blogging is not good enough. Your nonprofit has to do what we refer to as ‘purposeful blogging.’ But how do you do that?

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Donorbox

MARCH 29, 2024

Chances are, your nonprofit was started because of storytelling – a story about a person, an animal, or a place in a dire state of need moved your founders to act immediately. That is the power of storytelling.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 22, 2021

Direct mail fundraisers, this blog post is dedicated to you. The tendency to think about the offline and online channels as separate sandboxes is inadvisable for many reasons, but today we’d like to focus on a direct-mail-centric reason — one that is costing you revenue.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In today’s world of blogging, it’s hard to get noticed. After all, there are some 31 million active blog sites in the United States only at any given time, and to make your own content stand out from the crowd is certainly no easy chore. Pro blogger Neil Patel puts it this way: a good blog is “about being plain, not fancy.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It’s no great secret that blogging is big. At present it’s estimated that there are some 150 million active blogs operating at any given time. Unfortunately there are lots of reasons that some blogs don’t make the grade and wither and die. Huge really. Plan ahead by building an editorial calendar.

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TechImpact

MAY 29, 2014

Unless you’re rewriting your home page copy, tagline, and call-to-action on a daily basis your website needs a blog. Here are 4 reasons your nonprofit needs a focused content marketing blog sooner rather than later. By adding a blog, your nonprofit’s website is constantly changing. Website content does not change.

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Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

"You should get back to blogging." I love blogging. I miss blogging. One of the many reasons I let this blog get stale was the amount of time I now spend on iOS. Other than that, I'm on an iPhone or iPad and I blog best first thing in the morning. Still have so much I can be writing about.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 1, 2022

In his latest blog, Duke Haddad talks about how he learned a long time ago that video is vital to nonprofit storytelling to educate prospects, donors, and other constituencies by showing the impact a nonprofit makes on a community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 11, 2010

While there are many great nonprofit bloggers , nonprofits that are utilizing social media and mobile technology should also be reading the five blogs listed below. and often provide some of the best inside information about crucial updates and The Next Big Thing: About Foursquare :: www.aboutfoursquare.com. aboutfoursquare.

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NetWits

MAY 24, 2011

The easiest way of adding new content on to your site is by creating a blog. Blogs are, ideally, short and sharp snippets of commentary that are updated regularly. The beauty of a blog is that you don’t need to write a lot – you just need to make sure that what you do write is of interest to your supporters!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

I have had a lot of different blogs, too. In 2005, I actually had 3 blogs going: a regular blog, a technology blog, and a ministry blog. I retired the ministry blog when I left seminary, and retired the technology blog last year, and replaced it with an author blog, which I write in now and again.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 30, 2017

There are so many active blogs operating in our virtual world today that it would take countless lifetimes to read them all. But what makes one blog better than the next? Here are some tips that should be taken to heart when crafting a winning WordPress blog site. Is it the style of writing?

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 21, 2021

Recently, we wrote a blog, “‘I’m Speaking,’ Explained,” that described an experience I had that changed the way I thought about how I interacted with others.

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Charity Village

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This article was originally published on Big Cheese Coaching’s blog and is reprinted with permission. Early in this new year, I’ve been thinking (and feeling) a lot about hope. How about you? Feeling hopeful? Something in between?

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The MatrixFiles

MAY 21, 2021

When writing any online content, whether it’s for your blog, about us page, store or resources, you must always consider the Google gods, and craft your content accordingly. Here’s an example: a few years ago, I blogged about canonical URLs. Go ahead and perform a search in Google for this exact string: .

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 22, 2010

Have you started a blog for your nonprofit organization and then got stuck trying to come up with content? Here are some ideas for content: Tell stories about people you are helping. Listen to what front-line staff are talking about and write about that. Ask questions in blog posts and invite readers to comment.

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