Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Something in the photos and the language on the page pulled me in and made me care. A photo accompanied by a concise story or a short video with an attention-grabbing headline should be right there to introduce your visitor to the essence of your organization’s work. Don’t lead with a photo from your latest fundraiser.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Let’s look at ways to make your event stand out from the crowd and grab some headlines. For more on this, check out a blog post I loved, “The Press Release that Made Me Cry” ). Photos that help tell your story. Photos that help tell your story. Great photos can help ensure your story gets picked up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy has crippled the East Coast is this morning’s New York Time’s headline. But the story is personal for me. You can only look at the photos for so long before you want to do something. Network for Good also has a page up of charities fundraising for Sandy Relief.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

One of the basic tenants of successful fundraising is donor stewardship. Make sure the subject line is an intriguing headline, not “April Newsletter from Our Charity.”. Invite them to attend your fundraising events. For more on boosting donor retention, check out this blog! Romancing your donors should be a top priority!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is an adaptation of the article “ Nine Valuable Marketing Lessons From a Nonprofit – Charitywater.org ” written for the KISSmetrics blog by Chloe Gray. This is an adaptation of the article “ Nine Valuable Marketing Lessons From a Nonprofit – Charitywater.org ” written for the KISSmetrics blog by Chloe Gray.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Maintaining a blog is like running a marathon. So how do you write the right content on your nonprofit blog? When you take away all the bells and whistles, you end up with the foundation of your blog: the content. Your blog is going to have an awfully hard time being exceptional if its content is a flop. Beef it Up.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Bright yellow buses swarm the streets, retailers tout their trendiest transition pieces, football reclaims the right to the remote, and this year’s fall fundraisers demand your focus. We reached out to fundraising event experts and got them to spill the deets on their top tips for pulling off a killer event (without pulling their hair out).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Photo by Fuel Relief Fund on GlobalGiving. As nonprofits prepare for the upcoming giving season, many fundraisers are understandably concerned about donor fatigue. Dreadful disaster stories are still making headlines; isn’t the public tired of giving? I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving. since Aug.)

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. Yeah, engaging those board members to be fundraising ambassadors. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. Use bold for headlines. Host Your Blog Inside Your Website. Repetition is key.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

and training (HTML, photo-editing, social and mobile media best practices ). are now integral parts of our online communications and fundraising campaigns and like any tools of value, they requite a minimal level of financial investment. premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.),

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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Last week, as I emerged from the post-conference haze of catching up on sleep and clearing my in-box, I started reading through blog posts from attendees and speakers. If I missed your blog post, I'm sorry! And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" ! Then I couldn't stop!

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Convene online marketing meetings with key department representatives (Fundraising, Programs, etc) twice each month to plan out upcoming initiatives in the annual online marketing calendar, divide up tasks, and review progress. topic, draft headline, and bulleted ideas to expand on. Publish 1-2 blog posts each week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. WFP USA has posted a nearly 650-word story of Rani on their blog with a big headline, full-size photos, large text, and bold quotes.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2015

Voices are constantly peppering you with how to simplify your donation form, employ stronger calls to action, and use headlines that even a 15-year-old playing a video game wouldn't be able to ignore. Share a page, blog post, or article via social media share buttons. Comment on a blog post. Reach out through a contact form.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. Draft your pitch as an email with the subject as the headline you would like to see. Start with a headline that summarizes your news. Include 1 – 3 photos and a short video, if you have one.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Last March I was on a blogging panel for an event put on by the Alliance of Technology and Women. To prepare for the panel, I wrote up 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs. You can read Steve's blog at the Eye of Bakersfield. Blogs fall under the category of "social media" because they are, well, social. So here it goes.10

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

Based on photo entitled " Gear " from Flattop341's Flickr Industrial Set. It will explain the problem that a widget may solve for a nonprofit blog, some examples of nonprofit blogs using them, and oh yeah, answer the age old question "What is a Widget? This is both the hard and fun part of making web videos.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 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) Nice blog.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 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) Headlines should be short.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Compare the following nonprofit year-end fundraising appeals: Our year-end fundraising campaign is right around the corner. Multimedia elements like photos, videos, and audio break up long text blocks and allow readers to form a deeper connection with the subjects of your stories. Consider donating to support our mission.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

If all you’re here for is a list of email ledes you can use for fundraising or advocacy messaging, you can go ahead and skip right to that part. In order to ground things a bit, we’re going to include an example of each type of lede from a hypothetical environmental organization sending a fundraising appeal on the topic of climate change.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

If you are ready to ride an epic wave of generosity with an airtight end-of-year fundraising strategy join our special guest Rachel Muir. If you’re watching the recording, I hope you’re having a good day no matter when and where you are because we are here to talk about end-of-year fundraising. Rachel: Absolutely. .

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Showcase your mission statement as a sub-headline beneath your nonprofit’s name to grab your visitors’ attention and let them know what your organization is about right off the bat. Visuals: Photos, videos, and graphics can all have a powerful effect on your visitors. Let’s begin.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Meaningful numbers will show the donor you’re doing your job and that builds trust which is the backbone of donor-based fundraising. Check out the Fundraiser’s Paradox from Bluefrog Fundraising. Comment on your blog post. Good fundraising requires a balance of asks and non-asks. Thanks to you. Good images.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

They bring together America’s fundraisers on one page, showing off their success whilst displaying how anyone can help them. They aren’t afraid to retweet relevant posts, or share photos. Nonprofits can teach us a lot about how best to use social media, whether to promote an ecommerce business, a blog or simply for personal use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. A few important questions to ask before your consider adding a widget to your blog or web site. Do you write blog posts that inspire lots of comments?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Your blog is your gift to them, as well as to yourself. And I want more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding. 9237 is the average amount raised when groups are working on a team to fundraise. Giving Day Campaigns and Crowd Funding Campaigns Are Than Dollars Raised. And everyday until….

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

There are three general types of sources to find widgets to install on your organization's blog or web site: 1. So, if you are already using one of those services and want to integrate content onto your blog, check on their web site first. The Flickr widget lets you select all your photos, a particular tag or group.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

But I also blame the substanceless blogs showing off the “ amazing ” results of inbound marketing. “ Anyone can blog. No, blogging itself isn’t hard. The challenge is understanding the purpose of your blog and then executing on that purpose. When I first started in marketing, I sucked.

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Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

They’ve also shared thousands of pages, videos, social media comments, blog posts, and white papers discussing relief efforts and their own initiatives. Visuals: Also include images that journalists can use in their pieces about your organization, like logos, key personnel photos, and event pictures.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Maybe you have a case of writer's blog or just feel like the inspiration has run dry. I also like the fact that the content is separated very clearly by topics such as “fundraising,” “news,” and “shop online.” But what I really want to highlight is how they divide up the newsletter sections with great headlines.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Real-time fundraising thermometer. In addition to encouraging donations, North Shore Animal League also enables supporters to raise money on their behalf through an integrated Blackbaud peer-to-peer fundraising tool. Let’s explore the ways that Mustard Seed promotes its mission throughout every inch of the site: Photo gallery.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 31, 2022

With the right design, your nonprofit’s website will be an invaluable part of your marketing and fundraising efforts. Your nonprofit might choose a static website design if: You just want to convey basic information like fundraising event flyers , volunteer opportunities, or your organization’s mission statement on your website.

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