Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In today’s fundraising world , with dozens of nonprofits competing for donors’ hearts and wallets, it’s important to stand out from a donor relations standpoint. Here are 16 uncommon and practical donor relations tactics that will delight and surprise your donors: 1. Leave a voicemail if they don’t answer.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Having solid donor engagement strategies in place is important for any nonprofit that wants to inspire generosity in their community and build a base of lifelong supporters. But the world is a noisy place: Donors are bombarded with constant messaging that can drown out a nonprofit’s attempts to reach them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2016

Not all email lists are the same. You may have an e-newsletter list that includes all donors and supporters, another list specifically for repeat donors, and another list for supporters who have not yet donated. Offer exclusive content such as reports and e-books that require an email address in order for these to be downloaded.

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Neon CRM

MAY 3, 2023

Donor recognition is one of the most under-appreciated methods of donor engagement. All your supporters, from your one-time givers to your major donors, should feel appreciated by your organization. Identifying Your Donors Tiers Most organizations will have four levels of donors: one-time, recurring, mid level, and major donors.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2022

Magic happens when you build those kinds of relationships with your prospects and donors. This is where donor stewardship comes into play. What is donor stewardship? Donor stewardship—also known as stewarding your donors—is the act of building relationships with supporters after they make a donation to your nonprofit.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Are you a new development director or executive director and feeling a bit lost on how to learn exactly what motivates your donors? Or maybe you’re a new major gift officer and you’d like to set up as many donor meetings as possible. Building strong relationships with donors is the backbone of successful fundraising.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

Today’s question come from a fundraiser and donor who wants advice on how to handle poor donor engagement: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m a fundraiser, but also a donor. Because when a nonprofit doesn’t treat me as if I matter, as I carefully and consciously treat donors to my organization, I get a little peeved.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Starting a monthly giving program is a great use of your time because monthly donors are the lifeblood of a small nonprofit – bringing in sustainable revenue and creating a safety net of loyal supporters. . For the donor, $20 per month is easier to manage in their budget. Now, what if someone were to give you $20 per month?

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Roundtree

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

4 Habits to Retain Donors. Donor relationships are just that: relationships. Retaining donors requires intentionality. Here are four habits your organization can develop to build stronger relationships with donors and retain them: #1: Communication is the key. . This is also true with donors. 3: Be thankful.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

One of the basic tenants of successful fundraising is donor stewardship. Donors who have shown your organization some love through their gifts are at risk of walking away if not shown some love in return. Romancing your donors should be a top priority! Tactics: Encourage a first-time donor to follow your social media.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 6, 2024

Perhaps it’s your first donor newsletter. Or maybe you’ve finally decided to work on your email welcome series. Engaging, consistent donor communications provide the engine behind your fundraising program. These are some of my favorite copywriting and donor communications pros out there. Sign up for SOFII’s emails.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

This change would leave many of our donors (without email addresses) in the dark when it comes to news and feel-good stories about the organization. We continue to solicit donors using direct mail and emails. Here’s why: Donor retention continues to be the biggest problem in nonprofit fundraising.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

As a fundraiser, I understand all of these matters impact nonprofits, and the trend is leaning—hard—toward privacy and donor data protection. . Looking back at the early years of platforms such as Facebook, Google, and email communications, many people were excited. Technology Goes Mainstream. 21 st Century Data Breaches.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Easy for your donors. It’s donor-centric and donors want to help. And the more donors you will keep. What’s not to like about monthly donors who provide sustainable unrestricted funds for your mission? I’ve never heard of a donor who complained that you asked them why they give monthly. Try an extra email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

E-Book #1: Fundraising and Marketing Tips for Nonprofits. The npEXPERTS e-book includes Forbes’ most influential, top bloggers, CFRE/ACFREs, animal lovers and association pros, pioneers and innovators, peer-to-peer fundraisers and direct response agitators, online fundraising experts and direct mail gurus all in one place.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2023

It’s a significant opportunity to increase your nonprofit’s planned gifts by making your donors aware of this. Even if you don’t have a planned giving campaign devoted to Make-A-Will Month, you should at least promote it several times via email, social media, and other communications. Mailing a letter as well is best practice.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Direct mail is a major workhorse for all nonprofits. And regardless of what you hear or think about online giving, most gifts still come via the mail. This week guest blogger Gail Perry is back with her top tips to help us all raise more money by mail. 112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail. Upgrading your donors’ gifts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2021

Fall is also an excellent time of year for golf events—weather and course conditions are favorable, golf facilities are easier to book, and folks are anxious to hit the links before the winter months. . Donor data is a veritable gold mine for a nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. 1) Launch an event website. 7) Collect the data.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If you’re looking for a new way to raise funds, engage donors, and build connections, look no further than a charity golf tournament. Besides the obvious fundraising power, golf events spread awareness about your organization, build and advance partnerships, and provide meaningful donor stewardship and outreach.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

That means you need to make sure you don’t lose any of those donors you took such pains to acquire last year. 8 Fiscal Year-End Donor Retention Action Strategies + Practical Tips. There’s nothing more important to your bottom line and long-term sustainability than donor retention. Call your most important lapsed donors. .

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

We have something to say that lands somewhere between an observation and a complaint and a call to arms: Not enough attention is paid to mid-level donors. Major donors get the fanfare, the galas, the special one-to-one contact. Small-dollar donors are often the solid foundation, the activists, the heart of the movement.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2024

increasing donor base by 20%). Example: “Raise $10,000 to purchase new books and educational materials for the program. Attract 100 new individual donors and secure corporate sponsorships from 5 local businesses.” These goals should be both financial (e.g., raising $10,000) and non-financial (e.g.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2016

Being a Happy, Healthy Nonprofit isn’t just about your physical health, it is also about enriching your knowledge and professional development. What better way than to read a book that gives you the best practical information about an important nonprofit area – fundraising. Online and email fundraising.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

It’s no secret that donor behavior and event hosting options have changed in 2021. It will also give you a plan for the best times to send out those important acknowledgment messages so that your donors feel appreciated! In 2020, donors gave over $2.47 Leverage Direct Mail To Encourage Donors To Give This Year-End.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2013

This blog post officially launches the research stage of writing my second book which will be published and shipped in Spring 2014. A follow-up to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , this book will place much more emphasis on using social media and mobile technology for fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Email is still winning in the online donor department, and in terms of traditional communications we receive a shocking number of donations through direct mail. Related Links: Book Research & Interviews. ?Book Book Tour?. ?Book Book Tour Sponsors. List of Nonprofits Mentioned in the Book?.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Or maybe you sent your mailing out at a time when people are distracted with something else like vacations or elections or major holidays. You’re so focused on the money that you’ve forgotten about your donors. When you give donors an amazing experience, they want to stick around and give again. What do you see?

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 19, 2011

As the calendar year draws to an end, charities (and ideally, donors) are focused on year-end donations and tax deductions. 2, 2012: A check mailed (and postmarked) on December 29th that arrived in the office on January 2nd. 2, 2012: A check mailed (and postmarked) on December 29th that arrived in the office on January 2nd.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Friday’s totally booked. ” Four emails later you still haven’t landed on a meeting time. Email Forwarding. Most task-related software offers an email forwarding function. You can either forward an existing email chain to be added as a task or create a fresh task in a new email draft.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2013

This blog post officially launches the research stage of writing my second book which will be published and shipped in Spring 2014. A follow-up to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , this book will place much more emphasis on using social media and mobile technology for fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

He was a character invented not long ago to sell bookings on Hotels.com. On the other hand, new grant opportunities came to light, and if you were good at identifying them, you made your case to individual donors. Now ask yourself, what changes are going to stay attractive for your donors? Remember Captain Obvious? No kidding!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2022

You’re booking the evening’s entertainment, connecting with sponsors, and collecting all of your auction baskets and items. While it may be tempting to stick to one marketing channel, a multi-channel strategy uses email, social media, text messaging, and direct mail, to reach a wider audience and generate more excitement for your auction.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers. Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Remember your goal is persuading consumers.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

When you start planning your fundraising events, you want to make registration and management as easy as possible for both you and your donors. Donor management systems offer communication solutions and help track and monitor donor data. With simple registration pages, your supporters can easily buy tickets to your next event.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

About six months before the event date , begin developing a nonprofit event fundraising marketing plan, which should allow enough time to develop a realistic budget, book event space, enlist volunteers, and invest in necessary resources. Also existing nonprofit mail channels, newsletters or PS in mailed donor communications or letters.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2012

I get a lot of nonprofit email messages through subscribing to lists, working with lots of organizations, and being a donor. Back in 2010, I wrote about all the direct mail pieces that I had collected over a year. This time I collected all of the nonprofit emails that I was sent between December 15, 2011 and January 1, 2012.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. A read-a-thon can take place anywhere, so long as your participants can curl up with a good book.

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