Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is an incredible opportunity to leverage your supporters’ personal networks and increase the reach of your campaign. When volunteer fundraisers reach out to their friends and family members, they’re building on established relationships. Let’s break down each platform! Platform Overview.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Read on for explanations of each form element and why your donors will love it. It’s supporting a campaign that’s raising money for summer camp scholarships for local students, and it includes 10 important best practices. Long donation forms can feel intimidating or burdensome for your donors. Let’s take a look.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 7, 2011

I’m really excited to share this free ebook from the folks at CauseVox. They have worked with many organizations and individuals looking to fundraising online and are constantly sharing back what they observe and learn from the campaigns on their platform and elsewhere. Always thank your donors and supporters!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

And what are some of the social benefits and impact that may result from such a relationship? It gave us the opportunity to conduct for the first time a sizeable outreach campaign in education, provided us with informative user feedback and case studies, and supported the development of Bookshare’s initial K-12 collection.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 18, 2018

As the 2018 midterm elections near, it’s likely hard to ignore the ads, phone calls, mail pieces, and emails from political campaigns in your area reminding you to vote. As the campaign season kicks into high gear, here are a few trends we’re seeing in 2018 campaigns that nonprofits could benefit from as well!

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2023

Nonprofit professionals, donors and volunteers put themselves on the front lines of service to others with their gifts of time, talent and treasure. Donors also show courage in making their gifts of time and money. Even the wealthiest of donors have finite resources and cannot respond to all the requests received.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your passion and drive demonstrate why donors should give to your cause, but finding new donors and keeping existing ones takes something more: a solid fundraising strategy. It’s the story you tell potential and current donors. Donor stewardship What is the average donor’s experience with your nonprofit?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

How Are Major Donors Identified? To identify major donors, you need to analyze a prospect’s financial capacity to contribute and their philanthropic interest in doing so. Most donors only make major gifts to a nonprofit after multiple interactions with that organization—very few people will make a $5,000 gift right away!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 12, 2021

If you’re raising money for a building expansion, mission-focused campaign, missionary sponsorship, or more, a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign can help you achieve your goal! To show you how, we rounded up some of our own clients’ peer-to-peer campaigns. Raising Funds for a Campaign.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For many nonprofits, Giving Tuesday is the most important giving day in their yearly fundraising calendar, and it takes time and careful planning to execute a successful Giving Tuesday campaign. The #GivingTuesday Ultimate Guide eBook has templates, calendars, and tips to help you get organized and make your Giving Tuesday a roaring success!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2021

Dustin Pitts, Solution Engineer at Salesforce.org: NPSP allows you to know each donor to deliver exceptional experiences. Additionally, NPSP comes with its own set of configuration options that can be used to manage things like naming conventions for donors. You know your data and your donors best.

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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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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

These virtual ideas have already been successful for many of our clients here at Qgiv, helping to fill the gaps in their fundraising revenue and sustain donor engagement during the pandemic and post-pandemic. The term “virtual fundraising” describes all nonprofit engagements and campaigns done online. Call Your Donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

Once you download the Fundraising Ideas e-Book you’ll gain insight into: 6 Steps to a Well-Measured Social Fundraising Campaign by Beth Kanter, Social Media Expert and Author of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Social Media and Its Relationship with Online Fundraising by Carie Lewis , Director of Emerging Media at HSUSA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

In the early crowdfunding days, I helped launch a crowdfunding campaign with the American Red Cross and SXSW that raised $120,000 in 10 days. As more and more donors are being exposed to crowdfunding for products and services, they’ll expect your fundraising to shift towards those approaches as well. Rethink Rewards and Donation Tiers.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As more and more of our lives move online, nonprofits need an optimized, well-designed website in order to stand out and engage donors—and to justify the expense of maintaining one! As your organization grows, you’ll probably want to move to an option that connects directly with a donor database. Others do, too!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

All year youve (hopefully) been building and nurturing relationships, telling stories about how donor support impacts your mission, and making plans for the biggest season of giving. He found that t he best email campaigns of December had a mix of: good offers, clear messaging, targeted segmentation, and mobile friendly messages..

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2023

We’ve put together a handy eBook on choosing the best software for your nonprofit. For best results, you have to tell the stories that your donors want to hear. Your stories should answer these questions for donors and inspire them to give. What is donor stewardship? Read on to learn more!

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Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

Fundraising expenses include anything to do with fundraising, including various campaign budgets and costs for hosting events. Check out this Fundraising Fundamentals eBook we made with our friends at Donorly to keep learning and honing your fundraising skills! This category keeps a nonprofit’s day-to-day operations running.

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Qgiv

MARCH 21, 2022

Initiatives may include: Engaging employees Hosting events Cultivating major donors Working with community partners for sponsorships or matching gifts Planned giving Direct mail and personal solicitation Engaging board members. Consider having mission-impacted speakers share their personal story to really connect with prospective donors.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

You work for a nonprofit that is totally stuck in the donor acquisition cycle from hell. You work long hours and spend a ton of resources getting new donors in the door, only to then see them never make a second gift, leaving you right back where you started. What is Donor Management? What is Donor Management? Sound good?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A donor database is much more than a glorified phonebook for nonprofits. When nonprofits invest in the right donor management tools and use them properly, they can become an incredible asset. These solutions optimize and expand your fundraising and donor stewardship activities to help form long-lasting relationships.

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Care2

JULY 20, 2011

The 7 Habits of Effective Personal Fundraisers is a free ebook that helps them become the best possible fundraiser for your non-profit. You need your personal fundraisers to be successful so you can reach new donors and new networks. Personalize your fundraising The most effective online fundraising campaign is a personal one.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Not only is it an engaging donor experience, but peer-to-peer fundraising is often the push you need to reach essential fundraising goals. If you’ve never hosted your own peer-to-peer campaign or you just want some general tips on how to make your next one better, this guide is here to answer any questions you have. Download eBook.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2014

The subject which I was asked to write about was donor retention and, seemingly, these two things should really have nothing in common. At its core, Wish You Were Here is really just about peoples’ inabilities to engage with one another, which is entirely relatable to the way in which donor retention is often approached.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Each group was then further segmented into 3 separate audiences: Giving history divided donors into: Current donors : Members who have donated in the past year. Lapsed donors : Members who have donated, but not in the last year. These identifiers then match your information to donor Facebook profiles. 6-12 month activist.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2014

The point of social media is not to talk at your supports (that’s advertising), but to talk with them (that’s relationship building). My wife and I learned early on in our relationship that we both shared empathy towards helping victims affected by modern day slavery and human rights abuse. I’ll give you an example.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

The weather is warm, summer camps are in full swing, BBQs are a weekly occurrence, and as the sixth month of the year wraps up, some organizations are already gearing up for end-of-the-year asks and setting up holiday campaign fundraising goals. Are you on course to reaching those optimistic January goals and resolutions?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2014

The point of social media is not to talk at your supports (that’s advertising), but to talk with them (that’s relationship building). My wife and I learned early on in our relationship that we both shared empathy towards helping victims affected by modern day slavery and human rights abuse. I’ll give you an example.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

The weather is warm, summer camps are in full swing, BBQs are a weekly occurrence, and as the sixth month of the year wraps up, some organizations are already gearing up for end-of-the-year asks and setting up holiday campaign fundraising goals. Are you on course to reaching those optimistic January goals and resolutions? Include a shareable.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 2, 2017

From eBooks to webinars, there’s a heaping handful of other ways to raise money online. 7 Best Practices to Create a High-Traffic Campaign Website . By giving value to your readers, you’re forming a relationship. If you take the time to offer value and form a relationship, then you’ll raise committed donors that’ll stick around.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2020

Jessie: Thanks to a very successful fundraising campaign, our organization tripled in size in a very short time. Our major organizational systems weren’t taking to each other, making it challenging to connect the dots between donor gifts and the impact of those dollars on the programs donors supported.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

From the moment donors land on your homepage to when they click that submit button on your donation form, your website’s design, navigation, and content influence how they will connect with your organization and your mission. This perspective puts you in your donors’ shoes, which helps you figure out how to guide them to your donation page.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 13, 2010

Contrary to what I had expected, it wasn’t raising money in a challenging economic climate, or finding new donors, or even getting donors to give at higher level. Nonprofit leaders must understand that it is called “development” for a very good reason—it often takes years to develop relationships with major donors.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 20, 2022

For retention-minded fundraisers with a strong donor cultivation plan in place, the early days of a new calendar year might even be busier than any day in November and December. Here are five tips for thanking your year-end donors that will increase the likelihood of them being retained in the following year: 1.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

When it’s time to plan your annual campaign, your annual appeal will be one of the most important parts of your fundraising strategy. With a well-planned appeal, your nonprofit can reconnect with donors, thank them for their past support, highlight their impact, and ask for their continued support. Are you sure?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2014

Of course we could talk about how to apply the science of persuasion to many different areas of our lives, but let’s stick to the topic of improving your fundraising appeal (download the ebook ). Once a person has taken these small steps in support of your nonprofit, you can cultivate that supporter into a more generous donor.

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