article thumbnail

82 Fundraising and Social Media Stats for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

million) due to spam filters ( EveryAction ). million) due to spam filters ( EveryAction ). However, nonprofits lose 20.18% of their revenue due to spam filters. Their top five causes are children and youth (16%), animals and wildlife (13%), health and wellness (9%), hunger and. Click to Tweet. Recurring Giving.

Stats 279
article thumbnail

100 Fundraising Email Subject Lines That Will Get Donors to Open Your Email

Get Fully Funded

Even if your donor loves your cause, if your email hits on a day that they don’t have much time, the subject line is the key to getting your email opened. For those who aren’t yet in love with your cause, the subject line is absolutely critical. Breaking: Record number of homeless people need help in Atlanta . Make sense?

email 130
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Congrats Mark Horvath & Invisible People TV for Pepsi SXSW Challenge Win

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mark Horvath, known as " HardlyNormal " on Twitter and who is a tireless advocate for the cause of homelessness, was the winner of the SXSW Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV.

article thumbnail

10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Habitat for Humanity focuses on periodically posting curated content relevant to the cause of homelessness and housing. Over the decade that followed, most groups became overrun with spam and tech glitches, and as a result, LinkedIn Groups almost became obsolete. Curated content relevant to your mission.

Linkedin 363
article thumbnail

Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her main objection to "vote me contests" is that it pits one amazing cause against another, perpetuating the scarcity mentality that lives in the hope of a pot of gold. She also feels that contests have too much of a myopic focus on channeling dollars or click actions rather than engaging people's hearts and minds and souls. .

Contest 97
article thumbnail

Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rik wrote a great post this called Global Poverty Death Counter: good cause, @!#(*@() implementation (Rik used another word in the headline, but I don't any trackback spam). Educate about your cause. Rik visited the homeless avatar: I decided to pop into SL to check it out. Mobilize: Give people something to do.

article thumbnail

ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

ASU Lodestar Center

And I tell my students that Ill give to any of the worthy causes they pour their hearts into, but they have to ask me in person (not on Facebook)! As the old adage goes, "people give to people, not causes." The reality is, we're all bombarded with digital messages and shares and likes and spam. Great advice!