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Nonprofit Donor Engagement Strategies: Breaking Through the Noise

Neon CRM

Teaching them something. Try teaching people a fun fact or statistic related to your work. Your donors have already proven they care about your cause—take advantage of that interest and educate them about important topics! You could also try teaching them a fun new skill. How did you feel after those interactions?

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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

M+R

One of the leading causes of lukewarm, deflated, meandering copy is a lack of clear purpose. You are a person whose job is to carry passion and in-depth knowledge about your particular cause or organization. The greatest enemy of a direct response email is the spam filter. Q: Do I know what my goals and guidelines are?

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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. Good cause.".

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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. Avoid the numbers 100 percent or #1 because they may trigger spam filters.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests. If you can build an area of your website where people come to learn, teach, and maybe have some fun, they will likely return. By Laura Norvig, Special Librarian, the Resource Center.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You don’t hear about it much anymore, but in 2007 there were many stories of how MySpace was helping bridge the digital divide because low-income youth were logging in and teaching themselves HTML code. The well-known Causes App popular on Facebook was dumped on MySpace. Some causes just won’t fly on MySpace.

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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!