Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Direct mail is too often associated with the past. Some assume direct mail is ineffective today and that younger audiences don’t want to receive it. But direct mail isn’t dead —the personal touch, visibility, and open rate that comes with direct mail have made it significant in the digital age. Here’s why!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

1) Multi-Channel Strategy Employing a multi-channel strategy helps nonprofits reach a wider audience with their year-end campaign. Online channels (email, social media, website, donation forms, and texting) encourage real-time interactions, personalized messaging, and taps into tech-savvy younger donors.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 24, 2023

Email is a major communication channel for many nonprofits. But since emails are low-cost and easy to send, your supporters get a lot of them. Try these five creative ideas to get more out of your nonprofit email campaigns. Make It Omnichannel These days, email is not standalone. to your supporters?

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

direct mail campaigns. benefits of direct mail. direct mail and digital marketing. As you consider direct mail’s place in your marketing, remember that millennials are a diverse group, and other characteristics such as income, location, and giving history can also impact the results of your marketing campaigns.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

But your staff members can’t always afford to spend time writing emails to donors on top of their other responsibilities. That’s where email automation comes in. By automating your basic email needs, you can engage donors more efficiently. What is Email Automation? Then, sit back and let your automatic emails do the work.

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M+R

JUNE 10, 2021

Apple recently made an announcement about upcoming privacy changes to their products that could have a major effect on how nonprofits do email work. . From Apple’s official announcement : “In the Mail app, Mail Privacy Protection stops senders from using invisible pixels to collect information about the user.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2024

DonorDirect ] 48% of donors cite email as their preferred method of hearing updates and appeals from the organization. Direct mail was the second most preferred channel at 21%, followed by social media (17%), text messaging (8%), and phone calls (2%). Double the Donation ] The current donor retention rate is 41.9%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

Your organization likely relies on direct mail, emails, social media, and even phone calls to get the word out about your organization’s work and solicit support for your mission. Marketing-related text messages have an incredibly high open rate of about 99%, compared to the average email open rate, which is closer to 30%.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 8, 2021

Email marketing is one of the most cost-effective marketing channels, enabling you to talk directly to your past, current, and potential donors. An added benefit of email marketing strategies is that you can analyze performance and optimize those conversations in real-time. How have they engaged with past email campaigns?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

What marketing channels will you use? If you’re thinking about taking a one-channel marketing approach, there’s a good chance some donors will miss your messaging. Instead, try using multi-channel marketing to earn more Giving Tuesday donations. What is multi-channel marketing? How to use email marketing efficiently.

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Care2

APRIL 28, 2023

Email marketing is a reliable staple of most nonprofits’ outreach strategies. Compared to other messaging channels like social media and direct mail, email allows nonprofits to communicate directly with supporters and send messages in a matter of seconds.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Well, I’ve got some eye-opening stats that might make you reconsider where to channel your communication efforts. It’s time to shift gears and give email the attention it truly deserves. According to a recent study by Campaign Monitor , email marketing has an astonishing ROI of 4400%! The numbers don’t lie!

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M+R

APRIL 24, 2024

Cram your cranium with metrics on email and mobile messaging, advertising, web traffic, social media and influencers, and more. Here’s a small sample of what you’ll find: Average online revenue declined by 1% in 2023, while direct mail revenue fell by 6%.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

email marketing is one of the most effective channels for nonprofit organizations. Here are 5 nonprofit email marketing mistakes to avoid. . As a nonprofit organization, email marketing should be one of your top priorities. Around 42% of donors prefer to hear from nonprofits via emails. Buying mailing lists.

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Kindful

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

There was a time not too long ago when digital channels like email, social media, and text messaging were seen as complementary to direct mail: the cornerstone of any robust donor communications strategy. Unfortunately, direct mail seems to have fallen out of favor with nonprofit communicators.

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M+R

DECEMBER 8, 2023

TL;DR: Digital advertisers might see some turbulence, email fundraisers should be fine. They might be used to track lead source information, track uses of donation form, or identify which email a user donated to. This is the red highlighted portion “utm_medium=email”. Apple Mail is Apple’s email client.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

At Allegiance Group, when we talk about fundraising writing, we focus primarily on direct mail and email appeals directed toward individual donors. Being in the business of improving direct mail and email fundraising campaigns for nonprofits, as I am, you start to see patterns of success and failure.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Consider looking beyond email marketing to social media to establish what kind of content your audience responds to by testing different types of content and using the results to inform email marketing and strategy. Auto-generated emails are also a wonderful way to add personalized touches to your communications.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Payment platforms; donor database; smartphones; and growth in email, social media and other channels have made a huge impact. Since 2015, so much has changed that it's making sustainer giving much easier for donors and nonprofits.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Direct Mail Fundraising is Responsible for 60–80% of Revenue Online donations’ popularity continues to rise, but direct mail isn’t dead. In fact, 60–80% of all fundraising revenue is raised through direct mail. It can be difficult to track people who read a direct mail appeal and respond by donating online.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

But first, let’s compare how the major communication channels of direct mail versus digital communications play a role in donor retention. Direct Mail versus Digital Communications . A prevailing myth in the nonprofit sector is that traditional mail has been phased out by the internet.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2021

Instead, you can support and build upon your current efforts with marketing on new channels. Digital marketing can reach new heights when it’s supported by a direct mail marketing campaign that works in tandem with your online strategy. To explain how this works, this article will discuss how direct mail can: Build Momentum.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 13, 2023

It’s also important to note that this time period often sees high levels of mailed-in gifts, so while online giving is an important piece of the puzzle, there’s still more to come on the total cross-channel impact of the last week of the year.) Nearly 318 million emails(!) to engage supporters and raise much-needed funds.

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Roundtree

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

6 Ways to Improve Your Donor Emails. Email remains one of the most important channels of communication. It is cost-efficient for the organization and gets more engagement than other forms of communication, like social media or direct mail. How can your organization send donor emails that improve open and click rates? #1:

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Texting is a unique channel because it’s immediate; it’s useful for sharing information and links to websites; and most of us carry it around with us in our pockets. Mobile messaging is becoming an increasingly popular communication channel for nonprofits. Why should nonprofits use mobile messaging?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 8, 2021

It’s important to determine goals and objectives , understand your audience , and develop a coherent message as first steps because having these pieces in place will help you identify the best medium or communication channel for each nonprofit message. . Your channel is the vessel in which you choose to share your content.

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

on the NTEN Blog , NTEN’s Holly Ross writes: “For those of you waiting for the direct-mail death toll, it looks like you’ll be waiting a while longer. There are not just pure “online donors” and “direct mail” donors – there are donors who choose to mix it up. In MultiChannel Donors: Real? Where to go from here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). your neighbors. your family members.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Your marketing strategies and the marketing channels you use can drastically affect your fundraising success throughout the year. Nonprofit marketing refers to all of the different strategies your organization uses across the various channels of communication to spread awareness about your cause and gain new supporters for your mission.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Click here for practical tips on improving your email program this year and here for an in-depth look at three reporting tools every nonprofit should have to improve their fundraising strategy.). In today’s digital age, it might seem somewhat nostalgic to talk about direct mail. You started out in direct mail almost 17 years ago.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

Collaborative overload is the burnout that results from our over reliance on e-mails, meetings and other online collaborative technology tools that have, ironically, limited our ability to get stuff done. There are several ways to address this situation without resorting to moving to France where after hours emails are illegal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2023

Nowadays, life’s moving fast, and donors really appreciate the option to give when they want to, without dealing with going somewhere or mailing a check. When it comes to online giving, donors don’t have to stress about being there in person or mailing in their support.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This can take the form of vehicles like written mail, face-to-face or phone conversations, electronic communications, or any combination of these. With Bloomerang, it’s a cinch to create, edit, and send high-quality personalized emails to your donors and supporters.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

For example, which email received the most clicks and why? Your plan should include your campaign’s messaging, theme, channels, and follow-up plan, for starters. A timeline can help you break down the various pieces and deadlines and get a simpler overview of when you should send emails, film a campaign video, etc.

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M+R

MARCH 14, 2024

In 2021, the Museum sent 10 separate email sends, three Facebook posts, and didn’t do any paid advertising. They also felt too focused on Penny Pi, a Pi Day character the Museum had invented that was prominently featured across channels and was even an email signer. By uniting the creative, we built a cohesive campaign.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Social media, digital advertisements, websites, and email have improved nonprofit audience outreach and fundraising. In this guide, we’re going to focus on one of those outlets in particular: email. We know that simply sending an email isn’t enough, especially if you want to see the full value that technology can provide.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Here’s what we’ll be covering to better utilize marketing for donor engagement: Core Nonprofit Marketing Channels . Integrating Marketing Channels . Core Nonprofit Marketing Channels. Let’s focus on these four main channels: Direct mail. Yes, physical mail can be a part of digital marketing!

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