Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

A well-defined brand supports your marketing and fundraising efforts and lets people know instantly what you’re about. You can also emphasize your headlines and key phrases by bolding them, increasing the font size, and capitalizing the letters. Your brand is how people feel when they think of your organization (or visit your website!)

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2013

There’s no magic answer to the ideal calibration of layout, copy, images, fields, offer and headline that drive the highest possible levels of donor acquisition. Be sure you have what donors are looking for: The “https” in the URL and the visible lock (see Children Now example at right). Want to see how your fundraising measures up?

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2021

Despite the fact 57% of people who watch a nonprofit video go on to make a donation, video still seems skill- and cost-prohibitive for strapped fundraising professionals. There are tons of fun and random holidays nonprofits can take advantage of to create unique and interesting fundraising appeals. Keep it personal. Show your skills.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

In rural Boone County, West Virginia, Jennifer Massey bathes her children in contaminated water. For example, you could use a series of headlines from the local news such as this (again, fictional): June 9, 2017 — The Daily News: Shelter Takes in 87 Abandoned Dogs. Telling a story doesn't have to take pages and pages of text.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

are now integral parts of our online communications and fundraising campaigns and like any tools of value, they requite a minimal level of financial investment. Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.),

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2020

Consider employing livestream fundraising to let them continue to support you even if you decide to temporarily close your doors. . The International Association of Children in Museums: A curious guide for courageous kids . Your staff and community members care about your mission and want to help! .

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2015

Voices are constantly peppering you with how to simplify your donation form, employ stronger calls to action, and use headlines that even a 15-year-old playing a video game wouldn't be able to ignore. Create a team-based fundraising campaign. But what about all the other ways visitors can engage with your nonprofit online?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

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). And not just fundraise. A Spain-based non-profit, their main goal is to create shelters and foster homes for poor children and elderly people. Provide Hope.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And if you’re watching this recording, I hope you’re having a good day, no matter when and where you are because we are here to talk about the four-step plan to get more donations and greater fundraising results. So like you said, the four-step plan to get more donors to grow your fundraising results. I’m Steven.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

If all you’re here for is a list of email ledes you can use for fundraising or advocacy messaging, you can go ahead and skip right to that part. In order to ground things a bit, we’re going to include an example of each type of lede from a hypothetical environmental organization sending a fundraising appeal on the topic of climate change.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has forced the nonprofit fundraising world into the digital-only space almost immediately. While some organizations have had the capacity and savviness to hop onto this trend early, others are still trying to figure out where to start with online fundraising. Though we can’t promise $39 million).

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

They have a good headline at the top of the page, and they use a three-column layout that mirrors their branding throughout the site. We changed the headline to convey value, gave the copy contextual placement near the form, and moved the email acquisition form into the eye-path of the visitor. Randy Hawthorne.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Everyone has heard of the Make-A-Wish Foundation —the romantic nature of granting sick children their wishes can touch even the coldest of hearts. You’ll find plenty of pictures of children whose dreams have come true thanks to this nonprofit. 45 million was raised by nonprofits through Facebook fundraisers on Giving Tuesday.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 18, 2019

Without them, copy or headlines can become boring and predictable. For example, you might say, “Imagine the smiling faces of the children you’ve helped by donating toys.” Instead of saying “We’d appreciate your donation,” you can say “Your investment will help children for years to come.” The importance of power words.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

One nonprofit used online channels to surpass their year-end fundraising goals. For example, if you write about a shortage of clean water in the world and then link to a website that is dedicated to providing clean water to children in Africa, then Google will read your page as clean water shortage + Africa.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Feature a Clear Call-to-Action Headline. The most effective way to answer both is with a clear and compelling headline. The best headlines are succinct and to the point but also tap into the reason your donors are motivated to give in the first place. The first two questions of any visitor to a web page are: Where am I?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Feature a Clear Call-to-Action Headline. The most effective way to answer both is with a clear and compelling page headline. The best headlines are succinct and to the point but also tap into the reason your donors are motivated to give in the first place. Here are 10 tips to help you improve your year-end donation pages: 1.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Web publishers use RSS to easily create and distribute news feeds that include links, headlines, and summaries. Include outreach to bloggers as part of your online fundraising campaigns. Why not ask your supporters how many of them have a blog or web site where they would be willing to promote your fundraising campaign?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2017

Nonprofits like Médecins Sans Frontières, Medical Teams International, Save the Children, and the Salvation Army have become leaders in using the digital landscape to inform, engage, and motivate donors to give following a disaster. The last critical element to accelerate actigving was to connect social media channels to giving.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 5, 2021

I also like the fact that the content is separated very clearly by topics such as “fundraising,” “news,” and “shop online.” The rest of the email copy follow suit, speaking to adults with children. But what I really want to highlight is how they divide up the newsletter sections with great headlines.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). When writing your fundraising appeals, it’s important to opt for the latter.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Save the Children. Real-time fundraising thermometer. In addition to encouraging donations, North Shore Animal League also enables supporters to raise money on their behalf through an integrated Blackbaud peer-to-peer fundraising tool. Top Nonprofit Website: Save the Children US. North Shore Animal League. Ontario SPCA.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) works to protect the rights and improve the lives of children in the Middle East through aid, empowerment and education. There were guards stationed everywhere throughout the camp and when she came back she knew that she wanted to do something for the children there.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In April, President Biden shared his American Families Plan , which aims to support low and middle-income families and children. million to Cerritos College’s woodworking program made headlines as its largest donation to date. Community colleges are a critical access point to higher education in the United States.

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