Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

as follows: Web 1.0 = Websites, e-mail newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons. is one person or organization pushing content out to many people via websites and e-mail newsletters. Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. People can post comments and converse with your organization in public for all to see.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

These resources are invaluable when looking for quality content to utilize and share on social media sites. If you have any favorites that you would like to share, please add them in a comment below. IconsPedia : A great source for free icons to use on your website, blog, Facebook Page, in your e-mail newsletter, etc.

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M+R

MARCH 14, 2024

We were also able to see comments from participants about WHY it was such a powerful statement. To execute that, the team launched a targeted direct mail appeal to one of their donor circles asking them to become “Founders” of Academy Day. The survey groups were members of the board, Museum donors, and the general public.

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Qgiv

MAY 31, 2023

You’ll need to tailor the post for each site. Reply to comments, messages, and questions quickly, politely, and personally. Ask questions that encourage your followers to answer in the comments. We provide direct mail, websites, email marketing, donor acquisition, and income problem solving. But When and Why?

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

In some cases, your mailings may not reach people because their mailing address has changed or has a typo. Using the list generated in the activity above, a board member can invite these new prospects to an in-person or virtual tour of your offices, program sites or even part of your website.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Create connections between your site and social profiles. You can even add a QR code to direct mail that leads to your organization’s account. Make sure to mention the contest in your regular emails and newsletters so your entire mailing list will know about it. Create connections between your site and social profiles.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Direct mail: For a more traditional approach, send fundraising flyers , event invitations, and thank-you notes to members of the community through the mail. Additionally, write search engine optimized blog content to drive traffic to your site. Build authentic relationships. Establish clear collaboration guidelines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. Anything else?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Within a few minutes and a couple of clicks, your nonprofit could have a new promotional video that you can use on your Web site, your Blog, in your e-mail newsletters, and on social networking sites. 2) People can leave comments. 3) You can see how many people have viewed the video.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Direct mail appeals are most successful with Baby Boomers. But most social platforms also will recognize posts that get a lot of likes, comments, and shares and will show those posts to more people. Many users voluntarily supply these sites with their name, age, geographic location, marital status, and more. Direct mail tips.

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NTEN

JULY 29, 2013

The gist of the email was: Want to stay on our mailing list? Some people received the email who shouldn’t have gotten the message in the first place, some weren’t sure why they were being sent to a YouTube video instead of NTEN’s site, and others read the email in a way we hadn’t expected them to. Let us know in the comments!

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Greater Giving

MAY 25, 2022

For a social media strategy to succeed, you need to connect with followers who comprise your target audience, would be genuinely interested in your content, and will then share and comment on those posts. Word-of-mouth. People tend to trust the recommendations of their friends and colleagues. Email streams.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Share with us, and we'll pick a commenter at random to win a prize. E-mail Metrics. You may send out 10 e-mails featuring cats, 10 about dogs, 5 with a picture of a horse, and so on. We do this with CRMs, web sites, and all sorts of geeky goodness, but, as with most things, cats make a better example.). Web Analytics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

This will change quickly as you build your communities on social media sites. In fact, social media has increased the consumption of e-mail. Every so often a supporter will testify to your good work via a wall or blog comment. Facebook/YouTube/MySpace Comments and Twitter Mentions. Mobile Subscribers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Nonprofits can easily design their profile on change.org to match their website and other social networking sites. Create an E-mail Petition. E-mail petitions are by far the fastest an easiest way to build your Change.org community. Learn More: 15 Steps to Launching a Successful E-mail Petition Campaign on Change.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

I went to the Web site but saw only an incomplete calendar of events for the next week (there are lots of concerts, tours, child projects there). Expensive to produce and mail, but it has no value to me. Tell us by clicking Comments below. NOTE: Here are some brief guides to strengthening your Web site and e-news.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Main | The ROI of Social Media » Friday May 29 2009 Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? The younger generation seems to prefer to donate online, rather than through the mail. junk mail,” Ball said.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

e-mail address protection. prevention of comment spam. user gives up trying to figure it all out and leave the site. user gives up trying to figure it all out and leave the site. For this reason, the security benefits of CAPTCHA include: . website registration protection. protection of donation forms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Likely a sign of best practices to come, their donation pages simply ask for credit card information and an email address (not a mailing address) and have an extensive offering of different ways to donate. A pioneer of crowdfunding and online fundraising, GlobalGiving.org is a site to study and learn from.

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NetWits

JANUARY 3, 2011

Direct mail may use different friendly URLs to test response rates. Most importantly, it will also track click-through and conversion rates, how many visitors left your site and when the test reached statistical significance. Please use the Comments box below to describe. Has your organization done any content testing?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

Just send the company your e-mail list and tell it what social networking sites those on your list are using, their demographics, the numbers of friends they have, how many widgets they’re using, even their interests. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), 2 admin 06.11.08

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Though the social networking behemoth continues creeping toward 700 million global users, six million Americans quit the site in the month of May. The site also posted losses in Canada, the U.K.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow. While it is definitely true these sites could be here today, and gone tomorrow, your supporters will indeed migrate with you on to The Next Big Thing. The community was red hot.

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NetWits

JULY 13, 2011

Because of Twitters timeline based tweets, organizations with mobile libraries, blood drives, medical services or other site-specific services can find Twitter useful for communicating where they will be at any given moment. If you have mobile outreach services, consider using Twitter to update and share location updates. Timely Actions.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Did you know that most donors check out your web site before they make a gift? – whether they are giving on line or through the mail. Here are questions you should ask about your site to see if it is hurting or helping your fudnraising campagin. Does your web site represent you well ? What do you want visitors to do?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. In the weeks that have followed, Ichi’s e-mail provoked a series of responses from all over the world. I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 28, 2020

If you have a mailing list or a newsletter, send invitations to those people as well. As an option you can capture mailing addresses and send conference swag packs directly to your participants in advance of the event to increase team building and engagement. Optimize Registration and Landing Pages.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 27, 2012

Text: This e-mail has been sent from an automated system. Text: Your Transaction Report(s) have been uploaded to the web site: https://www.flexdirect.adp.com/client/login.aspx (links lead to [link]. Please do not respond or reply to this automated e-mail. questions or comments, please Contact your ADP Benefits Specialist.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Nonprofits that have been using Facebook for a year or more consistently comment “OK… Facebook is great, but how can we take our Facebook Page strategy to the next level?&# First impressions are important on social media sites, and this page sends a clear message that CMU gets Facebook and is taking it seriously.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2017

Have charities been able to learn from e-commerce sites like Amazon and Zappos to improve their online donor journey? Direct mail and other traditional fundraising channels are. For a children’s charity, HMA found that 73% of online donations were received from donors who already existed in the direct mail program.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

522 clicks to my site at a cost of $0.29 Even better, setting up a remarketing campaign on Facebook is extremely simple: First, you’ll need to set up a tracking code on your site. Note : Be sure to have a remarketing privacy policy visible on your site to inform visitors of how you may be using their information.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2011

If you have your own tips for nonprofit success, please share in the comments section below. Hello friends, it looks like the comment section was down, - it deleted a couple of comments - but is up and working now! Sorry about the missing comments, folks! Bio: Aaron Stiner serves as Sr. May 13, 2011 12:03 PM Kayla said.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At it’s heyday, a few hours a day sending friend requests and posting wall comments on MySpace profiles quickly resulted in large, thriving online communities. MySpace was and still is (for some) the easiest social networking site to grow a community quickly. MySpace is not just a community of poor people!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

Younger donors have different demands and the benefits of traditional membership are not enough to attract and enagement them. Ironically, the finding is echoed in this comment for the blog post over at WorkingWikily. This is troubling given the changing media landscape.

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2013

A: Click the session title or the "Leave a Comment" link to be taken to the session''s detail page. You can leave comments there. Our comments are moderated, and mean and/or inappropriate comments will be laughed at by NTEN staff, then promptly deleted. What if I have something to say about the session idea?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The idea is that people come to the site , commit to make a difference in their community and then tag their friends to join them – either by adding themselves to an existing commitment or by starting their own. Some have found the site confusing and have expressed frustration about it. About 23% of those tagged are joining the game.

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