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6 Tips on How to Use Social Media to Acquire New Donor Prospects

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Cabral, MA, CFRE, MFIA , founder of Development Consulting Services , which serves both fundraising professionals and executive directors new to fundraising, wanting to excel in their fundraising role, or advance in their career. This engagement series of emails would continue for a definite period.

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10 Content Marketing Stats That’ll Make Your Jaw Drop

TechImpact

Only recently has a definition of content marketing been widely accepted. Not only to prove the effectiveness or the role of content marketing, but to look at traditional marketing techniques, and their antiquatedness. Image courtesy of lmsShortSales. The marketing and advertising purists balked.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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4 ways your site should support year-end virtual fundraising

EveryAction

Nonprofits with well-designed, highly functional websites will have a definite advantage when it comes to reaching, engaging, and retaining more donors in years to come. Donations are the most important example when it comes to securing support, but your website’s navigation and design play key roles, too. Let’s get started.

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3 Tips for Keeping Gift Officers Motivated

sgEngage

As you work to implement your fundraising vision, its likely gift officers play a vital role. Gift officer managers can: Use some of the same techniques we use with donors to remind gift officers of how their efforts have impacted the lives of those benefiting from the mission. Keeping officers motivated is tough. Unclear is unkind.”.

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4 Communications Strategy Tips for Donor Retention

sgEngage

While acquisition is definitely a worthwhile goal, a sensible fundraising specialist will tell you that another top priority of any given fundraising project should be retaining the dedicated supporters that you already have. . Direct Mail versus Digital Communications .

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Surviving As A New Nonprofit: 12 Focus Areas For Nonprofit Leaders

Bloomerang

Study good grant writing techniques and apply what you learn to as many as you can. You will save yourself a headache you definitely don’t need by simply slowing down and making sure you bring the right people into your organization. Look for start-up grants at State and Federal levels. . Get the right team members in place.