NetWits

APRIL 5, 2013

Fundraising email click-through rates dropped 27 percent and response rates were down 21 percent from 2011. This follows a recent trend that email click-through rates have declined across all industries. Epsilon and The Email Institute’s Q3 2012 report indicated overall click-through rates have fallen from 5.5

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 15, 2023

UX or “User Experience” refers to designing while prioritizing the user and the way in which they interact with your product. For consumer-driven brands and nonprofits alike, understanding what UX design is is crucial for the online experience of your audience. For example: Messaging and design go hand in hand for UX.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 4, 2023

Website Design 94% of consumers/donors say that their first impression of a brand is based on its website’s design. [ 2023 Nonprofit Tech for Good Report ] 22% of nonprofits have websites designed for those with visual and hearing disabilities. per visitor. [ M+R Benchmarks ] Average online gift and mobile giving.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 23, 2021

For the last 5 or so years, there has been a trend in new donor acquisition : Response rates continue to drop while average gifts continue to rise. Usually, organizations use large compiled files that actually contribute to lower response rates. . Not all design choices have to cost an arm and a leg. C = Captivate your audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good The average growth rate for social media ranges from.64% Nonprofit Tech for Good has an average click-through rate of.4% 64% to 3% per month , depending upon the platform. In other words, the era of organic growth on social media is over.

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TechImpact

JUNE 6, 2014

If you’re unhappy with your email’s open rates, you might want to look at your design. With mobile becoming more and more important, having a responsive design for your emails is no longer a luxury, its a necessity. So, why a responsive design? But are your emails being read? Image courtesy of litmus.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2024

Neon One ] 72% of individuals say that the presence of a charity rating badge increases their likelihood of giving. Double the Donation ] The current donor retention rate is 41.9%. Classy ] 72% of individuals say that the presence of a charity rating badge on a donation page increases their likelihood of giving. billion—only 0.6%

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

What goes into creating and designing a successful nonprofit website that inspires action? There are a few steps to successful audience-centric design: Identify Your Audience: Understand all of the groups your serve and find out what makes them tick. Engaging Visual Design. What’s the bounce rate? Audience Analysis.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Consider these four tricks for increasing email open rates by tapping into the inner psyche we all possess. • Cognitive dissonance—a state of conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors—has been shown to increase open rates. So insert a query in the header and see if doing so increases open rates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2023

By CONCAT — the first website design and development company solely led by refugees and women from countries of conflict. 1) Use a top-rated Content Management System (CMS) platform. CONCAT is the first website design and development company solely led by refugees and women from countries of conflict.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As a designer for nonprofits, I constantly reference these guidelines when making design decisions. Now that you’ve gotten familiar with WCAG, I want to share some resources that have helped me comply with these guidelines when making design decisions. These tools are a great starting point for creating accessible designs.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here, we share recommendations on effective feedback practices, based on research we carried out with the Irritants for Change , a group of feedback experts and nonprofit rating and information-sharing platforms. At L4G, response rates vary by collection method, from a median of 64% for in-person surveys to 32% for emailed surveys.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The rapid rise of social media and mobile technology has had a profound impact on website design and email marketing, yet many nonprofits have not yet adapted to the new aesthetics and functionality of a mobile, social Internet. It was the final presentation of the website design and email marketing webinar. billion by 2020.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Use compelling design. Tie all of your year-end materials together by weaving a campaign-specific design through everything your donors will see, including emails, your website, social media posts, and direct mail pieces. Include a clear and compelling call to action. About the Author.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2016

The rapid rise of social media and mobile technology has had a profound impact on website design and email marketing, yet many nonprofits have not yet adapted to the new aesthetics and functionality of a mobile, social Internet. It was the final presentation of the website design and email marketing webinar. billion by 2020.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

Open rates have become overinflated due to machine opens and, for the first time in 16 years of producing this report, we have determined that open rates are no longer a metric we can include. Unsubscribe rates did not change much.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 30, 2015

With a few clicks a designer or administrator can see numbers of hits and click-throughs, time spent on specific pages, which pages and elements are being ignored and much more. The post The Importance of Heat Mapping for Truly Effective Website Design appeared first on Byte Technology’s Non-Profit Web Design Insights Blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2022

Brand guidelines expand on the decisions you have made with the design of your logo. They walk through how to use your logo, your brand colors, typefaces, and often include other assets of your design library. 5) Design Library. Look at this step as creating your first design collateral utilizing your brand guideline s.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2020

2) Conversion Rates. The mention of conversion rates often makes nonprofit pros cringe, because it sounds technical, like some jargon a marketer would use. By increasing your conversion rate to 1.5% Focusing on your conversion rate is one of the few things you can do that can truly multiply your results. 3) Engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 14, 2023

Ask your website designer if your website is verified with through Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools. For example, nonprofits are not required to maintain a minimum CTR (click through rate) to stay compliant with the Ads for Social Impact Grant. If it hasn’t been verified, then it needs to be!

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

This theory explains that our brains are designed to think in two ways: System 1, which is instinctual, and System 2, which is rational. The Two Systems of Thinking Can you see how these two systems of thinking could have influenced the design of the donation forms from Greenpeace and Amnesty International?

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Charity Village

JUNE 29, 2023

However, despite the nonprofit industry’s average donor retention rate of 45%, organizations all over the world are struggling to keep their donors coming back for more. Summary: Did you know that retaining donors is 5 times more cost-effective than recruiting new ones?

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Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

As a bonus, many associations find that repeat event attendees also renew at higher rates. ( Do your repeat event attendees also renew at higher rates? ). This data shows that attendees at the three year point have the highest drop-off rate. (Do We test our assumption by designing a targeted A/B email test for this group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Packed with practical, how-to advice and customized for small nonprofits on a limited budget, this free webinar will stress the importance of professional website design and strategic email marketing and fundraising. How to format web and email content to increase your click-through rate. • Tips for growing your email list. <<

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

We used some Human Centered Design techniques from their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book. It was the most stimulating web platform strategy session that I have ever experienced! What is Human Centered Design? We were asked to place the green sticky tabs on a detail that we liked.

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M+R

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We’re talking about website design today: specifically, web page images. Test 1: UCS and the Campaign-Specific Header The Union of Concerned Scientists asked: Does including a visually compelling, campaign-specific header image with a donate button increase the click rate and revenue per recipient? We’d love to hear from you!

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 5, 2023

By 2008, association technology was stagnant, and Nimble AMS began to design a blueprint for innovative technology with association-specific solutions. With an average 5-star rating, Nimble AMS undergoes Salesforce security re views for each product release and our team partners with Salesforce for any needed updates.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Setting Clear Goals Usually, the mission statement will reveal the overall goal for an organization, but are often overreaching by design, possibly broader than you need for setting data-driven goals and objectives.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Optimizing your healthcare organization or hospital’s website design ensures patients and community members can find the information they need quickly. A professionally designed website can help establish your organization as a reputable, trustworthy institution. Make your donation and volunteer opportunities easy to find.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2011

The content is important, but it is only half of the instructional design task. For this exercise, it would have been helpful to have people in each group with some prior real life experience designing an ROI study. What are your tips and tricks for designing and delivering effective webinars?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

6) Add charity rating badges and program vs. operating expense graphics. If your nonprofit has been reviewed by Charity Navigator , the BBB Wise Giving Alliance , Charity Watch , or GiveWell and your reviews are good, then add your rating badges to your donation page(s).

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Don’t despair—WordPress is well-known for its intuitive and user-friendly interface, making it well-suited for those unfamiliar with web design. Regardless of how familiar you are with WordPress or web design, you’re sure to gain valuable insights with these top tips. Bounce rate. Conversion rate.

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NTEN

AUGUST 22, 2013

In late spring of 2012, one thing that had been on my radar for awhile was an interesting correlation between our membership renewal rates and event registrations. After presenting this finding to staff, my hypothesis was that if we were able to increase event attendance, we should see an increase to our struggling renewal rate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In the early, nascent days of the Internet, webmasters treated their users as if they were monoliths – everybody got the exact same pop-up, which ran on every page of the site – annoying users and suppressing conversion rates. Let’s explore a few key tenants of making pop-ups work for your nonprofit: 1.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In their survey, they asked nonprofits what their current donor retention rate was: about 60% said they didn’t know and the rest had an average donor retention rate of 45%. On average, donor retention rates increase based on the average gift amount. For donors who give gifts under $100 the average retention rate is 25%.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Each episode is packed with insights , strategies, and real-life experiences designed to help you flourish in your fundraising endeavors. How This Nonprofit Retains 46% of Their Donors with Amy Gibson Nonprofit Nation The Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie, increased their donor retention rate from 26% to 46%. Listen to this episode.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 10, 2021

In this hour-long webinar on 8/18 @ 3 pm ET, we’ll be exploring: What donors are looking for (and expecting) when they donate online Top 7+ features that have the most impact on your conversion rate Practical next steps to help you optimize your donation page for conversion Real examples of donation pages designed for optimal conversion.

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