Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

They are going to decide then whether or not they want to unsubscribe because you’re sending them spam or if they want to stay engaged with your organization. It’s largely up to you, but I recommend including the following components in your donor acquisition email series: A thank you email from your Executive Director. Click here.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

The direct mail world was broken the instant the first email was sent, but 80% of all email sent is spam. The newspaper classified ads were broken forever by the Internet, thanks to a one-two punch from the likes of Monster and Craigslist. And the nonprofit fundraising world is being broken a little bit at a time too. Kiva breaks it.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I like to joke that I have had every job that is a Rubik’s cube in the nonprofit world, staff member, board member, founder, executive director. I’m going to share some website tweaks to help you boost your conversion rate for online gifts. Maybe we segment our major gift donors. . I want you to write that.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 17, 2016

Oscar One-Off Donor Susan Sustainer Marta Major Gifts Vince Volunteer Malik Millennial + Nellie Newbie Eddie Engager + Emma Event Attendee Luna Lapsed Donor. Reporting to your board of directors. With that information, you can then make a tailored ask to turn that occasional gift into a monthly or weekly one. Marta Major Gifts.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 7, 2021

Out-of-the-box capabilities for managing campaigns and appeals, engagement plans, householding, and gift processing are designed to break down silos and empower your organization’s mission. NPSP, together with Sales Cloud, enables organizations with prebuilt solutions based on typical nonprofit use cases.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I have to admit, I hate asking people for money and I know you’re like, “Wait a minute, I’m a development director. Our gifts are going to go further.” Maybe you challenge your board chair to give that first gift and then ask them to challenge your whole board to give a matching pool of money.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

Many museums are protective about how frequently they send messages to members and other lists, fearing that they will be ignored or perceived as spam. Of course, this fear stems from the uncomfortable reality that most museum communication is spam—unwanted information about events or exhibits. Museum emails are almost always shouting.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 6, 2021

Before we dive in, check out this advice from Susan Dannemiller, Executive Director for Children’s Day Preschool. Sending your welcome series as a weekly email may be the best compromise for getting donors to know your nonprofit without sending them so many emails they view your communications as spam. Get The Templates.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

We have raised funds for many hundreds of nonprofits by mail, and dozens online – a total exceeding half a billion dollars, largely in the form of small gifts. However, there is little disagreement that direct mail is the greatest source of new donors and directly accounts for a substantial proportion of all philanthropic gifts.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2021

By sticking to the basics: great case, a plan that people can see themselves in, engaging current supporters in meaningful ways, identifying and engaging new supporters the right way: inviting them in as partners, not just a gift…and looking to add new/different ways to give that make it easy for someone to act — as well as share with others.”.

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