Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Craft a minimum of three different headlines and use a tool like Advanced Marketing Institute’s Headline Analyzer to gauge the most effective subject line. Test your subject lines. You’ll want to spend as much time on your subject line as you do on the content. Body Copy: Every email that you send should have a goal. Engagement?

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

In the Simple Development Systems’ donor communications model, we’ve always recommended both a print and an e-newsletter. Your print newsletter serves as a stewardship device, one where you share your donor’s impact and simply make them feel good about their support. Consider testing an email welcome series.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

In fact, some people check out your site first before they decide whether or not to donate, just to see if you’re legit. Building a donor-friendly website is a complex job – part marketing and part technical. Though they have tutorials and customer support, setting up your site to accept donations can be challenging.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 6, 2014

Anyone involved in nonprofit organizations or running fundraisers knows that getting donations is not always easy. Many professional fundraising groups have found new patrons by accepting online donations in addition to the traditional methods of receiving money. There are many benefits to utilizing online donation options.

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NetWits

JANUARY 3, 2011

Direct mail may use different friendly URLs to test response rates. Email may test different “Donate” calls to action to improve click-through rates. Now that they’re one step closer to becoming a donor, event participant, or email subscriber, do you stop testing? Why is testing important? Are you sure?

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Before Covid-19 became headline news, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank had already identified optimal web performance as a critical organizational need. For the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, that collective curiosity took the form of testing. That curiosity is the catalyst to learning more about our donors.”.

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Classy

JUNE 16, 2021

To assist with participants’ success, nonprofits can create fundraiser toolkits that provide guidance both technically for the peer-to-peer fundraising sign-up process and strategically for outreach to potential donors. Encouragement for the fundraiser to be their first donor to show others their commitment to the cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

While the big names like The Red Cross and Make a Wish have the headlines and the brand recognition, most nonprofits are bootstrapped organizations filled with passionate workers and volunteers doing what they can with limited resources. The CRM is the single source of truth for the organization, tracking all engagement for each donor.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 9, 2018

Last year’s 23% growth in overall online fundraising shows a clear trend in how donors prefer to give. Leading the pack is mobile giving, which accounts for 25% of all online donations made. Text-to-give donations. Online donation pages. Make The Donation Process Easier. Fund a need campaigns.

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The Fundraising Authority

MAY 8, 2021

This powerful combination of targeting and effectiveness makes Google Ads extremely valuable for organizations looking to drum up more donors, increase site traffic, and expand their reach. We recommend selecting a lower limit as you'll need to leave some budget for testing. So, the traffic your ad generates is very targeted.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2023

In the ever-evolving digital world, it’s essential that nonprofit websites are visually appealing and functional to engage with their audience effectively, convert visitors to donors, and achieve their goals. Landing pages are an excellent opportunity to employ A/B testing to optimize conversions. Add landing pages.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Your board, donors, and activists love it too. Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Look for opportunities to test different calls-to-action and other key content that is important to your organization. Test 3-4 new Facebook Ads: Test different ad types (promoted post, sponsored story, etc.),

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2021

Getting website visitors to come to your nonprofit’s donation page is one thing—but getting them to donate is another thing entirely. If you’re wondering how to get more donations online, start by asking yourself the five questions below. Does my donation page seem like a finish line or a starting line? Action Item #1.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Before we dive into those factors, I think it’s important to discuss why SEO is important for nonprofits and how donor preferences are driving the need to invest in search. Donors are shifting their preferences to online giving as their preferred method of donating to causes they care about. Last year saw a 7.9%

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With the all-important year-end giving season here, nonprofit professionals like you are busy developing the right messaging that will drive donations. Consider donating to support our mission. There are only three more days left to get your donation matched by an anonymous donor. Conduct A/B testing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

These include: Encouraging donations from donors and potential donors. Building a donor base or subscriber base by collecting contact information from those subscribing to newsletters, white papers, and other resources that you make available. How Can You Use a Google Grant?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Your use of these tools to recognize actions takers and donors, pinpoint locations and customize your content can boost your clickthrough rates. . Your email asking people to sign a petition will always have higher clickthrough rates than the message asking them to donate. There are two basic ways to run a test. Full Test .

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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. But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang, we are a provider of donor management software. Steven: Yeah.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2021

Getting website visitors to come to your nonprofit’s donation page is one thing—but getting them to donate is another thing entirely. If you’re wondering how to get more donations online, start by asking yourself the five questions below. Does my donation page seem like a finish line or a starting line? Action Item #1.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. When done well, email newsletters can be fast and cheap for you and heartwarming for your donor, basically meeting everyone’s needs. Stay in touch with donors to create regular communications (consistency).

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond these webinars, we’re actually a provider of donor management software. And I absolutely love helping fundraisers fundraise more confidently and delight their donors and boost their donors’ loyalty. I’ve tested it. That’s what Bloomerang is.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Improving your website donation pages is the single best way to raise more money during the year-end giving season. You’ve already invested so much effort in attracting supporters to your donation page - it’s important to take a few final steps to make sure that they complete the process. What can I do here?

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Headlines should be short. Experiment with A/B Testing: Try sending out two different versions of your e-newsletter to small samples of your list -- either with different subject lines, different copy or both. 60) Search « What Makes A Campaign Go Viral? Ask them what they like and dislike about your current e-newsletter.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Imagine you're redesigning your donation form. Deceptively simple questions like these may come up: How many steps should we have in our donation form? What's the best language to ask for donations? In this situation, there's only one way to know for sure what's best: test it for yourself. Should our form be one column?

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

Whether it’s aid workers, blood donors or people who have been helped by the American Red Cross, they make everyone feel welcome and appreciated. In fact, 55% of people who engage with nonprofits on social media end up taking an action, while 59% of those people make an online donation. of traffic to donation pages on #GivingTuesday.

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Care2

JULY 26, 2007

Receive monthly updates Update on Friday, June 11, 2010 at 01:10PM by Justin Perkins A couple of years ago I put together this "social network" calculator as a free resource to assess the opportunity cost of recruiting email subscribers and donors online. Email me (Justin at care2team.com) if youd like to help beta test it. The irony).

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

Receive monthly updates Update on Friday, June 11, 2010 at 01:10PM by Justin Perkins A couple of years ago I put together this "social network" calculator as a free resource to assess the opportunity cost of recruiting email subscribers and donors online. Email me (Justin at care2team.com) if youd like to help beta test it. The irony).

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2017

It made for interesting tweets and blog post headlines about online giving trends, but it wasn’t very useful. That means that half the online donations are above the median and half of them are below the median. Here are 5 facts about online average donations: 1. What should you do with these online donation statistics?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Receive monthly updates Update on Friday, June 11, 2010 at 01:10PM by Justin Perkins A couple of years ago I put together this "social network" calculator as a free resource to assess the opportunity cost of recruiting email subscribers and donors online. Email me (Justin at care2team.com) if youd like to help beta test it. The irony).

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Although sadly our unabbreviated name is too long to fit the 25-character limit on ad headlines.) They might even make a donation or two. We’ve also found that the ads are a great way to test new messaging. 60) Search « Why Every Nonprofit Should Embrace the Web 2.0

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Is your audience most receptive to certain headlines or promotional offers? At the end of the day marketing is all trial and error, testing and comparing. This post offers insight on everything from A/B split testing headlines to really diving into conversion metrics. Do you notice a pattern?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2017

Years ago, I was hired to launch an nonprofit’s online communications and digital fundraising program, but there was a lot of resistance to incorporating major donors into the online program. Brace yourself for this: you can solicit major donors online. Offer Digital Engagement Activities for Major Donors. Guest Blogging.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 13, 2018

Include headlines and plenty of white space to make it easy to read. It’s important to alternate your message and format to avoid donor fatigue. The last thing you want is your donor’s initial thought to be “not again,” and then hitting delete or walking your mailer to the trash. Tip 6: Get social to reach new donors.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

How content marketing influences donor behavior. Thereby connecting all aspects of your message to donor intent. Intent meaning what types of content will compel donors to give a charitable gift. Begin by mapping out your content to support your donor’s journey. EDF used their donor list to target activists on Facebook.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

You’ve got 3 kinds of donors – the True Believer, The Casual Fan, and The Reluctant Tagalongs. Millenials: It’s been said that they’re flaky, hard to find, and donate once (but rarely twice). More and more donors are giving online, especially towards the end of year. Yes, even your older donors!

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Read on for our tips on writing a year-in-review recap that your fans and friends (and family) will actually want to read… Show, don’t tell Instead of spelling out for your supporters each way their donation dollars kept the needle moving forward for your organization, make your recap dynamic and visual.

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