Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2010

His analysis looked at Apple’s flimsy excuses for their policy of prohibiting donations. He examines possible solutions to the problem – like in-app donations – which unfortunately would mean that Apple would take a 30% cut! I love my iPhone,but I don’t want to support a company that is so nonprofit unfriendly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for January 2012 illuminating that Pinterest now drives more referral traffic than Google+, YouTube, and LinkedIn combined will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To take advantage of this trend toward recurring giving, your nonprofit will need to look inward at its donor data. Your data can reveal hints about donors’ giving preferences, giving capacity, willingness to give, and the reasons why they support your cause. In this case, you may aim to upgrade donors to a larger monthly donation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Socialbrite

MARCH 8, 2020

Donorbox is a powerful and efficient next-generation fundraising system that allows organizations to raise more donations, implement smooth donation management, promote fundraising campaigns in a variety of ways and establish lasting relationships with donors. 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Bangalore, India. Project Charley.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! In short, great storytelling tugs heartstrings and that’s step 1 if you want a donation. Your donation of $7.32

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2012

appreciated for the donations or pledges they contribute on a timely. Here are some hints for improving your nonprofit's relationship with your key donors. You will be surprised just how much this matters and can make the difference for their donation next year. However, many donors are not happy with the.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. Facebook Fundraisers are a relatively new fundraising tool, but they’re already driving a major boost in revenue for some nonprofit organizations. Additionally, Facebook has made both creating and donating to Fundraisers a highly streamlined process.

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Candid

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We all know how important year-end giving is for nonprofits. Social media is an important part of this plan and can help drive donations. But beyond that, there’s another way to use social media that your nonprofit should consider for making the most out of the giving season.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Customer personas (like mine above) are not just for marketing professionals, they are also incredibly beneficial for nonprofits seeking to understand who their donors are, why they give, how they like to be communicated with, and what their barriers to giving are. Website analytics: help us track donation page interactions and web traffic.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

On Giving Tuesday, many nonprofits and donors alike use the #GivingTuesday hashtag to find nonprofits participating in the big day and donors who want to contribute to them! This is a great time to set up your GivingTuesday donation page, plan a few publicity blasts, and start approaching donors about commitments.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Obviously, I was flattered, but also anxious to deliver a lecture that could bring true value to nonprofit professionals. . Now I recognize that many nonprofit organizations may not be able to send their team to conferences, so I’ve rounded up an overview of the ten social media mistakes discussed at Planet Philanthropy: . was born.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

As a nonprofit or educational institution, you know firsthand the importance of fundraising to support your mission programming. Payroll deductions: When a company offers a payroll deduction program, employees can have a set amount of money automatically deducted from their paychecks and donated to a chosen nonprofit organization.

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CauseVox

JUNE 15, 2021

“What kind of fundraisng event should I run for my nonprofit?”. Nonprofits are always looking for unique, creative, and effective fundraising events that will help them to stand out from the crowd. We’ve gathered 12 top-performing fundraising event ideas for nonprofits to inspire your next event. Walk or Run. Host A Challenge.

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Kindful

JANUARY 5, 2022

The Nonprofit Advertising Benchmark Study is a report from Whole Whale , a B Corp digital agency that works with nonprofit and social impact organizations. Whole Whale works with nonprofits and published this data to help organization leaders have a better idea of how to set their fundraising and advertising budgets.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

And how they feel about their experience of giving to your nonprofit determines whether or not they stay in the relationship. Too many nonprofits think they’re doing a good job of building relationships, but they’re not. They want to feel good, knowing they made a good decision to give to your nonprofit.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Just about every nonprofit made major changes in 2020. Like a balloon that you inflate and let the air escape from, your nonprofit isn’t going to look the same after. Today is the day you’re going to shed the “vacation” mentality of training your nonprofit staff and volunteers. Here are five steps to get them there.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2010

In January 2010, I was quoted by Association & Nonprofit BizNow for saying: “[Heather] envisions a mobile app with a GuideStar database of nonprofits that would make it possible for people to donate to any organization at any time. Now in its initial launch, a different nonprofit is featured everyday.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Since 2012, thousands of nonprofits have run campaigns on CauseVox ’s fundraising platform. Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Livestream Event. 5K/Marathon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2012

UPDATED 4/3/12: If your nonprofit has yet to start using Pinterest , then hopefully new data released for March 2012 revealing that Pinterest now generates more referral traffic than Twitter will motivate you to start pinning – or at the very least to sign up and reserve your first choice of usernames (hint, hint!).

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 26, 2022

However, over the past two years of the pandemic, there has been a massive shift to digital outreach that nonprofits now rely on to increase impact. These nonprofits then, in turn, have begun to need digital marketing/analytics/content and other digital-first work done by staff and AmeriCorps members. . Are intake webforms working?

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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. Though they have tutorials and customer support, setting up your site to accept donations can be challenging. Of course, you’ll have a home page, and then you need an About page and a Donate page.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

As we approach the end of the calendar year, many of your donors will be thinking about end-of-year donations to your organization. Maybe that means you are sending an email to encourage your constituents to donate – you can use the event information to make that email more personal. Consider Accepting Non-Traditional Donations.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2022

Hint: If you use a CRM, you’re likely already paying for automation tools! Drip campaigns,” or a series of timed emails triggered by actions like sign-ups or donations, are a common way organizations use automation to provide steady, responsive information to audience members right when they’re ready to engage. Marketing automation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 11, 2010

We (the two partners of OpenIssue ) shared a cab from the Atlanta airport to the hotel when we arrived for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference. I’m hoping that someone (hint, hint) will write the blog post or report taking off on this work, and articulate the major nonprofit use cases for Social CRM.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Average Donor Lifespan x Average Donation = Donor Lifetime Value. This is why it is important not just to focus on keeping track of donors after they give their first donation, but also on building strong relationships with them before they donate at all. In fundraising, we talk a lot about donor lifetime value.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Whether you’re looking to acquire new donors , want to spread the word about your programs, need to recruit volunteers, or are looking to expand your reach, Google Ad Grants can get your nonprofit in front of more people. Google Ad Grants is a program aimed at helping nonprofits share their causes with the world. But how do they work?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2013

Get ready to hear some great insights from an experienced marketing pro that has a passion for serving the nonprofit community and Blackbaud customers. — It’s very easy to become paralyzed by the variety of opinions about how to optimize donation forms. 2. Don’t distract from the act of donating. Don’t distract them!

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 27, 2021

What Should You Say to Get People to Donate? 5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE! Knowing where to look and what you’re looking for will minimize wasted time and maximize the number of best matches for your nonprofit. The 10 Roles and Responsibilities of a Nonprofit Board of Directors.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 14, 2022

This guest post was contributed by Double the Donation. New and developing nonprofit technology is constantly paving the way for improved fundraising and overall donor experiences. Here are a few tried-and-true best practices to follow: Promote matching gifts throughout your nonprofit website. Online donation form.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2022

Fundraising for any nonprofit can be a challenging task. As an animal-related nonprofit, you often compete with other similar organizations, not to mention thousands of other deserving causes, for every donation. In addition to direct funding, they can often offer your nonprofit numerous types of fundraising support.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

” Online donor acquisition is essentially about creating new relationships with people by getting them to donate during a specific moment or campaign, or by acquiring emails (and the permission to keep the relationship going) from people that may go on to donate to your organization in the future. Sending messages of support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Auctions and raffles are a fantastic approach to sell things that get a lot of attention and generate significant donations for your cause, but using the latest in online software, there’s no reason you can’t simply set up an online shopping page to raise funds as well. 8) Digital download donation rewards.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

But if you want to get even deeper insights, do an in-depth review of a similar nonprofit’s practice – whether it be broad – such as digital marketing techniques or narrow such as analyzing specific techniques as part of a content strategy.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Guest post blog submitted by: Donately, a nonprofit technology provider. A major part of that process will be making sure your site holds your donors’ attention and gives them access to easy-to-use online donation tools. Design a straightforward online donation form. . Donation buttons . Call-to-action language .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Fork over your lunch money to a local Austin organization and Convio will match your donation! Play Hard, Do Good T-Shirts from Goodthreads with art by Mike Rhode – snag yours with a donation to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. Lunch from 12-2: Refuel your stomach and mind with lunch brought to you by Convio. Sketchnotes by Mike Rhode.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is the fourth part in my series about learning how to test the usability of your online donation form and website with real donors. Moreover, usability testing is an invaluable tool for improving your website design and increasing donation conversions. Task #2: Now, you are considering making a donation. Anyone can do it.

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