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Tech Tools Working Together: How Text-To-Donate Paves the Way for Text Message Communication

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Spamming is illegal, and often goes straight to a junk mail folder. In contrast, text message spam is almost always viewed, making it more annoying to donors. One of the quickest ways to build a list of cell phone numbers is through a text-to-donate or text-to-give mobile platform. Opting In & Opting Out.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

With social media, comments are increasingly rarely on blogs and there’s a good chance that the comments you do get are spam or argumentative for the sake of being argumentative. 3) “Donate Now” CTA on the Human Rights Watch blog. The conversation has shifted from blog comments to social media.

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Free (and Cheap) Mass Texting for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

The FCC is also a lot more strict about SMS spam versus email, so you have to do it the right way (here are 5 ideas to get your organization started with mass texting ). Text-to-give/Text-to-donate/Text-to-pledge tools. This is not a typo, they offer free text-to-donate tool with keywords against the shortcode 44321. SecureGive.

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10 Elements of an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Blog

Have Fun - Do Good

Moderate your comments if you are concerned about inappropriate remarks, or spam. Interviews (written, audio, video). Donations made from a link to your donation page from your blog. You'll build community and provide a useful information filtering service for your readers. Facilitate commenting Allow commenting.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What if we were to audio and video record interviews with politicians and put them on the web? He got a donate now button and raised $10,000. Do you think you have responsibility that money is donated through your network is well spent? What if networked better and created stronger communities of practice?

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5 Nonprofit Newsletter Ideas to Engage and Inspire Your Supporters

Neon CRM

To make it even more impactful, you would frame your progress in a way that shows how donations have helped. For the literacy foundation in our previous example, you may decide to do a short interview with one of the volunteers who originally worked with Ada. They’re not just ignoring it or letting it go to spam.

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33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You may also want to listen to a 30-minute radio interview I did about the book on May 17 which also discusses how social and mobile media has changed since the release of the book. and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0: and Web 3.0.