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9 Ways to Use Text Messaging for Your Virtual Fundraising Event

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By harnessing the convenience of the mobile phones donors use daily, you can transform your virtual fundraising events into engaging, revenue-boosting opportunities. 1) Promote your virtual fundraising event. We’d love it if you could help us with our virtual gala on March 20. Try it from your mobile phone now!

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The Use of AI in Fundraising: Maximizing Donations with Data-Driven Asks

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These include direct mail, phone calls and messages, and in-person solicitations. Artificial intelligence is also changing how we personalize donor experiences and maximize donations. They can also benefit from smart donation asks. And it leads to more donations and a greater impact. Nonprofits can embrace AI.

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Virtual Fundraising: 5 Tips for Moving In-Person Auctions Online

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To maximize efforts and drive greater donations, below are some critical steps to keep in mind before jumping on this emerging trend in online fundraising. As resources may be limited, it’s best to target items that won’t take a lot of phone calls or research to request. 5) Ready your virtual gavel!

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How to Show Donors the Impact of Their Donations to Your Nonprofit

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According to the Fidelity Charitable Overcoming Barriers to Giving Report, 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations. That’s why supplementing online fundraisers with follow-ups that show the impact of donations is so powerful. Whether with an email or a text message (or even a phone call!),

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

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In a June 2020 Engage by Cell webinar , marketing expert Ric Militi of InnoVision Marketing Group shared, “Text messaging is one-on-one communication with your donor coming through the most private part of their phone. Building Your List of Cell Phone Numbers. With text-to-give, the donation is charged to the donor’s cell phone bill.

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3 Emerging Fundraising Trends for Nonprofits

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1) Virtual and Augmented Reality for Donations. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are two technologies that are popular in the gaming industry because they provide an immersive experience. Virtual reality does this by creating a digital environment that you can explore with a headset and headphones.

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Virtual Holiday Fundraiser Ideas

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Since shifting to the virtual event space, event planners have had to come up with creative ways to continue hosting profitable events. Instead of limiting connection and engagement, a virtual fundraising event can strike all the right notes with a target audience while helping the fundraising efforts reach a greater number of people. .

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