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10 e-Newsletter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Despite the rapid rise of social media, more online donations are made from a click in an e-newsletter than any other source. That was a 21% decrease from the previous year, but the decrease is mostly likely due to poor online fundraising practices , such as not having a mobile-optimized donate page and e-newsletter design.

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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. The conversation has shifted from blog comments to social media. 3) “Donate Now” CTA on the Human Rights Watch blog.

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11 TwtPoll Results Nonprofits Can Use to Plan 2010 Communications Strategies

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2) ATTN Donors: Have you ever donated to a nonprofit organization through your cell phone? [ [link] ]. 5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 5) Does your nonprofit poll your online donors about what communication tool inspired them most to donate on your Website? [ [link] ]. [ [link] ]. 15% We already do!

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Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The experience has made me acutely aware that access to information about trends in nonprofit technology, online fundraising, and social media often does not reach small NGOs – especially those in rural areas. It’s important to be aware that e-newsletters that are sent BCC often trigger spam controls and are blocked by email servers.

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Five Types of “Tips” Nonprofits Can Post on Foursquare Venue Pages

Nonprofit Tech for Good

However, be authentic and don’t spam tens or hundreds of Venue Pages with the same Tip. Simply add posting Foursquare Tips to your weekly social media routine. Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Social Networking and Location-Based Communities.

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Causes New Features: Automated Welcomes To New Members - Good Relationship Building or Viral Spam?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, one thing that annoyed me about Causes, that it was time consuming to welcome new members and thank them personally once they joined or donated to the Cause. It's an important principle of building online community - greeting new members. Then again, I am probably not the demographic that is targeted.

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First Reflections on Jumo

Amy Sample Ward

Could mean that users don’t have a way to manage the amount of posts (read: spam) that could get through to them… I got an error that said only letters, spaces and punctuation were allowed… no numbers?! As Marie Deatherage pointed out, “Did you see that 15% of donation goes to jumo, about 5% to network4good?