NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

This article originally ran in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a free bi-monthly magazine dedicated to providing focused content on a particular topic. Jerry Krueger is the vice president of branding/operations for Alpha Dog Marketing, a firm that coordinates fundraising campaigns, newsletters and mailing for nonprofits across the country.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2015

This article originally ran in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a free bi-monthly magazine dedicated to providing focused content on a particular topic. In our January/February edition, we explored how to keep donors around all year. The biggest issue with donor retention is that most people don’t even realize it’s an issue.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

If your nonprofit is considering a new donor management system, whether it’s your first or an upgrade to your existing system, you’ve got plenty of options on the market. The first thing to ask yourself is if you’re sure you want a donor management system. You’ve got to first make sure you understand your own donor processes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In the sheer volume of donors, about 90% contribute online, however our largest donations still come by check. The Pay to Play schemes are what cause so much breeding, abuse and then abandonment, but the people paying for these photo ops and play sessions don’t know what they are supporting. What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 29, 2014

If you’re in the business of encouraging donors to hand over dollars to support a mission, you likely get it. Today, your job is much more focused on the percentage point in converting potential supporters into long term donors than being focused on the color of the new logo or the catchy headline. How do they consume information?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How many new donors do you need? Your SMART goals might look like these: Increase our donor list by 10%—from 950 to 1,045—by Dec. If you’re just starting out and only have 25 donors, you may be able to quadruple your donors to 100. Your donor database: Your donor database houses every donor who ever gave you money.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

So, what do we do when our time is limited and we need to communicate with the community and our donors? Donor-focused storytelling is the difference between: “Jim now has a roof over his head thanks to our organization’s work.”. Direct mail. In yesterday’s e-mail, we promised you an extra special story of friendship.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

This article originally appeared in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a free bi-monthly magazine dedicated to providing focused content on a particular topic. To reserve your free copy of our January/February issue on donor retention, sign up today. ————————————————. By now, your appeal should be written.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 19, 2016

This article was originally featured in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a bi-monthly printed magazine offering insight from the best in the industry. But relationships, including the ones you have with your donors, don’t survive well on autopilot. In other words, you may be great at wooing and winning over donors.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This article originally ran in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a free bi-monthly magazine dedicated to providing focused content on a particular topic. Tom Ahern is an expert on using donor communications to increase fundraising dollars, and he works with organizations every day to help them achieve their goals.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 24, 2018

This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. I often cringe at the thought of going through old mailing lists, donor banks and other databases, and I would venture to guess you do, too. The Nonprofit Hub staff just finished cleaning out outdated lists, donor addresses, program users and more.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2014

This article originally appeared in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a free bi-monthly magazine dedicated to providing focused content on a particular topic. To reserve your free copy of our January/February issue on donor retention, sign up today. ————————————————. New donors at or below your average gift amount.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

Write a blog post asking your supporters to send an e-mail to Congress, to attend an event, or “Like&# you on Facebook. If you get written up in a magazine or the local paper, write a couple of short paragraphs about it and link to the article. Interview experts, volunteers, donors and board members. Post calls to action.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. Rejoice, fundraisers—after months of hearing “I only give toward the end of the calendar year,” donors are finally in the spirit of giving. Create a calendar indicating when you plan to reach out to donors, post on social media, send out emails, etc.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2012

You have development directors that reach out to donors directly, the overarching house file receives solicitations, their may be a direct mail program, and finally social media based fundraising. Direct mail and purchased media (ads) by far represent the greatest expenditure organizations make. Consider fundraising.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 20, 2015

This post originally appeared in the July/August issue of our Nonprofit Hub Magazine. Of all the information reported by nonprofits, overhead, which includes employee payroll, utilities and other operational expenses, is often relied upon by donors too heavily. Sign up to receive the next issue in your inbox today.

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NTEN

JANUARY 6, 2012

he read about it in an in-flight magazine. There will be no strategy about how to how to get the word out about the campaign; what impact the campaign might have on current donors; how the campaign will be integrated with other campaigns; how donors will be identified, thanked, or resolicited; or what constitutes success.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This article originally appeared in our November/December 2015 issue of Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a free bi-monthly magazine. It’s a difficult process when you’ve been sending emails and direct mail pieces to your list, waiting for the donations to roll in and… crickets. Where exactly are the right donors hiding, again?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

The easiest way to conduct these interviews is through e-mail or over the phone, but for the enterprising blogger with a penchant for journalism, in-person interviews provide the opportunity to get action photos and video interviews. Newspapers and magazines publish these sorts of articles regularly because they generate buzz.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

loses 70% of donors after the first gift. And to make matters worse, the probability that a donor will make five consecutive gifts is only 10-15%.These By the time you’ve added a new donor, half of your previous new donors are out the door. A timely thank you gives the donor confidence you received their gift.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. And almost all executives were resisting letting go of control and embracing the new concept of empowering supporters and donors to be content creators and fundraisers for their nonprofits online.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

GivingMail – Direct Mail Design. Their approach centers around engagement – both of your donors and your organization’s leaders – and sustainability, leading to lasting growth that will carry your nonprofit forward for years to come. Meyer Partners also provides: Donor cultivation and upgrade campaigns. Donor list rentals.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Back in the Jurassic period of fundraising — oh, about the early 1980s — things were different… If we wanted information, we subscribed to a magazine, bought a book, or paid to travel to and attend a seminar. And donors have access to 990s, annual reports and watchdog reports without leaving the comfort of their couch.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Also, in my upcoming webinar on How Nonprofits Can Successfully Launch and Maintain a Blog on WordPress , I will give concrete examples of the nonprofit blog content ideas below as well as how to set-up and design your blog and craft your blog content to ensure that your supporters and donors will actually read your blog.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2013

The house I’m renting has had at least a dozen past residents and each time I receive a magazine or solicitation piece sent from a nonprofit they were involved with, all I can see is dollars wasted on my table. Moving forward, you can foster more meaningful relationships by keeping in touch with your donors.

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

We are here to talk about where to find potential donors to support your cause. We’ve got a good old-fashioned donor acquisition webinar for you today. But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond these webinars or if you’re a first-timer, Bloomerang is also a provider of donor management software.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 29, 2011

There’s a great article in the latest Advancing Philanthropy magazine about using volunteers to get more work done in your office. Here are some things I’ve used volunteers for over the years: Help with mailings. Sometimes there are occasions to send donors or volunteers a thank-you card. Special events.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2015

In fact, we dedicated the September/October edition of our magazine to it last year. Your end-of-year ask should not be restricted to a mailing or two in December. It’s not just about a tax deduction), set up landing pages and go through your mailing lists to make sure they are up-to-date. Be thankful.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 25, 2014

You might feel like you’re stuck between steady revenue and reaching new visitors: your donor base is aging, but investing time and energy into attracting younger people doesn’t seem to result in the donation dollars you need. Here’s what your membership or donor benefit structure might look like today: Free admission. Free Parking.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 25, 2014

You might feel like you’re stuck between steady revenue and reaching new visitors: your donor base is aging, but investing time and energy into attracting younger people doesn’t seem to result in the donation dollars you need. Here’s what your membership or donor benefit structure might look like today: Free admission. Free Parking.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The top channels included "read about the campaign in a newspaper or magazine" (23 percent); "an appeal from a friend through social media" (23 percent); "at a live event (i.e., On average, donors would contribute up to $23 using mobile giving. A fundamental tenant of mobile giving is that it should lead to deeper donor engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Also, in my upcoming webinar on How Nonprofits Can Successfully Launch and Maintain a Blog on WordPress , I will give concrete examples of the nonprofit blog content ideas below as well as how to set-up and design your blog and craft your blog content to ensure that your supporters and donors will actually read your blog.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

Erica Waasdorp will show you how important recurring giving has become, and how best to bring them in – with minimal time and effort, but with the large focus these sustainable recurring donors deserve. We’re here to talk about recurring donors, oh, yeah, best practices for unlocking the mystery that is recurring donors.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2014

One day, they returned from school with orders to sell anything from popcorn and candy to gift wrap and magazine subscriptions; as parents, we were left to do most of the legwork. No other staffing is required, which frees up time for other fundraising efforts such as donor relations. Today, fundraising is a little different.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

Online monthly giving has grown by 40% in recent years as recurring donation options become increasingly popular among donors. Your organization can take advantage of this effective fundraising opportunity by encouraging more of your donors to become recurring contributors. Higher donor lifetime value. Benefits for your donors.

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Care2

JULY 19, 2007

Online Acquisition Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 04:10PM | by Karen Taggart As a former direct mail diva, I have a constant debate in my head about which type of donor/member acquisition is "best" – online or direct mail? July 18, 2007 | Michael "Cant we all just get along" Donor silos are set to fail.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

Online Acquisition Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 04:10PM | by Karen Taggart As a former direct mail diva, I have a constant debate in my head about which type of donor/member acquisition is "best" – online or direct mail? July 18, 2007 | Michael "Cant we all just get along" Donor silos are set to fail.

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