Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2010

Nonprofits with national and international name recognition do great on Facebook in terms of growing a large fan base, but many small to medium-sized nonprofits struggle to achieve the elusive Facebook ROI (Return on Investment) – website traffic, new e-mail newsletter subscribers, mobile subscribers, online donors, thumbs up and comments i.e,

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 13, 2021

Guest post blog submitted by: GivingMail, a leading provider of direct mail solutions. In order to truly maximize your fundraising efforts and better engage with the individuals who help fund your mission, an integration between direct mail marketing and a digital channel is a huge step in the right direction. . Let’s dive in!

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

AI can completely change how nonprofits engage donors and prepare for fundraising appeals. For instance, AI can quickly rank individual donors by their likelihood to give to a direct mail appeal right now. . Can an organization raise more by contacting a smaller, more targeted group of donors?

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Kindful

MAY 21, 2021

When it comes to event donors, 2020 has taught us a lot. Event donors still want to give, even when they aren’t attending the event in person. In some ways, virtual events make it much easier to convert these once-a-year event donors into powerful monthly donors. Don’t skip or neglect your big one-time donors.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

But what we’ve found is that when you implement what works, your donors will always come through for you. The latest numbers from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), reveal the number of donors industrywide fell for the ninth straight quarter in Q3 2023. Donors were down 7.6% and new donors were down 16.9%.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 18, 2018

We’ve rounded up six ways to reach out to millennial donors to help boost your fundraising efforts. Rethink mail asks. If they are, then they’re hearing your asks there, and like other donors they don’t want to feel bombarded. First, millennials move around, a lot. You can read more about that here. Swag offers.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

If it’s already in process or in the mail, excellent work! Clean up your mailing list. A clean list , with the most current email and mailing addresses, will save you money and help you reach the right people fast. Don’t just mail or email a letter and hope to raise money. Be donor-focused. And good news!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tricia Marsherall is the Founder & President of Marsherall Partners, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit donor database management & operations support and virtual & traditional fundraising events. What type of information is tracked outside of your main donor database? Prospect portfolios? Event data?

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

If email or mail appeals are a part of your GivingTuesday strategy, segmenting your audience could make a big difference for return on investment (ROI.) Donors want to know what your organization is accomplishing with their donation dollars. Perhaps it mentioned a specific initiative that donors really liked!

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

Nonprofit budgets are often tight, and each of your campaigns should aim to hit as high a return on investment (ROI) as possible. To better analyze your campaigns, you’ll need to understand a few fundamental metrics, including ROI, cost per dollar raised (CPDR), and cost per acquisition (CPA). ROI = (Output / Input) X 100.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

According to a recent study by Campaign Monitor , email marketing has an astonishing ROI of 4400%! Social media, on the other hand, lags behind with an average ROI of 94%. When it comes to reaching your fundraising goals, email reigns supreme (after direct mail and face-to-face, of course). But what about reach?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I love them as a major donor cultivation tool, but I hate them for everything else! Attendees often don’t convert to donors. Here are the positives (potentially transformational): Major donor prospects are often inspired to give or give more if proper attention is paid to them. Donor conversions.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

To succeed, it’s important to grasp the basics of three strategies: email fundraising, direct mail fundraising, and fundraising events. goals are: Specific: Make your fundraising goal clear and well-defined, whether it’s a specific fundraising amount, a target number of donors, or achieving a particular outcome or impact.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Obviously, donors want as much of their donation as possible to go to your programs, to help change lives. On the other end of the spectrum, if you’re spending more than 25% of your total income on fundraising and administration, your donors may be turned off and stop giving, which means your programs may suffer. And fundraising.

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Kindful

JULY 8, 2021

Some fundraising strategies cost more than others, just like some donors cost more than others if they have poor retention rates. . Rated by cost-effectiveness based on the cost to raise a dollar, the two most expensive fundraising strategies are direct mail acquisition and special events. So, why do we do so many events? .

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NTEN

JUNE 29, 2011

When it comes to nonprofits – and particularly, nonprofits on Facebook – we're all looking for the answer to the question: What's the ROI? The truth is, ROI can be calculated in a variety of ways. At EDF, we wouldn't disagree with that, but we do think it has the potential to become a competitive source of donors and activists.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

For-profit companies have relied on these strategies for years to serve up relevant content and personalized experiences to deepen engagement with their brand, and donors now expect that in their interactions with nonprofits. . Performance analysis solutions help you understand programmatic strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 3, 2022

This includes the cost to design, mail, print, and create the appeals, as well as the time that your staff spent working on the campaign. This will help you understand donor trends, such as if you reached a new audience, if the average gift amount increased, etc. . Retention rate of last year’s campaign donors .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

As a general rule, donations pages should be simple, optimized for mobile giving, and ask for the minimal amount of information required to make a donation and to capture a donor’s contact information. It’s also worth sending a postcard campaign to your one-time donors asking them to become monthly donors.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leveraging a secure payment solution throughout the donation process strengthens donor trust and allows them to use a convenient payment method. With this functionality, donors can tap their credit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay digital wallet onto a mobile device and have their gift processed through the Bloomerang mobile app.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

If you’re looking for a new way to raise funds, engage donors, and build connections, look no further than a charity golf tournament. Besides the obvious fundraising power, golf events spread awareness about your organization, build and advance partnerships, and provide meaningful donor stewardship and outreach.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

To help you understand this, let’s look at Campaign Monitor’s research which states, that ‘ donors prefer email.’ Around 42% of donors prefer to hear from nonprofits via emails. So, to ensure that your emails reach out to potential donors, segmenting must be taken seriously. Buying mailing lists. Poor segmentation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

For those 79% of nonprofits out there, I have listed 10 social media metrics below that can be easily tracked and plotted on a Social Media Return on Investment (ROI) Spreadsheet ( Download ). If you don’t already, get access to your website’s traffic logs and track and plot unique visitors on the Social Media ROI Spreadsheet.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2010

A couple of years ago I put together the "social network" calculator as a free resource to assess the opportunity cost of recruiting email subscribers and donors online. ROI (Return on Investment) in its simplest form has has a very specific mathematical definition. link] or [link] if you want to tweet it. (Ha! The irony).

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Qgiv

MAY 31, 2023

Social media is a very effective method to connect with current and potential donors. When you increase engagement with them, you’ll find new followers, build deeper relationships with the followers you already have—and turn your followers into donors. But where do you start? And how do you build engagement? But When and Why?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2011

On Sunday the cost of sending mail via the US Postal System goes up ( see exactly how much ). Certainly for those of us mailing things, this is a bummer but it doesn't mean we should stop our mailing efforts. Direct Mail + Internet = Integrated Success. Consider designing your direct mail with the following in mind: 1.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Between all the events , phone calls and mailings your plan can bring you and your team back to the most important activities. You must apply strategic planning, knowledge of your donor base, and a forward-thinking approach to fundraising in your preparation efforts to create an attainable, yet ambitious plan. List Your Resources.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Spend time strengthening donor relationships. For example, if you discover your donor retention rate is falling, you can focus on donor stewardship in the months leading up to Giving Tuesday to boost retention. Or, you may notice your donor base is trending toward a certain demographic, such as younger donors.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 26, 2015

A 330 percent revenue increase per mailing. Even with a small sample size, this group reported a 41:1 return on investment (ROI) when asking for donations through email using a dedicated online engagement system. Compare that to the 5:1 ROI estimated by users of just a donor management and email systems. The result?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 26, 2015

A 330 percent revenue increase per mailing. Even with a small sample size, this group reported a 41:1 return on investment (ROI) when asking for donations through email using a dedicated online engagement system. Compare that to the 5:1 ROI estimated by users of just a donor management and email systems. The result?

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TechImpact

AUGUST 19, 2014

Whether it be a phone call, email, or direct mail sent out, through a CRM, your nonprofit can track how a person responds to a certain type of communication method, know whether or not they’ve donated, how they’ve donated, and almost anything else you want to track. End users are lost, and training finds them.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 12, 2011

With the postage increase looming, you may be looking for opportunities to reduce your mail stream without reducing your net income. Many nonprofits use the RFM selection strategy in order to identify whom to mail for a certain appeal. But I digress.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

This prohibited us from building important relationships with our community, including our donors and volunteers. Direct mail fundraising was relatively accurate in PFLAG’s legacy fundraising system, but membership updates were coming in through a clunky external tool that was hard to manage. Results Following Implementation.

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Classy

JULY 7, 2021

When it comes to converting supporters into donors, the payment options you offer matter. This helps organizations meet donors where they like to give with an easier checkout experience. Here’s what you’ll take away: ROI proof points for digital wallets and ACH in the donation process. Donors Receive a Simpler Giving Experience.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

That’s because all nonprofits have similar goals, including connecting with more donors, boosting their donor retention rates, and developing strategic, sustainable partnerships with other organizations. Donor stewardship. Donor stewardship. Therefore, your fundraising strategy should address several key elements.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

2) ATTN Donors: Have you ever donated to a nonprofit organization through your cell phone? [ [link] ]. 4) ATTN Donors: Do you prefer to give $$$ to your favorite organizations via: [ [link] ]: 71% The organization’s website. 13% Check/snail mail. 2% Our organization does not publish an e-mail newsletter. [ [link] ].

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 11, 2009

I thought it might be useful to compile a list of all of the commercial donor databases I’m aware of. This list came from my head, my bookmarks, and lists compiled by NTEN and Idealware for their donor management software surveys (and I’m not certain all of these are actually donor databases). Donor Quest.

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