Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

This change would leave many of our donors (without email addresses) in the dark when it comes to news and feel-good stories about the organization. We continue to solicit donors using direct mail and emails. Here’s why: Donor retention continues to be the biggest problem in nonprofit fundraising. Print newsletter or email?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

In the 2018 Charitable Giving Stats from NP Source , 77% believe everyone can make a difference by supporting causes. Does the CRM enable you to send emails directly from the platform or does it require the implementation of an outside tool to address this communication channel? Can all aspects of donor communication be personalized?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Simply getting emails out the door can be a challenge for nonprofits. Crafting relevant, interesting email on a regular basis? Actually, it’s a common challenge for all email marketers. The Most Effective Way to Improve Email Relevancy. It's a series of emails automatically sent in response to a certain action.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Last year for a research study, I signed up to get emails from 152 Canadian charities to see how they were capturing emails and then what they were sending when it came to fundraising (more on why and the research study here ). The Size and Quality of Your Email List Is the Leading Indicator of Your Ability to Raise Money Online.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 20, 2014

The truth is, without the help of data, effectively planning a fundraising strategy or maintaining high donor retention numbers makes a hard job near impossible. People get new email addresses, get married, divorced, have children, get sick, move to new locations and the list goes on and on. Where do you fall in these stats?

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) is the industry standard for donor retention stats and other related donor engagement metrics. How to use it : Your organization should be prioritizing donor retention rates as part of its operations.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

In most circumstances, nonprofits regurgitate some version of their mission statement or present irrelevant stats, neither of which put the focus on what the person can do. Ever struggle with How to Get Your Emails Opened and Read By the Right Person ? But Gail Perry has 10 super practical tips for smarter emailing.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

This helps increase donor retention rates, which leads to more revenue. You can use it to keep an eye on your donor retention rate, campaign progress, and more. These features include donor portals where fundraisers can view their stats, such as how much they’ve raised so far and who is giving to their pages. Customized reports.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Donor love is the act of showing that appreciation via thank-you emails, handwritten notes, kind gestures, donor appreciation events, and other methods. How to create a donor appreciation letter or email. One of the simplest ways to show donor love is to send a message to donors via letter or email.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

That helps significantly with donor retention! Not only do you gain a reliable revenue stream, your donor retention rate for monthly donors can be as high as 90%! Did you know that it takes an average of 90 seconds to respond to a text compared to the 90 minutes for an email? There are a few different ways you can do this.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

An email receipt is great, but if you can attach a locked PDF version of the receipt, that’s really helpful for donors. These interactive templates are full of stats and tips! For example, you can have a block that displays if a donor gives a little bit more to cover transaction fees. Attach a locked PDF.

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Achieve

JULY 28, 2022

The previous stats show that the number of transactions completed through mobile devices increased by 50% this year. . In addition to being user-friendly, text donations enable nonprofits to easily raise donor engagement and retention. . However, there’s another giving trend on the rise and it’s here to stay: mobile giving. .

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Retention rate (of participants, team captains, team members). Encourage fundraisers to send email and post to social media. Number of emails / social media posts per fundraiser, email / social media conversion rate. Percent of participants who are on teams and similar stats, team size, team retention rate, etc.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

Here is a sample of what we will be discussing: 5 Key Trends to Explore for Your 2013 Campaign Strategies: Emails Sent : Emails being sent decreased in every event type, as much as 16%. What is your retention plan and how is it different than your recruitment plan? Do you have a program to recruit and cultivate Team Captains?

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The truth is, without the help of data, effectively planning a fundraising strategy or maintaining high donor retention numbers makes a hard job near impossible. People get new email addresses, get married, divorced, have children, get sick, move to new locations and the list goes on and on. Where do you fall in these stats?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

A Creative Re-Engagement Email Campaign by DJ Waldow on the Brand Driven digital blog. This post highlights the success of NTEN’s campaign to re-engage the 24,000 subscribers who had not opened an email from them in the past year. The Next Generation of American Giving study is continuing to be a hot topic. Did I miss anything?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Stats Time! Each month the Ambassadors make several direct connections with their local organizers via email, the phone or social media and are offering personal support to organizers who are looking for new topics, co-organizers or need to puzzle through a challenge. Net2Local has been busy over the last six months.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2013

Number of emails (and social media posts) per participant. For example, if you have a repeat attendance rate of 12 percent and your peer events post 20 percent retention, you’re working extra hard to recruit new people. Common peer-to-peer benchmarks include the following: Repeat attendance. Number of participants. Team participation.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Are you having trouble getting people to read your emails? 16% retention rate . What channel (direct mail, email, social media) the gift came through. Funders are going to eat those stats up! Data becomes useful only when it's applied to problem solving. That's where you start. 129 have donated again in 2010.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

It’s no surprise that participants returning to an event send more fundraising emails, receive more gifts, and raise more money than participants who are new. In fundraiser stats, cycling events outperform all other event types. Cycling participants, team captains, and women lead the fundraising pack.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You can show your value by demonstrating the relationship you have to engagement, recruitment, and retention. Become familiar with the CSR research available and pull the data or stats that will help inform your colleagues. Timing is everything, learn the best day/time to send emails. Human Resources. Print is not dead.

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Neon CRM

JULY 19, 2023

Just remember to segment your email lists so that donors who have already given don’t receive those reminders as well. Here’s another tip: Make sure that these reminder emails don’t include the word “reminder” in the subject line! Revenue on that day was down 13% from 2021, with email revenue down a whopping 22%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. You can also add contact information which will add a “Contact” button, a “Call” button, or an “Email” button to your profile depending upon which contact information you provide.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Here at Bloomerang, we specialize in donor retention. Retention is the key to maximizing your fundraising strategy, and appreciation is at the root of that strategy. Remember the stat from before? Plus, a good recurring donation program provides consistent funding for organizations and increases the retention rate.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Here at Bloomerang, we specialize in donor retention. Retention is the key to maximizing your fundraising strategy, and appreciation is at the root of that strategy. Remember the stat from before? Plus, a good recurring donation program provides consistent funding for organizations and increases the retention rate.

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Qgiv

JULY 12, 2021

Email Fundraising Statistics. Email Fundraising Statistics. Email has the highest return on investment of any marketing channel ($40 for every dollar spent!). of donors who support from an email are doing so on a mobile device. of donors who support from an email are doing so on a mobile device. 12% said animals.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

From donor retention rates to percentages detailing fundraising success or failure, social media likes to e-newsletter pass-ons, statistics, in the most basic sense, let them know if their efforts are being rewarded in monetary returns and supporter encouragement and engagement. are ready for the last-minute deluge. •

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

One bit of evidence that this is working well is that our client retention rate is about 99%.and Philip King: Ask about their client retention rate: I think this is key. Dont just fire out the same blast email to everyone. Other interesting stats: the growth of referrals from Facebook and mobile browsers (more on that below).

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

I sent them out in a reminder email about an hour ago. How many email addresses you have now? And if you have monthly donors, you segment them out in your email, you segment them out in your mailing, and then you can track to see how they’re responding. The other thing is the retention rates go up. What am I doing?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

So be on the lookout for an email from me with all those goodies. Maybe you send one email, and you don’t do any direct mail. Maybe you do like, you know, five emails and like four direct mail pieces. Just choose in the poll how many appeals mail and email you sent. You will not miss anything. Type in or choose.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Keep reading today’s blog because we scoured the int ernet and grabbed all the best stats and trends to help you navigate the upcoming year. . According to HubSpot’s 2020 State of Marketing report , video beat out heavyweight contenders like email, blogging, and infographics as the most used type of marketing content.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It’ll be in an email from me. Gosh, I think I saw a stat earlier this week that said only 10% of disaster response donors continue with an organization, 10%. So again, did someone come in as a major donor, did someone come in on email, or did they come in on direct mail? Is it direct mail, is it email, is it both?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). The ones that have gone dark and stopped responding to or opening your emails?

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It’s cheaper to do than you might think, and stats show that your appeal will be 50% more likely to succeed if you do! Those stats you used earlier? Prepare email blast /newsletter copy. Email blast to re-engage donors and remind them of your mission and ask for contributions. Do include visuals and a video.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

The statistic of 28% are repeat donors or 72% are new donors – points to the need for nonprofits to not only use social channels and crowd funding platforms to attract new donors, but more attention needs to be give to engagement and retention. Always thank your donors via email, social media, and handwritten notes.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

It’s cheaper to do than you might think, and stats show that your appeal will be 50% more likely to succeed if you do! Those stats you used earlier? Prepare email blast /newsletter copy. Email blast to re-engage donors and remind them of your mission and ask for contributions. Do include visuals and a video.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2024

Your event software should have a support portal , free resources, and chat or email support to answer any questions. All attendee interactions—like signing up for your event, opening emails, and interacting with your social media posts—are logged on a chronological timeline. Technical support. User-friendliness.

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