Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

It takes time to build trust, and it can take time to find the right tool to build trust at scale. Here are four examples of major players who successfully sell trust as well as the details on how they make their money, what we can learn from them, and how selling trust drives revenue. How they make money: The U.S.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 2, 2022

If your subject line can create this curiosity gap – it’s open rate city for your newsletter. . Here are some examples of nonprofit newsletter templates from great organizations when you’re ready to work on what’s inside. Because people are busy and they don’t have time to read a novel. Keep it short and sweet.

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Association Analytics

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re responsible for member retention, you have your renewal rate committed to memory, right? You are most likely doing everything you should -- calculating your retention rate on a regular basis, being consistent in your retention formula and sharing results with key stakeholders. Retention rates aren’t one dimensional.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 4, 2023

When you get more than 200 donors, you may be eligible to mail at nonprofit postage rates as low as 19 cents per piece (as of July 2023). Below are my 5 top tips to save you precious money and time when preparing your own appeal. Uses USPS address placement standards and ensures your letter set complies with the tap test.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

One example of thought leadership is this blog! You want to provide the most relevant and engaging resources, content and events, at just the right time, so you keep them moving through their journey. But in order to do that, you have to think about what you’ll do to engage them and how you’ll measure it ahead of time.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I want you to have the confidence (and your leadership team to have the confidence in you) that with data and time, you can make annual giving work for your organization. Keep them out of it for now (we can always test that later.) Using a CRM that has dynamic constituent lists will save you time and effort. Plan for your year.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 7, 2024

But the good news is that nonprofits benefit from higher open rates compared to regular marketing emails. Your real test lies in converting these opens into donations. To improve your nonprofit email marketing, focus on sending relevant messages to your donors at the appropriate times. Here’s a terrific example.

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

You don’t have to spend much time on the site to understand the difference between outstanding and dismal. Each time you consider adding to your team, it’s a choice that has a critical impact on your organization’s future. People Architecture inspires and builds innovative HR business solutions one client at a time.

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NetWits

JANUARY 3, 2011

Direct mail may use different friendly URLs to test response rates. Email may test different “Donate” calls to action to improve click-through rates. Now that they’re one step closer to becoming a donor, event participant, or email subscriber, do you stop testing? Why is testing important? Are you sure?

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In today’s world, success is measured by more than just clicks and open rates. These tools help you see how your campaigns are doing in real-time, so you can optimize your marketing budget by spending your money on what’s working best. Let’s use email as an example. Do you know what your most effective marketing channel is?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The end of the year is a natural time for virtual house cleaning. UA is what many organizations think of simply as “Google Analytics,” the code that’s on all your website pages and the companion reports that show page views, bounce rates, click-throughs, conversions, and other metrics. What to do now.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

The past couple of years have represented a challenging time for nonprofit fundraising. As you incorporate these tips, work at fostering genuine supporter relationships, and strategize ways to improve the donor experience, you can generate more reliable revenue streams over time. Prioritize building strong supporter relationships.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. For example, retention rates tend to be higher for mid-level and major donors. Start with benchmark data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

The end of the year is a critical time for nonprofit fundraising. Online channels (email, social media, website, donation forms, and texting) encourage real-time interactions, personalized messaging, and taps into tech-savvy younger donors. However, this is not a universal rule.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

From what we know of the changes so far, the biggest impacts will be on open rate statistics and the ability to A/B test subject lines and preheader text. While open rate is a great statistic for assessing subject lines, luckily click-through rate still reigns supreme among email data. Email Opens + User IPs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

As a partner to thousands of nonprofits, Classy spends a lot of time learning about what makes each of them successful. A successful nonprofit dedicates time early on to master the details. They set aside time daily to prepare themselves with actions such as: Learning about new tools to enhance their campaigns.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

But you also want to respect your grantees’ time and resources and avoid asking them for information that you don’t use or that they have already provided elsewhere. Or you can track the time it takes you to fill out the form, either with sample data or by trying to collect similar data from your own systems.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2023

But as a practical matter this seems awfully time consuming, especially for a small shop. — Can’t afford the time Dear Can’t afford the time, This is one of those instances where you can’t afford NOT to find the time. These are quick, pure thank you’s and don’t take a lot of your time. You can afford it!

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

The end results are more efficient fundraising, more revenue, and more time for what matters. These algorithms are continually refined over time as more data is generated for analysis. But when looking at the bigger picture, even more valuable benefits become clear: Higher conversion rates through better-targeted donor lists.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

Your team tests the new solution with new data points to see how it responds and the accuracy of its outputs. You’ll further test and refine the tool over time the more you use it to support your fundraising. For example, let’s say you’re stewarding a mid-level donor that you think has the potential to become a major donor.

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

Maintaining a high retention rate means your nonprofit has access to ongoing, sustainable financial support. The average retention rate for the nonprofit sector hovers around 45% , meaning that for most organizations, less than half of their donors give again from one year to the next. . The donor retention formula.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2021

There should be a reason beyond the fact that it’s the usual time when you send out annual appeals. . Here’s a “you test” you can use from Bloomerang that also incorporates the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level reading test. Here’s an example: As you can see, the ratio of ego-centric to donor-centric pronouns is an astonishing 18:3.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. ” For example, @WomenforWomen : It’s also recommended that your nonprofit sign up for Twitter Blue for $2.99 (USD) a month.

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Media Cause

JUNE 27, 2023

For example, if you’re launching a campaign focused on reaching high schoolers and their teachers , consider the audience demographics and where each audience spends the most screen time. This can help improve your clickthrough and engagement rates and better solidify your organization in the minds of your audience.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Showing the impact of your organization by providing real life examples of your services and telling your story throughout the donor experience. Let’s look at some examples: Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester. Let’s look at some examples: Minds Matter of Los Angeles. Let’s look at some examples: FeedingNYC.

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2021

This allows you to successfully test and evaluate your personalization strategies and tactics. Your email platform, for example, likely allows you to customize your messages based on: Location Topics of interest Past actions taken Other behavior history data. Examples of basic personalization.

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Classy

JULY 30, 2021

Adding a personal touch to your email subject lines can help you increase your click-through and open rates. 5 Best Practices to Increase Your Email Open Rates With Sample Email Subject Lines. Adding a deadline to your email message can potentially drive its open as well as response rates. Pick the Right Time to Send.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 4, 2022

And the new tool arrived at just the right time. . MobileConnect became a reality through COVID as a way to send reminders for students to get tested and help support our safety efforts,” said Mead. . UMass Amherst currently hovers around a 60% email open rate when factoring in commercial and transactional emails.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

That’s the question I asked this morning on Qriously, a new application that measures public sentiment, in real time. As soon as the question is live, you start seeing the impressions and the responses, aggregated in real time. Do you believe you can change the world? It’s incredible!

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Drip campaigns can take some time to feel like they’re working. Can do a drip campaign where you tell a bit of the story at a time. . If it’s on your proper website, not a dedicated landing page, the bounce rate might increase with other shiny objects on the site. . Test and track. Can get lost in the mess of an inbox. .

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 31, 2020

A sandbox is a testing environment where you can test code changes separately from your live production environment. Only full sandboxes support performance testing, load testing, and staging. Salesforce is upgraded three times per year. Customers are upgraded automatically at least three times a year at no cost.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

It’s time to shift gears and give email the attention it truly deserves. According to the Nonprofit Email Engagement Benchmark Study by M+R , the average email open rate for nonprofits is around 25%, while the click-through rate hovers at 2.5%. Is it time to take a step back and reevaluate your communication strategy?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

You can still make it happen if you make the most of the remaining time. Here’s an example: “ Your generosity this year has provided education, meals, and housing to those in need, making a real impact. ” If you want to test your message on me, email me your draft and I’ll give you feedback.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

And how does their impact compare to those of one-time donations and gifts from major donors? If the answers to these questions are, respectively “not much” and “a distant third,” it’s time for a strategic realignment. If your nonprofit doesn’t have a monthly giving program , the time to start is now.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

The benefits of strength-based messaging Strength-based messaging encourages long-term and recurring giving, rather than a one-time gift to meet an immediate need. This encourages sustained donor loyalty over time. Example: A gift of $50 today can help a neighbor (not a hungry family) who faces food insecurity.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Let’s review three strategies for analyzing your donor giving patterns to create a data-driven fundraising and marketing strategy: Identify popular times of the year for giving. Identify popular times of the year for giving. Identify popular times of the year for giving. Their retention rate.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 18, 2021

that I don’t have the time to change it up regularly. Welcome emails have a 91.43% open rate. Welcome emails can create an 86% lift in unique open rate. Welcome email read rates are 42% higher than the average email. Welcome email read rates are 42% higher than the average email. What do you recommend?

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