NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

One of the basic tenants of successful fundraising is donor stewardship. These emails help educate the donor on your mission and should show them how their gift is put to good use while thanking them for their support. Make sure the subject line is an intriguing headline, not “April Newsletter from Our Charity.”.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

In my book, Simple Development Systems: Successful Fundraising for the One-Person Shop , and in all of our Basics & More classes, I outline the necessary elements for a strong fundraising program powered by donor communications. Here’s why: Donor retention continues to be the biggest problem in nonprofit fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A photo accompanied by a concise story or a short video with an attention-grabbing headline should be right there to introduce your visitor to the essence of your organization’s work. Don’t lead with a photo from your latest fundraiser. Maybe you have a professional photographer among your volunteers who can help with this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

That helps contribute to the fact that on average women only make 77 cents for every dollar that a man earns. That said, here’s a tool kit to help you ask for that raise and get it. 4) Read more books. Now I am lucky if I can get through a first chapter much less read an entire book in less than 6 months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Their marketing has tangible results: in 2012 alone they raised $33 million, and over $8 million of that was raised through their online fundraising platform. As each fundraiser shares their campaign with their personal network via word of mouth and online, the number of people who know about charity: water quickly multiplies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Also, Defenders of Wildlife is listed as an “Example of Excellence” in the book. Also, Defenders of Wildlife is listed as an “Example of Excellence” in the book.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Let’s look at a couple of experiments we conducted with nonprofit organizations to help re-order the conversation in order to create a more logical flow, and increase conversions. This is an email acquisition page for an e-book offer for a higher education organization. Getting the elements of your landing page in the right order.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2023

Charitable giving is essential to your nonprofit, but fundraising can be one of your most daunting tasks. With donations and goodwill on the upswing, it is critical to understand how to fundraise for a nonprofit. Every organization has unique goals and methods, but all fundraisers for nonprofits use common terminology.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

This week guest blogger Gail Perry is back with her top tips to help us all raise more money by mail. Direct mail is the most important fundraising and communications tool you have. Here’s a smart guide to help you nail all aspects of your mailing package. Using the right envelope as a fundraising tool. Thanks Gail!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2012

Jocelyn is passionate about helping nonprofits to succeed online so that they can change the world! As Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Network for Good , she is privileged to lead the team to help over 5,000 nonprofits raise more friends and funds online. I like people, words, technology and telling the truth.”

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

So you launched your new website and have an online marketing plan in hand to help you reach new audiences. Not to worry, here are some tips that Avi Kaplan and I of Rad Campaign compiled to help nonprofits rock your online presence. Note , this was adapted from the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Amy Sample Ward and I.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

If all you’re here for is a list of email ledes you can use for fundraising or advocacy messaging, you can go ahead and skip right to that part. That catchy alliteration makes him sound like a comic book character, like Clark Kent or Lois Lane, Peter Parker or Bruce Banner. Read time: Kind of a while, tbh, but there’s a shortcut!

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Let’s look at a couple of experiments we conducted with nonprofit organizations to help re-order the conversation in order to create a more logical flow, and increase conversions. This is an email acquisition page for an e-book offer for a higher education organization. Do you notice any problems? Up, down, up, down, up, down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

Wikipedia's definition of widget also points to some popular, cultural, and technical, including: A comic book character and copyrighted image. Streaming Headlines or Other Content from other Blogs or Links. - There are beer widgets that create foamy heads in a canned beer, with the first one patented by Guiness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

Most recently, I've approached contacts in my LinkedIn for personal fundraising campaigns. The articles I've read with hype headlines like "My Space For Grown-Ups" or " LinkedIn or Left Out " describe LinkedIn is as necessary a business tool as a laptop or a cell phone. Well, she did !

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sgEngage

MARCH 28, 2023

By providing clear, organized, and easy-to-understand financial information to your board, you help even your non-accounting members feel confident they are making decisions that benefit the organization now and in the long term. Include headlines in your graphs and clear section headers or keys that make your information easy to follow.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Web publishers use RSS to easily create and distribute news feeds that include links, headlines, and summaries. Include outreach to bloggers as part of your online fundraising campaigns. Why not ask your supporters how many of them have a blog or web site where they would be willing to promote your fundraising campaign?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It was good opportunity for me to look back at the crowdsourcing chapter in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , and update the examples and thinking. The presentation was followed by a discussion about how one might evaluate efforts to engage crowds. What do you track? How do you measure the impact of the crowd here?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Top States for New Donors & Online Donors Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 23rd, 2010 Blackbaud has a tremendous amount of data about the nonprofit sector. Sometimes that leads to very valuable insights into what’s happening.

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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). Charles Klein of Crowdvance offers up Six Ways Buddy The Elf Can Help You Reach Millennials.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 10th, 2010 It’s baaack! 37% of respondents said that they respond using the charity’s website when they get a fundraising letter in the mail.

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