The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Crafting a Donor-friendly Giving Page If you’ve ever experienced the warm-feeling of giving to a charity, chances are it was through a fundraising page. Unfortunately, subpar formatting, uninspiring content, and other mishaps could be holding back your fundraising efforts. Sounds pretty smooth, right?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If you’re a professional at a nonprofit, you probably understand how stressful hitting your fundraising goal can be. Luckily, there are affordable and effective tools you can leverage to spread awareness and get people excited about your fundraising efforts—namely, your website. Promote your fundraising events.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

I’m going to share 7 insanely easy online fundraising ideas that are making a huge impact for nonprofits. Then I’ll break down how you can apply 6 additional nonprofit fundraising strategies to grow your revenues TODAY. 7 Online Fundraising Ideas (That Actually Work): 1. 522 clicks to my site at a cost of $0.29

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Your keywords should be evenly distributed between your content and your headlines to make the biggest impact online. Make your site crawl-friendly. When an internet indexes a bot it is not only taking note of what is on the site, it is noting the originality, relevance and quality of your content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Compared to other social networks, LinkedIn Ads are expensive and the site spends your money fast. Your organization’s name is featured in their headlines and your organization’s page is listed and linked on their profiles. Upload work projects, such as presentations, videos, or special fundraising campaigns.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

In fact, some people check out your site first before they decide whether or not to donate, just to see if you’re legit. Start With the Basics: Platform, Domain Name, and Site Map The first thing you need to do in building your non-profit website is choose a platform. With a WordPress site, you can get exactly what you want.

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The Fundraising Authority

MAY 8, 2021

This powerful combination of targeting and effectiveness makes Google Ads extremely valuable for organizations looking to drum up more donors, increase site traffic, and expand their reach. Google doesn’t want to promote bad sites, events through paid advertisements because it will annoy their users. Visit your site.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 25, 2022

The rapidly growing crypto phenomenon is emerging not just as an opportunity for growth in the for-profit sector, but as a fundraising tool for nonprofits. Cryptocurrency may seem like a daunting frontier for nonprofits, but there is a huge overlap between the future of fundraising and the potential of cryptocurrency fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2013

Let’s look at ways to make your event stand out from the crowd and grab some headlines. Your story could go further than you think, as reporters for established news outlets may be scanning the community sites for newsworthy stories. They gave Dozer a ceremonial finisher medal and set up a fundraising webpage for Dozer.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

And if your site is compelling enough to keep your guest interested for 30 seconds, you have a good chance of convincing them to explore for two minutes or more. Because the site convinced me that the organization was working to solve an urgent problem and that my gift would make a meaningful difference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2006

Reed Stockman from AFP Blog (Associate of Fundraising Professionals) told me that he is using a widget called RSSMIX to combine feeds and republish them on their Master Blog. This isn't the only widget that uses RSS stream headlines or content from feeds. I put query out on the NTEN affinity group for nonprofit blogging about widgets.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Another way to help disaster victims is to join the fundraising effort. It’s a great way to get involved if you’re unable to volunteer your time on-site. Reach out to a relief organization before showing up on the site. Raise money. If you’re strapped for cash and still want to help, look into volunteering opportunities.

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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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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2023

Specific Problem Solving: The main issue your nonprofit is trying to address may be very focused, such as improving fundraising or boosting membership conversion rates. This approach ensures that the rest of your website remains intact while allowing you to make meaningful improvements to the most visited area of your site.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Getting the media to cover your organization's fundraising campaign can help you reach new donors, garner larger donations, and become a well-known, trusted entity in your community. After years of being on both the press side and the PR side of the media game, here are some of my favorite tips for elevating a fundraising campaign.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Experiment with different tacts when writing headlines + preview language to determine what draws your social audience to click. Amy cautions, however, while you may find that more "clickbaity" titles achieve the clickthrough rate you're hoping for, visitors may not do much else once they're on your site.

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NetWits

JANUARY 3, 2011

Most importantly, it will also track click-through and conversion rates, how many visitors left your site and when the test reached statistical significance. While this example tested photos and a call to action image color, you could also test the headline, content, layout, and “hook.”. Has your organization done any content testing?

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 6, 2014

Anyone involved in nonprofit organizations or running fundraisers knows that getting donations is not always easy. Many professional fundraising groups have found new patrons by accepting online donations in addition to the traditional methods of receiving money. How to Improve Your Site Design. How to Accept Online Donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

Making it easy for your champions to do the work is also important and you’ll find lots of templates and examples that you can remix on the Knight Foundation’s Giving Day Playbook and toolkits on the GivingTuesday site. Fundraising' Is your nonprofit planning to participate in a Giving Day?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

These best practices serve as a foundation for upgrading your website to be compatible with the Social Web and are then elaborated upon in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Online Fundraising and e-Newsletters. Use bold for headlines. You can view their website at defenders.org. Repetition is key.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Convene online marketing meetings with key department representatives (Fundraising, Programs, etc) twice each month to plan out upcoming initiatives in the annual online marketing calendar, divide up tasks, and review progress. topic, draft headline, and bulleted ideas to expand on. Change 2 homepage slideshow items on the website.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every time you ask your site visitor for something – whether it’s a donation or just an email signup – you are entering a mental conversation. They have a good headline at the top of the page, and they use a three-column layout that mirrors their branding throughout the site. Do you notice any problems?

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Direct mail is the most important fundraising and communications tool you have. Linking to and integrating with your web site. Using the right envelope as a fundraising tool. Update your web site and make your donation page easy to use. Artwork: 80%; photos: 75%; headlines: 56%; captions: 29%, and very little text! (~Tom

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2014

The other morning I heard a disturbing report about people asking friends, family and strangers to fund their weddings through a certain crowdfunding site. And now we have people pouring water on each other all in the name of fundraising. So why is this new wave of fundraising fraught with fear? It is madness I tell you.

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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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NTEN

MARCH 28, 2011

Don't fear, you can find all of his conference sketches pulled together on the Social Signal site. And, here are all the photos on Flickr tagged "11NTC" !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

are now integral parts of our online communications and fundraising campaigns and like any tools of value, they requite a minimal level of financial investment. Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.),

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Take the Nonprofit Hub site: we built it as an educational resource for nonprofits and other organizations. Within that, we developed expertise in areas like fundraising, donor retention, social media and more. Captivate with headlines. Headlines are another great way to split up your content. Add some visuals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Google Ad Grants are a terrific fundraising and marketing tool that Google makes available to nonprofits and charities. Google Grants can be a great fundraising option for almost all nonprofits. Getting Your Site Ready for Google Ads. You cannot have ads that send people to third party sites such as your social media pages.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Remember, content is still king. Nice blog.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Off page SEO factors – factors that are behind the scenes and used by search engines to communicate with your site (e.g. In other words, when people search for a keyword that is valuable to your brand you want to be the one ranking on the first page to drive more traffic to your site. So how do you get those first page results?

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DipJar

MAY 3, 2022

Event microsites are single web pages or a cluster of web pages focused on promoting individual fundraising opportunities. A microsite can be a highly effective way to promote your organization’s fundraising events, but only when you have a dedicated, intentional web design and development strategy to guide the process.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2015

Voices are constantly peppering you with how to simplify your donation form, employ stronger calls to action, and use headlines that even a 15-year-old playing a video game wouldn't be able to ignore. Create a team-based fundraising campaign. Pin something you pinned or an image from your site. Sign up for an event or class.

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Care2

JULY 17, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

A Widget is a piece of code that enables a non-technical website publisher to pull in data and a display for that data from another website, so they can have, say, news ticker headlines or a personal horoscope, or local weather or an RSS feed. Streaming Headlines or Other Content from other Blogs or Links. -

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 20, 2016

Think of it as sort of headline or teaser. Even if the call-to-action is simply sending them to a landing page on your site where they can learn more, send them somewhere and ask them to do something. Keep the purpose of your mail piece in mind that we discussed in step one. Don’t peak their interest for the wrong reasons.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If I’m a donor heading to your site to make a year-end gift, here’s what I’m thinking: Don’t Make Me Give You My First-Born to Donate. When you’re done reading this, go to your site and try making a donation yourself. If donating isn’t easy, they’ll abandon ship and you’ll lose revenue—in an instant. Is it painless? Or is it a pain?

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