EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The growing interest from donors and nonprofits alike in sustainer programs is an opportunity to test and do something different. With testing, nonprofits can experiment and improve on what communications work best for their sustainer audience. Use your technology to your advantage, even if it is a simple A/B test.

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CauseVox

JULY 26, 2023

Practical advice on testing across devices, simplifying the donation process, optimizing forms for mobile use, and creating mobile-friendly emails. In this 60-minute live webinar, you’ll learn: The significance of mobile optimization and how it impacts peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns. Examples of successful mobile-first campaigns.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

For instance, in-kind donors might want to know how you’re using their gifts to run your programs, while monetary donors would be interested in hearing how you’re using financial donations to further your mission. Allow donors to turn a one-time gift into a recurring donation with just the click of a button. Personalize donor outreach.

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Donation Strategy Nonprofit Gift 107

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

You might have a campaign steering committee, a kick-off committee, a committee to oversee the feasibility study, and a lead gift committee. Of particular importance is the Lead Gift Committee. The Lead Gift Committee – A Key to Success. Lead Gift Committee Member Responsibilities. They think the big task is asking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

According to DonorBox nearly one-third of all annual gifts come in December, and nearly half of all online donations come in the last week of the year. A/B testing can help determine the most effective sending days and times for an organization’s unique supporter base. The end of the year is a critical time for nonprofit fundraising.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2023

If you’re a small charity If you’re a small charity, and receive just a few gifts a day, you could reasonably call every donor. You just want to establish trust – the foundation of all lasting relationships – showing donors you received their gift, appreciate it, and will put it right to work as per their intention. It may be the E.D.,

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

We aren’t tempted by the glamour and glitz of major gifts , the gold-lettered names on a wall or building. Keep them out of it for now (we can always test that later.) Package codes will determine the segment and where in the A/B test they fall—see more in step three, below. Test one thing at a time.

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Data Giving Work Test 95

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Most charities had used the same tried-and-tested methods for decades (namely, galas and sponsored endeavors), but with new health and safety guidelines to contend with, this was no longer possible. 9) Gift fundraising. You could even use their gifts in auctions. When the pandemic hit, that event finally came.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Put your security smarts to the test and take the weekly security quiz brought to you by Symantec ! We'll be doing a random drawing weekly for a $100 Amazon gift card. And if you answer all four quizzes correctly, you might win a $500 Amazon gift card. Are you a trivia master? Or a security enthusiast?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Put your security smarts to the test and take the weekly security quiz brought to you by Symantec! We'll be doing a random drawing weekly for a $100 Amazon gift card. And if you answer all four quizzes correctly, you might win a $500 Amazon gift card. Are you a trivia master? Or a security enthusiast?

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Amazon Test Gift Knowledge 36

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

Reviewing new donations that have the potential to become recurring gifts. You can also customize your default donation amount for different segments of donors to optimize the average gift size. Offer donation matching to drive urgency and increase gifts in a short time. Finding new opportunities to build donor relationships.

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Action Fundraising Nonprofit Gift 299

VisionLink

MAY 8, 2023

We are ready to support local, regional, or national collaborations with proven and well-tested tools. Exchange information with our team members for a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card--just to keep it fun. Stop by Booth #33 in the E xhibit Hall and say hello!

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Qgiv

JULY 13, 2021

When those gifts are doubled (or sometimes even tripled!). How you can make it easier for your donors to match more gifts so your nonprofit can raise more money? By making gift matching part of the donation process! That includes making it easy for donors to apply for matching gifts! How to add a matching gifts widget.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

From there you can create two versions of your appeal: 1) thanking active donors for their previous contributions and asking for a final end-of-year gift to maximize their support, and 2) reminding lapsed donors about your organization’s important work while also letting them know they still have time to make a donation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 14, 2022

When a major event happens, such as the pandemic, wars, or natural disasters, they make a decision for the donor that this is the wrong time to be asked for a gift. Now that you understand the psychology behind making a philanthropic gift, you can implement this knowledge to customize your fundraising appeals.

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Donor Giving Method Nonprofit 291

Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

#sorrynotsorry Nonprofit jokes: Matching gifts Why did Duracell donate batteries for their matching gift program? >> Why did the Mars matching gift program fail? >> Why did the matching gift program at the sushi restaurant fail? >> It was fishy. >> They were free of charge.

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M+R

JULY 27, 2023

Fortunately, we started asking these questions with just enough time to put together a treatment test before finalizing our End of Year strategy last fall. So, when coming up with a cultivation content strategy for the test, we tried to reuse existing assets as much as possible. Okay, back to the results… ???

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

You can use tools like Experte mobile test and Pingdom to test your site speed. Mobile Matters Can’t emphasize this one enough. Make sure your mobile content is responsive. Pages that aren’t responsive get dinged…Don’t get dinged. Consider setting up accelerated mobile pages (AMP) around main content.

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Strategy Tips Google Search 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

According to the 2020 Benchmarks Report , revenue from monthly gifts increased by 22% in 2019 and now accounts for 17% of all online revenue for nonprofits. Facebook has the highest ROI and it is worth investing $100-500 in a test advertising campaign for your monthly giving program. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Practice Online Fundraising Nonprofit 341

The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

templates, including appeals, gift proposals, thank-you letters, and much more. Your annual appeal mailing isn’t the time to try out that velvet printing paper you’ve always wanted to use or to test out a new premium to include with the letter. Write professional drafts with A.I. Start using Fundwriter.ai for free. #1

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Mail Fundraising Database Summary 321

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

And how does their impact compare to those of one-time donations and gifts from major donors? Don’t get us wrong: One-time donations and major gifts should both play big roles in your organization’s fundraising. monthly, quarterly, annually) and the start date for recurring gifts. Then test it again. Did it work?

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Donation Gift Platform Nonprofit 52

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about usability testing your website from guest author Brandon Granger, Senior Interaction Designer for Blackbaud. In the first part of this series , we talked about why you should test your website and donation form with real supporters. You want to make a gift of $50.00

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

For instance, matching gifts and volunteer grants allow companies to align their charitable giving with employees’ values, leading to greater employee retention and talent acquisition. The donor’s gift may be tax deductible. While some gifts are charitable donations, others are technically non-charitable support.

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Benefit Donation Sponsor Gift 41

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For your next email, try split-testing two different subject lines, one with a sense of urgency and another with a sense of intrigue. You can figure out which length works best for your audience by doing split testing (or A/B testing). Just a few more days to double your gift. Less than 24 hours left to double your gift.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Even if you have 150 donors in your portfolio right now — the maximum number of donors in a qualified portfolio — my guess is that over half of them would not pass the gut-check test.

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Donor Exercise Test Gift 214

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Self-reflection / Gift of significance Before describing three suggested actions, allow us to share something important that we’ve learned. Yet, as board members, other donors look to you to give gifts of significance. What is a gift of significance? Your generosity has been noticed, appreciated, and celebrated.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

Suggested donation amounts are the provided gift amount options that your organization offers to supporters. By suggesting a giving method that will tend to yield a higher gift, such as requesting a planned or recurring gift. Offer donors a more flexible suggested giving range based on their previous gifts.

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Donation Donor Gift Nonprofit 75

Candid

MARCH 2, 2022

They’re the ultimate testing ground for your donor stewardship tactics, as you’ll be asking for quite a lot — extra-large gifts, multi-year commitments, feasibility study interviews, and more. Does donor fatigue stem from simply asking donors for gifts too many times? It depends. Combatting donor fatigue in capital campaigns.

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Campaign Donor Gift Test 111

Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

Flag opportunities for mid-level, major, and planned gifts to help guide your stewardship strategies and better allocate your development team’s resources. Dataro recently worked with Parkinson’s UK to test a few questions: Can AI find new donations that would otherwise be missed through traditional mailing list development?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

How many donors currently make gifts below that average? What kind of Gift Chart represents your current distribution of donors, and how many donors do you need at each level to meet your goals? . Number of donors who increased their gift. Numbers of donors who transitioned to a major gift level. Do more testing.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Then we planned a series of tests to evaluate everything from our messaging to nuts-and- bolts fundraising tactics. Here is a closer look at how we tested: Should we frame our issue in a positive or negative light? Can reminding people of previous gift giving encourage them to give again? Will a video boost the response rate?

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Case Study Test America Studies 75

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 4, 2023

Uses USPS address placement standards and ensures your letter set complies with the tap test. Calculate personalized gift strings based on the donor’s last gift amount. Test 1 printout of each item, then 10-25 before sending 100s through. When you print page 1, remember to conduct the USPS tap test. to Juan Carlos.

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Money Tips Time Mail 98

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Compliance and trust : Including key information or incentives in the subject line, such as a challenge or matching gift, a deadline (for GivingTuesday that deadline is midnight on Nov. A/B testing : Subject lines are often the primary variable in A/B testing for email campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tip: Include gift vouchers for local shops and cafes, food hampers, small sets of bath and beauty products. Ask platform providers to set up a test auction so you can see how easy it is for your supporters to access and use. Statistics reveal that events with items covering a broad price range tend to achieve higher bids.

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Candid

JUNE 15, 2022

Not only is the size of your gift significant, its unrestricted nature allows us to place bold bets to improve the social sector’s collective future. To date, we have decided to deploy just over two-thirds of your gift to: . Build an integrated product suite that streamlines data access and unleashes future expansion .

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Grant Open Report Product 119

Allegiance Group

MARCH 7, 2024

Why Fundraising Needs a Revolution In the wake of their newfound wealth, Greer and her husband learned that, strangely enough, you can’t just give million-dollar gifts to nonprofits. In one instance, it took seven months of back-and-forth before a gift could be made. They might want to test the waters and see how you treat them.

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Giving Comparison Nonprofit Podcast 52

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

This is the fourth part in my series about learning how to test the usability of your online donation form and website with real donors. Part one discussed why to usability test , part two outlined crafting your test , and part three gave best practices for recruiting participants. Today, we gear up for your big test day!

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