Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 2, 2021

How to grow, manage, and segment your email list to maximize click-through rates and avoid spam folders. Which types of fundraising campaigns nonprofits should prioritize in 2022, such as tribute giving and crowdfunding. A practical analysis of which social media trends are worth the time and financial investment.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Here's a random selection of strange and/or lame spams I've received recently. This one may not be spam, but I'm not going to click and find out. Yes, the hyperlink was the first line of the spam, and points where it says it does. 1: I got several of these. Unfortunately, no umbrellas were included. 3: Welding helmet?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As we fall into the end of the year, it’s time to start thinking about your year-end giving strategy. During this time, two of the biggest days for fundraising are Giving Tuesday and December 31st, and both days require dedicated strategies from your organization to maximize the amount of money you can raise! and 1 p.m.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

Some newbie spammer posted a message on my site that shows the contents of their spam merge database. I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. Greetings!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

By Kim Peterson , Content Marketing Specialist for Give by Cell , a technology company that provides mobile fundraising tools and text messaging services to nonprofits. Spamming is illegal, and often goes straight to a junk mail folder. In contrast, text message spam is almost always viewed, making it more annoying to donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2021

Odds are your emails are going to spam folders and are in violation of email compliance laws that require opt-out information and a mailing address to be prominently featured in all email campaigns. Increasingly, emails are being filtered to the Promotions Tab in Gmail or to spam folders in Outlook.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 11, 2011

I've seen spam like this before ( here's an example using Facebook ), and it might have a chance if they'd just used the first sentence. Text: To: Facebook User, Southwest is giving out 100% free vouchers. But they also used some random text generator that makes the message gibberish. A baby spammer taking his first steps?

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Unlike most lame spam, at least they bothered to make it look real. Here's what they look like (some are more lenient, giving me 14 days to get in touch): Here are the various versions I've received: Version 1: Senders: Agnes Jeffers (support@aicpa.org), Carissa Zimmerman (alert@aicpa.org), Simon Babcock (manager@aicpa.org).

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

And what kind of gifts are they giving away? It came from a stranger in another country with a blank subject and an unintelligible Quote of the Day. I guess I answered my own question -- someone who isn't thinking. It's a mystery, but there are only 207 of them so act now! Sender: Mwiza Mireille (kamwiza@yahoo.fr). Subject: blank.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 7, 2013

Text: Good day, as reqeusted I give you inovices issued to you per oct. An almost identical spam with Invoice_P350.htm Statmeent required ( also Re: Inter-company inv. from Safeco Corporation Corp.). Open with Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox). messages included attachments Invoices-14-2012.htm, htm, Invoices-13-2012.htm

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

This spam is both lame (no graphic, no attempt to make the senders address look legit, mangled English) and odious -- preying on disaster victims (one can hope they're just preying on greedy idiots who will pretend to be disaster victims). Sender: Ban ki Moon (Info@cast.net). Subject: United Nations Headquarters. THE UNITED NATIONS.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

A second matching grant offer enabled leaders to extend the giving via two more fundraising emails the next day. You can only be there when people already have the intention or inclination to give and then make it as easy as possible for them to say yes,” said Holihan. “At Supporters took advantage of the second chance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

With a silent auction, bidding takes place before the event happens, giving people more time to get involved. Many nonprofits worry about “spamming” their supporters with constant requests for donations. Just give your supporters a way to create their very own fundraising portal or landing page and send it to their friends.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2021

You could make a few typos, offend someone, send too many emails, or land in the Spam folder. Smart fundraisers (I’m talking about you here, friend) know one of the greatest gifts we can give our donors is the gift of being known by us. . Myth #3: “If I send too many emails, I’ll go into the Spam folder.” .

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 19, 2021

CAN-SPAM fines Let’s start with the scary legal argument: it is technically illegal to send unsolicited, ‘cold emails’ to people that haven’t opted-in to hear from your organization. Learn more about the CAN-SPAM fines which can be up to $16,000 per violation. Reasons not to rent or buy a list. How to rent/buy and use a purchased list.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 21, 2019

of overall fundraising in 2018 came from online giving ( Charitable Giving Report ). 54% of donors worldwide prefer to give via credit or debit card. 1% via text message ( Global Trends in Giving Report ). The number of new donors giving to charity declined by 7.3% International Giving. Recurring Giving.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

GiveWP – create customizable donation forms within your WordPress admin and add goals, multiple giving amounts, or custom amounts; view donation activity and control your data with exports and reports.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Deliverability warning signs often show up in open rates, because poor deliverability means more emails going to spam, and people don’t tend to read the emails in their spam folder very often. But you know who else doesn’t read emails in the spam folder? Messages that end up in spam? That part is still true. Left unread.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Please give attention to this case and advise us of your standpoint. Please give attention to this problem and notify us of your point of view. The Better Business Bureau has been filed the above mentioned complaint from one of your associates in respect of their dealings with you. The "click here" link leads to [link].

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Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Usually this type of come-on is offering me free money, but this one seems to want me to give them $50 million. Or maybe they're going to give me the money and I'm to regift it. Clearly we have a failure to communicate. Sender: Mrs. Alphonse Casambre [bhchue@yahoo.com.sg]. Subject: none. Text: Attn: Sir/Madam.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 11, 2016

It’s affected by a lot of factors (and the rules are always changing), but spam and spam-related issues are generally the most common determinants of deliverability successes and failures. Here are some of the highlights: Spam costs the average nonprofit about $7,400 in potential fundraising revenue every year.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Nonprofits lose about $15,000 per year of donations due to wrong targeting and missing out spam filters, which blocks the emails from prospects.”. One of the main downsides could be a poor response rate or spamming of your emails. . Avoid using any spam buzzwords in the subject line. . Buy only from a reputed vendor. .

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Ability to give superior attention to detail. JOB TITLE: Regional Agent. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: - Arrange, handle, coordinate the operations with customers. SKILLS: - Advanced PC user: Microsoft Office knowledge. Ability to meet firm deadlines. Ability to multitask and work as a team member required.

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

And when it comes to structure, you might think that things like questions, statements, ellipses, “you’ll never believe…” or some surprising statistic might not work because they sound like spam. But the reason spam bots use structures like this is because they do work and people do open them! Tip #4: Calls to Action.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Personal acknowledgments, impact reporting, and a strong monthly giving program are some of the cornerstones to a high donor retention rate. But there’s one unsung strategy that can elevate your donor retention rates, while expanding mid-level and major giving: multi-year gift agreements.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 1, 2017

Malware and trojan attacks can take control of your traffic and redirect it to a spam site, or your “safe browsing” (tool compliments of Google) may have been directed to give a warning to your users that your site is unsafe. Then they add bad links to your site that direct users to spam pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

Nikoleychuk predicts that search engines will release more spam and useful content updates in 2024 to try and weed out low-value content.” Give them names that reflect the content and your keywords. AI has allowed brands to pump out lifeless (yet still SEO optimised) content in quick succession with minimal human input.

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Achieve

MARCH 4, 2022

Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive. It’s primarily intended to prevent spam email ads from commercial entities, but nonprofits are not exempt.

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TechImpact

MARCH 19, 2014

Proof reading, avoiding spam triggers, ensuring it’s mobile optimized, creating alluring subject lines are all imperative to the success of the newsletter and what the content inside is promoting. Have them give the document a ‘once over’ Make the necessary changes your QA professionals point out, and move on to the next step.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 8, 2021

This post offers five ways you can optimize your fundraising campaign and create winning emails as we all prepare for the biggest season for nonprofit fundraising — end-of-year giving. Why were they motivated to give? What is their giving history? What is their giving history? Understand Your Audience. Where do they live?

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 31, 2013

70% don’t like getting spammed by nonprofits. Nonprofit leaders, make learning more about the younger generation a priority–track the giving habits, positive interactions, and social culture this group enjoys in your CRM system and really hone into their habits. 42% have donated to a nonprofit.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 22, 2011

which gives you the chance to pay when package is delivered for international shipping We had to sign contract with them for bulk shipping which makes the fees reduce from the actual fee of $420 to $135 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort! Your Address: Home/Cell Phone: Preferred Payment Method (ATM / Cashier Check).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Social media is one of the greatest tools your nonprofit has, especially with Giving Tuesday right around the corner. It can help you quickly reach millions of people directly on their phones and motivate them to give to your organization! Don’t spam your followers with posts that don’t have a purpose.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The reason to “Require Approval to Join” is that if you have to log in regularly to approve pending new members, this gives you, as “Group Manager,” a better sense of how quickly (or not) your group is growing. To help you keep overzealous marketers from spamming your LinkedIn discussions, enable the “Promotions” function.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Ask a generative AI model to act as your target audience (giving it as much anonymized context as possible). We’ve already seen high-profile malicious uses of deep fakes and Generative AI also makes it easier for users or bots to create spam messages and misinformation at scale.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2023

85% of all emails are spam. And, really, what does it matter if someone who doesn’t give to you unsubscribes? This keeps the keeps the warm glow of giving going , making them more receptive to continuing to stay engaged with you. I often say “ if you want gifts, give them.” The average nonprofit email open rate is 23%.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2017

By understanding sector trends, database insights, how to build an effective year end giving campaign, and remembering to share gratitude, you’ll arrive at the end of the year ready to engage your donors and support your mission in a big way. End of Year Giving Trends and Opportunities. Building a successful year end giving campaign.

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