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Here’s How to Raise More Money with Your Next Fundraising Letter

The Fundraising Authority

2 – Letters that Tell a Great Story Raise More. Great fundraising letters tell a story – a compelling story – where the donor is the hero, and working through your non-profit, he or she vanquishes a villain through the power of a donation. Don’t have a story like that for your non-profit? Headlines and sub-headlines.

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How To: Write Fundraising Auction Item Descriptions

Greater Giving

Use Attention-Grabbing Language To make your headlines and auction item descriptions more tempting, use words that: Convey appeal (excellent, popular, quality, etc.) Incorporate Storytelling There’s no doubt that stories are powerful and evocative—we have plenty of books, movies, and TV shows as proof of that.

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How to Promote an Event on Instagram to Boost Attendance

Bloomerang

For instance, you might share photos from last year’s successful event or a behind-the-scenes look at your event setup. Ensure your photos are a good mix of candids and posed photos and avoid distracting filters or editing styles. When you book a headliner act or keynote speaker, feature them in a sneak preview of your lineup.

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10 Powerful Online Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Even though you won’t be networking in person, with online fundraising tools, you can still share success stories, celebrate your donors, energize your audience, and stay on brand the same way you would at an event that’d cost big bucks to put on. To break up the monotony, you’ll want to post photos, videos, links and graphics.

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The Year in Review: The Best Tech Stories of 2015

Byte Technology

Certainly one of the biggest stories of the year was the roll out of Apple’s iPhone 6s, and especially its one-of-a-kind 3D Touch feature. Two amazing tech legends made headlines this year—one no longer with us and one still very much with us. Apple Does it Again. Driven Personalities.

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3 Mobile Compatible Nonprofit e-Newsletters to Subscribe To and Learn From

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Unless your nonprofit embraces responsive design or mobile-first design aesthetics, your stories and calls-to-action will go unread and untapped. Not responsive, one narrow column, large photos and font, and large, colorful, tappable call-to-action buttons. Large headline, minimal text, visuals prioritized, and large tappable.

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How to Convert Your Nonprofit Website Visitor into a Donor

Get Fully Funded

By telling the right stories in the right way, you can lure visitors to your donation page and inspire them to give. Something in the photos and the language on the page pulled me in and made me care. To get this reaction from more visitors to your site, you first need to tell the right stories in the right way.