Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Thank you for your support.” …plus the standard default language. While an automated message is easy to set up, the default language (which most people use) is vague and too cookie-cutter to be meaningful. See the hero language? You can simplify the process by putting a few of these helpful hints into play: Automate.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

hint: it’s very helpful if you can make your “character” a specific person/animal or small group of people/animals that you can attach names to). Use Normal Language in Your Story A long, drawn-out, flat story with a bunch of numbers and statistics and jargon is not a good way to convey your message and your needs.

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BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

The rate peaked at 10pm when 42% came in from smartphones and tablets. Many nonprofits can’t reach these mega donors, can’t talk their language, and find relationships with them to be challenging. Hint, don’t include a monthly request as part of a regular appeal. Check out The Agitator ‘s take here.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

I’ve seen test participants use salty language (yes, really) and even break into hard sweats (yes, really). Don’t give hints. Don’t give hints unless they are completely stuck. Here’s a great wrap-up question I often ask after testing: I would like you to rate the website from a scale of 1 to 10.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Hint: Donor behavior is consumer behavior.). While many nonprofit professionals are digital immigrants , we’ve had 20 years now to learn the language and customs of the digital native world. There is perhaps no more telling data point than this: online donors 65-years and older have the highest retention rate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The blog’s vibrant design and vivid language warmly invite readers into Rani’s narrative. WFP USA paired this memorable introduction to Rani with a compelling fact that emphasizes the importance of empowering girls like her: School meals increase girls’ school enrollment rates by 12%.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

A little insider hint for you. nonprofit CEOs were killing it, knocking it out of the park, but they still need more money, and they needed their revenue to grow at a higher rate because frankly, the amount of money they were bringing in was simply not matching their strategic plans or the plans within their strategic plans.

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