The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

Tracking open and click-through rates for each segment provides data to refine messaging. Compared to one-time emergency donors, monthly donors have much higher retention rates and lifetime value. ” Send from an individual staff email rather than a generic info@ email to add a human touch.

Support 52

Support Donor Community Retention 52

Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We're very pleased to share the results of our TechSoup content survey. We surveyed the TechSoup community to learn more about the TechSoup resources they're currently using, the topics they'd like to learn about, and how TechSoup can best help them learn about nonprofit and library technology. Over 2,000 people responded.

Survey 47

Survey Results Content Library 47

Get Fully Funded

JULY 19, 2023

Great experiences don’t just keep your members happy, they also boost your nonprofit’s reputation, generate more revenue and increase retention rates. Also, depending on your members’ preferences, you may want to consider alternative event formats like virtual or hybrid events for greater attendance rates.

Experiment 52

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EveryAction

JUNE 22, 2016

How can I convince my nonprofit that list size isn't nearly as important as open rates and an engaged list?". I think the info you find will surprise you when it comes to that. I have found that surveys do really well, especially asking why they’re not reading the emails or what they want to see (and then follow up on delivering).

email 101

email Question Spam Test 101

Qgiv

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Surveys Client questionnaires Any other long-format forms. Splitting them into multiple steps will have a positive impact on your completion rates! Building multistep donation forms is a great way to improve your fundraising by increasing your forms’ conversion rates. Which form had the highest conversion rate?

Donation 59

Donation Comparison Newsletter Test 59

Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Feedback: Many virtual conference platforms offer features that allow for sending participants surveys both after specific sessions, as well as about the event as a whole. Alexa’s team reviews post-session and post-event feedback surveys from attendees to get direct insight into the attendees’ personal experiences.

Virtual 105

Virtual Professional Marketing Fundraising 105

NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Segmenting your lists will lead to more targeted messaging and is proven to boost response rates and help to reduce unsubscribes. Using segmentation can drastically improve your response rates, increase the value of your communications for the recipient, help reduce unsubscribes, and prevent list fatigue. Basic Rules of Segmentation.

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email Marketing Mail Metrics 149

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Grantee evaluation is a perennial hot topic in the foundation world, nonprofit evaluation is a lucrative industry in universities, and there is a whole high tech industry emerging to rate charities online led by Charity Navigator. It has some good case studies and much more detailed info than this summary. It’s not very long.

Evaluation 64

Evaluation Service Measure Database 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

” Chelsea took a photo with her Smartphone and posted it on the Reddit, a community aggregation site where content is ranked and rated. ” Survey your audience 5-6 months about mobile usage (yes it changes that fast!) Sample survey. ” Lots of comments pros and cons.

Social Media 114

Social Media Digital Mobile Trend 114

Care2

JANUARY 14, 2009

Given the email clutter your subscribers battle daily, how are your organization’s e-newsletter open and click-through rates looking these days? Here are some useful tips to increase your e-newsletters performance rates. Survey Your List: Ask your subscribers which subject areas they are interested in reading about.

Newsletter 51

Newsletter Tips gMail Headline 51

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2018

If you have access to it, what are the first-year and multi-year retention rates for these donors? Launching a 3-question survey to mid-level donors with email addresses. Email us at info@seachangestrategies.com and we’ll add your name. Where are these donors coming from? Are they coming online or from events or direct mail?

Program 24

Program Donor Fundraising Gift 24

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Sure, these pages might seem like a pretty simple proposition: Once a donor has decided to give, they pop over to your forms, fill out their info, and complete the transaction. It also improves conversion rates by solidifying a donor’s decision to give. One great place to start is your nonprofit’s donation forms. Actually, quite a lot!

Practice 52

Practice Donation Raise Info 52

Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

” Tabling, as defined by an informal survey of several of my favorite organizing buddies, is the act of standing behind or near a table in a conference setting to distribute branded swag, engage with conference attendees, and gather the names and contact information of constituents.

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Mail Conference Convio PowerPoint 44

Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Given the email clutter your subscribers battle daily, how are your organization’s e-newsletter open and click-through rates looking these days? Here are some useful tips to increase your e-newsletters performance rates. Survey Your List: Ask your subscribers which subject areas they are interested in reading about.

Newsletter 51

Newsletter Social Media Advocacy Tips 51

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2009

This according to The North American Technographics® Omnibus Online Survey, Q4 2009 (US), a commissioned omnibus survey conducted by Forrester’s Technographics® on behalf of Convio. 54% said nonprofit websites do NOT make it easy to get the info needed to decide whether or not to donate. If you are great.

Research 31

Research Online Giving Influence 31

Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Effective donor management aims to build strong, long-lasting relationships with donors, increase retention rates, and ultimately, secure ongoing financial support for an organization’s mission and programs. Instead, you can leverage the Benjamin Franklin effect and send them a donor survey within 48-72 hours of their donation.

Donor 52

Donor Management Guide Retention 52

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 21, 2022

If you’re seeing lower email open rates, declining donations, and fewer donors giving, it’s time to take a step back and evaluate where things are off track. Keep your donors in mind and only send them info that they would truly care about reading. Start with your fundraising communications. It’s interesting TO THEM.

Communication 81

Communication Donor Tips Fundraising 81

Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

But, by the time they’ve entered their payment information, dug through their wallet for their debit card, typed in their info, and completed the rest of your form, they may have disconnected a little from the emotional connection that inspired them to give in the first place. What if I need extra info from my donors?

Donation 52

Donation Photo Camera Kansas City 52

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Key Features Little Green Light includes the following features Donor database Online donations Contact management Custom reports Membership and volunteer management Unlimited web forms Third–party integrations Price Little Green Light’s subscription rates are based on your nonprofits number of constituent records.

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Green Database Nonprofit Template 97

Care2

MAY 31, 2007

Not surprisingly, a 2005 study conducted by Informz showed that click-through rates dropped noticeably 30 days after the name was acquired and even more drastically after 60 days. The study found that not only did the initial hard fundraising ask increase giving, but churn rates were actually lower on this group as well.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Activities Active 28

Care2

MAY 29, 2007

Not surprisingly, a 2005 study conducted by Informz showed that click-through rates dropped noticeably 30 days after the name was acquired and even more drastically after 60 days. The study found that not only did the initial hard fundraising ask increase giving, but churn rates were actually lower on this group as well.

Social Media 28

Social Media Advocacy Activities Active 28

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

The survey was distributed online only. Smaller requests with appropriate frequency – Millennials said they want to hear from organizations, but not get asks all of the time (want info on programs and services monthly). 10% said they gave single gifts larger than $1,000. Strongly consider using peers and personal solicitation.

Research 224

Research Donor Gift Leadership 224

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

You can create a Google Ads account (no payment info. Finally, send a survey to your current audience (via email, text, and social media) and ask people for their opinion on the resource you’re thinking of putting together. Con: very low conversion rate (avg is less than 0.5%). Pro: strong conversion rate (avg is 3% – 4%).

Question 69

Question Effective Donor eBook 69

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2007

In it, Karen provides a survey of the evolving relationship of Internet art to art museums. Let's say you create a magic scoring device that allows visitors in the museum to rate each exhibit on a scale of 1-5. Where do you display those ratings? At the info desk with the maps? Alongside the exhibits? On the website?

Museum 20

Museum Web Arts Internet 20

Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

Just be willing to explain that, but that relentless contact info capture at events is essential. We’re going to brainstorm, find these donors, and we’re going to identify connections, we’re going to prioritize and rate them, and we’re going to set goals and act. Now we’re ready to rate them.

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Causes Chad Support Donor 117

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 8, 2012

Even if you didn’t attend the webinar, you will likely glean some great info from my answers. . How do you track renewal rates? You need to look at renewal rates each year so that you can keep your finger on the pulse of your donor base. Simply multiply the number of hours by the staff person’s hourly rate.

Question 56

Question Mail Rate Donor 56

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 8, 2012

Even if you didn’t attend the webinar, you will likely glean some great info from my answers. . How do you track renewal rates? You need to look at renewal rates each year so that you can keep your finger on the pulse of your donor base. Simply multiply the number of hours by the staff person’s hourly rate.

Question 40

Question Mail Rate Donor 40

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

” Sickle cell is kind of a low, you know, visibility, but a high mortality rate in East Africa, and it’s not being addressed. Because you’ll have permitting fees, you may have, you know, some design fees, you may have to do some testing with surveys or geotechnical studies. So there’s a need. Brian: Yeah.

Campaign 91

Campaign Video Project Process 91

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2011

Start by looking at your website usage analytics (more info on this below). Always know the response rate to both direct mail and e-mail and keep track of it. For e-mail, also know the open and click-through rates, which is especially helpful for online fundraising campaign call-to-actions. Virtual Trending.

Communication 93

Communication Effective Impact Benchmark 93

NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

The survey was distributed online only. Smaller requests with appropriate frequency - Millennials said they want to hear from organizations, but not get asks all of the time (want info on programs and services monthly). Giving They found that when looking at giving, 93% of respondents made a donation in the last year.

Research 59

Research Donor Gift Leadership 59

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey: As most nonprofits have these days is that renewal rates have been declining and that’s been consistent. If you invest that money in fundraising, the rate of return is going to be 10 times what it is in the stock market. That was some awesome, awesome info. But essentially. And they upgrade over time.

Money 107

Money Question Raise Video 107

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 7, 2016

Use that info to propel your fundraising approach forward. For instance, if you regularly send out direct mail appeals to most of your donors, but you have only a 10% response rate, it might be time to scale back that method. Sending out a link to a survey via email. Use this information to segment and target your donors.

Fundraising 28

Fundraising Tips Method Social Media 28

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 10, 2016

Use that info to propel your fundraising approach forward. For instance, if you regularly send out direct mail appeals to most of your donors, but you have only a 10% response rate, it might be time to scale back that method. Sending out a link to a survey via email. Use this information to segment and target your donors.

Fundraising 28

Fundraising Tips Method Social Media 28

NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

We live in the information age – people have all the info they need at their fingertips and Google has trained us to know that we can find anything we need by doing a simple search. Why is Content Marketing Important? Your potential donors are searching. Your potential volunteers are searching. Pretty promising numbers!

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Content Benchmark Trend Marketing 86

Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2009

We would expect a lower rate from new acquisitions. Q: What tips do you have for successfully engaging people to provide demographic info, which could help further tailor communications? A: We have used surveys to great effect in the past. A: The industry average is 0.12%, but many factors can influence this.

Donor 45

Donor Advocacy California Facebook 45

Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

For more info on this, I like Laura Orsini’s plain language description on ReadWrite. In a recent Gallup Poll Social Series survey , Americans have chosen environment as a priority over economic growth by a 50% to 41% margin. But he still manages to be a consistent source of online enviro info. Climate Change.

Green 57

Green News Issue Technology 57

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 26, 2007

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