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5 Common Questions About Calculating Your Nonprofit’s Indirect Cost Rates

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Indirect costs can be confusing because there is conflicting information about indirect cost rates for nonprofits, what is considered an indirect cost, and how to calculate the costs. How does my nonprofit organization get an approved indirect cost rate? Organizations cannot get an approved rate until it is approved to receive funding.

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4 Text Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Take from Big Brands

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Big brands know that texts have an incredibly high open rate—that’s why many of our favorite retailers have adopted a text marketing strategy. Marketing-related text messages have an incredibly high open rate of about 99%, compared to the average email open rate, which is closer to 30%. You can read all about it here.

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2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report

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The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue. Retention rates for online donors continue to lag offline donor trends. This is a recurring theme from previous studies.

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Rate your CMS!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Rate your CMS! So go rate your CMS ! { April 23, 2008 NTEN is doing some great work getting information about the use of different kinds of tools in the sector, and how people are using them.

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10 Emerging Trends in Online Communications and Fundraising to Watch in 2018

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As personal computers, smartphones, and the Internet of Things evolve, so must your nonprofit. The Internet of Things. By the year 2020, over 50 billion things – cars, appliances, roads – will be connected to the Internet of Things. Mass adoption of giving through the Internet of Things will likely take 5-10 years.

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How Does Your Content Compare? Tips for Improving Click-Through & Conversion Rates

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Direct mail may use different friendly URLs to test response rates. Email may test different “Donate” calls to action to improve click-through rates. Most importantly, it will also track click-through and conversion rates, how many visitors left your site and when the test reached statistical significance.

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Emailing Like a Pro: Navigating Gmail and Yahoo’s New Sender Requirements

The Modern Nonprofit

They tell ISPs (Internet Service Providers, like Gmail and Yahoo), “It’s really us sending these emails.” Setting up accurate forward and reverse DNS records can undoubtedly help increase your deliverability rates. Let’s Keep Those Spam Rates below 0.3% Google Postmaster Tools is your friend here.

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