Achieve

JULY 27, 2015

Tailored to the person you’re talking to, your response probably sounds something like: “We educate and empower people who lack resources and opportunities….”. Or: “We provide basic services to those in need….”. The point is you want to use language that shines a light on both sides of the equation. I know, it’s only July.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Still, end-of-year gifts and donations account for a substantial amount of the money raised by nonprofit organizations, which, in an effort to capture every bit of potential support before January 1, typically kick off the end-of-year fundraising season with a series of direct-mail appeals and then move on to email solicitations.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

We’ve all received a fundraising appeal letter in the mail asking us to donate. You may have given money to some of these groups after receiving a request in the mail. Direct mail DOES work after all. However, statistics show that direct mail works. They don’t need a rundown of all your services and programs.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Regardless of how well-designed or technologically sound the tool, if people aren’t already using that tool then they won’t turn to it in a time of disaster.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The simplest place to start the search for new donors is with those closest to your organization – Board, staff, volunteers, friends, and users of your organization’s program or services. In other words, should the elevator speech include language that refers to the role the donor plays in the organization? Unit of service.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Does that sound good? If that sounds like you, put “me” in the chat. So I want you to tell me which one of these sounds most like you, related to getting 10k gifts. Number 1, if this sounds like you, put a 1 in the chat. If that sounds like you, put it in the chat. So I want this to be interactive.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Direct mail and email will likely be your two primary channels; use their relative strengths and weaknesses to complement each other. Use a main character: Focus your story on a single individual and how their lives have been improved by your organization’s services. Resist that temptation. This will discourage people from giving.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Does this sound familiar? If that sounds familiar, then what your nonprofit lacks is a sound donor management strategy. Sound good? Direct Mail Then, of course, there’s the trusty old standby: Direct mail. Young people are surprisingly receptive to direct mail !) We’re going to share how it’s done.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And we partner with them for those services, and our energy and resources are focused on the gaps.” ” And we’re not just chasing donors, we’re saying, “What the donors who are interested in our field and passionate about our area of service, what do they want to fund?” One is service.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Taking part in Giving Tuesday can mean many different things—from participating in an organized service project to donating to a nonprofit to smiling at a stranger. Giving Tuesday may sound like a great one-off event for your organization, but you may also be worried about retaining donors in the long run.

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sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics , productivity is a measure of economic performance that compares the amount of goods and services produced (output) with the amount of inputs used to produce those goods and services. But when information is needed to develop a sound strategy, is the data readily available? According to the U.S.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Many mail houses and data systems. Now, 50% of people pay more attention to direct mail than to any other marketing channel. I go in and I look at clients who just use e-mail and send out their e-mail. So imagine, only a quarter of the people that you’re sending your e-mail to. We pay attention to our mail.

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DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

So, you would think that the most pressing skill to build is in revenue generation, like fundraising , government grants, or fee-for-service programs. For any gift, whether that from direct mail or a foundation proposal, you need all three. It may not be as hard as it sounds. How does marketing impact your reputation?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I’m on the upswing, so if I sound a little groggy, that’s why. And I learned a lot about fundraising before the internet, when you just dialed for dollars and sent mailings and had a lot of house parties. . It was sent to the matriarch of the foundation within a half an hour, 45 minutes of receiving their mail.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2022

Rather than needing to work with your city to map out a safe map route for a 5K or finding enough staff and volunteers to line a race route, you just need a venue and sound system to host a dance-a-thon fundraiser with an in-person component. How to plan a dance-a-thon fundraiser.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This may sound counterintuitive, but you must narrow your focus to reach more prospects likely to convert. More importantly, avoid technical language or jargon. Interview someone who has received your services about the difference a donor made in their lives — a donor , not your nonprofit. Be specific and concise.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Some organizations choose not to register with Facebook and provide their bank information, due to the sheer size of Facebook, lack of customer service, concerns about data breaches, or general distrust of Facebook and its parent company, Meta. But, in most cases, it’s a no-brainer to participate.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us That sounds like a horrible way to die. It is a public service. News at the local level.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2014

That’s why it’s important to treat your appeal like it’s any other piece of direct mail, which needs to be especially enticing to get a response. You can also come up with a tangible story by thinking about how your organization’s services impact the community and ask yourself, “But what does that really mean?”

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And I’m grateful beyond words for all the things that you’ve done for the nonprofit world and for Bloomerang, you know, great software, great customer service. But look at number six, outstanding donor stewardship and customer service and that has to do with people and how people treat people. Steven: Yeah, we need to.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Inspiration: The African Wildlife Foundation does a great job of articulating urgency in both its appeal language and its CTA. 5-6 weeks ahead: Direct mail goes out (remember to account for potential slowdowns with the U.S. Postal Service). While this may sound overwhelming, segmentation can be much easier than you think.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Because I sound like a broken record saying this, I’m going to say it again, volunteers make your very best donors. And the last one, on the column on the left, your messaging was focused on shifting into services and operational changes. You want to talk about your programs and your services. Why is this important?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

For many of us, it’s new language. It’s a software as a service. It is a donor management platform sort of service as simple as that. I mean, we’re not necessarily just talking about putting together like complicated direct mail campaigns just to let everyone know about Bitcoin. Or what do you think?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

That sounds great. . We’re going to be using strategic planning processes to talk about how we can engage folks in helping to design the services, the programs, the community infrastructure that we all live in, right? What resources, what services are in our area, and then where are the gaps? Steven: Yes. Will do it.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Inspiration: The African Wildlife Foundation does a great job of articulating urgency in both their appeal language and on their CTA. 5-6 weeks ahead: Direct mail goes out (remember to account for potential slowdowns with the U.S. Postal Service). You can always adjust the goal higher later if you reach it too quickly!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

For many of us, it’s new language. It’s a software as a service. It is a donor management platform sort of service as simple as that. I mean, we’re not necessarily just talking about putting together like complicated direct mail campaigns just to let everyone know about Bitcoin. It’s a web-based platform. Matt: Yeah.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

You have to know who you’re talking to, and you have to speak their language, and you have to gain their trust. So chatbots are very useful if you do have a list of frequently asked questions or if you want to direct people, say, to a hotline or to some other resource when you might not be directly answering e-mails. Make a plan.

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