TechImpact

MAY 12, 2014

By now, the move to mobile has been a well documented phenomenon. How much time do we spend on mobile devices per day? How long do we spend checking email on mobile devices? If your nonprofit isn’t sure how to make the move to mobile, Tech Impact has you covered. O2 – “Mobile life report” UK (2013).

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Statistics Mobile Marketing India 168

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mobile communication is becoming a central part of nonprofit fundraising and advocacy. Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. Plus, text messaging subscriber list size grew by 11%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

Your organization likely relies on direct mail, emails, social media, and even phone calls to get the word out about your organization’s work and solicit support for your mission. In 2022 in the United States alone, mobile e-commerce (purchases made on a mobile device) surpassed 387 billion U.S. The sky’s the limit!

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Lesson Marketing Amazon Adopt 294

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Mobile Wallets are going to dramatically transform how consumers purchase goods and services. Not one to shy or fear new technology, I’ll be one of the first to ditch cash completely and transfer my credit cards to a mobile wallet service on my iPhone when it becomes available. Mobile Transactions. Online Transactions.

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Mobile Fundraising Paypal Museum 241

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2013

A follow-up to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , this book will place much more emphasis on using social media and mobile technology for fundraising. Have you ever donated using a smartphone app or on a mobile-optimized donate page? When is the last time your wrote a check and mailed it to a nonprofit?

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Mobile Research Donation Paypal 207

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2024

Direct mail was the second most preferred channel at 21%, followed by social media (17%), text messaging (8%), and phone calls (2%). M+R Benchmarks ] Online Giving The average gift made on desktop devices is $194; for mobile users, the average gift is $94. [ Double the Donation ] The current donor retention rate is 41.9%.

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Statistics Online Fundraising Benchmark 240

M+R

APRIL 24, 2024

This year, 225 wonderful nonprofits partners joined in the fun, contributing data on fundraising, advocacy, engagement, mobilization, and marketing. Cram your cranium with metrics on email and mobile messaging, advertising, web traffic, social media and influencers, and more. Sign up now! The social media landscape is changing quickly.

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Benchmark Studies Ireland Metrics 69

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

By Kim Peterson , Content Marketing Specialist for Give by Cell , a technology company that provides mobile fundraising tools and text messaging services to nonprofits. Spamming is illegal, and often goes straight to a junk mail folder. One common concern nonprofit professionals have expressed with mobile fundraising is follow up.

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Communication Donation Tech Tools 300

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2013

A follow-up to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits , this book will place much more emphasis on using social media and mobile technology for fundraising. Have you ever donated using a smartphone app or on a mobile-optimized donate page? When is the last time your wrote a check and mailed it to a nonprofit?

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Mobile Research Donation Paypal 161

NetWits

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

If you’ve been been putting off accepting the growing reality that people read the messages your organization sends on mobile devices, stop right now. Mobile is no longer something we need to worry about at some point in the future. Over the past two weeks, we’ve been running A/B tests on our new mobile template.

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Template Mobile email San Francisco 167

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 13, 2020

By Christy Noel , Vice President of Digital Marketing Services at MobileCause – a company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile and event fundraising solutions. Make sure your website is mobile optimized for donors using their cell phones. 4) Add to Mailing List.

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Action Donation Mobile Social Media 340

Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

A recent survey on Technology Trends for Nonprofits suggests that, compared to email and social media engagement strategies, nonprofits have a long way to go to tap into the fast-growing mobile audience.( read more ).

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Mobile Trend Technology Survey 112

The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Make your emails mobile-friendly. By the end of 2014, 66% of emails were opened on a mobile device. As mobile devices increase in popularity, that number can only grow over time. Designing your emails to be mobile responsive or mobile first will help them make the most impact when opened by your supporters.

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Newsletter Social Media Storytelling Mail 105

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 28, 2020

Eliminate Mail-In Registration Forms. Leverage Mobile Scoring. Mobile scoring is easy to incorporate into your event and a great way to eliminate the need to touch and pass paper scorecards and pencils among staff and players. Capitalize on Digital Sponsorships.

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Time Technology Fundraising Sponsor 286

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices and that number grows daily. MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months. Do you have a mobile Website?

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Social Media Mobile Media Myspace 197

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Direct/Post mail (credit or debit card, cheque) – 12%. Mobile Money, such as Vodafone M-Pesa and Airtel Money – 1%. A handwritten note sent through the mail asking me to give – 12%. Science and technology – 0%. 6) How GivingTuesday donors prefer to give: Online (credit or debit card) – 62%.

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Statistics Donor United States NGO 363

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

A new service called Intuit GoPayment enables nonprofits to accept credit cards on mobile phones ( View Supported Phones ). You can use the system to email or text a receipt, but I strongly suggest that you follow up with an e-mail thank you letter. 2010 is going to be a big year for nonprofits and mobile technology.

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Phone Mobile Fundraising Mail 189

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

Also important to be aware of is that 26% of online donations made in 2019 occurred on a mobile device. Having a mobile-compatible website is now a standard best practice and that is especially true for your nonprofit’s donation pages. 5) Add an optional mobile number field. 10) Include a phone number and mailing address.

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Practice Donation Paypal Badge 363

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Gen X and gen Y both came of age during the rise mass Internet communications and increasingly shun print communications and fundraising while adapting quickly to new trends in mobile and social giving.

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Generation Support Donor United States 266

Network for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Consistency between your direct mail, social media posts, and your donation page creates a cohesive message and reinforces your donor’s choice to give. 4) Utilize Mobile Giving and Text-to-Give Capabilities. As more and more people integrate mobile devices into their daily lives, mobile giving has gained popularity.

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Results Strategy Mail Mobile 98

EveryAction

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Warm your donors up with some thoughtful stewardship through a channel that will help you get through: mobile. M+R’s Benchmarks report found that 54 percent of nonprofit web traffic in 2021 came from mobile devices—meaning that on a very basic level, donors are interested in interacting with nonprofits using their smartphones.

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Donor Giving Gift Photo 216

Wild Apricot

JUNE 4, 2012

release is coming up, and with it we'll roll out the first of our new features that tackle mobile browsing. Wild Apricot Version 4.4

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Template Mobile email Mail 107

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2016

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Asking for a mailing address will significantly decrease your e-newsletter opt-in rate, but if your nonprofit has a mobile alert campaign, you should add an optional mobile alert opt-in field. Not all email lists are the same.

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email Build Newsletter Mobile 159

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

That was my number one priority when writing the book… to create a comprehensive, useful social and mobile media how-to guide for nonprofits. Subscribe to social media and mobile technology blogs. Get the necessary training (HTML, digital photography, video, social media, and mobile technology). I hope you find it useful.

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Social Media Social Media Tech 272

Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

If your organization is trying to reach new, younger audiences, you might want to re-examine your website and mobile strategy. finds that people in their 20s and early 30s shy away from donating to charities or nonprofits with out-of-date websites or a lack of mobile presence. TechSoup Mobile Fundraising Programs. Connect2give.

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Mobile Donor Fundraising Survey 63

Bloomerang

MARCH 22, 2024

Develop a direct mail donor acquisition program. Optimize content and messaging for mobile and search. For example, you might hire a direct mail consultant to teach you all the things you must consider and the best ways to approach and implement them. Develop user-friendly donation landing pages and gift processing.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

By David Farnes, Executive Director, Mobile Giving Foundation Canada , and Vice President, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Associatio n and Jim Manis, Chairman and CEO, Mobile Giving Foundation. The results of the survey were very encouraging for the current and future state of mobile giving. Channel of Influence.

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Attitude Mobile Giving Canada 95

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Credit card payments are donors’ preferred giving methods— 63% of donors prefer to give online with a credit or debit card , followed by direct mail (16%), PayPal (10%), wire transfer (5%), cash (4%), digital wallet (1%), and text-to-give (1%). per transaction. transaction fee 6. transaction fee 6. per transaction 7. per transaction 7.

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Process Paypal Method Nonprofit 82

Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Dive into this classic to set yourself up for success with its proven approaches for compelling direct mail or online fundraising appeals. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits by Heather Mansfield. Build a mobile strategy now with the help of this book.

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Free Help Fundraising Storytelling 119

Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2022

If you’re using direct mail, include a website URL at the bottom of your letter that takes them to your donation page and a pre-addressed return envelope to allow donors to send in a check or cash if they’d prefer to give that way. . A direct mail provider can help you send out letters quickly and efficiently.

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Strategy Tips Mail Database 90

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

They demand the online giving experience to be nearly instantaneous, easy, secure, personalized, mobile-friendly, and reflective of your brand and mission. Welcome series Direct mail and email/video reinforce donor impact with messaging that appeals to both fast and slow systems of thinking.

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Donation Online Canada System 91

TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2013

25% of respondents made a donation via a mobile device. 20% of donors are more likely to be persuaded to give through online resources, as compared to direct mail. 27% of supporters used a mobile feature or app to donate. 20% of donors are more likely to be persuaded to give through online resources, as compared to direct mail.

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Google Fundraising Statistics Mobile 201

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2021

Thanks to technology, there’s no need to spend hours processing mailed registration forms, checks, receipts, and entering information in endless spreadsheets. With a user-friendly platform, golfers can enter their scores on a mobile app with just a few taps, keeping them focused on the game and enjoying their round.

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Practice Fundraising Registration Virtual 306

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

The time is ripe for the early adopters in the nonprofit sector to embrace m-Advocacy, otherwise known as mobile advocacy. Odds are a year from now pitches to subscribe or join “Mobile Action Networks&# will be commonly seen in Facebook Status Updates, Tweets, blogs posts, homepages, and e-newsletter subject lines.

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Advocacy Mobile Nonprofit Adopt 223

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

The focus is on Mobile Giving. I just finished moderating a panel on the topic of social and mobile integration. Here’s the description: Where and how do mobile and social strategy intersect. How do you combine mobile with the grassroots power of social media to successfully engage donors.

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Integration Mobile Conference Strategy 97

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2023

Nowadays, life’s moving fast, and donors really appreciate the option to give when they want to, without dealing with going somewhere or mailing a check. When it comes to online giving, donors don’t have to stress about being there in person or mailing in their support.

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Donation Digital Online Giving 219

TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Beyond the social sphere, nonprofits see less activity from mailing (i.e., direct mail and email). “Originally the annual appeal was sent by direct mail, then we saw a shift to email, but even now email is becoming less effective–spam filters are picking up more and people are growing numb to solicitations.”

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