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10 Reasons Your Email Appeal is Being Ignored

NetWits

Enter cheesy A-team music here.) That is called spam, and it’s frowned upon. If the people on your mailing list opted to receive your message, then you will see greater returns from your appeal.” – Anthony Sicola. The returns were less than mind-blowing. Here are their answers: “ You’re always asking for money.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Also, those nonprofits that excel today on Facebook and Twitter, like The Humane Society of the United States, National Wildlife Federation and PETA, they all started their social media campaigns on MySpace at a time when only those with a.edu e-mail address could join Facebook. Music and arts organizations, probably.

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Living Between the Tides

NetWits

The record album business was broken by the cassette tape, which was then undone by the CD, then digital music files changed everything, and something else is sure to come along. The direct mail world was broken the instant the first email was sent, but 80% of all email sent is spam. Kiva breaks it. Room to Read breaks it.

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Groundswell Book Club Part 1: Listening

Museum 2.0

I watched many entertaining shorts featuring students explaining exhibits to the beat of popular and illegally uploaded music. Many museums are protective about how frequently they send messages to members and other lists, fearing that they will be ignored or perceived as spam. sites form my understanding of what the Exploratorium is.

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[VIDEO] The Early Bird Guide to Epic End of Year Fundraising

Bloomerang

They do the mailing. Maybe you send one email, and you don’t do any direct mail. Maybe you do like, you know, five emails and like four direct mail pieces. Just choose in the poll how many appeals mail and email you sent. You’re going to be scheduling your emails and your social and your mail drop.

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