Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

To thrive in this world in flux, we need to radically reshape our relationship to uncertainty and flip the script to sustain a healthy and productive outlook,” explains April. Stretching beyond your comfort zone fast tracks your creativity. Fortunately, her new book shows you how to do exactly that, and how to help others do so too.

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CauseVox

APRIL 12, 2022

Having a number in mind provides a reference point for the donor in terms of a decision rather than having them think through how much to donate. While most organizations tend to focus on peak giving months (spring, year-end, GivingTuesday, etc), Carousel Ranch flipped the script by hosting their peer to peer fundraiser in February.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Paid social is, in simple terms, paid advertising that takes place on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, etc with specific targetted audiences in mind. Using these keywords in your automated closed captions is also a great idea and writing video scripts that incorporate the keywords you want to target.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A year-end giving campaign is your chance to win over donors when they are in a giving frame of mind. Your organization has the inside track on how to help people or animals in a meaningful way. Work from a script so everyone is comfortable making these calls, asking for donations. That’s the message, right there.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 3, 2017

When it comes to designing, launching and running a WordPress site, there are so many critical elements to consider for achieving success, from stellar content to an easy-to-navigate theme and templates to keeping track of updates to plugins. The choices can be a bit mind boggling, especially for beginners.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Creating a video with social media in mind (while also growing your social media audience organically) is a great way to grow your base and reach more supporters. If I find a track or some song, I’ll base a project off of that song. Instead of scripting anything, you spend a day with the organization and you see what you get.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

They can’t be expected to keep track of their giving status–especially if you’re on a fiscal year and they think in calendar years. . Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. Don’t count on them remembering. Begin with an ice breaker to make it fun.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Whether it’s your first fundraising event, or tenth, helping supporters be great peer-to-peer fundraisers is always on the mind of successful event fundraising organizations. Specific audience-centric communications will help you relate to individual constituents and give you the ability to track response rates based on each group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Our track was one of three tracks for participants to dive deep into a topic and learn from peers through dialogue. Photo by Trav Williams. Defining Roles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2013

Enough that I could understand the language, but where the speakers were new and I was drawing parallels to my own work rather than knowing the script by heart. I’m a network-minded funder who works on oceans, because the oceans are connected to everything. But maybe you need a reminder that it’s worth doing, even when it’s hard.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Even better, setting up a remarketing campaign on Facebook is extremely simple: First, you’ll need to set up a tracking code on your site. To add this code you’ll need access to place the script in the header or footer tags of your website. Twitter Conversion Tracking. LinkedIn conversion tracking.

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Forj

MARCH 8, 2017

Step 2: Write a script. Keep in mind your audience (marketing best practice #2) and where they are in the buying cycle. It’s important to keep your call to action in mind throughout this process. Be specific in the items above, know your goals with this content piece and stay on track. of course sales? #

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A stellar toolkit: to help out their fundraisers, they put together a resource that answered common questions, provided basic fundraising advice, and laid out scripts for fundraisers to use. They invited participants to track their minutes of any activity, from running to reading. Here’s what they did to hit and exceed their goal.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target. In some cases, these gifts can turn a donation into a transaction, which takes people out of the generous mind of giving. Create a simple call script and get your board involved.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target. In some cases, these gifts can turn a donation into a transaction, which takes people out of the generous mind of giving. Create a simple call script and get your board involved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Covey notes that these views of life have been deeply scripted within us, suggesting this mindset goes beyond the nonprofit workplace. Scarcity captures the mind. The mind orients automatically, powerfully, toward unfulfilled needs. Scarcity is more than just the displeasure of having very little. It changes how we think.”.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

Fundraising for startup nonprofits is challenging and a plan will keep you on track. What’s inconvenient is that there are so darn many of them: Venmo, Google Pay, Apple Pay, and Zelle are the ones that come to mind, but by the time you read this another one may have emerged. Work up a simple script and practice it.

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Care2

MAY 1, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!"

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. A vulnerability across a variety of browsers and platforms, a clickjacking takes the form of embedded code or script that can execute without the user's knowledge, such as clicking on a button that appears to perform another function.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

Consider this: We humans yearn to belong.When we give, we demonstrate that we’re joining a community of like-minded folks who share our values. It stops the potential friendship dead in its tracks. You can get my free Donor Thank You Calls E-Book + Script by joining me at clairification.com. Human beings, not checkbooks.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

So keep that in mind. Each board member had a give of 500, a give of 5,000 and if it was in the green for that quarter, that meant they were on track. So keep that in mind. So keep that in mind, when we’re talking about roles for board members. So I gave $500 a year to the organization. That’s a tip.

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Byte Technology

MAY 23, 2017

Each offers different features and levels of performance, and it’s very important to keep in mind that these plugins have to load tools onto your site in order to do their job properly. And those tools—in the form of style sheets, scripts etc.—have have the potential to slow down the operating speed of your site.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And it represents the highest year of giving on record since the Giving Institute began tracking this data more than 60 years ago. And I bet if you shoot her a quick note, she won’t mind that at all. Because, you know, is it giving them a script for a phone call, or a template? And she’s an awesome person.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Your organization uses nonprofit technology to track data, research donors, communicate with volunteers, and market upcoming opportunities. It hosts your courses and discussion forums, empowers learners to track their progress, and tracks all of the data about your programming. These strategies aren’t uncommon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

What follows is a very rough draft for a script. Web Analytics is the objective tracking, collection, measurement, reporting and analysis of quantitative Internet data to optimize websites and web marketing initiatives. It is really important to understand how your software tracks unique visitors. Act 1: Analytics This!

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While migrating donor data is one of the most important steps in implementing a new CRM, it’s also the part that’s most time-consuming, mind-numbing, and prone to error. Set milestones and deadlines to keep the project on track and assess progress regularly. Not so much. Here’s the bad news: This is not a step that can be avoided!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Do you track the results of making personal connections with your donors? . And you track the results. If you don’t believe that phone calls make a difference, that story should change your mind. . It gives you some things to think about, keep track of, but you’ll keep track of all of it in Bloomerang.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 13, 2022

You can turn blog posts into infographics, podcasts, or even video scripts with minimal effort. The key is for you to keep the audience in mind for each one and curate the content for that channel. Don’t let your hard work go to waste—repurpose your best pieces into new formats or for different platforms. Promotional Channels.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

You can put them in the chat box as well, but we prefer Q&A, I prefer Q&A because it’s easier to track your questions. You want to keep your goal in mind. So, on here, you see mission and vision, that’s one thing that you want to have in the forefront of your mind. So you can see my slide here.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

And, oh, really interesting, this is how it shows up as our brains are scanning for bad news, and our brains just naturally fast track that into memory. I’m sure she won’t mind me sharing here because it’s such a good idea. It’s something our brains naturally do, and all of us do this. I was so scared.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

And, oh, really interesting, this is how it shows up as our brains are scanning for bad news, and our brains just naturally fast track that into memory. I’m sure she won’t mind me sharing here because it’s such a good idea. It’s something our brains naturally do, and all of us do this. I was so scared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

However I wanted to record, primarily for my own sake, while fresh in my mind a recap of the social media tools we used (and other related factors) for our conference. Submitted by Alan Levine, publisher of CogDogBlog Since it is already a week in the rear view mirror, this ought to be my last post about the 2009 NMC Summer Conference.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 5, 2018

Before we dive into the 5 reasons I believe people fail to get marketing results, I thought it might make sense to first demonstrate a few ways you can measure and track your performance. Track Your Keyword Rankings. How To Measure Your Digital Marketing Results. To do this I use a free third party software called Hotjar.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2023

Because this information is publically available, supporters can use your nonprofit’s annual Form 990 to track your financial transparency. Here are a few best practices to keep in mind when developing your nonprofit’s annual report: 1. Follow a prepared script. Incorporate your annual report into your larger strategy.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Our ideas float freely in our minds and the challenge comes when we have to organize those thoughts into ideas that others can comprehend. When there are no rules, our minds are free to wander to thoughts of the future, or perhaps dwell on a particular issue of the past. All of which impedes our ability to write great content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2012

” The question in my mind was – how can we get different points of view so could learn through the discussion. We have a preparation call and I ask panelists to add their bullet points (in different colors) to the questions in the script and suggest different ways of asking the question.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 13, 2017

Back in 2011, Google Panda was released with one purpose in mind. It would be a stretch to prove a link between the post and exceeding donation goals without tracking analytics. But, times have changed and Google is increasingly rewarding sites that provide relevant and useful answers to user searches. . What was the result? .

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