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Nonprofit Donor Engagement Strategies: Breaking Through the Noise

Neon CRM

Practical Tips for Donor Engagement Strategies As a fundraiser, you probably have a good feel for how your donors want to engage with you, whether it’s on social media, through email, over the phone, or face-to-face. It’s easy to feel like you’re the voice of your organization, and it’s tempting to try to talk like you are that organization.

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Relationships That Raise Funds: 5 Tips for Creating Successful Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers

NetWits

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc). 4) Activate.

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Making Facebook Groups Rock for Nonprofits – Guest Post by Miriam Brosseau

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Questions and polling. Think about allowing others to add their own options to the poll – when is it appropriate, and when is it unnecessary or confusing. Expect to get answers both in the poll itself and in the comments, and run with both! Thoughtful, simple, directed questions can be a powerful engagement mechanism.

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How Nonprofits Are Successfully Using Chatbots

Tech Soup

If you've ever used a virtual assistant like Siri or Google Now on your phone, you're already familiar with the concept behind chatbots. The major difference is that while Siri responds to voice commands, chatbots respond to text.

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Losing Mobile Users? Easy Mobile-Website Builder Can Help You: New TechSoup Program

Tech Soup

Forms, Polls : Use forms and polls to collect information and gauge interest in new programs or issues. Guide by Cell has made two such offers available through TechSoup: a donation of a one-year subscription to the Cell Phone Audio Guide with up to 10 prompt numbers and a discount on the Cell Phone Audio Guide with unlimited.

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8 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Conversational Marketing

Forum One

Rather than needing to wait for users to engage over time, conversational marketing allows visitors to complete everyday actions immediately—such as booking an appointment or getting an answer to a question, rather than having to go through an online form and wait for an email or phone response.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

A relatable human voice connects. Evaluate telethons and phone banks – what makes people donate on the spot? Test digital engagement tactics like emoji reactions, quick polls and unfortunate consequences of inaction. Convey the mission as urgently needed and highly solvable to inspire hope and action.

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