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Nonprofit Donor Retention 101: Always Do This

Bloomerang

If the gift was made using a smart phone, text the simple gratitude message. Also make a thank you phone call (set a threshold, e.g. $100+ gifts) or send a thank you text. Learn more in my free Donor Thank You Calls eBook + Script. Check out these examples you can email. One week after gift: . One week after gift: .

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Rally More Support for Your Cause: 3 Simple Ways to Add New Event Participants

NetWits

A recent survey of six national nonprofits found multi-year team captains raise two to three times more than new team captains and retain about 86 percent of their prior year’s revenue. Sample tweets, emails, Facebook posts, employee memos, phone scripts, communication plans, and anything else they’ll need to inspire and manage their team.

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Giving USA 2021 Key Findings: How to Retain and Upgrade Nonprofit Donors Before Year’s End

Bloomerang

direct mail, email, social media, text, phone, advertising, website), targeting different donor audiences. Thank you phone calls for first-time donors, major donors, monthly donors, and other targeted groups to offer immediate gratification, establish trust, and demonstrate the need for the just-received gift. Get creative !

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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). Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising Consumer Survey.

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Ideas You Can Use To Thank Donors During the Holidays

Get Fully Funded

A brief survey about how they found out about your organization, why they chose your organization, and what types of communication they would like to receive. You can include a mail option and a QR code linking to an electronic survey. It helps to provide the people making calls with a script. Just say thank you.

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4 Steps to Making Planned Giving More Effective Than Ever, Right Now

Connection Cafe

In a recent survey we ran of planned and major giving professionals on March 24, 44% said they were already increasing their digital fundraising. Only a week later, a survey of the same population showed that 60% were moving to more digital fundraising — a massive shift for a normally slow-moving sector. can get involved.”

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44 Ways to Turn Your Supporters into Fundraising Superstars

NetWits

Supply sample fundraising emails, Facebook posts, tweets, phone scripts, thank you notes, approved logos, etc. According to the Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Consumer Survey, only 45% of fundraisers personalize their fundraising page. Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising Consumer Survey.

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