Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

So, now’s the time, before the holiday frenzy begins, to make sure your website is ready so visitors can easily find what they’re looking for on your site, they like what they see, and they click on that “Donate Now” button. Pulling up your website is like meeting your organization for the first time and you want to make a good impression.

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M+R

JULY 6, 2023

Reading time: 4 minutes Look, nobody really wants to join a new social media platform. Posts can be up to 500 characters, and they can include links, photos, or videos up to 5 minutes long. If you don’t have an Instagram account, now could be a good time to get started. Take it for a test drive.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Supercharge Giving Tuesday Contributions with an Optimized Donation Page With #GivingTuesday just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to put our heads together and think about how we can forge the best experience for those kind-hearted souls who are looking to support our mission.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

When you're building a movement, video is an indispensable storytelling tool. By appealing to a wide range of our senses, videos capture our attention and activate our emotions, unlike any other medium. The original DIY video platform, YouTube, is now the world's second largest social network and search engine.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

To optimize your advertising budget, create a marketing strategy to establish the best time for your organization to use ads. Knowing the best times to post ads throughout the year will increase your chance to gain new donors. Boosted Posts Once your Facebook page is ready to go, it’s time to create your ads.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

As those in the nonprofit world realize, few things are as effective—or as time consuming—as fundraising events. These events bring in big time donations, and can have a huge impact on furthering the organization’s cause. Surprisingly, it has nearly everything to do with good old fashioned time management.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

She asked staff to give 15 minutes of their time to handwrite a card and prepared them with ready-made assets, stationery, stamps, and sample scripts. She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest. Staff got into the spirit with personalized doodles and videos. To spend the day thanking instead of asking.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Be ready to add new supporters to your donor database at any given time with a Quick Add feature in the main navigation of the app. Qgiv’s app automates that process and saves your nonprofit time. This means you can keep up-to-date with all of your project or campaign stages from anywhere at any time. Constituent search.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

In the virtual workplace, being on video conference meetings and communicating via online collaboration platforms takes more energy than working face-to-face. When we communicate through a video conference screen, there is a 1.2 Why Remote Work Is Exhausting. We also don’t have a full understanding of the context. second delay.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. Note from Beth: I’m planning a year-end campaign for one of my favorite charities and wanted some good tips on incorporating video. Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising by Michael Hoffman. How big is video online? That shouldn’t come as a surprise.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

As we all continue exploring the vast horizons of the internet and the social tools it offers, be sure to check out the applications that help you continue telling stories with the power of video, maps and more. Be sure to check it out for yourself or watch this video to take a tour. Historypin.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

I recently attended the US launch event for Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API). It’s a way of interacting with other people, other places, and other times from anywhere you are.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

And while they may not do it for any recognition, they still deserve your time and your honest efforts to connect with them, to give them what they need so that the donor relationship blooms and flourishes. If you’re about to say, “I don’t have time to breathe half the time, much less build donor relationships!”, That’s boring.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Consider the hours of time you spend reading articles and books, attending webinars, conferences and meetings, watching videos, and whatever else you generally do to explore and develop new skills. Take the time to thoughtfully articulate them. Take the time, first, to clarify your own values. Values are powerful.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Read time: 6 minutes. As video content on social media continues to reign supreme and audio-only content, spurred on by Twitter Spaces and Clubhouse, grows, it’s important for nonprofits to prioritize accessibility when publishing content online. Captions . And to be honest, it doesn’t always look that great. And heads up!

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M+R

JUNE 10, 2021

Read time: 3 minutes. It’ll affect our ability to run subject line tests, to monitor deliverability health, to identify active subscribers and keep them on the list or identify inactive email addresses and scrub them. Free Download: Taking Great Selfie Videos and Photos. What’s happening?

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2015

Let''s flashback to 2013 when Facebook announced in a blog post that they''d start autoplaying videos: Since September, we’ ve been testing a way to make videos more engaging on Facebook , and as a result we’ ve seen views, likes, shares and comments increase more than 10 percent. A snapshot of their findings.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2019

A new year brings new goals and now is the perfect time to plan your social media content calendar for 2019. A great social media content calendar can help you: Save time : we’re all busy, which means that sometimes we can forget to update our social channels – especially if you don’t have a dedicated social media manager.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

It’s the digital face of your organization and where many people interact with you for the first time. All About Your Brand: Logo, Typography, Colors, Photos, and Tone What do you want the look and feel of your site to be? and it is communicated through your logo, typography, colors, photo style, and tone or voice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Should your nonprofit do more than simply set up a presence on Google + and not invest any more time? What is a productive way to experiment and learn to the answers to these questions without wasting time? Vincent Mo – technical lead for google + photos. How much time are you investing? How are you measuring that?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

But with so many success stories out there, it’s clear that virtual fundraisers can be just the right thing at the right time for the right organization. Build in the planning time required to get the event just right. As with an in-person gala, don’t spend too much time touting the virtues of the staff, Board, and volunteers.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

As technology evolves, there are new ways nonprofits like yours can take advantage of advancements to save time and raise more money. Machine Learning (ML) is a type of AI focusing on the development of algorithms which allow the program to learn and improve over time. How can charities use AI?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

It’s time to ask some hard questions. In my experience, one or more of these factors is usually at play when fundraising falls flat: Your timing is off. That’s too many Asks in a short period of time which can cause the appeal to fall flat. With a little time and focus, you can become an expert at email marketing.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

JANUARY 24, 2022

In this article and video tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to set up a story measurement system, and how to track and analyze your data. You’ll start with your initial “investment” costs like staff time and additional costs (ie photos). I say this because getting a pure A/B test can be a challenge.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

blogs, videos, photos, etc… Social media platform insights can offer a lot of this information but doing an informal survey or poll can also work to learn more about your audiences. A warm welcome email and birthday greetings are great ways to let subscribers know that you value their time and attention. open rate, CTR.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Thanks to the pandemic, online giving grew 21 percent in 2020 alone, and that growth isn’t slowing down any time soon. Text fundraising is a very popular option for nonprofits because you can reach your donors directly and make it convenient for them to give from anywhere at any time. Recurring giving drive. Virtual event fundraising.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2023

The longer a donor stays with your nonprofit, the more times they’ll be able to complete this cycle, deepening their engagement with your nonprofit. Here are five strategies to help your nonprofit increase your supporters’ value and build relationships that stand the test of time. Create a video. Using photographs.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This is also the time when many organizations host their year-end gala or another major event to drive even more donations. As the digital hub of your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts, your website should be optimized to continuously engage donors for year-round donations, no matter what time of year it is. Motivational imagery.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Most of the time, if someone has something bad to say, other community members will step up to right the remark before you even have a chance! Do you have videos, pictures, or slides? You can use videos or images, you can hold competitions for ideas, you can post your favorite links or have guest contributors. Test Drive It.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Things as seemingly trivial as a long load time, lack of mobile compatibility or dated design could be enough to stunt your site’s growth. Plug your URL into Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test to see how compatible your website is and adjust it based on the feedback you get. Quick load time. High-resolution photos.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 28, 2013

This means identifying the goals and KPIs for measuring success of your event. You also want to be sure to set up a measurement system for a landing page where you are collecting RSVPs (and email addresses) and perhaps testing some different messaging. Many nonprofits use EventBrite for this purpose.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

What this means is that over time, your fundraising approach should change to meet the needs of your growing organization. The good thing is, you can take the time now to develop the voice of your organization and define your brand. That’s why having the right fundraising plan template can save you time, money, and headache!

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

billion people were using social media worldwide in 2021, and that number is only expected to increase over time. With social media, you can connect with your donors in real time and give them information about the work you’re doing and a peek behind the curtain at the people that make your mission a success. Use eye-catching imagery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

The Cute Dog Theory or more precisely the Cute Animal Theory states that including cute animals in your social media content inspires more people to share the content. If don’t believe that is true, check out this YouTube video from VW of dogs barking the theme from Star Wars as a Superbowl Teaser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Even better if you can tag the individual or do their Twitter handle. In this Twitter example below, the school is also encouraging the alumni network to RT this alum’s accomplishment. Be sure to use compelling photos and other visuals. Use Nostalgia (old class photos) to Spark A Trip Down Memory Lane. ” 3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

I marked my 20th anniversary in Flickr and on YouTube with this video (darn the gown doesn’t fit!). After sharing our wedding photo on Flickr in 2009, I received an email from an Esquire Magazine writer asking for permission to use the photo. We’ve endorsed the real-life charm of Awkward Family Photos.

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