Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Plus, a bunch of theory and stats are not a story — that’s a report. We have a 74% success rate helping these families find permanent housing, and 62% of the women in our program end up being able to go to school. Tweets with photos receive 150% more retweets than those without (Source: Twitter 2019 stats).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As a reminder your mission statement should answer some simple questions: What do you do? That’s why you should share your nonprofit’s most important stats and data with them. . Here are just a few questions you can answer for them: What is your annual revenue? . What is your donor retention rate? . How do you do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

When we create video strategy we answer the questions like what has worked for you, what assets and resources do you have, and what stories are there to tell. Video Stats: How Video Impacts Constituent Behavior. These stats were culled from many different reports, most meant for corporate marketers. Digital Sherpa ).

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Subject lines with questions have higher open rates. Make sure the stat truly makes the case that your donor’s gift made a difference. And, make sure the stat makes sense. If you don’t have the right number to share, it’s better to skip the stat than include one that will make your donor say, “Huh?”

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Care2

MARCH 9, 2013

12 percent : higher the click rate for brand tweets with price in whole dollars. 17 percent : higher the click rate for tweets with a question mark. 1-3 percent : engagement rates on Twitter ads. Note, these statistics were provided by Twitter executives. 400 million : tweets per day. 100 million : that figure a year ago.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The stats show that mentioning matching gifts in fundraising appeals results in a 71% increase in the response rate and a 51% increase in the average donation amount (and that’s prior to receiving matching gift funds). We’d love to hear what has worked for you and any questions that come up along the way!

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Achieve

APRIL 28, 2022

Ask supporters open-ended questions. Question: When there are so many different social media platforms—not to mention the old standbys of email and texts—how do you reach your followers? such as event attendance, email open rates, website visits, direct mail response rate, social media engagement, and volunteer activity.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2013

That’s why I took Exact Target’s fantastic list of 50 Email Marketing Tips and Stats for 2014 and boiled it down to three key takeaways for nonprofits. Subject lines fewer than 10 characters long had an open rate of 58%. It’s not a question if the mobile revolution is upon us (because it already is!), Adestra July 2012 Report ).

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

Follow along, email us your questions , and let us know what you’d like to hear about! From your board members requesting the latest donor stats to your digital director asking for email conversion rates, tracking your data can be hard. If you have any questions or are interested in getting a demo, click here !

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Care2

OCTOBER 15, 2013

But are these stats meaningful? Do these stats show your boss about how your organization is meeting its mission and making an actual impact? Last week during the Salsa Conference, I was asked this very question, why is social media data important - by Adrianne Burke, of Salsa Labs, during our panel Measuring Your Social Media.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 4, 2020

The first post in this series shared 4 Questions to Make Strategic Decisions is worth reading before you dive into this one. But I digress… The question that I have asked myself about work I’m doing for clients these days is this -- Is there actual hard evidence that I really need to start over with my plans and strategy?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

That’s the question I asked this morning on Qriously, a new application that measures public sentiment, in real time. It works by replacing ads with questions in smartphone and tablet apps. I’ve run three questions so far, and here’s some of the insights to the process: What influences your charitable giving?

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

No matter what type of report you may end up utilizing for your own work, it is important to ask a few assessment questions. Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) is the industry standard for donor retention stats and other related donor engagement metrics.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

Here's a hit list of our high-level benchmarks from this year's study: Email fundraising response rates were.13%, 13%, and email advocacy response rates were 4.00%. So, if we were you, we'd download the full report and then give it a read, asking yourself these important questions: Are we tracking these stats?

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

There is no magic software that is right for everyone, but by knowing the right questions to ask will get you ahead of the game. MUST HAVE #4: REPORTS TAKE ONE-HOUR EVERY MONTH TO LOOK AT YOUR EMAIL STATS AND REEVALUATE YOUR STRATEGY. At the bare minimum, you should be able to track open rates, click-through rates and opt-outs.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

This helps increase donor retention rates, which leads to more revenue. You can use it to keep an eye on your donor retention rate, campaign progress, and more. These features include donor portals where fundraisers can view their stats, such as how much they’ve raised so far and who is giving to their pages. Customized reports.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

A new study, by Convio, Edge Research and Sea Change Strategies, The Next Generation of American Giving: A study on the contrasting charitable habits of Generation Y, Generation X, Baby Boomers and Matures, answers these questions, and more. See an overview of the findings below." " Twitter tactics – Louder.org.uk

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Not only do you gain a reliable revenue stream, your donor retention rate for monthly donors can be as high as 90%! That stat, along with the fact that 96% percent of Americans own smartphones, means it makes sense that text giving tools help increase donor engagement. This gives your donors the option to give on a regular basis.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

For each major marketing initiative answer the following questions. Monthly Website Stats: Monthly visits, unique visitors, pageviews, pages per Visit, time on site, and bounce rate (aim for under 60%). Thank people, answer questions, follow up, and show personality to build on these relationships.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

We're tracking open rates, web site hits, blog comments, people served, high-dollar donations, staff productivity, and thousands of other things across our organizations. Let's take a step back, and ask one simple question: "Why?" Step 2: Ask the Right Questions. 16% retention rate . Clearly a problem, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2010

I've been translating different audience analysis frameworks to a nonprofit context. These include: Audience Target Group Identification : This is the most important question and may be informed by research or listening. But questions disappear if they are not captured and paid attention to.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2015

Following are a few aggregated data points from your evaluations, on a scale of 1-7 (1 = Poor, 7 = Excellent): Overall Session Rating: 6 Did the content of this session match your expectations? 6 Please rate the speaker(s) and their delivery of this session: 6 Did you leave with clear action steps or ideas to bring back to your organization?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Research Questions. Once we’ve set the timeframe, we then start digging into the data to answer some key questions: What are some benchmark stats for improvement? People who leave the site (bounce rate). Overall site visits. Percentage of new vs. returning users (hint: more returning visitors = higher loyalty).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

We had a 50% response rate. So, while we were waiting, I asked the panelists to take bets. We started off with the question of why nonprofits must attention to mobile and integrate it into their communications tool box. Allyson Kapin shared some stats about the use of email on mobile devices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

These facts are alarming and hence the data visualization of these stats is alarming. Seth Godin poses the figurative question “are you willing to get arrested for your art?”)Though There are 2 million children at risk of malnutrition; 3 of every 4 children have lost a loved one; 1 in 3 children have been kicked, hit or shot at.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

If used the right way, retargeting leads can drive in a 147% increase in conversion rates. And the efficacy of retargeting and remarketing is not limited to just hypothetical examples and research stats. If you retarget potential customers with ads on unrelated sites, it generates negative sentiment. Increase conversions by how much?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

In most circumstances, nonprofits regurgitate some version of their mission statement or present irrelevant stats, neither of which put the focus on what the person can do. Joe Garecht poses The 4 Questions You Need to Ask to See if Your Fundraising is On the Right Track on The Fundraising Authority Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

” Chelsea took a photo with her Smartphone and posted it on the Reddit, a community aggregation site where content is ranked and rated. If you share links via social media, make sure the links are mobile friendly given the stats on how people are consuming social networks info on their mobiles.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Email/social media conversion rate. An online webinar would allow an opportunity for a forum to feature the tools available, offer some fundraising best practices, and provide an opportunity for your fundraisers to ask questions. Number of emails sent/social media messages posted. Timeframe : Three months before event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2007

Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). I discovered that I had problem figuring out how many total feed subscribers and the trends over time because I had four feeds (three built into the typepad blogging platform) and another one in feedburner which offers the stats tracking feature. Technorati ???Authority???

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

If you try to use your regular email, you run the risk of being marked as spam, looking unprofessional, and not being able to measure open rates. Don’t forget to include your nonprofit’s general email, phone number, and physical address in case someone wants to reach out with a question. Lots of stats and facts. They just won’t.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2010

at the Brooklyn Museum, where you could track how people of various levels of art expertise rated crowd-contributed photographs. Instead, I'd like to see us asking broader questions about process, like: How do different people arbitrate the value of a piece of art, a historical artifact, or a piece of scientific evidence?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Your answers to these questions should help you to determine the type of campaign you want to create, and how you do it. Goals don’t come out of thin air. They should come from your programmatic needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

to quantify ROI Page views from our stats program & Video view count from youtube ??? s linking to you -referring URLs in stats program -google rss alerts (can be set to daily, as it happens, etc.) ??? s linking to you -referring URLs in stats program -google rss alerts (can be set to daily, as it happens, etc.) ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). Conversation Rate : This is the commenting and conversation that is happening on your blog. Do posts with more questions in the title and questions in the end generate more comments?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

This is a really great aspect to mobile communications because it keeps response rates high and as consumers it keeps spam out of our text message inbox. It’s also important to include the text Message & Data Rates May Apply, which is required to tell people when they are opting in. Build a mobile list now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

In the comments of a post I wrote titled " Reports of Social Networking's Death Are Exaggerated ," Paul Caplan from Content to Be Different said I think the point about measurement/evaluation is vital as long as we don't get hung up on stats etc. At any rate, it is a good example of how NOT to spam the Flickr community.

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