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Turn your season of giving into a season of gratitude 

Candid

But unfortunately, the average donor retention rate in 2022 was 42.6%, making it the lowest rate on record. After over 20 years of fundraising, consulting, and teaching nonprofits across the U.S., Ensure all online donation sites have well-crafted automatic thank you emails. If they don’t answer, no worries.

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Key Takeaways from AFP ICON 2022: The Ultimate Guide

Bloomerang

Ligia, the globetrotting fundraiser , has a site loaded with helpful free blog articles and a legacy course to help your nonprofit realize the economic windfall of planned gifts. . Did you know that monthly giving boosts donor retention as high as 90% and a whopping 57% of U.S.

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Nonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy

Bloomerang

Or as my mentor and teacher Hank Rosso said years ago: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.”. to Paypal or an off-site website form) to do so. ACTIONS: Take stock now of the RETENTION strategies you currently employ. People Yearn to Express their Love . Your job is to help them do so. Philanthropically.

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Nonprofit Analytics: Overview and 13 Analytics for Your Org

DNL OmniMedia

In order to optimize your site to receive the most traffic (and conversions), pay attention to how your site is currently performing. Consider setting up a free Google Analytics account for your site if you haven’t already so that you can easily access the most vital website metrics. Referral traffic. Website Conversion Rate.

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8 Tried-and-True (Secret) Individual Donor Fundraising Action Tips

Bloomerang

If you don’t want to waste your donor acquisition resources, you need to double up on your donor retention resources. Instead of pouring resources into a labor-intensive on-site or Zoom event, try a do-it-yourself peer-to-peer campaign. Let me remind you only 2 out of 10 first-time donors renew. Only 6 out of 10 ongoing donors renew.

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Beyond Survival: Post-Disruption Nonprofit Digital Strategy

Bloomerang

“Very soon technology will improve donor participation and retention by making it ridiculously easy to give…Technology will allow donors to do what they want to do anyway…We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims?

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Top Tips for Volunteer Recruitment During COVID-19

Connection Cafe

As soon as a prospective volunteer lands on your site, their journey to learn more about virtual volunteering and the opportunities you offer should be seamless and streamlined. Create a dedicated page within your site to those opportunities, and include a clear button to it within your main menu or as a call-to-action on other pages.