Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Statistics show that companies with women represented at the top are 50 percent more likely to outperform their peers; they create better client retention, organic growth, and profit,” she adds. Send your boss an email detailing one accomplishment of yours from the week. What advice or help do people come to me for?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2014

In honor of the release of the newest npExperts ebook, Show the Love: Thoughtful Engagement to Retain Donors , this roundup all about retention. I mean, is it just me or is anyone else a little concerned that donor retention remains a lower priority for nonprofits across the industry? . Donor retention. What’s the deal?

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Retention email Donor Tips 37

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

Donor retention is important. All that is true, but the fact remains that donor retention is a struggle. Can Tech Tools Solve Donor Retention? Donor retention is, at its heart, about building relationships. Then, use those lists to send emails that are very relevant to each list. The short answer is “no.”

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Retention Tech Tools Donor 258

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

Combat the challenges of donor retention? We move, take new jobs, change phone plans, change email accounts, marry, divorce, raise families, change religions, develop new interests, attend new events, and get involved in new activities. Next problem, the fundraising advice. Build a fundraising strategy? Data degrades.

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Attention Data Donor Retention 157

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what would be considered a good new donor acquisition rate. I know about donor retention rates, goals, etc., Acquisition strategy and retention strategy go hand-in-hand. events, social media, email to your own non-donor lists, text messaging, etc.).

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Rate Donor Retention Mail 113

Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to the latest research from Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report : The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. That’s shocking (and pretty scary). Superb content.

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Retention Donor Change Blackbaud 37

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Step 1: Use actual names At the most basic level, start by using a donor’s first name in the email or letter. In another study, using personalization in the email subject line resulted in a 137% increase in opens. The more valued you make them feel, the more they will give and the better your retention.

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Idaho Personal Money Raise 105

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

Generic communications like mass emails sent to everyone in your organization’s donor database do little to form meaningful connections. Instead, show supporters that you care about them as individuals by adding these strategies to your email marketing approach: Create donor segments. Foster face-to-face connections when possible.

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Donation Strategy Nonprofit Gift 110

Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

Did you know that monthly giving boosts donor retention as high as 90% and a whopping 57% of U.S. It’s loaded with free tools, from a monthly donor roadmap to a monthly donor retention checkup, and so much more! Don’t be shy about using email, letters, postcards, cards, video email, and even texts.

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Guide Gift Donor Retention 120

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

This change would leave many of our donors (without email addresses) in the dark when it comes to news and feel-good stories about the organization. We continue to solicit donors using direct mail and emails. Many thanks for your professional advice, Bonnie. As a result, our sector’s donor retention stats will decline further.

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Newsletter Donor Retention Nashville 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This guide offers a comprehensive look at fundraising for nonprofit organizations and covers everything from choosing the best title for your fundraiser to increasing donor retention to other fundraising ideas for nonprofit organizations. But if you’d like to give your fundraiser a second wind, we have some advice to help.

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Guide Organization Campaign Social Media 253

TechImpact

AUGUST 20, 2014

The truth is, without the help of data, effectively planning a fundraising strategy or maintaining high donor retention numbers makes a hard job near impossible. People get new email addresses, get married, divorced, have children, get sick, move to new locations and the list goes on and on. Mixed advice.

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Data Donor Database Nonprofit 175

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Your organization Matching gifts lift average donation size, improve retention and donor lifetime value , and open the door to other giving.

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Gift Practice Companies Benefit 99

Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

This includes time spent scrolling through social media, checking emails, watching shows and movies on streaming services, and more. Conversion: The client returns to your site to complete their registration and receives an automated confirmation email from your organization.

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Map Digital Business Marketing 52

Achieve

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

To boost retention and cultivate a thriving member community , get creative with the topics you cover, events you host, and even the way you connect with users. Create content that resonates with each member persona, such as tailored educational articles, emails, discussion prompts, social media posts, meeting topics, and more.

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Online Associations Metrics ROI 52

Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

According to Chuck Longfield , ten years ago the average retention rates of a newly acquired donor were roughly 33%. Make a donor retention calendar to keep your donors loyal! OK, so donor retention isn’t part of your job description. Step Two: Make your Donor Retention more Manageable by Creating a Thanking Policy.

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Calendar Retention Donor Empowerment 39

3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Let me offer one piece of advice: let’s not get distracted by the story and instead focus on the epilogue – the Ice Bucket Epilogue: it’s about the data. million donor names, emails and contact information. ALSA should not simply send out a fundraising letter or email to all of them. Discussion and debate.

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Challenge Data Analysis Charity 183

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Other research has shown that having a four-day workweek can include cost savings, increased productivity, and employee retention. Not every email is urgent! Halfway through the six-month trial, most respondents said there has been no loss in productivity – and some actually reported significant improvement.

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Share Japan Life Blended 96

Roundtree

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

My one piece of advice to my daughter and son-in-law at their wedding was “never assume what has never been said.” They send me emails asking me to sign up for an event, fund a special need, register for their golf tournament, etc. Send email updates without any strings attached. This is also true with donors. 919.601.1439.

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Donor Relationship Gift Retention 52

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to Chuck, ten years ago the average retention rates of a newly acquired donor were roughly 33%. If the ten-year trend continues, we’ll eventually end up with donor retention rates under 20%.

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Retention Donor Change eBook 55

Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2021

While some advice may suggest starting with determining a channel, the reality is, if you want the best results, you need to know who your audience is FIRST—and let that drive your decision about which channel you think they will respond to. . You drove people to your website using the push channels (direct mail, email, etc.),

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Program Donor Tips Channel 122

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In this article, we’ll discuss the following six concrete steps your nonprofit can take to boost revenue and grow your organization: Track your organization’s retention rate. Track your organization’s retention rate. This doesn’t mean sending one-off emails to each person. Focus on building relationships.

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Donation Strategy Retention Rate 64

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

They can drive upgrades and retention . You probably ask your donors often for gifts, but how often do you ask for their opinions or advice? Draft a letter or email that your board members and other dedicated fans can send to targeted individuals and provide talking points for a phone script. They can bring in new prospects.

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Donor Fun Audience Script 114

Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Personalize the ask In a study of email fundraising campaigns, we found that the emails with the highest engagement rates addressed the recipients by name and used “you” language, speaking directly to the recipient. Offer specific options Most advice will say it’s important to give a specific amount when making a request.

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Map Donor Guide Newsletter 52

Nonprofits Source

MAY 25, 2023

However, locating and attracting new customers within this competitive landscape can pose further challenges such as patient satisfaction rates and patient retention. As you consider ways to improve your patient acquisition strategy, think about how these changes can also provide retention benefits. Monitor reviews.

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Goal Tips Review Map 52

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

When developing a fundraising strategy, your best bet is to concentrate on two areas: your most productive donor groups and high-impact donor recruitment and retention. Your fundraising strategy should include plans for donor acquisition and retention with an emphasis on recruiting high-impact donors. Personalized emails.

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

For example, you might test different Giving Tuesday email strategies or affinity month themes to see if donors respond better to certain appeals. Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success. Their retention rate. Your online donor retention rate.

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Donation Donor Giving Demographics 52

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

For decades, Adrian has been espousing the values of focusing on donor retention as a top-line metric of the health of an organization. The notion motivated Jay to introduce a powerful, affordable, easy-to-use donor retention product to help mid-market nonprofits. Donor retention is about a donor coming back to you.

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Retention Database Case Study Relationship 52

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Therefore, one of the best ways to encourage donors to make major gifts is by building relationships with supporters and focusing on donor retention and stewardship. Send a follow-up email. Communicating regularly through email and social media. These eight steps might look like this: Start by sending an introductory letter.

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Gift Raise Guide Relationship 103

Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

In this roundup, I compiled the best year-end fundraising advice from several nonprofit consultants in my network. If you had one piece of advice for successful end-of-year fundraising what would it be? Just write me a letter or send me a short email. You can get to “yes” by using personalization in your letters and emails.

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Advice Consultant Fundraising Nonprofit 121

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Vendor, sponsor and speaker communication: Communicating with vendors, speakers and potential sponsors through your event management system allows you to eliminate emails and instead send requests, updates and approvals directly in the planning platform. You can communicate with tech vendors or departments from the app for a built-in record.

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Associations Professional Tools Software 137

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Utilize storytelling in your communications You have probably heard this advice before but it’s not always clear exactly how you actually achieve it. Storytelling can be used in your email newsletters, social media posts, speeches at events, on your website and more. Thank you emails. Let’s dive in! Hook your audience.

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Communication Strategy Storytelling Social Media 52

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We are all just running to keep up, so I thought I would have a little fun with my next topic and present 10 ways you can lose a donor in 1 email. focused on stewardship and retention. As you make the final preparations to your EOY campaign, here are 10 things to avoid in the appeal email. Blindly asking for money.

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email Donor Consultant Podcast 20

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 30, 2022

Utilize storytelling in your communications You have probably heard this advice before but it’s not always clear exactly how you actually achieve it. Storytelling can be used in your email newsletters, social media posts, speeches at events, on your website and more. Thank you emails. Let’s dive in! Hook your audience.

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Communication Strategy Storytelling Social Media 52

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was recently asked for advice on how to engage with all of the new donors that were added to a database as a result of a walk-a-thon. While my mind was immediately went to all of the buzzwords—retention, strategy, welcome series—I began to realize that there’s a definite lack of focus on post-event strategies across the industry.

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Hints email Donor Retention 20

Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

Volunteers, event attendees, annual fund donors, or people with whom you have engaged on some level through your emails and newsletters are often great candidates to move up the pyramid—they just need to receive some personal attention to motivate them. If you miss them, leave contact information and follow up with an email.

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Donor Gift Database Causes 108

BoardAssist

OCTOBER 6, 2014

For some terrific advice on how to do just that, we turned in this week’s guest blog post to Philadelphia’s Tech Impact for guidance on how to keep your volunteers coming back. Have you ever sent personalized thank you letters or individualized emails? Give them an email address. Thanks Tech Impact! per hour.

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Volunteer Philadelphia Retention Rate 71