Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

If your nonprofit is stuck in rut or relying on a few big dollar donors or granting institutions for a majority of your funding, a grassroots fundraising or advocacy campaign might be just the answer you’re looking for. Here are eight expert tips to help make your nonprofit’s grassroots fundraising and advocacy campaigns more effective.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 4, 2024

Just like other community-based organizations , nonprofits and advocacy groups thrive off of supporters’ passion, drive, and action. In this guide, we’ll cover how to determine which mobilization tactics are right for your organization, communicate the changes, cultivate your community, and win more support for your cause.

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2024

Fostering Authentic Relationships With and Amongst Your Audience Digital advocacy is critical to moving missions forward, creating systemic change, educating your base, and mobilizing leaders who are loyal to your organization and committed to the larger movement in which you operate. This is especially true during an election year.

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EveryAction

MAY 30, 2023

Virtual lobby days may be accessible to more people than in-person events; new supporters may be looking for a lower-barrier way to get involved; and virtual events can help you build the power in numbers that any organization needs for a successful advocacy effort. on the Mobilize platform for the 2022 cycle. We’ll be rooting for you!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Mobile communication is a central part of nonprofit fundraising and advocacy. According to the latest M+R Benchmarks report , mobile message volume for nonprofits increased by 40% in 2023, indicating that this channel is here to stay. Text-to-give is one of the easiest and fastest ways to raise donations via SMS messaging.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 2, 2014

Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices. Launching a mobile-compatible website and email comunications. And much more!

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TechImpact

AUGUST 30, 2013

Social media: 56% of people donated to an organization because they read a story via social media. 59% of people donate after becoming a follower of a nonprofit’s social network. 53% of people who follow a nonprofit on social media show their support by volunteering. 6.56% of donations were completed via a mobile device.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

The time is ripe for the early adopters in the nonprofit sector to embrace m-Advocacy, otherwise known as mobile advocacy. Odds are a year from now pitches to subscribe or join “Mobile Action Networks&# will be commonly seen in Facebook Status Updates, Tweets, blogs posts, homepages, and e-newsletter subject lines.

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

If your nonprofit does advocacy, you know that with this work, there are almost always consistent patterns of crisis management leading to later periods of denouement and down time. Advocacy is a long-term calling.  Check out our last installment here! Here’s what they said. Learn more at MESG.marketing !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. It’s estimated that by late 2014 or early 2015 the majority of adults will get their information from social networks rather than search engines and that social networks will become the primary source of referral traffic to your website and blog.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

In 2022, we shared that EveryAction joined other leading social good technology companies CyberGrants, Network for Good, Social Solutions, and their respective entities to become Bonterra. Our purpose is to power those who power social impact, and we came together for a reason: to better meet the needs of our customers—the doers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mobile communication is becoming a central part of nonprofit fundraising and advocacy. Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. Plus, text messaging subscriber list size grew by 11%.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

The Campaign Workshop is an award-winning political consulting firm that specializes in targeted communications, digital, mail, and video for advocacy and political campaigns. Here are a few key ways to mobilize your advocates: Provide training opportunities. Cast a wide net with texts, emails, phone calls and social posts.

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M+R

APRIL 24, 2024

This year, 225 wonderful nonprofits partners joined in the fun, contributing data on fundraising, advocacy, engagement, mobilization, and marketing. Cram your cranium with metrics on email and mobile messaging, advertising, web traffic, social media and influencers, and more. Sign up now!

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

Let’s explore three innovative marketing strategies for nonprofits, according to Jackie Sue Griffin , owner and executive director at JSG & Associates in Tampa, Florida Leveraging Social Media Advocacy Campaigns Social media platforms have become powerful tools to raise awareness, mobilize supporters, and drive action.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

I’m so excited to see a Mobile Tech 4 Change event coming to London - but super disappointed I can’t be here to participate (I’ll be at N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference in San Jose). If you are interested in mobile technology and its application for social change projects, this is definitely an event to check out.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This year, a record 27 regional food banks participated in M+R’s annual Benchmarks Study covering mostly digital fundraising, marketing, advertising, and advocacy metrics (and here’s another plug…if you haven’t dug into this year’s study, do it now!). As we’ve said before , advocacy is a must for long-term impact.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

But community and labor leaders, housing and other advocacy groups, and environmental justice organizations are fighting back. Funders, for their part, went beyond awarding grants by learning about organizations’ agendas and aspirations, and by mobilizing other funders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

The focus is on Mobile Giving. I just finished moderating a panel on the topic of social and mobile integration. Here’s the description: Where and how do mobile and social strategy intersect. How do you combine mobile with the grassroots power of social media to successfully engage donors.

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M+R

APRIL 27, 2023

This year we are serving up data from 215 amazing nonprofit partners, with a refreshing mix of fundraising, advocacy, engagement, and marketing. The full 2023 Benchmarks Study offers a sumptuous spread including digital ads, social media, email, mobile messaging, web traffic, and more. Email generated 14% of all online revenue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Title: Social Media Manager. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Who maintains your social media campaigns? 1) Using Google Analytics to track referrals to www.pancan.org from social networking outlets. (2) gid=104492.

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Everyaction

JULY 9, 2018

For nonprofits doing political advocacy and social justice work, having solid data management practices can sometimes be an afterthought. Development and Fundraising Funding organizations that are working toward advancing social justice causes is an extremely important task, and requires that staff are set up to achieve their best.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re looking to brush up on best practices for annual appeals, boost your fundraising game on social media this GivingTuesday , or build expert storytelling skills to win over supporters this giving season and beyond, we’ve got you covered with this list of 12 free nonprofit books.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2014

The mobile age isn't coming — it's here. Eastern) for Mobile Impact 101: Taking Your Cause Mobile to learn how your organization can harness the potential of mobile for fundraising, marketing, advocacy, and programs. Tips for maximizing mobile fundraising. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Candid

JULY 8, 2024

Tackling root causes involves year-round voter engagement and policy advocacy. Unlike candidate campaigns, community organizations continue to educate, advocate for, and mobilize their communities on the issues that matter most after the elections.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Donation Tracking & Optimization Volunteer Management Mission Impact Content Campaign Performance Stakeholder Journey Analysis Technical Performance Community Building Geographic Impact Board Reporting Email Campaign Performance Regional Geographic Analysis Seasonal Performance Analysis Donation Tracking & Optimization Track donation funnel (..)

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2012

The 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study was just released and is packed with insightful data on advocacy and fundraising response rates across the nonprofit sector. In particular we were excited to see advocacy response rates increased 28% between 2010 and 2011. Overall, email open rates held steady between 2010 and 2011.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

In case you hadn’t heard, it’s a Mobile World. What does this mean for nonprofit advocacy, communications, engagement, donations, program delivery, site design and system infrastructure? A Mobile Silent Auction ," from Josh Hirsch, The Weiss School. Case-Study: Mobility and Program Delivery, Headway Emotional Health Services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? I identified a trend forming with social networking, and set up our very first profile. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? We don’t use it like we use Facebook, for advocacy, fundraising, and relationship building.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. It’s also worth noting that social media, not even blogging, is not yet integrated into their website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2011

Source: Social Good: Charity and Technology in the Online Universe. In the summer of 2000, I launched an e-advocacy portal called eActivist.org. Back then, the launch of “Donate Now&# technology in 1997 and its potential to transform philanthropy was all the buzz — much like social media today. Everything! Not at all.

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Qgiv

JULY 12, 2021

Social Media Fundraising Statistics. Mobile Fundraising Statistics. Social Media Fundraising Statistics. Social media posts were the #1 drivers of charitable giving in 2020. . of donors look at your nonprofit website and your social media accounts first for updates on your organization . 36% are on LinkedIn.

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

The explosion of mobile devices has allowed us to collect and analyze data with more accuracy and speed than we ever thought possible. The Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest is an annual award for open source software developers who add significant value to the nonprofit sector and movements for social change.

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NetWits

APRIL 5, 2013

It contains online fundraising, advocacy, email, social, and mobile results from 55 U.S.-based I’ll speculate a poor mobile experience might also be partially to blame. The study advises that “addressing email engagement should be a top priority for anyone involved in raising money and driving advocacy online in 2013.”.

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M+R

MARCH 11, 2024

The annual M+R Benchmarks Study will once again explore the labyrinth of nonprofit digital fundraising, advocacy, and marketing metrics. This year’s M+R Benchmarks will feature a virtual candyland of useful information about digital ads, email, mobile messaging, social media, web performance, and more.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 10, 2024

This next generation is reshaping the giving landscape in ways predictably reflective of their status as digital natives while rallying around priority causes like social justice and climate change. By all accounts, however, organizations have made limited investment in mobilizing Gen Z’s energy.”

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