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10 ways you’re running your mailing list like a jerk

The Next Web

His latest book is called The Good Creative: 18 ways to make better art. His own mailing list, The Sunday Dispatches, is thankfully, free from jerk moves. Everybody (myself included) is always going on and on about how important it is to have a mailing list for your business. Paul Jarvis experiments with words and design.

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The Art of Nonprofit Campaign Testing and Predictions for Future Success

NonProfit PRO

It’s critical to run campaigns that acquire and upgrade donors, but it has to be done right. That’s where campaign testing comes in.

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11 Excellent Examples of Nonprofit Avatars

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Every second of every day nonprofits around the world are posting status updates, tweets, and messages on social networks attached to avatars with cropped art work and/or unreadable text. Not have obvious visual defects such as copped art work and blurriness from low resolution. Museum of Modern Art. Absolutely not. Water.org.

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Nine Holiday Card Programs That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

” That’s the Web we all now live and work by, but this year a good old-fashioned holiday greeting with a hand-written note sent via snail mail would likely make a very strong impression – especially if the proceeds benefit a nonprofit. Anderson Cancer Center Children’s Art Project :: View Collection.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Build A Nonprofit Mailing List

Bloomerang

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to build a nonprofit mailing list: Dear Charity Clairity, We’ve relied in the past on government and foundation grants, but since many of these sources are drying up we need to develop an individual fundraising program. Of course, you’re correct. Host a webinar.

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22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%. Direct/Post mail (credit or debit card, cheque) – 12%. A handwritten note sent through the mail asking me to give – 12%. Animals and wildlife – 11%. Children and youth – 10%. Faith and spirituality – 8%. Human and social services – 8%.

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5 Great Examples of Nonprofit Calls to Action

NonProfit PRO

Writing a call to action (CTA) that hits the spot every time is part art, and part science. CTAs need to be short, sweet, and to the point. Here are five examples of winning CTAs that you can draw inspiration from.

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