Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants insight into what role direct mail plays in fundraising in a digital world: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering what role direct mail plays in our digitally-dominant world ? But I wonder if in the long run the ROI is better for direct mail than digital?

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

If you mail a beautiful package via direct mail to someone who only wants to be communicated with via email, have you helped your cause or wasted your money? The post Attention nonprofits: We don’t know our donor data! Now, let’s go make the necessary introductions. Get a donor data quality assessment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2011

The average Internet user today is barraged with a constant stream of messages in the form of tweets, status updates, shouts, bulletins, e-mail, and “Breaking News!&# Social media is not only changing how we communicate online, but it’s also changing how our brains process information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

When the first text message was sent on December 3 rd , 1992, no one could have conceived how important this mode of communication would become for people worldwide. Text messages are another valuable tool you should add to your outbound communications strategy! That’s a lot of time spent engaging with a communication tool!

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TechImpact

JULY 16, 2014

Here are 10 different ways your nonprofit can segment its donors to improve communication for your next email donation campaign. Communication frequency. Communication method. Direct mail. Chances are good, your nonprofit has employed an array of communication techniques. Types of communication. Phone calls.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2025

Donors at each giving level, for instance, have unique needs, interests, and communication expectations. These donors are also your best prospects for upgrading to major donors, so they typically warrant more attention. Send plenty of personalized communications about their impact on your nonprofits future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

Why Your Nonprofit Should Invest in Video As Part Its Communications Strategy – Guest Post by Michael Hoffman, CEO of See3. When we say video works, we don’t mean every video works, any more than we mean every email works or every direct mail piece works. Photo Credit: Tristan Hanson. The same is true with video.

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

As a nonprofit marketing or communications specialist, you may have noticed a rising tide of digital fatigue among your supporters when it comes to your organization’s online outreach efforts. . Communication is a foundational element of. Plus, Getting Attention’s guide to nonprofit communications. digital fatigue. .

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

direct mail campaigns. benefits of direct mail. direct mail and digital marketing. As you consider direct mail’s place in your marketing, remember that millennials are a diverse group, and other characteristics such as income, location, and giving history can also impact the results of your marketing campaigns.

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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. e-Newsletter :: By 2008 nonprofits were beginning to understand and harness the power of e-mail marketing for online fundraising, branding, and cause awareness.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 9, 2015

In today’s world where so many businesses large and small exist and operate in a virtual world, perhaps no scenario is scarier than to have the vital lines of communication between you and your customers come to a screeching halt. What is blacklisting, and how do so many companies find themselves in this predicament?

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Tie your GivingTuesday and year-end communication together with a unifying theme. Maybe it’s about hope, resilience, or community. Strategize and Segment Your Communication Plan Not all donors are the same, so why send everyone the same message? To create a better donor experience, start by mapping out your communications.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

People are reading while the walk, on trains, and the less they have to zoom in, the better chance you have of communicating your message. Therefore, if your title is too long they may not fully understand who the sender is or what you’re trying to communicate. Short paragraphs keep attention. Keep emails below 102KB.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Purpose-driven communications are those that put brand-purpose at the center. Establish your organization’s brand purpose and use it to guide the development of your marketing strategy whilst considering the most effective ways to communicate that purpose to various audiences. What is purpose-driven communications?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 8, 2023

We’ll explore a few strategies for integrating your digital and direct mail fundraising strategies to reach donors across various media channels. Each communication should have a unified tone that aligns with your brand identity, whether that tone is casual and light or formal and authoritative. Let’s get started.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2022

This means that you can focus your communication efforts on supporters who want to be contacted, increasing engagement. 5) Pay Attention to the Technical Stuff. DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is a type of digital signature to verify that the domain you are sending from is legitimate. 3) Email Your Most Engaged Supporters.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

While nonprofits often deliver highly relevant content in direct mail appeals – based on giving history, interests and past actions – that approach isn’t always carried over to their email appeals. Relevant content may be what catches their attention, establishes a connection and keeps them reading. Maybe a hat or pair of gloves?

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

Spend some time observing how others interact, speak, share and communicate before you dive in. You can do this by putting social-media links on your main website and sending e-mail communications to your housefile, letting all your supporters know where to find you on the various social-networking sites you participate on.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2025

Segmenting your donors is important because it helps you to tailor your communications to the donors. They can come through any channel: email, direct mail, social media. Get it to your donor quickly so that they know youre paying attention. From here you can start to build specific lists of different types of donors.

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TechImpact

JUNE 18, 2014

We have short attention spans, so unless you’re engaging with your audiences daily there’s a good chance you’re missing out on a lot of potential engagement. Direct mail is enough. Social media is more than just a way for your nonprofit to communicate with potential volunteers, donors and other constituents.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 6, 2021

This type of campaign uses a combination of various digital methods and/or direct mail. . At GivingMail, we’re experts on using direct mail appeals to help organizations big and small improve their fundraising numbers and achieve their goals. What are the benefits of using direct mail in a multi-channel approach? Direct Mail.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 24, 2020

An astute reader e-mailed me after the article was published to remind me that I forgot one important piece of the puzzle: stewarding donors after they give. Using newsletters, e-mails , videos, podcasts, websites, non-ask events , etc. are great ways to communicate with and steward your donors. You can only steward a person.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

To make sure yours don’t get lumped in with the spam, here’s how to use your email communication to forge (or maintain) relationships with your constituents. Have Them at Hello Start with an irresistible subject line that’s 50 characters or less and grabs your audience’s attention: Convey urgency. (“Our Ask a question.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

and Canada find email to be the communication channel that most inspires them to contributebeating all other platforms. But what makes this communication channel so effective? Types and examples of nonprofit emails Email marketing is a flexible platform that your nonprofit can use for a wide range of communications.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

To make sure yours don’t get lumped in with the spam, here’s how to use your email communication to forge (or maintain) relationships with your constituents. HAVE THEM AT HELLO Start with an irresistible subject line that’s 50 characters or less and grabs your audience’s attention: Convey urgency. (“Our Ask a question.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

And while the presidential election gets the most attention, voters cast their ballots for offices at all levels – congressional, governors, statewide legislators, local, and even ballot referendums – for which the outcomes may make them feel inclined to donate regardless of whether their party won the presidency. Mail something memorable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2016

Your ability to segment your email lists will depend on your CRM and your email communications software, but having multiple lists can help your nonprofit better craft your messages and fundraising requests. Promote an online contest and offer free giveaways where signing up for your e-newsletter is required to enter. Host free webinars.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

My predictions and recommendations for fundraising in 2025: Predictions AI and Social Media AI In last years predictions post I wrote As AI writing apps proliferate, donor communications will become even worse than they already are. Donor communications provide the very engine behind your fundraising program. How to get attention.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

We are here to talk about “The 3 V’s of Virtual Communication.” Hi, Steven, very glad to be here and chat with you again and featuring attendees about communication strategies. And it’s really how to communicate your cause in 2021. And ask anything about communication, what you’re focusing on.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Donation request letters, whether sent via email or direct mail, are one of the most effective ways to reach donors and solicit gifts. According to the Global Trends in Giving report , 33% of nonprofit supporters in the United States and Canada say email is the communication tool that inspires them most to give.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Automation platforms help marketers scale their communications. However, scaling communications is not a substitute for intimacy, which all humans crave. Because of the pandemic, it is harder than ever to get attention, let alone make a connection. Direct mail captures 100% of your audience’s attention.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2012

You’ll also want to click on your name in the upper right of LinkedIn and select “Settings” to configure your privacy settings and e-mail notifications. For security reasons, do not add your phone number or mailing address. Connections can contact you directly through LinkedIn Mail. Make Connections. Give Recommendations.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 25, 2024

This can be due to incorrect contact information or a history of irrelevant communications leading them to ignore emails. That makes it even more essential to make sure your communication strategies throughout the year are of value, keeping members engaged and informed. 4 Member Renewal – Invoicing members and collecting dues.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Dan Schoenbaum is the CEO of Teambox , a collaboration platform for task management, file sharing, and communication. . If you’re like me, you have one for work, one for home and maybe one for junk mail. Once you’ve deleted or moved emails from your inbox, you probably still have a few that require your attention. Prioritizing.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Choosing a consultant with print and web design services can help your organization quickly develop effective appeals for all of your marketing channels, from social media to direct mail. Direct mail: There’s a common misconception out there that direct mail is an out-of-date marketing channel.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

Writing and mailing a fundraising letter to your donors is a popular fundraising strategy for nonprofit organizations. Your purpose in raising money through the mail is two-fold: generate dollars for immediate needs and build relationships with individual donors for long-term success. Are You READY to Send a Fundraising Letter?

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Stronger supporter and community relationships: Marketing provides natural opportunities to connect with people who support your mission, from low-level donors to corporate sponsors. As you continue to market your cause and personalize your communications, you can encourage loyalty and support.

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