NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Ask successful couples what their secret is and you’ll often year that effective communication and attention play an important role. Here are some great ways to communicate with and shower attention on donors for a long, happy relationship. Tell stories of the impact of their gift. Romancing your donors should be a top priority!

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. When done well, email newsletters can be fast and cheap for you and heartwarming for your donor, basically meeting everyone’s needs. Your newsletter’s audience Who you should sent your newsletter to?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I like monthly e-newsletters that combine brief stories and compelling photos. It’s amazing the results that are possible from phones and other smart devices. Photos typically catch more attention. Communicate clearly and consistently on what’s being achieved with gift dollars. Send mission impact videos.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

This will create a great first draft, but it’s important to personalize the content by adding stories from your community or sharing updates on the progress made towards achieving your mission. Organizations such as Kids Help Phone have already recognized the potential of chatbots as an effective support tool on their website.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

You need a big, hairy, audacious goal (BHAG) to attract tons of attention and support for your cause. Heart-warming human-interest stories. You must have stories ready to share about people whose lives have been significantly impacted by the work your nonprofit does. Remember, facts tell, stories sell.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

By telling the right stories in the right way, you can lure visitors to your donation page and inspire them to give. The challenge is grabbing your visitor’s attention. Something in the organization’s story stirs my heart, and the next thing I know I am on their donation page filling in my credit card number.

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Kindful

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

You might relate to this story from The Burk Donor Survey, having hopefully heard it from your own pool of donors, or experienced it as a donor yourself: “There were two instances this year where I made gifts over and above what I had intended and they both involved personal contact from someone in the development office (director or gifts officer).

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What stories would you tell? They need you to tell them a story that interests them and moves them. That kind of reading can feel like a chore, especially if you are reading on your phone screen, which most of your readers probably are. Accept that people have short attention spans these days. Especially newsletters.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Creative Deviations, How you can infuse your story-telling, fundraising and direct response with more creativity by John Lepp For years, my go-to bible for direct response was Denny Hatch’s Million Dollar Mailings. Making Money with Donor Newsletters by Tom Ahern There’s real money to be made in mastering print donor newsletters.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 12, 2020

One of the best ways to instantly engage your supporters is to call them on the phone or use video conferencing tools in order to establish a personal connection through one-on-one conversations. . Therefore, we know that phone calls have a positive impact on your first-time donor retention rate. Use social media.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2014

Hundreds, if not thousands of donors that require our attention. While most major gifts folks would probably tell you that nothing could replace the value of an in-person visit or phone call, the real magic of those activities comes for the opportunity to tell the donor a story. Start a thank you letter with a story.

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Greater Giving

MAY 12, 2021

Learn their reason for becoming active in your nonprofit as you share stories about the work you have completed, projects currently going on, and the future plans that will need funding. Get your best callers on the phone and your best writers to craft targeted email messages and appeals. Getting your team involved. Ask—then ask again.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

By translating these lessons into the nonprofit context, we can gain valuable insights into crafting campaigns that inspire participation rather than simply grab attention. Repeat what works – Keep using effective stories, calls to action, and emotional appeals. Don’t rely too much on gimmicks or guilt.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2021

Explore advertising opportunities such as: Your email newsletter: You likely send a weekly or monthly newsletter to update supporters on your current projects, fundraising progress, and any upcoming events. With a longer planning process, you can strategize your multichannel marketing approach to reach the widest audience possible.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Explore advertising opportunities such as: Your email newsletter. You likely send a weekly or monthly newsletter to update supporters on your current projects, fundraising progress, and any upcoming events. To expand your audience, consider how you can take a multi-channel marketing approach.

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Achieve

MARCH 10, 2021

Telling a story can inspire Millennials to pay attention to the issue you are trying to solve as a nonprofit. If they can relate in some way to your story because they see themselves or others like them as being affected by the mission, they are more likely to give. Make your mission personal.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

A heartfelt thank you over the phone can often lead to greater giving. Reach out to LYBUNT donors in November and December – a good story can always prompt someone to give again! Creating connections with donors through compelling stories and images is integral to year-end fundraising strategies. Practice radical stewardship!

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Sometimes, methods of fundraising that worked in previous years don’t work as well when the economy shifts or a big news event pulls people’s attention away. Are you sharing heartwarming stories that stir their heart and soul, moving them to donate? Was the story you told in this email powerful enough? Was it at least 5%?

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The extra attention you provide will empower you to connect with them on a deeper level and foster memorable experiences that minimize the distance. However, the last thing you want to do is take users’ attention away from completing the task at hand. Signing up for your newsletter. Set suggested giving amounts.

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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. Follow up with a phone call. See if you can set up a meeting. Wrapping up.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Share stories and testimonials from the people you help! You can also make sure your marketing material includes case studies and real stories from the people you help. . Phone calls. Limit your phone call to thanking your donor and telling them what their gift will achieve. Past successes and future plans. .

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Major donors require some special attention. Make things as personal as possible by paying attention to their preferences and needs. If they have indicated they prefer to be contacted by phone rather than email, make sure you call them. Focus on their impact and show that impact through stories.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Your website serves as the central hub for your digital strategy, followed closely by the ways you drive folks to your website, including email, blog posts, newsletters, social media, text messaging, QR codes in print media, and advertising. Are you using video and/or compelling images to tell relevant stories? . A phone call?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Last week Kivi wrote about “ newsjacking ” the technique of piggy backing on a crisis to get more media attention. I asked Kivi to share her process: I was on the Washington Post site reading something else when I saw the AP story. That’s when I thought, “Damn, I just newsjacked this story!”

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

With merely a click of a mouse or tap on a phone, individuals can quickly learn about and donate to nonprofit organizations. Digital fundraising, specifically on social media channels, provides a way for nonprofits to connect to younger generations who do not have the time nor desire to receive lengthy appeal letters or printed newsletters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

You might be thinking this is unnecessary, but it only takes a few minutes to test both – on your laptop and your phone – and it could save you huge headaches in the long run. This pop-up on Nonprofit Tech for Good gets people to sign up for their newsletter at 9.5x times the rate of inline content!).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

Nonprofit Success Story: Ushahidi, a nonprofit headquartered in Kenya, used Kickstarter to launch production of BRCK, a Wi-Fi router and mobile modem built to withstand the elements. On the other hand, because Kickstarter is so popular, you might be able to garner a lot of press or attention for your campaign.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 26, 2017

However, by paying attention to trends in your donor database, you can begin finding supporter trends that will signal when a supporter is primed to take the next step. Phone Call. Newsletter. Pro Tip: If the gift is substantial, the CEO, DOD or a board member should also compose a handwritten note, followed by a phone call.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

But I see many nonprofits who are lazy at telling their story. Don’t ask her for a gift to support the rain forest and then come back with a newsletter about the Arctic! It says you are paying attention. It’s time for some phone calls to donors to hear their stories. 7 Ways to Build Highly Committed Donors.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

That means thanking them well, giving them updates, and telling them stories about the work your nonprofit is doing in changing lives. It’s about paying attention to what individual donors like, especially your best donors. Recent print collateral, such as a newsletter or annual report. In other words, one size does not fit all.

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NTEN

MAY 16, 2011

It's this month's topic here at NTEN (and you should subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter to receive the compiled "best of" version of these articles later this week). In the "Talk of the Town" section of the issue, one of the articles caught my attention. Sometimes you already know the story you need to tell.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

It is not a newsletter, an end-of-year report, an update or mixed in with other communications. Use phone, postcards, letters, emails and social media to build a series of appeals. Your goal in the first part of the letter is to get your reader’s attention. Start with a story to draw your readers in. Tom Ahern).

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See3

MARCH 18, 2008

It was probably show on a cell phone, which is why the quality isn’t great. But as you can imagine cell phone cameras will be much harder to stop. Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Nonprofit Success Story: Ushahidi, a nonprofit headquartered in Kenya, used Kickstarter to launch production of BRCK, a Wi-Fi router and mobile modem built to withstand the elements. On the other hand, because Kickstarter is so popular, you might be able to garner a lot of press or attention for your campaign.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? Put People at the Forefront of Your Stories. Your audience will respond to stories that immediately grab their attention. Share their stories with your audience.

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