Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

He raises a good point and even makes up a new word: spamanthropism (spam + philanthropism). It describes social media for social good that is so obnoxious that it feels like spam. In my own fundraising, I am always very conscious of asking too much and annoying people.

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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. Fund Accounting Software That Drives Impact Find out how Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT fits your organization.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2017

Several sources ( including Blackbaud ) have published information about their email delivery practices generally, and how to respond to these changes at Gmail. We don’t know how Google’s algorithm—or mix of rules—is determining whether or not a specific message will be delivered to the in-box or filtered into a spam folder.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 25, 2021

billion for the year, according to The Blackbaud Institute. While someone’s email inbox may be filled with promotional newsletters and sporadic spam, a physical mailbox tends to be stuff with a lot less crap. Giving trends up, consistently. In 2015, total giving sat at $25.8 One of the greatest advantages of direct mail is visibility.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 7, 2013

Recently some members of the Blackbaud marketing team stirred up some internal controversy by sending out an email that contained stars in the subject line (highlighted below.) Overuse of a technique like this is when you start getting in trouble with spam filters. How did that impact your open/response rates?

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2010

Not only is it nifty piece, it attracted some of our best spam comments of the year: "Thanks for pants. Actually, some of the funniest protest signs of 2009 would make good spam comment fodder, if you happen to work for a fly-by-night SEO firm. Have you thought of making a whole patience outfit?"

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

article published in our September newsletter , Blackbaud's Steve MacLaughlin. Avoid spam filters. revealed that while overall fundraising was down 2% in 2008, online fundraising. grew 44% over 2007 levels to more than $15 billion. They also found that the. month of December accounted for 21% of the transaction volume in 2008 -- but.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2017

I put the two together, hoping that I didn’t miss anyone because they weren’t in last year’s emailing, or that I don’t send two (or more) invites to my spam-sensitive donors. But we know intuitively that Access is the not the same as Blackbaud or Salesforce. Touchpoints and follow-up are hard to remember. Targeting is difficult.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 25, 2012

Anti-Spam Desktop will continue to run after one year, but spam updates will no longer be provided. Blackbaud Now. Generally, if you don’t request another donation the software or service will cease functioning, or in some cases continue to function but discontinue updates. Caspio Bridge. Efficient Elements. FluidSurveys.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Here are some highlights from this month's particularly tool-loaded Communications RoundTable with Chad Norman of Blackbaud. This tag seemed to be the most popular, but also brought up the least amount of spam as tweets.) Chad is an absolute rock star when it comes to social media and marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Get Active (best for advocacy, easiest to use email tool) Kintera (big program and lots of features are not necessarily used) Convio (fundraising) Blackbaud. t Spam regulations ??? t spam work. Did it get passed into a spam folder. 35% of email goes into spam filter, most people don???t t check spam filters.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Online donations seem to be on the raise, according to The 2012 Charitable Giving Report made by Blackbaud, “online giving grew 10.7% 2. Stop spamming. in 2012 compared to 2011”. This is only one reason in plus to think about creating a handy donation form. Moreover a long form will visually imply a complicated process.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Guest post by Ryan King , Blackbaud’s Sr. Get ready for some great insights from a marketer that has a passion for engaging the nonprofit community and Blackbaud customers. — —. They are going to decide then whether or not they want to unsubscribe because you’re sending them spam or if they want to stay engaged with your organization.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2019

From filtering email spam to offering up personalized Netflix recommendations, AI already underlies many routine aspects of our lives in ways we don’t even realize. Source: Blackbaud. Artificial intelligence (AI) might just be the buzzword of the year, and with good reason.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

The direct mail world was broken the instant the first email was sent, but 80% of all email sent is spam. Back in the day, Blackbaud used to hand-deliver the hardware and software to our clients. The newspaper classified ads were broken forever by the Internet, thanks to a one-two punch from the likes of Monster and Craigslist.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 8, 2017

The Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) came into effect July 1, 2014 and is applicable to anyone who sends commercial electronic messages. During this time, many nonprofits reviewed their email marketing programs for compliance, and Blackbaud ensured all of our products used to send email facilitated your ability to do so.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

Steve MacLaughlin, VP of data analytics at Blackbaud and author of Data Driven Nonprofits , broke down what successful nonprofits do to manage big data. These partners deployed Azure services to create a system for helping to more quickly and reliably rescue missing children. Please visit the site to view this video). Data Health.

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