EveryAction

JULY 31, 2023

Needless to say, if you’re a fundraiser, meeting your organization’s fundraising goal is top of mind in the fall and winter. We recommend implementing a multi-channel engagement strategy that meets donors where they are. Many companies establish match deadlines that align with the end of the calendar year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2013

One of the fun exercises I facilitated is a “Fishbowl” where a small group of participants go through the process of generating ideas for an editorial calendar based on their key goals and audience definition. Become Your Own Publishing Powerhouse with LightBox Collaborative’s 2014 Editorial Calendar guest post by Holly Minch.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Fortunately, with data, we can better understand members’ behavior and which marketing channel is most effective to reach our members. Let’s start by identifying the best channels and tools to maximize your campaigns. According to HubSpot, most marketers consistently leverage three channels. How are you tracking success?

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Understanding your nonprofit audiences—their hearts and minds, wallets and worlds—is critical to successfully communicating in an election year. Three —Mind the Calendar + Communicate Precisely The months nearest to the election, October especially, are going to be some of the toughest times to reach your audiences.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Start with a Social Media Editorial Calendar In order to plan out your social media, you first need to create an editorial calendar. An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. Don’t let this term scare you.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Your marketing strategies and the marketing channels you use can drastically affect your fundraising success throughout the year. Nonprofit marketing refers to all of the different strategies your organization uses across the various channels of communication to spread awareness about your cause and gain new supporters for your mission.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

How much will it cost for you to accomplish what you have in mind? If you can find 10 good grant leads — we can usually find at least 10 hot leads when we do grant research for our clients—then you can fill your grant calendar and keep your grant pipeline full all year long. Create a calendar of Asks.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2021

Five Tips to use both channels to their fullest potential—and let them be themselves! So how can you leverage the good work you’ve done for the mail channel? . But first, step back and think about the channel you’re using. This only happens in the fevered minds of career fundraisers.) . Tip #3 – Know when to pivot!

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

To ensure effective project communication, keep in mind these best practices for groups communicating in these virtual channels. Keep conversations about a project to the main channels of your workplace communication system (Slack/Teams/etc.) Try to keep discussions to relevant project conversations.

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

To find decision makers—or those close in proximity to them—keep your eyes peeled for the following titles: Grant manager Development manager Development officer Development coordinator Grant reviewer Grant administrator Grant coordinator Keep in mind that this is not an exhaustive list, and titles may contain a combination of these words.

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2023

By building a relationship , you’re ensuring that when the next grant cycle comes up, you’ll be top of mind. Many organizations publish a calendar of events open to the public on their websites, social channels, or in their newsletters. A great place to start is by connecting with decision makers on LinkedIn.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

For some clients, we only contributed to a particular channel or two, while for others, we orchestrated their entire effort across channels. The calendar does much of the heavy lifting for you, and wallets are broadly open. In 2021, Media Cause worked with 11 clients in partnership on their End of Year Efforts.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

Postcards don’t take up much space, and an attention-grabbing photo can convince supporters to hold onto it and keep your nonprofit in the back of their minds. . ?. . Calendars have a unique advantage over other mailable deliverables—if your supporters use them, they’ll end up staring at a reminder of your nonprofit every day.

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Pamela Grow

JULY 24, 2024

Develop a Multi-Channel Marketing Strategy As with any fundraiser, spreading the word about your auction early and often will maximize participation. Expand your reach even more by including multiple channels in your event marketing plan , such as: Your organization’s website.

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Allegiance Group

AUGUST 19, 2024

The calendar year-end is complex, but it’s a puzzle you must solve. This guide offers practical strategies to help your nonprofit maximize its efforts during the crucial calendar year-end period. We’ve also created a communications calendar to help you map out your messaging for maximum impact. Let’s dig in!

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

We wanted to see if this was a channel that our community responded well to. Keep your Giving Day top-of-mind year-round. Create a clear work plan or communications calendar. Plan to use multiple channels to reach your target audiences and make sure that messaging is consistent across all channels.

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Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2022

Prepare your marketing channels. A strong fundraising plan also needs to include the marketing channels you’ll use to get the word out about your fundraising initiatives. These marketing channels might include: Social media. Then, focus your efforts on those channels to connect with the right people. Direct mail.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For many nonprofits, Giving Tuesday is the most important giving day in their yearly fundraising calendar, and it takes time and careful planning to execute a successful Giving Tuesday campaign. GivingTuesday Ultimate Guide : Giving Tuesday is the biggest giving day of the year, so there’s a lot to keep in mind when preparing for it.

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Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These buttons serve as a gateway to the valuable content that your organization shares through its social media channels. By placing the donation button on every page, you reinforce its presence in the minds of your website visitors. A calendar of events A constantly updated calendar of events is essential for a nonprofit website.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

But keep in mind that there is a right and wrong way to do marketing. . Channel preference (social media vs. email). Gather past content from a specified time period and channel. Create a content calendar. Identify your distribution channels. Not all marketing channels will be right for your organization.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

But through shared documents and calendars via cloud-based platforms, the Executive Director of the horse rescue has the extra help they need to get everything done. And that’s okay because by offloading the highlighted tasks, you just cleared space on your calendar to focus on these items and get them done. COMMUNICATION .

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2024

In addition, fundraisers continue to be more mindful about reaching out to diverse audiences. By using inclusive creative materials and expanding communication channels, they’ve been able to draw more new donors to their organizations. It’s important, though, to be mindful about how the election will impact your communication calendar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

After your nonprofit has crafted a content strategy and created an editorial calendar (Chapter 7), the next step is to start thinking about the tone of voice of your content. When writing and designing content keep those five words at the forefront of your mind and work towards having those five words become synonymous with your online brand.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 20, 2022

For retention-minded fundraisers with a strong donor cultivation plan in place, the early days of a new calendar year might even be busier than any day in November and December. Your year-end donors gave at different amounts, for different reasons, and through different channels. Was it above or below your average gift size?

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Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

We have a channel for every client along with many internal channels, like one for “Analytics”, one for “AdWords”, and one for “HR.” We even have fun channels like “Travel” and “Music” where employees can post non-work related content. There are so many communication tools these days, but our favorite is Slack. Work in Sprints.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 8, 2024

With the number of social media users at over 5 billion worldwide , social media is one of the best channels for reaching a large audience of potential in-kind donors. Create a content calendar. Many of your supporters may not know that you need this kind of support, which is why marketing is so essential.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

You’ve read articles about up-and-coming communications channels and whether you should incorporate them into your nonprofit outreach strategy. But, the fact of the matter is, the channels you employ will have little impact on your outreach strategy if the messages you send through those channels are subpar. Let’s get started.

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Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

Though annual reports can come at any time, a key component of finishing the calendar year off strong is to ensure that you are reporting on what you’ve achieved and identifying where there is room to grow. Then you can begin looking at your data with a direction and purpose in mind. Goal setting matters a lot here.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

In the following blog post, we will delve into practical strategies to help your nonprofit maximize its efforts during the crucial calendar year-end period. It goes without saying, but calendar year-end is a critical time for many nonprofit organizations. percent after inflation adjustments) for calendar year-end giving in 2022.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Social media is an important channel of communication for connecting with your donors and supporters. And beyond that, you can expand your reach to find even more like-minded people who would resonate with your mission and be interested in supporting your organization. Determine what channels to use. Set SMART goals.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your nonprofit pursues a worthwhile mission, and as a marketing professional, it’s up to you to find the unique channels and messages that help current and potential supporters see that. Plus, it’s a great way to drive traffic to your site when you share it across other channels. Drive traffic through other channels.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A key component of finishing the calendar year off strong is to ensure that you are reporting on what you’ve achieved and identifying where there is room to grow. Then you can begin looking at your data with a direction and purpose in mind. Analyze with actionable data in mind. For that, we need to dig deeper.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this article, you’ll find four tips to keep in mind when building your newsletter and 14 ideas for your newsletter’s content. Channel the audience reading your newsletter—what’s helpful to them? Mind Your Design When you use consistent branding , members will learn to associate your organization with a certain look.

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Qgiv

APRIL 8, 2024

But Giving Tuesday doesn’t have to be the only nonprofit giving day on your organization’s fundraising calendar. Here are some things to keep in mind when designing your form: Create custom images: Because your giving day form is separate from your year-round form, it’s a great opportunity to create new banners and background images.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 15, 2024

Members-only event calendar: Most organizations have private, members-only events. A members-only event calendar is a great way to keep these events in the minds of members without broadcasting them to the masses. This knowledge helps you optimize the channels that are most effective in driving traffic to your website.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Let’s dive in by starting with the key principles to keep in mind when forming your fundraising strategy. We recommend creating a fundraising calendar to keep you on track and organized in your efforts. Download our Fundraising Plan and Calendar Template: Fundraising Strategies for Nonprofits 1.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 28, 2022

Send to your entire audience (keeping your overall communications calendar and cadence in mind). Consider other communications channels that reach beyond your constituent list. Maybe it’s a mention in a newsletter or maybe a unique message focused on campaign recruitment. Build your fundraising invitations.

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