The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Direct mail just doesn’t yield what it used to. The average nonprofit email campaign has less than 25% open rates and less than 3% click-through rates. We’ve got a personal outreach to 2,000 and we’ve got a strategy to convert 50% of them into donors, now we’re talking about having 600 or 1,000 people donate to a single campaign.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Being thanked for my previous gift was much more persuasive than receiving multiple emails and direct mail letters. I would definitely make larger gifts if there were 1) fewer campaigns; 2) those campaigns championed more targeted solutions; 3) those solutions were backed up by better impact information. One week after gift: .

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Donor Data is a Top Priority When conducting any sort of fundraising campaign, you need to make sure you are working with data about your donors. Track Performance Using KPIs Before any fundraising campaign begins, you should set goals and track them with key performance indicators (KPIs). The purpose of S.M.A.R.T.

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This comes at a time when many nonprofit organizations are in the middle of their end-of-year giving campaigns; and while you will still be able to access old Crystal Reports through your Custom Reports section, you’ll need to find a new option to edit or create new reports. . How to Best Break Away From the Rest – Tableau.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 20, 2022

Examples of sub-segments include: Frequency: First gift Second gift New monthly donor Existing monthly donor Made multiple one-time gifts in the previous year Channel: Direct mail Your website Peer-to-peer Facebook Event Campaign: Thanksgiving Giving Tuesday Hanukkah Christmas Year-End Gift Amount: Was it an upgrade or a downgrade?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Did a coworker stay late helping you prepare for a campaign? You can create these mission moments on social media, share a special update via email, or use this holiday as an opportunity to send out a direct mail piece. Learn more about getting others interested in your mission by downloading our free Nonprofit Storytelling eBook.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

To test the theory, I recently ran a remarketing campaign on Facebook promoting my article, “ How To Get More Online Donations With Content Marketing.” Even better, setting up a remarketing campaign on Facebook is extremely simple: First, you’ll need to set up a tracking code on your site.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2014

While organizations focus on their development goal and raising money through major gifts, events, direct mail, grants and online, we continue to see a lack of focus on stewardship and retention. Lack of stewardship has a price, and nothing proves that more than the AFP Fundraising Effectiveness Survey.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 12, 2016

Last weekend, Jacobwith led a Cause Camp workshop at Nonprofit Hub on Nine Steps to a Successful Fundraising Campaign. You can also break down your goal into multiple campaigns. Fortunately, there are endless ways to stay in touch with donors: direct mail, email, websites, social media and more. Check them out below.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Direct mail appeals are most successful with Baby Boomers. So you’ve launched a social ad campaign to market your peer-to-peer event. According to Campaign Monitor’s Data-Backed Guide to Nonprofit Marketing , email was the preferred way donors specified they want to hear from nonprofits. Direct mail tips. The basics.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

But when it comes to fundraising campaigns, the average small nonprofit raised $6.15 You could also trade eBooks, short-form resources like worksheets, or special access to events for email addresses. Include an Opt-In Option with Direct Mail You may be thinking: What do direct mail and email have to do with each other?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2014

Think of your own reading: in addition to books and magazines, how much time do you spend reading e-mails, other material for work, mail and even text messages? Perhaps you’ve heard the reason why we seem addicted to our e-mail in-boxes, mobile devices, social media and the like. Do longer e-mails work?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The best approach when creating content for an online fundraising appeal is to envision the whole project as a campaign. Who are you targeting for this online campaign? Develop a campaign theme and main message. The campaign theme should be as simple as possible to convey the main idea. A clear call to action. Volunteers?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 29, 2014

Is that a smart phone or direct mail piece tucked in their pocket? Over time you will begin to see the variable that makes the most impact on your campaigns. Having tangible metrics vs. assumptions enables you to optimize your campaign efforts. . What’s their persona today and how is it evolving? Do some science.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2014

Of course we could talk about how to apply the science of persuasion to many different areas of our lives, but let’s stick to the topic of improving your fundraising appeal (download the ebook ). Here’s how the science of persuasion can be used to create more effective fundraising appeal letters—email or direct mail.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

You’ll learn a variety of techniques for engaging them, like special events and direct mail, as well as how to implement these techniques correctly. You’ll learn how to create and launch an effective email campaign. BONUS #1: “3 Keys to Successful Fundraising in Good Times and Bad” ebook and audio. Week 4: Thursday, March 24.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

While printing and mailing a physical newsletter used to be the norm, with email, creating and sending a newsletter is easier than ever. Check out this Fundraising Fundamentals eBook we made with our friends at Donorly to keep learning and honing your fundraising skills! Why should I use email marketing? Donor/volunteer spotlight.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The calendar is available as a downloadable PDF , which also comes with a list of related blogs, videos, ebooks, and community resources. The three primary channels used by nonprofits are email, social media and direct mail. Holidays can be another useful peg for a campaign, depending on your nonprofit’s scope.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For more details about this process and examples, download the free eBook “Discovering Your Nonprofit’s Unique Value Proposition: A Step-by-Step Guide.” Integrating the UVP Into Fundraising Planning and Messaging With your UVP in hand, you can design fundraising campaigns and messaging that will resonate with your target audience.

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Qgiv

MARCH 21, 2022

Initiatives may include: Engaging employees Hosting events Cultivating major donors Working with community partners for sponsorships or matching gifts Planned giving Direct mail and personal solicitation Engaging board members. As with all fundraising, it’s important to keep your revenue sources diversified. Engaging Employees.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2017

From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. But this belief has been reinforced by the unfortunate existence of powerful, territory-protecting direct mail and online silos where never the twain shall meet. Sometimes online, sometimes through the mail, and often both.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

For existing donors, you can create ongoing email campaigns that drill deeper into your organization’s impact. Direct Mail Then, of course, there’s the trusty old standby: Direct mail. Your nonprofit can use direct mail in a targeted fashion to re-engage lapsed donors and make an impression on younger donors.

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Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

Fundraising expenses include anything to do with fundraising, including various campaign budgets and costs for hosting events. Check out this Fundraising Fundamentals eBook we made with our friends at Donorly to keep learning and honing your fundraising skills! This category keeps a nonprofit’s day-to-day operations running.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 29, 2015

By utilizing automated nurture campaigns as part of your marketing strategy, you can keep your supporters engaged all year round. Like any strategically formed campaign, your marketing automation efforts need goals. To learn more about marketing automation check out the new npExpert’s Future of Fundraising ebook!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Ebook Website Optimization Action Plan Learn More 2. It can even include creating specific experiences on certain days, which can help excite potential donors in the lead-up to a campaign launch or an event like GivingTuesday. And, for more information on how you can upgrade your site, check out our Website Optimization Action Plan.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2020

Jessie: Thanks to a very successful fundraising campaign, our organization tripled in size in a very short time. We will save three to four hours a week with a workflow that identifies constituents who want to be removed from our mailing list and automatically adds them to a suppression list.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

[Event-ebook-top] There are plenty of ways to raise money, but one of the most popular (and let’s face it: fun!) For example, if your event is part of a capital campaign, you might host it toward the beginning of your campaign to kick off the fundraising and inspire major donors. Print ads in local newspapers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

As long as you were willing to invest the two to four hours to scan that book page by page, you could read just about any book, article, or piece of mail that you wanted to read. The first was the ebook. These formats now underpin the ebook industry of today. And so we campaigned for the Marrakesh Treaty.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This handy guide includes ready-to-use phrases that are sure to get results in your annual appeal—and in any other fundraising campaign. The Annual Campaign by Erik J. Get step-by-step guidance and practical tools for running an effective, well-coordinated annual giving campaign. Happy reading!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2014

Here’s a look at what you’ll find in this free eBook: Chapter 1 : The Case for Donor Retention. By Lisa Sargent : Fundraising copywriter … donor communications specialist… publisher of Loyalty Letter e-news … die-hard defender of direct mail. By Roger M. On The Agitator. On Twitter. On Twitter. On Twitter.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

This is really where that awareness of who you are or that, you know, email you just sent them, that direct-mail piece you just sent them, that webinar you just hosted for your constituents, where that turns into action and people do something. ” Big Duck has a free ebook that will help you with this.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So there’s actually an eBook they wrote on donor acquisition. You were looking at some sort of return on investment selection tool or something before you put an appeal to those donors in the mail. So is it a back-to-school campaign? Was it an Easter campaign? We got connected last year.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

And in this post by Joanne-Fritz, How to Close the Loop with Donors by Email , she shares how nonprofits can provide “closure” after fundraising campaigns. Creating marketing campaigns based around current holidays or events is a no brainer for nonprofits, but there’s a catch. Give a teaser for an upcoming campaign?

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Care2

AUGUST 7, 2007

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It?

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Care2

JULY 24, 2007

An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns » Tuesday Jul 24 2007 The Long, Long Tail of Facebook Causes Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 11:03PM | by Justin Perkins Post co-authored by James OMalley and Justin Perkins. 60) Search « Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference | Main | Is It Worth It?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

If your current fundraising is limited to direct mail appeals and writing for grants, you are leaving a lot of money on the table. I’ve met so many professionals at nonprofits who say they could never ask someone for money, but the most successful fundraisers at any organization do not have this fear.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

Here’s Tom Warren at The Verge : The first investigation will probe whether Apple has broken EU competition rules with its App Store policies, following complaints by Spotify and Rakuten over Apple’s 30 percent cut on subscriptions and sales of ebooks through its App Store. “We Suhauna Hussain and Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times ).

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