The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 18, 2024

2024 is shaping up to be THE year of safer email, starting with big email authentication policy updates from Google and Yahoo, which will take effect on February 1st, 2024. These policy changes will impact what email Google and Yahoo will accept and deliver to their users’ inboxes, in an effort to decrease spam and spoofing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Set up a drip email to do the work for you. To use a drip-email campaign, determine what your end goal is, or your call to action. This will keep your emails concise and focused.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

By Stephanie Kanak , Content Strategist at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. In the timeline below, we tell you exactly when to send emails designed to cultivate a relationship with your new Giving Tuesday supporters. Why send this email? Why send this email?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 2, 2021

How to grow, manage, and segment your email list to maximize click-through rates and avoid spam folders. Which types of fundraising campaigns nonprofits should prioritize in 2022, such as tribute giving and crowdfunding. A practical analysis of which social media trends are worth the time and financial investment.

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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. In the same way, you shouldn’t expect a member renewal to be a one email and done transaction. Segmentation Proper segmentation can significantly enhance the effectiveness of renewal campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good The average growth rate for social media ranges from.64% 2) Include social media icons in your email newsletter. Nonprofit Tech for Good has an average click-through rate of.4% 64% to 3% per month , depending upon the platform.

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Classy

JULY 30, 2021

He highlights the importance of email marketing, lead generation, outreach campaigns, customer profiling, and acquisition to maximize ROI for all businesses. When launching an email campaign to raise funds, it is imperative to perfect the copy, segment your email lists, fine-tune the graphic assets, and more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. According to MobileCause , 90% of text messages are read within three minutes of being sent while only 24% of emails are being read at all. 6) Add charity rating badges and program vs. operating expense graphics. increase in donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Now your team can boost your open rates to 37% just by adding video! 6) Secure matching gifts for your next fundraising campaign. After all, crafting a compelling message is hard work!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Your website is the foundation upon which your digital communications and fundraising campaigns are built. How well your nonprofit’s email and social media campaigns perform depend upon how well your website is designed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Likely a sign of best practices to come, their donation pages simply ask for credit card information and an email address (not a mailing address) and have an extensive offering of different ways to donate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use these free or low-cost tools and resources to significantly improve your digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. Websites & Email 1. Mailmunch :: mailmunch.com Mailmunch enables users to create a variety of pop-up email forms for their website.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 22, 2021

Increasing website conversion rates is a perpetual priority for both higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations. Third, you should become familiar with Converted Visitors: anyone who has provided their email address to you through their website, most commonly through submitting a form (more on that later).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

Your organization likely relies on direct mail, emails, social media, and even phone calls to get the word out about your organization’s work and solicit support for your mission. Big brands know that texts have an incredibly high open rate—that’s why many of our favorite retailers have adopted a text marketing strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2020

By Josh Kashorek , Director of Marketing at Journity , and advocate for using data to create high-performance nonprofit marketing campaigns. 2) Conversion Rates. The mention of conversion rates often makes nonprofit pros cringe, because it sounds technical, like some jargon a marketer would use. 3) Engagement. 5) Retention.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2024

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good According to the Nonprofit Tech for Good Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have experienced a cyberattack (email phishing, website hacking, ransomware, social media attack, etc.). 2) Require a double opt-in subscription process for your email list(s).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Maybe they heard about you on Facebook, or they signed a petition and you sent them an email. Maybe a friend shared the link with them, or they found your charity by Googling a topic you’re campaigning about. How each traffic source is influencing sign ups for your peer-to-peer campaign. This is where UTM s come in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 17, 2022

When you combine this higher annual giving level with the fact that monthly donors have much higher retention rates, you can begin to see why monthly donations are important. Of those recurring donors, 51% return to also give through a different campaign type, according to The State of Modern Philanthropy 2020. About the Sponsor.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2024

Nonprofits are constantly seeking innovative ways to enhance their email marketing strategies. Personalize email content to boost engagement Personalization makes your audience feel valued. Tailoring emails to include the recipient’s name, past interactions, or interests can significantly increase engagement rates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 18, 2024

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good The average growth rate for social media ranges from 0.64% to 3% per month , depending upon the platform. 2) Include social media icons in your email newsletter. 4) Add social media icons to your “Thank you” emails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 27, 2023

More Loyal Donors While new donor retention rates average less than 20% , monthly giving programs typically enjoy retention rates of over 80% after the first year and over 95% after year five. Create a page dedicated to recurring giving campaigns, and add a robust monthly giving ask to your standard campaign pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good According to the 2023 Nonprofit Tech for Good Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have experienced a cyberattack (email phishing, website hacking, ransomware, social media attack, etc.). 2) Require a double opt-in subscription process for your email list(s).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For nonprofits, a well-executed pop-up can increase engagement, procure donations, and build email lists that can foster long-term relationships with potential activists or donors. So many websites collect email addresses solely for the purpose of collecting information (and then do nothing with that data). OptinMonster.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 2, 2024

You’ve sent a fundraising email to your nonprofit’s email list. What happened , you think, where did we go wrong with this email? And that’s when you know it’s time to troubleshoot your fundraising email. And that’s when you know it’s time to troubleshoot your fundraising email.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. It is worth noting that if your nonprofit later discovers a duplicate unclaimed page for your nonprofit, you can easily delete the unclaimed page provided you have a professional email address i.e., an email address that matches your website URL.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Wouldn’t life be easier if people opened and read your fundraising emails? Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing. Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Help maintain membership hygiene by ensuring donor records are accurate, spelled correctly, and that bouncing emails are cleaned, etc. Is the donor renewal rate low?

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 30, 2023

Dig Below the Surface to Find Gaps in Member Retention It’s likely that your organization measures retention rates, but are you looking at the surface or digging in below the aggregate level ? Investigating the renewal status by member segment can help you uncover important insights into which members will and will not renew.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2019

Email is still king in the invitation world. With proper segmentation and a good cadence plan (don’t forget those follow-ups), you should be able to get a good conversion out of your supporter email list. This includes the sign-up page, their confirmation and follow-up emails, and even in the reminders leading up to your event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

Automation Tactics 1) Email and Text Campaigns Email and text message campaigns are the core of marketing automation, and nearly everything else falls under this umbrella. Whatever the situation, automated email marketing and SMS texting campaigns can be set up to deliver timely messages to donors and supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. In short, one in one hundred of your followers will click on your first two posts in any given week and then the click-through rate drops steadily after that. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

Coming in highest was email campaigns, with 88.6% of respondents stating they planned to use email marketing in 2023. In this article, we break down the reasons why email campaigns are a perfect place to begin engaging your donors and how your nonprofit can use email to your advantage starting today.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

With Giving Tuesday in the rear view, it’s tempting to forgo a year-end giving campaign and coast to the end of the year, catching up on work and enjoying the holidays. A year-end giving campaign is your chance to win over donors when they are in a giving frame of mind. Top 10 strategies for a successful year-end giving campaign: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Here are important factors that nonprofits should consider when developing year-end campaigns, which, if executed successfully, will further their missions and make a profound impact on the communities they serve. 1) Multi-Channel Strategy Employing a multi-channel strategy helps nonprofits reach a wider audience with their year-end campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

2) 29% of donors worldwide say that social media is the tool that most inspires them to give, however, email is a close second at 27%. 7) Crowdfunding campaigns that benefit individuals are growing in popularity worldwide. 41% of donors to charitable organizations also donate to online crowdfunding campaigns that benefit individuals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

According to NP Engage, nonprofits see abandonment rates of 50% – 70% on their donation pages. Multi-pages on a desktop and phone are cumbersome, clunky, and according to studies, will result in a higher abandonment rate. Only 24% of emails are being read at all (not to mention their 2.57% click-thru rate) 2.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

If you can not attend the final webinars due to scheduling conflicts, you can still register to receive a comprehensive set of notes that are emailed to registrants after the webinar is over. Before you send out emails, ensure that you have pinned the featured story or call-to-action of your email to your Twitter Profile and Facebook Page.

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