Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Your year-end fundraising campaigns should show your donors what you’ve accomplished together over the past year, and invite them to give toward an even brighter future. Done well, your year-end campaigns (print, email, and social media) will inspire donors to give generously at year’s end and throughout the year after.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 5, 2021

20, just as nonprofits were launching or preparing to launch their year-end fundraising email campaigns, Apple implemented its Mail Privacy Protection along with new features that fundamentally alter how organizations conduct their email outreach.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Nonprofit marketing teams and agencies can now automate the creation, integration and tracking of direct mail marketing campaigns with innovative new software that has just launched in the U.S. from Postalytics.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 13, 2025

Some nonprofits are under the impression that sending multiple mail and email appeals constitutes an intrusion in donors lives. Nonsense.

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Charity Village

JANUARY 9, 2025

Are you curious about how your direct mail campaigns stack up against the rest of the nonprofit sector? Sign-ups are now open to participate in the 2025 Direct Mail Benchmarks report you know and love. The wait is over!

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 5, 2020

If you want to know how to run an amazing year-end fundraising campaign (both online and offline) for your organization, check out our three part series How to Do Year-End Fundraising the Right Way. Today, I want to present a sample year-end fundraising e-mail for a fictional non-profit organization. The Background Behind the Letter.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As fundraisers, you’re also in charge of putting together end-of-year giving campaigns for your nonprofit. Knowing how much time and effort you spend planning events and campaigns inspired us to create this resource to inspire you with these successful ideas for end-of-year giving campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Here’s how nonprofits are using QR codes to engage their audiences effectively: Fundraising: From charity sweepstakes to crowdfunding campaigns, QR codes placed on postcards, flyers, or social media provide a conduit for instant participation. If you discover QR code mailers outperform posters, double down on direct mail postcards.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 27, 2024

It’s critical to run campaigns that acquire and upgrade donors, but it has to be done right. That’s where campaign testing comes in.

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DonorPerfect

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

For nonprofits, direct mail campaigns continue to be a cornerstone of donor engagement, ranking second among supporters’ preferred communication methods. When managed effectively, direct mail campaigns can foster donor engagement and drive contributions.

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In an age dominated by digital outreach, direct mail fundraising remains a powerful tool for nonprofits to connect with donors. To help incorporate direct mail into your marketing plan or elevate your current direct response fundraising approach, this guide will walk through several strategies for honing your outreach.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 9, 2025

Hardly a week passes that I dont get an email like this one from Amanda: We are looking at expanding the number of direct mail campaigns we run. Our campaigns are smaller, maybe 500 to 1,000 pieces mailed. Choosing your print shop is an important decision for the success of your nonprofits direct mail program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Automated Personalization: Salesforce automates personalized communications across multiple channels, including email, social media, and direct mail. Use Salesforce reports and dashboards to analyze giving patterns, engagement with email campaigns, website interactions, and event attendance. Salesforce is the great equalizer.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Informed Delivery can increase the effectiveness of your direct mail fundraising campaign while decreasing your postage costs. With only two more months left to take advantage of its dual benefits, here are the answers to the frequently asked questions I get on this strategy.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 5, 2024

Here are five tips for acquiring donors through direct mail campaigns. Donor acquisition is a major challenge for nonprofits this year.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Beyond viewing GivingTuesday as a standalone event, we can think of it as the starting line for a broader campaign. With updated benchmarks, you’ll have a roadmap to guide your campaign and keep your team focused. And don’t underestimate the power of direct mail. Here’s how to do it.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Nonprofit direct mail fundraising is a great way to find new donors. Here are our best tips for making sure your campaign is a success.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 7, 2020

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, it might actually be a great time to fundraise through direct mail. Here are our best tips for making sure your campaign is a success.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Social media campaigns Social media platforms provide an ideal space to post highlights from your digital impact report. Digital communication pieces Insights from your digital impact report can easily transfer over to other types of digital communication pieces , like online newsletters, email fundraising campaigns, and blog posts.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It’s not too late to engage donors in 2023 with a custom-designed, creative holiday stewardship campaign, calendar year end or winter appeal. Creative design and personalized messaging can help donors visualize their impact, see themselves as part of your community, and feel inspired to make their next gift.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

You’re probably working hard on your annual appeal, which will hopefully bring in lots of cash both by mail and online. Believe it or not, the holidays and year-end are rapidly approaching.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 12, 2023

With data from nearly 1,500 nonprofits, nonprofit software provider Neon One has evaluated more than 37,000 email campaigns totaling more than 157 million individual emails for “The Nonprofit Email Report.” The new report provides a look at nonprofit email benchmarks for both large and small organizations.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 15, 2024

Constant Contact announced Campaign Builder, a new way for nonprofits to automate their marketing campaigns.

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DonorPerfect

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In today’s digital age, direct mail campaigns remain a powerful tool for nonprofits to connect with donors and drive contributions, especially during critical periods like year-end fundraising. Do you wonder how your fundraising letters actually perform?

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 11, 2022

Here are five tips to develop innovative nonprofit marketing campaigns. A nonprofit marketing strategy doesn’t necessarily have to be about raising funds. It is also essential to raise awareness while ensuring you are standing out.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 25, 2024

Five Types of Membership Campaigns When communicating with members you’re trying to build a rapport with them throughout the year, nurturing that relationship before you actually go in and ask for a renewal or membership relationship. Segmentation Proper segmentation can significantly enhance the effectiveness of renewal campaigns.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

September Create a campaign theme and offer, logo, and tagline. Set campaign goals. Line up any volunteers or campaign leaders. Design and test your year-end donation page and web overlay for the homepage to spotlight the campaign, incorporating year-end fundraising for nonprofits. What was our average gift amount?

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

Best Practices for Donor Acquisition and Retention Through Direct Mail. Sending a personalized, well-written appeal via direct mail can be one of the most impactful ways for schools to fundraise. But what about people who say that direct mail isn’t worth the investment? Refer to the data.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As a result, retention rates have been declining over the past three years, which makes end-of-year mailings critical to the organization. Historically, due to a mandatory quiet period after Christmas, Toys for Tots did not resume development efforts until the spring.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 10, 2024

According to fundraising copywriter and author Jeff Brooks, “ Donors to political campaigns and donors to charity are mostly different people.” Cancelling your campaign is guaranteed zero income and fundraising revenue you can never get back. There’s no correlation whatsoever around elections hurting fundraising. There’s one caveat.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 12, 2023

In part 1 of this series, I discussed how to use emotion in nonprofit direct mail to drive results. By doing this in your fundraising campaigns, you will motivate people to donate. The human drive to avoid the pain of loss is extremely motivating. Now let’s discuss how to use loss aversion to increase your donations.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 24, 2023

GiveCentral will launch its 20 for 20 Campaign to help nonprofits increase their engagement and giving by 20% in 20 weeks beginning Q4, where the most charitable giving happens. The campaign will capitalize on giving strategies around calendar events, holidays, and social media holidays in Q4.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants insight into what role direct mail plays in fundraising in a digital world: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering what role direct mail plays in our digitally-dominant world ? But I wonder if in the long run the ROI is better for direct mail than digital?

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The first rule for strong year-end fundraising is that the message of your year-end campaign needs to be consistent with your message throughout the year. or to emergency year-end campaigns that tell donors you need to raise X number of dollars just to keep the doors open next year. communicate) through direct mail.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Emails, social media posts, direct mail, phone calls — there are so many ways to reach donors. However, text messaging has emerged as an effective way to make a big impact for your next fundraising campaign. Sign up for this webinar to learn more about UNHCR’s success and how to add text messaging to your donor cultivation toolkit.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 4, 2020

First, Prepare Your Campaign. Remember, year-end fundraising should be treated like any other fundraising “campaign” (like your annual giving campaigns , for example). The second phase of your year-end giving campaign is to warm-up your donors by introducing them to your theme and your need. How much do you need?

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 23, 2024

There were four major categories – Digital Channel, Direct Mail Campaign, Multi-Channel Campaign and Workhorse Campaign with subcategories such as acquisition/prospecting, major donor, reinstatement and special appeal. link] The post Fundraising Campaigns Take Top Honors appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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