M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

Read time: 5 minutes It’s 1980, and you hear the mail slot clank down the hallway. That version of you — now sitting on a valuable piece of real estate — probably had their address bought by a man named Paul Weyrich, a pioneer of conservative political direct mail. It grew from there: more campaigns hired him, and his lists grew.

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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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sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2023

With the rise of mailing costs coupled with worldwide fundraising competition for every cent, your nonprofit organization can’t afford to guess when it comes to your fundraising program’s direct mail expenses. When you allow data to guide your direct mail strategy, your organization can save time and money. Direct mail?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 30, 2023

And how to raise more money this Fall. If you want to make sure that you raise more money this Fall and have your BEST fundraising season ever, there are some things you need to do NOW to set the stage. 8 things you should do NOW to set yourself up to raise more money this Fall 1. Review your numbers. Are you on track?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

When raising money online (or offline) you must be able to succinctly answer this question for your potential donors: Why this? What makes this campaign urgent, timely, and relevant? Social media campaigns require a lot of content creation. You MUST have a compelling reason for people to give to you – no matter the medium!

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Mastering the Stages of a Nonprofit Capital Campaign There are so many ways to raise funds, from online fundraising efforts and silent auctions to organizing walk-a-thons. Let’s explore what a capital campaign typically looks like and break down what you’ll need to do at each step.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

That’s reason enough to shift your focus to end-of-year giving and get serious about planning a year-end giving campaign. Why is the End-of-Year Giving Campaign So Important? Here’s what it takes to create an effective, strategic end-of-year giving campaign. But where do you start? Give these tips a try.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 6, 2021

Your team likely spends countless hours planning events and campaigns in order to raise money for programs and projects that will further your cause. . A multi-channel fundraising strategy, or one that targets donors through a variety of mediums, is most likely to reach the widest audience and result in maximum funds raised.

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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). By setting S.M.A.R.T.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 2, 2024

As a professional fundraiser, your top priority might be to determine which events and campaigns raise the most. But, the right tools can maximize your fundraising success no matter the type of event or campaign you host. Perhaps your charity auctions sell fewer tickets because many donors can’t attend in person.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Here’s a common question that many small and growing nonprofits ask: How do you get your Board to raise money, especially during the holidays? It’s part of a Board’s basic responsibility to help you raise money. They know that the holidays are a great time to raise money, but may not have an idea of what to do.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

In this post, I want to talk about the strategy behind raising more money during the final 4-6 weeks of the year. 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. The best year-end fundraising campaigns are multichannel affairs.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns have become an increasingly popular strategy for nonprofits in recent years. This approach involves supporters raising funds on behalf of a nonprofit by reaching out to their family, friends, colleagues, and others in their network.

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Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 2, 2022

I am excited to announce our newest line of business: Campaign Services. Campaign Services helps our clients lighten complex data loads and assist in ongoing integrations for vital fundraising operations through direct marketing campaigns. The two most common forms of direct marketing are direct mail and telemarketing.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes boost Your Fall Fundraising: Leveraging Campaign Management Tools As the crisp autumn air begins to roll in, so does one of the most critical times for nonprofits—fall fundraising season. With year-end giving on the horizon, it’s time to make every campaign count.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

MAY 3, 2022

Any nonprofit organization dreams of having successful fundraising campaigns. Of course, managing a fundraising campaign can have a lot of parts and pieces. It can be a challenge to figure out how to manage them all while dealing with other day-to-day fundraising tasks.So, what is the key behind a successful fundraising campaign?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether a gift chart is appropriate to raise funds if not in a capital campaign: Dear Charity Clairity, We have an ambitious individual fundraising goal of $500,000 this year – almost 1.5 times what we raised last year! So, you’re on the right track.

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EveryAction

JULY 12, 2023

updates were expected to have on the amount of granular data available from digital ad clicks, nonprofits that adapt metrics and goals to meet the moment may find ads are still a useful part of omni-channel campaigns. Talk to us to learn more about how support from the right platform can help you raise more for your mission, more efficiently.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

These include direct mail, phone calls and messages, and in-person solicitations. They can target campaigns and improve donation requests. They also help tailor campaigns to specific donor segments. Targeted Fundraising Campaigns Also, AI can help optimize donation requests. AI tools and predictive analytics are new.

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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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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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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

They don’t have lots of extra time or staff to run projects and campaigns that aren’t going to pan out. Non-profit direct mail fundraisers know that one of the worst times to send a fundraising letter for a charity is in the couple of weeks before a major election. E-mail is the killer fundraising app on the web.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

To get started preparing for the most wonderful time of the year for nonprofits and charities, ensure you’ve covered your year-end fundraising basics with this year-end fundraising campaign timeline. If this is the case, then you should have a clear idea about how much you need to raise for the next fiscal year.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For many nonprofits, A GivingTuesday Campaign is an opportunity to attract new donors and raise money for your organization. Your GivingTuesday Campaign is a chance to promote your brand in front of a much larger audience. Here are some tips for marketing your GivingTuesday campaign, to attract attention for your organization.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 13, 2021

Guest post blog submitted by: GivingMail, a leading provider of direct mail solutions. Creating a marketing campaign might sound simple enough, but implementing a proper strategy with a multi-channel approach is easier said than done. Invest in the best fundraising technology. Let’s dive in! Build long-term donor relationships.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Online fundraising is extremely cost-effective compared to other types of fundraising campaigns, and our Generational Giving Report revealed that almost 55% of donors prefer to go online to make a gift. Due to a lack of major upfront expenses, fundraising online is one of the most profitable ways to raise money for your organization.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 13, 2023

It’s also important to note that this time period often sees high levels of mailed-in gifts, so while online giving is an important piece of the puzzle, there’s still more to come on the total cross-channel impact of the last week of the year.) These organizations raised over $77 million to power their purposes.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2021

Your direct mail appeal is written and approved. Mail and email are, to state the obvious, different. So how can you leverage the good work you’ve done for the mail channel? . We’re not here to besmirch the good name of Direct Mail. The data is clear: Mail remains a vital source of revenue for most nonprofits.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Donors and potential donors are everywhere, and getting your message in front of as many people as possible is part of running a fundraising campaign. In this article, you’ll learn how to run a multi-channel fundraising campaign as efficiently as possible. You have two goals for your multi-channel fundraising campaign.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fundraising automation saves your nonprofit valuable time and resources by streamlining time-consuming tasks, so you can devote more to time advancing your mission and raising more money. When you’re able to automate parts of your fundraising campaigns, like an email drip or text series campaign, you can ask donors for support automatically.

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

A capital campaign allows an organization to achieve ambitious goals. Whether you’re trying to construct a new building, complete upgrades, or expand your organization, a capital campaign will allow you to raise the funds to do that. Of course, that’s only if your capital campaign is successful!

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Spinal CSF Leak Foundation was among those numbers when they ran their first peer-to-peer fundraising campaign on CauseVox. In years past their annual Duradash fundraiser raised about $5000 when through their event. Let’s take a look at how they raised 6x more with their event: Background On Spinal CSF Leak Foundation.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

When a Giving Tuesday campaign is set in motion last minute, it’s typically because time and resources have already been spent elsewhere. An online donation form that is easy to edit and customize will be crucial to your Giving Tuesday campaign for two reasons. 5 Must-Haves for Your Giving Tuesday Form.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes 5 Ways to Retain Your #GivingTuesday Donors While you’ve put plenty of hard work into the planning and execution of your #GivingTuesday campaign, your job isn’t over until you’ve followed up with your supporters. At a minimum, your supporters should receive a thank you email.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It’s never been easier to raise money online because people are getting more accustomed to giving that way: one silver lining of the pandemic that nonprofits a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020. Here’s Six Ways You Can Raise More Online During Year-End 2021: 1) Drive Everyone To Give in One Place.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Overseeing a fundraising campaign from beginning to end and meeting your organization’s fundraising goals isn’t an easy undertaking and takes time and energy to pull off. Here’s our guide to starting a fundraiser and turning your campaign into a smashing success. Are you raising money for a specific program in your organization?

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Neon CRM

JULY 7, 2023

Looking for year-end giving campaign ideas? Whether you’re a seasoned fundraiser with hundreds of appeals under your belt or are getting ready to launch your first campaign, planning your end-of-year campaign can be tough. What can you do to stand out from the dozens of other fundraising campaigns they’ll see this year?

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