Network for Good

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Consistency between your direct mail, social media posts, and your donation page creates a cohesive message and reinforces your donor’s choice to give. 2) Broaden Your Appeal By Using Multiple Channels. Your donors access multiple communication channels throughout the course of any given day.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. Because major gifts are so large, it requires time and dedication to cultivate and acquire more of these donations. Why are major gifts so important for nonprofits? What is a major gift? billion in 2022.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

What marketing channels will you use? If you’re thinking about taking a one-channel marketing approach, there’s a good chance some donors will miss your messaging. Instead, try using multi-channel marketing to earn more Giving Tuesday donations. What is multi-channel marketing? Here are some tips!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2023

And it’s why the way we’re used to categorizing gifts as small, medium, and large (or “new,” “mid-level,” and “major”) may not be the most fruitful strategy. Let’s stop giving gifts, and donors, these outdated labels. First time First-time donors are making their very first gift to your organization. With him, the force is weak.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Is there something you can do now to influence their end of year gift? Warm your donors up with some thoughtful stewardship through a channel that will help you get through: mobile. They tell you how your gift made a difference. Maybe they mention how your gift helped a person or solved a problem and include a photo (or emoji.).

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Kindful

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

There was a time not too long ago when digital channels like email, social media, and text messaging were seen as complementary to direct mail: the cornerstone of any robust donor communications strategy. Unfortunately, direct mail seems to have fallen out of favor with nonprofit communicators. Yes, direct mail can be personal!

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

These materials should be easily shareable across multiple channels—email, social media, direct mail, and SMS—so your fundraiser can easily reach as many of their peers as possible. Host a Last-Minute Matching Gift Push Matching gifts help amplify fundraising exponentially and work especially well for peer-to-peer efforts.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Employer matching gifts offer ample benefits to each stakeholder, including the company matching the gift, the employee making the initial donation, and the nonprofit receiving the funds. . Some of the most notable advantages to nonprofits from employer matching gifts include: Added fundraising revenue. Improved donor retention.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2024

You can use email, social media, or even direct mail to express your gratitude for their support. Idea: Highlight individual donors and/or volunteers that have had a notable impact on your organization on your social media channels. You can also choose to offer a gift like an invitation to a special future event.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Giving and receiving gifts extends to others. In a season when many people are participating in gift-giving holidays, they’re inspired to give back to a worthy cause. Your plan should include your campaign’s messaging, theme, channels, and follow-up plan, for starters. It’s their last chance to make tax-deductible donations.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Direct Mail Fundraising is Responsible for 60–80% of Revenue Online donations’ popularity continues to rise, but direct mail isn’t dead. In fact, 60–80% of all fundraising revenue is raised through direct mail. It can be difficult to track people who read a direct mail appeal and respond by donating online.

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 2, 2023

While you might want to imagine your organization sending out one or two emails resulting in a widely successful year-end, all the research shows the unlikelihood of that happening. And, according to ANA/DMA, “Direct mail still pulls a higher response rate than any marketing medium.” What channels did you use last year?

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sgEngage

JULY 30, 2024

Since major gifts are, by definition, the largest individual donations your nonprofit receives, they typically come from your wealthiest donors. However, just because someone can make a significant contribution to your organization doesn’t mean they’ll respond positively to your major gift solicitations.

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M+R

MARCH 14, 2024

Museums can have a hard time soliciting smaller dollar annual gifts tied to mission, rather than a new exhibit, and this is a great place to turn the focus to why donor support matters. They also felt too focused on Penny Pi, a Pi Day character the Museum had invented that was prominently featured across channels and was even an email signer.

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Achieve

JUNE 17, 2024

Determine what channels and opportunities engage your audience the most. However, while organizing your strategy is important, it’s equally important to be somewhat flexible. Use a multi-channel fundraising approach. Choose mobile giving channels. This way, you can avoid repeating the same mistakes.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2021

This is the step where you determine which channel you will use to acquire donors. While some advice may suggest starting with determining a channel, the reality is, if you want the best results, you need to know who your audience is FIRST—and let that drive your decision about which channel you think they will respond to. .

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

For example, Neon CRM users can create groups based on gift size, initial donation type (online, direct mail, or in person), their level of engagement (one-time donation versus recurring donors, for example), or the campaign that prompted their gift. Did it say, “Thanks for the gift!”

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

In today’s digital age, it might seem somewhat nostalgic to talk about direct mail. While it’s tempting to default to cost effective communication channels like email and Facebook, direct mail is still very much in play. Today, direct mail continues to be an effective way to prompt donors to take action.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 2, 2024

Results hinge on attendance, especially for live formats that are less likely to take place virtually and are targeted to smaller audiences than most silent auctions. Each of these guidelines will impact your marketing approach, so taking the time to carefully define them upfront helps immensely and will result in a more effective strategy.

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

If email or mail appeals are a part of your GivingTuesday strategy, segmenting your audience could make a big difference for return on investment (ROI.) Get specific about how a gift today will translate to impact tomorrow—and wherever possible, quantify! Track and analyze your results. Segment your audience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Focusing on experience leads to higher survey scores, more supporters inviting a friend or sharing on social media, greater reach, larger results, and most importantly, more impact generated. Your most passionate volunteers have a lot of useful data floating around in spreadsheets, e-mails, texts, and minds. Understand Your Audience.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 3, 2022

Taking stock of how your results compare to your campaign’s goals is the best way to set yourself up for future success. . This includes the cost to design, mail, print, and create the appeals, as well as the time that your staff spent working on the campaign. Total number of gifts. Average gift size. Median gift size .

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

Held during the first week of April, Tartan Tuesday invites all members of the Maryville College community to support the programs and causes that are important to them and help the College earn challenge gifts. We wanted to see if this was a channel that our community responded well to. Identify prospects and close challenge gifts.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2023

Consider your communication channels. Consider which types of communications result in higher engagement and which channels these communications take place through. Ask your donors which channels they would prefer your nonprofit use to reach out to them. Phone call. Social media. How frequently does the donor give?

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 1, 2024

Donors will add a political donation to their overall philanthropic giving; they won’t replace a gift to your organization. Again, only leverage an election-related theme if appropriate for your organization. Direct Mail As with other channels, it’s important to be mindful of in-home mail dates.

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Allegiance Group

AUGUST 1, 2024

Say you mail an appeal to your donors. Channel Preferences Unlike some generations, Gen X is comfortable giving both online and offline. These adults were raised by parents who balanced their checkbooks and paid bills by mail, habits that many of them likely continue. They may not even own a checkbook.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2023

Tips on fundraising channels : Suggest fundraisers use your nonprofit’s most effective ways for reaching your current supporters and driving donations. Think about sending a personalized email that includes specific information about each supporter’s fundraising results, such as how many people contributed to their donation pages.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2022

Donors who just made a donation to your nonprofit during the end-of-year giving season might not think you need another donation from them so soon after they made their last gift. They also might have stretched their budgets for holiday gifts and travel and don’t have as much to give as they would during other times of year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

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. Your Website: According to NextAfter , a pop-up on your one-time donation page can result in a 64% increase in monthly donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2023

Nowadays, life’s moving fast, and donors really appreciate the option to give when they want to, without dealing with going somewhere or mailing a check. When it comes to online giving, donors don’t have to stress about being there in person or mailing in their support.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2024

Setting Realistic Goals: Define clear, achievable fundraising targets based on your needs and the results of your feasibility study. The organization reaches out to its closest and most capable supporters first, including board members, major donors, and key stakeholders, to secure significant lead gifts.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

to submit tax-deductible gifts. Direct mail is the most popular year-end giving marketing method. Assess past year-end giving results. This will help you strategize for your upcoming campaign and improve year-over-year results. Describe how donors’ gifts will enable your nonprofit to help solve the proposed issue.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Julie Ordoñez will outline a proven strategy, messaging and action steps you can implement right away to close major gifts faster, ethically. We’re here to talk about 3 steps to closing over $10,000 gifts by December 31st. It is not too late to raise major gifts this year. Julie: Let’s do it. That’s right.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Because crowdfunding offers inclusive and accessible ways to get involved, it also opens the door for you to receive more gifts from existing and new donors! We see nonprofits around the world adding QR codes to their direct mail appeals or posters at onsite events to drive online giving. Have multi-channel consistency.

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NetWits

JUNE 23, 2011

In fact, without the two we’ll cover in this post you’re guaranteed to finish your campaign, review the results, and be left wanting. 1) A multi-channel approach to engagement. Oh, and improved fundraising results. Multi-Channel Engagement. Increase YOUR Fundraising Results by 10%. Learn how Susan G.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 26, 2021

Darrell specializes in maximizing results out of limited resources. Less than half of all donors gave again following their initial gift. For example, let’s say you had 2,000 unique donors in 2020 and of those donors, 876 gave a gift in 2021. Darrell Law is the VP and Chief Growth Officer at Infinity Concepts. 876/2,000 =.438]

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach to direct mail. It starts with a detailed analysis of your donor base, including average gift size, retention rates, and cost per acquired donor. Select communication channels and advertising platforms for the campaign.

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