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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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s a good strategy to include your impact report with your appeal mailing: Dear Charity Clairity, We have started mailing quarterly impact reports to those midlevel and major donors who aren’t emailable, and emailing otherwise.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Through an omni-channel fundraising and marketing approach, you can forge deeper, longer-lasting relationships with those who support you. But trying to be everywhere for all your donors and prospects can take time and effort—and being present in every channel isn’t always the best strategy. Say you want to attract new donors.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Here’s a riddle: Over five days, a donor receives an email, text message, and direct mail piece from you, each with links to your online giving page. This may be a simplified breakdown of omni-channel fundraising and marketing , but you can see how complex the attribution and data-collection side of it is. The answer? All of them.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 8, 2023

In 2022, online giving grew by 12.1% , motivating nonprofits to find more ways to connect with their supporters through digital channels. We’ll explore a few strategies for integrating your digital and direct mail fundraising strategies to reach donors across various media channels. Let’s get started.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Direct mail fundraising should be an integral part of your nonprofit’s direct response strategy. When leveraged with other communication channels, direct mail can generate significant engagement and gift-giving from donors. Allegiance Group makes achieving direct mail success simple. Does direct mail work?

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OneCause

JUNE 14, 2021

When your nonprofit is planning your fundraising campaigns, it can be difficult to decide which channels to pursue for sending appeals. While it’s true that direct mail isn’t the preferred venue for conversation between friends any longer, it’s still an effective channel to fundraise for nonprofit organizations.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

direct mail campaigns. benefits of direct mail. direct mail and digital marketing. As you consider direct mail’s place in your marketing, remember that millennials are a diverse group, and other characteristics such as income, location, and giving history can also impact the results of your marketing campaigns.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

This article provides insight and perspectives on donor acquisition strategies for direct mail. It should be noted that direct mail is just one channel to acquire new donors. A robust fundraising program should use all available channels to acquire, renew and retain donors. Set your acquisition goals and budget.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Direct mail is too often associated with the past. Some assume direct mail is ineffective today and that younger audiences don’t want to receive it. But direct mail isn’t dead —the personal touch, visibility, and open rate that comes with direct mail have made it significant in the digital age. Here’s why!

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In this article, you’ll learn how to run a multi-channel fundraising campaign as efficiently as possible. First tip: be selective about what channels you use. You don’t need to be on every channel out there. Let me repeat that: you don’t need to be on every channel out there! multiple times on multiple channels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Tie all of your year-end materials together by weaving a campaign-specific design through everything your donors will see, including emails, your website, social media posts, and direct mail pieces. For direct mail, include a reply device and return envelope so your donors don’t have to track down an envelope or stamp at home.

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Double the Donation

MAY 11, 2022

While electronic communication is a speedy and efficient outreach strategy, some donors prefer communication via direct mail. That’s why we recommend taking a multi-channel approach to marketing matching gifts with direct mail outreach and online engagement efforts.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Multi-channel marketing is the practice of communicating and marketing across many channels. By leveraging multiple communication channels—email, mobile, direct mail, websites, social media, paid and earned media, SEO, and more, you expand your reach to engage new donors and supporters. Why is it important for nonprofits?

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2021

Five Tips to use both channels to their fullest potential—and let them be themselves! 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? . Tip #2 – Use digital channels to drive volume!

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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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The Sponsorship Collective

OCTOBER 19, 2021

You’ve watched excitedly as your YouTube channel continues to climb, your subscriber count shooting up. You’ve even gotten a few YouTube plaques mailed to you for your accomplishments. As your channel attracts more attention, you’re thinking of working with sponsors. How do you attract sponsors to your YouTube channel?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

1) Multi-Channel Strategy Employing a multi-channel strategy helps nonprofits reach a wider audience with their year-end campaign. Online channels (email, social media, website, donation forms, and texting) encourage real-time interactions, personalized messaging, and taps into tech-savvy younger donors.

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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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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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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Send out letters, send out e-mails, make calls, write posts on your website, hold small group meetings…. Rule #4: Cultivate Year Round in Each of those Channels. If you’re going to solicit through e-mail, you’ve got to cultivate through e-mail. If you’re going to make asks through direct mail, you have to cultivate (i.e.

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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. 3) Multi-channel communication keeps you top of mind The average American sees 4,000-10,000 ads per day !

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

on the NTEN Blog , NTEN’s Holly Ross writes: “For those of you waiting for the direct-mail death toll, it looks like you’ll be waiting a while longer. There are not just pure “online donors” and “direct mail” donors – there are donors who choose to mix it up. In MultiChannel Donors: Real? Where to go from here.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2021

Instead, you can support and build upon your current efforts with marketing on new channels. Digital marketing can reach new heights when it’s supported by a direct mail marketing campaign that works in tandem with your online strategy. To explain how this works, this article will discuss how direct mail can: Build Momentum.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 25, 2024

Here is an example of a personalized landing page with a name and specific benefits the member uses most often: Multi-Channel Communication Don’t just rely on email to send out communications for renewals. You may find more success using different channels, message timings, and segmentation strategies.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

But first, let’s compare how the major communication channels of direct mail versus digital communications play a role in donor retention. Direct Mail versus Digital Communications . A prevailing myth in the nonprofit sector is that traditional mail has been phased out by the internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

These include direct mail, phone calls and messages, and in-person solicitations. It suggests the best channels to ask for donations. Optimizing Donation Request Timing, Amount, and Communication Channels AI plays a critical role in optimizing donation request timing, amount, and communication channels.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 19, 2024

By segmenting your marketing channels based on detailed donor data, you communicate more effectively and personally. Preferred donation and communication channels: Knowing donors’ preferred methods of giving (online donations, mailed checks, text-to-give) ensures a convenient donation process.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2024

Identifying and Engaging Long-Term Donor Channels The success of your donor engagement efforts depend on your ability to identify, connect with and analyze your most valuable donors. Understanding these connection points will help you to pinpoint the most effective channels for attracting long-term donors.

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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. Daniller & Co. swept the Nonprofit Reinstatement/Lapsed Category taking all three awards.

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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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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A recent survey by The Nonprofit Alliance found that nearly half of direct response consultants said their clients lowered expectations from 2022 to 2023, while less than 10% said they expected their clients to do more direct mail fundraising this year compared to last year. Optimize your channel strategy. Mix up your call to action.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2024

But it’s time to think beyond direct mail pieces and brochures. Through face-to-face conversations, direct mail pieces, and email, nonprofits who approach legacy giving as a long-term, multi-channel effort are getting more traction. Aren’t legacy giving donors direct mail donors? It’s not just Boomers.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 8, 2021

It’s important to determine goals and objectives , understand your audience , and develop a coherent message as first steps because having these pieces in place will help you identify the best medium or communication channel for each nonprofit message. . Your channel is the vessel in which you choose to share your content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2012

We’ve known for some time that an integrated multi-channel approach to constituent engagement is key for nonprofits to be successful; however there’s been limited understanding of optimizing integrated marketing or its impact. The central finding from the study is that dual channel donors give the most. See chart above].

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Texting is a unique channel because it’s immediate; it’s useful for sharing information and links to websites; and most of us carry it around with us in our pockets. Mobile messaging is becoming an increasingly popular communication channel for nonprofits. Why should nonprofits use mobile messaging?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

It's certainly true that multi-channel marketing has been around for as long as marketing has been around. Communicating with your audience via print media, radio, television, mail, phone, Internet and email is a regular part of most marketing plans.

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