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

APRIL 13, 2023

Make 2023 a year of growth and enhance your fundraising data with Melissa’s smart, sharp data quality tools!

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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.). Sort through online organizational data (Google analytics, email open rates) to see if there are insights, trends, and patterns that could be used to improve operations.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Its new app, Sunshine Contacts, aims to be a better tool for organizing, updating and sharing contact information with others. Or, as Mayer puts it, “if technology can drive a car, how come it can’t just organize my contacts, make scheduling easier or do some things that seem a lot more straightforward?”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

You may be surprised to learn how easy it is to find out important participant and donor characteristics through the right tools and data. A good CRM like HubSpot or EveryAction can help you do that, or if not, pulling available data into a centralized “source of truth” is a good place to start.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

Understanding data is critically important to success in any business. Unfortunately, data can be boring, even confusing. Many nonprofits don’t know their donor data. If we don’t know our donor data, how can we effectively plan a fundraising appeal? Data degrades. But your organization only knows data.

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3rd Sector Labs

MAY 14, 2014

Fundraising data analytics is becoming more popular – and more necessary in today’s philanthropy marketplace. Admittedly, for many of us in the sector, the very mention of ‘data analytics’ sounds intimidating. ” What is fundraising data analytics? Why is fundraising data analytics important?

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to build a nonprofit mailing list: Dear Charity Clairity, We’ve relied in the past on government and foundation grants, but since many of these sources are drying up we need to develop an individual fundraising program. Of course, you’re correct. Host a webinar.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2021

Thanks to technology, there’s no need to spend hours processing mailed registration forms, checks, receipts, and entering information in endless spreadsheets. 7) Collect the data. Donor data is a veritable gold mine for a nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. 2) Upgrade to online registration. 3) Adapt the tournament as necessary.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 13, 2012

I created a ScreenSteps document to show them step-by-step how to enter a new contact/household and distributed the PDF via email. To add a new prospective member they need to: Search to see if contact already exists. If the contact doesn’t already exist, create the contact for the primary member. That’s easy.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

About this time last year, we all started talking about Apple’s new Mail Privacy Protection , a.k.a. Apple Mail Privacy Protection works by pre-loading email content — including open tracking pixels. This affects anyone who uses the Apple Mail app to read emails on their iPhone, iPad, or Mac desktop. Read time: 8 minutes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

Below is a breakdown of overall giving behaviors, some statistics about each generation’s giving, how they like to be contacted, and their preferred giving method. 1) The Silent Generation (1925-1945) 88% give to charity, donating an annual average of $1,367 across 6.2 organizations** 11.8% organizations** 23.6% organizations** 23.6%

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We likely don’t need to convince you that in today’s digital age, data is the lifeblood of any successful association. And you’re likely to agree that ensuring the cleanliness and accuracy of that data is key. But what happens if your data isn’t clean? Data should be directional Your data may be disorganized.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

According to the Open Data Project , of the 89% of nonprofits worldwide that use social media in their digital marketing and fundraising strategy, 75% of those use Instagram. For example, Oceana and the Dogs Trust : Account Category & Contact Information. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Baby Boomers are the generation most likely to give as a result of direct mail/post (18%) , but overall, all generations are becoming more homogeneous and tech-based in their giving habits. View: Giving Trends in Africa Data Sheet. View: Giving Trends in Asia Data Sheet. View: Giving Trends in Australia & Oceania Data Sheet.

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The Verge

MAY 16, 2020

Edison Mail has rolled back a software update that apparently let some users of its iOS app see emails from strangers’ accounts. Several Edison users contacted The Verge to report seeing the glitch after they applied the update, which was meant to allow users to sync data across devices. We have quickly rolled back the update.

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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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Mashable Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

If you paid with your credit card, debit card, or bank account If you used your real bank account, debit card, or credit card, the first step is contacting your financial institution. Contact the wire transfer company and tell them that you have been scammed. This also applies to wire transfers through your bank account.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2022

This means that you can focus your communication efforts on supporters who want to be contacted, increasing engagement. We live in a world where data is collected about our habits and we expect personalized ads, content, and asks, so ensure that your content is personalized and targeted to your recipients.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 14, 2014

If your data isn’t getting better, it’s getting worse. – TSL data expert. And no, we aren’t simply advocating some chaos theory about data. Unfortunately, it’s true … and the only way to combat the problem is examine what’s in your data management plan. Those are words we live by.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 10, 2013

The following story, posted with permission, was sent to the FUNDSVCS list in response to a question about how to reign in schools and departments at a university that keep their own shadow databases of contacts. In the process, I discovered that they had mailed to 5 deceased people. We do NCOA, wealth and deceased screenings.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

The original question: My organization is working on a data retention policy and wondering if others have insights to share. I would consider any data valuable when it can be utilized for predictive analytics or to build a case for trends. Is data-storage limits the concern? Not wanting mail? I’m a bit worried by this.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 18, 2013

It is a network of servers that allows you to access applications, files, data etc. Photo storage & sharing sites like Dropbox.com E-mail sites like Gmail, Yahoo mail, or hotmail Video Conferencing providers Website hosting sites Social Media How can the cloud simplify IT? What are some examples of services on the cloud?

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 9, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Clean Up Your Act: Donor Data Management for Nonprofits. OUR top 3 reasons why CLEAN DATA matters: Cleaner data gives you better, more actionable (and searchable) info. Mail merges will take less time. Mail merges will take less time. managing your donor data.

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The Verge

JUNE 7, 2021

At its WWDC 2021 event, it announced it would be adding a spate of powerful new functions to Mail and Safari, as well as giving users broader insight into what their installed apps are doing with their information. According to Apple’s manager of user privacy software Katie Skinner, Mail will also now hide user IP addresses by default.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 8, 2023

We’ll explore a few strategies for integrating your digital and direct mail fundraising strategies to reach donors across various media channels. To point direct mail readers to your digital campaigns, your nonprofit can: Use engaging snippets. You can also include URLs on mail, but remember to keep them short and easy to spell.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

When combined with other marketing efforts, such as social media, direct mail, and website engagement, email marketing can help you create a holistic outreach strategy that keeps your nonprofit top of mind for supporters. Average email open rates are 15-25%. Clickthrough rate: The rate at which recipients click on links within your emails.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2020

When donor information is lost in the mail, buried in an inbox, or incorrectly added to a spreadsheet, organizations risk substantial logistical challenges the day of the event that can offend donors and make for an unpleasant experience. 2) Siloed Information & Duplicate Data Entry. 7) Communication Challenges.

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Elevation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The golden rule of data science holds true: junk in, junk out–aka, there will be no successful communications campaign without cleaning your mailing list. Whether you are a national nonprofit or an all-volunteer organization or anything in between, there are multiple reasons why cleaning your contact database isn’t an optional task.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

electronically or via regular mail). Also, for any initiative that requires individuals to disclose sensitive information like credit card numbers, opt for a site that makes data privacy a top priority. Urge your contacts to register as bidders for the auction but understand that this is not the only call to action you should include.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 25, 2025

As a result they removed the cost of producing in person events, were able to reach more people at a low cost per contact and had higher margins from their events flow to their programs. All three store contact information in different places. No one talked to the other about syncing all the prospect and customer data across platforms.

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Donor Data Management How To Supercharge Relationships You’ve spent weeks, months, or even years collecting every bit of data your donors produce. Your donor data may include phone numbers, emails, birthdays, donation history, and even meal preferences. Here’s what you can expect in this guide: Gather relevant donor data.

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NetWits

MAY 26, 2011

I’m sure I’m not alone in my ability to spend hours upon hours sifting thru web analytical data and exploring all the amazing information amassed, working to decipher what it all means. Also, Google defaults to the most recent month’s worth of data. I suggest increasing this to the past 3 months, the most possible.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Donation request letters, whether sent via email or direct mail, are one of the most effective ways to reach donors and solicit gifts. Donation letters are used to request financial contributions or solicit in-kind donations through traditional channels, like direct mail, or using digital channels, like email. Key steps 1.

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TechImpact

JULY 29, 2014

You can customize your CRM to track how different individuals like to be contacted (email, phone, direct mail), or if those individuals like to only be contacted about a specific service or offering (events, volunteer opportunities, seminars), or even track what time of year they like to be contacted based on their past interactions.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Read time: 3 minutes This spring, we’re cooking up some exciting new updates for Scout Quest — M+R’s data co-op — and I hope you’ll join me at an upcoming webinar on Thursday, March 7 from 4–5pm ET to learn about those updates. It’s a different kind of data co-op! But let’s back up for a sec — what is Scout Quest?

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Association Analytics

JUNE 25, 2024

But what if we told you the keys to better retention results are in the data you already have? Read on to learn how – using a data-informed approach to renewals – you can enjoy your most successful renewal season yet. With more traditional formats like direct mail, don’t be afraid to explore doing some renewal envelope design.

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