Why You Should Mail and Email Your Donors More Often and More Strategically
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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NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 10, 2022
There are a lot of effective ways to communicate with your peer-to-peer fundraising participants, such as social media, apps and push notifications, SMS and direct mail – to name a few. But email is still king.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 1, 2021
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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.
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 3, 2022
Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.).
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 7, 2022
Creating your next fundraising campaign requires a lot of work: you must identify your goals, your audience, segment your lists, create compelling content, and set up and test everything in your CRM. How will you hit your fundraising goals if you are not able to engage? 1) Email Deliverability 101. million emails per second.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 1, 2023
While an effective email strategy is a powerful magnet, it can also be a virtuous cycle of reciprocal care and feeding for prospects. Here are four email strategies to get your best fundraising results.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 23, 2020
Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits. A pioneer of crowdfunding and online fundraising, GlobalGiving.org is a site to study and learn from. And don’t be shy about sending emails!
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
When it comes to timing of email communications for your peer-to-peer events, there are three big levers you can adjust. Let’s look at how peer-to-peer email timing levers vary for each event type. Timing also varies by type of event, which breaks down into four categories.
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Establishing a strategy for your peer-to-peer fundraising email communications is critically important. But keep in mind that there’s no point in sending emails just to send emails. Of course, when you have a lot to do, taking time to think about strategy might seem like a luxury. They need a purpose.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 13, 2022
When creating your nonprofit fundraising and donations strategy, email marketing should be on the top of the list of channels to use to support your efforts. However, 70% of nonprofits do not have an email marketing strategy, despite 26% of online donors saying email marketing is what inspires them to give.
NonProfit PRO
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Email communications are most effective when you personalize the message, information and asks based on what you know about the audience. Segmentation is about talking to different audiences in different ways, depending on who they are and how they might be interested in your cause.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
By Denise Dunbar , a Digital Fundraising Strategist at MobileCause , where she helps nonprofits accelerate their fundraising and engagement efforts through giving and marketing strategies. When the donor checks the box, options will be laid out on the form to include the recipient’s name and email address, and a special note.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 11, 2024
As Gmail introduces changes to its deliverability guidelines, nonprofit professionals must understand the implications for fundraising.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
You’ll raise more money this time of year than any other time. People often set aside a certain amount of money to give to friends, coworkers and nonprofits. If you want them to give to your nonprofit as well, it’s wise to be proactive.
The Fundraising Authority
DECEMBER 11, 2020
In Mastering Online Fundraising , our class for non-profit fundraisers, we talk a lot about how small changes to your online fundraising strategy can result in major returns, including new prospects, new event attendees, and of course, new donors. You are collecting e-mail addresses on your website, aren’t you?
EveryAction
JULY 12, 2023
Whether your nonprofit organization has used an omni-channel donor engagement strategy for years or you’re just getting started, busy fundraising seasons are the most important opportunities to communicate cohesively across mediums with your supporters.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 25, 2019
Okay, so you’ve decided you’re going to throw a nonprofit fundraising event… virtual high fives. Nonprofit fundraising events can be a great opportunity to bring the support of donors, volunteers, and fundraisers together in real life to rally around your cause, whether it’s through a nationwide 5k or a local bowl-a-thon.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 20, 2024
A supplemental post to 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits , the statistics listed below can guide your nonprofit in creating and maintaining a successful online fundraising strategy. DonorDirect ] 48% of donors cite email as their preferred method of hearing updates and appeals from the organization.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Through a process of trial and error, the Beagle Freedom Project is learning how to effectively use Facebook’s Fundraising Tools and they are being rewarded with more than likes and hearts – their followers are donating! Finally, it is worth noting that: 1) Facebook’s Fundraising Tools are free to use. Newly Released!
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 31, 2020
By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. Did you mail out an appeal at a different time?
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 21, 2019
Fundraising Stats. of overall fundraising in 2018 came from online giving ( Charitable Giving Report ). 11% via direct mail/post. of overall fundraising in 2018 came from online giving ( Charitable Giving Report ). 11% via direct mail/post. Email Fundraising. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 20, 2023
retro digital marketing and fundraising strategies are making a comeback as evidenced by high engagement on social media and in email. retro digital marketing and fundraising strategies are making a comeback as evidenced by high engagement on social media and in email. In 2024, what’s old is new again.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 10, 2021
By GolfStatus.org – an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. While social distancing restrictions are beginning to loosen, large fundraising events like galas and auctions are likely still on pause for the rest of the year. 1) Launch an event website. 2) Upgrade to online registration.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 6, 2023
The end of the year is a critical time for nonprofit fundraising. A well-crafted year-end fundraising plan helps nonprofits define clear and specific fundraising goals, identify potential donors, and tailor their messaging better to resonate with their supporters. However, this is not a universal rule.
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
But instead of sending out the usual text messages, emails and bulk flyers in the mail, there are outreach methods and engagement techniques that can enhance and improve response rates and hopefully fundraising totals. Once again, nonprofits can invest in marketing outreach efforts to raise awareness.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 27, 2023
Provided you set aside the time to explore and experiment, your nonprofit can use these free or low-cost tools and resources to significantly improve your digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. Websites & Email 1. Mailmunch :: mailmunch.com Mailmunch enables users to create a variety of pop-up email forms for their website.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 25, 2022
When it comes to your fundraising, don’t be like Othello. And you do that by mailing and emailing them not necessarily more but smarter. He loved “not wisely.” You should do the opposite. Love your donors wisely. Here’s what to do.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 28, 2020
By Katie Casillas , director of marketing at GolfStatus.org , an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. The challenges fundraisers face in the months ahead present a complicated outlook—especially for those with budgets that rely heavily on event revenue. Eliminate Mail-In Registration Forms.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
As summer fades into fall, end-of-year fundraising season is top-of-mind for nonprofits. With so much to keep track of, it can be hard to know where to start aligning your communications so your fundraising initiatives are successful and support your brand. Review your end-of-year fundraising goals, but think deeper.
The Fundraising Authority
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Charity events are a popular form of fundraising. To help you ensure that your fundraising event is a winner, here are ten major components that you must incorporate into your event plan, regardless of the specific fundraising event ideas you use: 1. Here are a few questions: Is this truly a fundraising event?
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Cabral, MA, CFRE, MFIA , founder of Development Consulting Services , which serves both fundraising professionals and executive directors new to fundraising, wanting to excel in their fundraising role, or advance in their career. Gone are the days of list acquisitions and swapping of mailing lists.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
To meet this surge and move their mission forward, nonprofits must decide – and decide quickly – the best way to continue their fundraising efforts in a contactless way. As nonprofits navigate a new fundraising landscape that has completely changed in just a few short months, one tactic that is gaining momentum is hosting an online auction.
Get Fully Funded
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Wouldn’t life be easier if people opened and read your fundraising emails? Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing. Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 22, 2023
Personalization results in emails that are 26% more likely to be opened and donors that feel 71% more engaged. The opportunity to personalize a donor’s experience across your nonprofit’s entire digital ecosystem is huge. Here are some low-cost, risk-averse ways to help your organization ease into personalization.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 30, 2020
By Katie Casillas , director of marketing at GolfStatus.org , an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. There’s no doubt about it: A lot of time and effort goes into planning a golf event—any fundraising event for that matter. 5) Limited Sponsorship Opportunities that are Difficult to Sell.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 16, 2024
In today’s fundraising sector, technology is vital. AI is becoming increasingly important in fundraising. Traditionally, fundraising has relied on old methods. These include direct mail, phone calls and messages, and in-person solicitations. They let organizations use data to improve their fundraising.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
By Kim Peterson , Content Marketing Specialist for Give by Cell , a technology company that provides mobile fundraising tools and text messaging services to nonprofits. With average email open rates at 20% for nonprofits , many organizations struggle to grab the attention of supporters, volunteers, and donors. But times are changing.
Bloomerang
DECEMBER 2, 2024
You’ve sent a fundraising email to your nonprofit’s email list. What happened , you think, where did we go wrong with this email? And that’s when you know it’s time to troubleshoot your fundraising email. And that’s when you know it’s time to troubleshoot your fundraising email.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
By GolfStatus.org – an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. Free Webinar On February 23: How to Host a Successful Virtual or Hybrid Golf Fundraiser for Your Nonprofit. Here are six ways an event website helps maximize your golf fundraiser, and how you can get one at no cost.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 13, 2020
By Christy Noel , Vice President of Digital Marketing Services at MobileCause – a company that pioneered text-to-donate and also offers an extensive suite of online, mobile and event fundraising solutions. 4) Add to Mailing List. You did it: your donation appeal was a success.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 6, 2019
By Katie Casillas , director of marketing at GolfStatus.org , an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. Golf fundraisers are a huge opportunity for outreach, stewardship, and certainly for fundraising. Is fundraising your key priority? Here are ten tips to consider ahead of your 2020 event.
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