Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

Ana at JelloBrain has a terrific post discussing the relationship between user generated content and the organizations and infastructure on which that content is posted. Hint: You’ll always be the first to hear about Net2 Think Tank topics by subscribing to Net2 News , the enewsletter with updates, jobs, and more!).

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Whole Whale

JUNE 13, 2024

So once you’ve registered that brand-new email subscriber, what are you going to do next? Hint: Email them.) Welcome series setup: The first email Welcome series setup: Subsequent emails Use automation hacks Anatomy of the perfect welcome email What is a welcome series? Welcome to Welcome Series 101.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Care2 is pleased to provide this overview of The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships just released by Network for Good and True Sense Marketing. Online fundraising is all about relationships. Similar to offline fundraising, online fundraising is all about relationships. Here are some key findings.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We need to consider the quality and intensity of the relationship between donors and our organizations. We need to be thinking more about not just the length of a relationship with a donor, but also the quality and intensity of that relationship. Build relationships with new friends before asking for money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Here are some helpful hints to make your Facebook group a truly vibrant platform: Maximizing group features for networking and engagement: Tagging individuals in posts. Think about the relationships between what happens in the group, on Facebook in general, over email, on the phone, in person, at events, etc.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

Without any prior donor management experience, you can use Bloomerang to foster higher-value donor relationships through increased donor engagement and donor retention. Its tools let you generate dynamic reports, emails, and direct mail communications. You can define relationships between donors and group them into households.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

If you depend on a foundation with whom you have a long-standing relationship, what happens when the grants manager—your primary contact—retires and the Trustees decide to support another cause? Here’s a hint…you have something to fall back on.]. I’d built relationships with foundations and had grants coming in. Email asks.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2022

Automation in your Customer/Contact Relationship Management (CRM) tool can mean the processes in Salesforce, HubSpot, EveryAction, Charity Engine, and other common tools that filter audiences into segments based on their actions as donors, subscribers, event attendees, and more. Hint: The platforms know their algorithms better than you!

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

phone calls, emails, mailed notes, texts and social media) with donors to build relationships and set the stage for asking again as we emerge from the crisis. Which describes your relationship with (name of organization)? It’s optimal to select causes you think may have a relationship to what you do.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

Building a successful workplace giving strategy can provide your organization with a reliable source of funding, deepen supporter relationships, and increase awareness of your cause. Develop corporate relationships beyond workplace giving. Develop corporate relationships beyond workplace giving. Use social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

Hint - the three R words. Relationship : It's spring fundraising season and I'm getting spammed. People (I don't know even know or have a relationship with.) are sending me broadcast emails and generic private messages on Facebook asking me to donate. Have you built a relationship? What no coffee?

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

Knowing where to reach them, how they like to be interacted with, and what is relevant to them as a constituent makes your message so much more meaningful and creates a deeper relationship with them. Taking content that you have already created, and pushing it through multiple formats (postcard, website, video, text message, etc.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Paull Young, Director of Digital at charity: water, describes the strategy this way: “We are trying to build a movement of passionate people who are going to form a relationship with us for years…. Finally, take heed when Young talks about building relationships with their donors that will hopefully last for years.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 5, 2011

Relationships are KEY in raising money and in order to build them, you have to communicate. This means you probably need to be sending more newsletters and more email updates about the work your nonprofit is doing. Invite them to call or email you. Respond to their email right away. Nothing else has the same impact.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

For instance: Customer Relationship Management systems (CRMs): help us track donor interactions and giving histories. Email marketing analytics: help us track open rate, click-through, and donation conversions. However, you find that those who open and donate through email marketing are aged 40-60, female and live in a suburban area.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 17, 2017

The phrase oft appears in emails, social media posts and is ever-present in web copy. Rather, personalized, localized and humanized messages are the preferred means of building quality lawmaker-constituent relationships. Will their relationship with a lawmaker supercede our organization’s? Will they stay on message?

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Whole Whale

JUNE 13, 2024

So once you’ve registered that brand-new email subscriber, what are you going to do next? Hint: Email them.) Welcome series setup: The first email Welcome series setup: Subsequent emails Use automation hacks Anatomy of the perfect welcome email What is a welcome series? Welcome to Welcome Series 101.

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Global Giving

APRIL 4, 2019

The cost per dollar raised for a fundraising campaign, and its evolution throughout one campaign and across different campaigns—this will give you hints about what works the best in your campaigns. Q: How can data help build stronger relationships with donors? What drives people to engage with your organization.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans. Ideally, you should build your social media platforms but also invite people back to your website to sign up on your email list. Before you post, think about what THEY want to know. What are they interested in?

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Hint: A great time to do this is when you are creating your annual budget and marketing plan. Hint: I typically recommend posting 3-4x per week per channel as a starting point. At the risk of being cheesy, I’m going to quote Vince Vaugn’s character in the rom-com Couples Retreat, “Relationships are a two way street.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. The Surprising Link Between Employee and Donor Retention : It can be difficult for a fundraiser to develop a relationship with donors when their average tenure is only 18-20 months.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Stronger supporter and community relationships: Marketing provides natural opportunities to connect with people who support your mission, from low-level donors to corporate sponsors. Email Email is a tried-and-true marketing strategy. What the Research Says 68% of nonprofits use email to market their causes.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Send volunteers personalized emails and notifications. Survey volunteers to better understand what motivates them to give their time to your nonprofit (hint: this will help to create donation opportunities). note: this is a two-way relationship). this is a two-way relationship). Provide Rewarding Experiences.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 6, 2022

Adding a shoutout to your fundraiser in their next email or newsletter is low effort and can have a massive impact on your fundraising capacity. While a class may begin as a one-time fundraising venture, as you build long-lasting relationships, these can become a regular tool that brings consistent revenue for your organization.

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Achieve

JULY 28, 2021

maintaining healthy relationships with your donors. . Hint: Re: charity’s guide to getting started with online waiver software. You might have. embraced hybrid events. started an affiliate program, or even tried direct mail appeals. The pandemic has probably also helped you to take a step back and focus on.

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Qgiv

JULY 6, 2021

An email service provider. Email offers the best return on investment according to Campaign Monitor. If you’re not using an email service provider to make sending email communications a streamlined and efficient process now’s the time to consider adding an email service provider to your toolkit. A great CRM.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2015

So with that in mind, let's explore how you can build this kind of meaningful relationship with your supporters by taking a few hints from the best friends ever, Sam and Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Create a folder for people that respond to your newsletters or emails, and follow up with them ASAP.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Hint: Don’t make them scroll through their inboxes—more on that below!) This dedicated “non-meeting” time goes a long way in solidifying board relationships. Board members with communications expertise can be particularly helpful during this time to help develop messaging for email, direct mail, and your campaign website.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

A little insider hint for you. And so therefore, the revenue from individuals and those very relationship-based donors was pretty stagnant. But they didn’t know how to take that relationship, grow it in that peer-to-peer kind of CEO to CEO type of investment level conversational language and lead them to their best gift.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2014

As social, mobile and multichannel engagement strategies have redefined how we build relationships with constituents, having the right technology at your disposal is a vital. Here’s a hint: you can only have 1 top priority. But here’s the rub. Making the case for and acquiring the software is the easy part. Prioritize objectives.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2017

Keep track of and access the strong relationships you build with your donors wherever you go with cloud-based constituent relationship management (CRM) tools. Bloomerang is a cloud-based CRM program that lets you capture new donors and donations through email and annual appeal letters. Cloud-Based Fundraising Tools.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We explored everything from must-have nonprofit reporting tools , tips for upping your email game , direct mail strategies , and most recently using data to improve your major gifts program. Can you give us a little hint on how these relate to why donors give? The title of your whitepaper includes altruism, empathy, and efficacy.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Your data can reveal hints about donors’ giving preferences, giving capacity, willingness to give, and the reasons why they support your cause. Reference data from past email marketing, social media, and direct mail campaigns to see what percentage of donors responded to and/or converted because of your communications.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 15, 2022

At Media Cause, we’re always preaching about the breaking down of silos and the intertwined relationship between fundraising and advocacy. Often, as I hinted at the beginning of this blog, I’ve seen organizations trying to decipher how their supporters could contribute. How do you communicate their impact?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2020 to some (hint: it’s not), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2019 has taken you. Building persona models can help bring your existing supporters into focus, using the information you already have to cultivate even stronger relationships. Include a shareable.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

There are a few helpful hints that can get you started: Look at the donors you have and identify the largest donation you believe any of them will give. If they have indicated they prefer to be contacted by phone rather than email, make sure you call them. You want to build the relationship first, then ask for a donation.

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BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

All of these are transforming the way we do fundraising today: new (and fun) social media tools, innovations in email marketing, the use of poignant images and video – I’m even seeing video embedded inside paper capital campaign case statements. Hint, don’t include a monthly request as part of a regular appeal.

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