Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Direct/Post mail (credit or debit card, cheque) – 12%. 16) GivingTuesday donors say the following communication tools are the most likely to inspire them to give: Email – 35%. A handwritten note sent through the mail asking me to give – 12%. Public media and communications – 0%. PayPal – 12%.

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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 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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TechImpact

JULY 16, 2014

In another 2013 study conducted by Blackbaud found that “response and click through rates in nonprofit email campaigns declined by 16% and 18.7%, from 2012.” This means that email campaigns lacked creativity, personalization, and users felt like they were receiving a spammed message, not a message that was sent specifically for them.

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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. Marketing-related text messages have an incredibly high open rate of about 99%, compared to the average email open rate, which is closer to 30%.

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NetWits

MAY 30, 2012

to learn more about the turn to online fundraising, the need for a multichannel approach and how direct mail is still alive and well. The trick is to quickly turn those online givers into long term supporters through offline methods. i.e. Direct Mail. Download the full Multichannel Fundraising Report. Download Now!

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The Verge

JULY 20, 2021

DuckDuckGo is launching a new email privacy service meant to stop ad companies from spying on your inbox. The company’s new Email Protection feature gives users a free “@duck.com” email address, which will forward emails to your regular inbox after analyzing their contents for trackers and stripping any away.

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Digital Trends

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Giving your real email address to anyone can result in all sorts of spam sent to you. The best option is to use disposable email addresses via these methods.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The upcoming iOS15 update will create some changes in how email marketers use opens to track success and retarget their audiences — but as we all know, adapting to change is part of operating in the digital landscape. Here is what you can do to prepare for the impacts of iOS15 on email marketing. How will iOS 15 impact email marketing?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2024

DonorDirect ] 48% of donors cite email as their preferred method of hearing updates and appeals from the organization. Direct mail was the second most preferred channel at 21%, followed by social media (17%), text messaging (8%), and phone calls (2%). Double the Donation ] The current donor retention rate is 41.9%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Online channels (email, social media, website, donation forms, and texting) encourage real-time interactions, personalized messaging, and taps into tech-savvy younger donors. Traditional methods, like direct mail, are still important for reaching older or less tech-oriented supporters. However, this is not a universal rule.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2025

This section of your stewardship matrix should outline each core appreciation activity, the method of communication, how soon after a donation the communication should be sent, and which donors should receive it. Welcome emails and letters sent within one week to all first-time donors.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Whether you’re a freelancer, content outlet, or brand of product/service, email marketing can prove to be an effective means of reaching your audience of stakeholders, customers or media contacts. Email marketing: for your eyes only. When should you use email marketing?

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

That means blocking their phone number if it happened over a call or text and their email if it was done over email. Many banks also have online reporting methods. If you paid a scammer with a gift card Scammers going after gift cards is also something that happens fairly often and the method here is the same as above.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

In just a few minutes, donors can click a button in your email newsletter to donate, provide their monthly gift amount and payment information, and just like that they are part of your recurring giving program. Or you could add an option to your direct mail response cards and telemarketing scripts for donors to make recurring gifts.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 6, 2021

This type of campaign uses a combination of various digital methods and/or direct mail. . At GivingMail, we’re experts on using direct mail appeals to help organizations big and small improve their fundraising numbers and achieve their goals. What are the benefits of using direct mail in a multi-channel approach?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2013

An email, a Facebook Status Update, a Tweet, a blog post, a slideshow? When is the last time your wrote a check and mailed it to a nonprofit? Do you open the fundraising appeals sent to you in the mail? If you are a major donor, what is your preferred method of giving?

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

Unfortunately, other personal information including email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords were compromised in the attack. The company said on its blog that it is “incredibly sorry that this happened” and that the “incident is frustrating and upsetting.”

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 8, 2023

Online giving is one of the fastest-growing donation methods. 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. Let’s get started.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many lack access to information about how create their own websites, publish an email newsletter, accept online donations, and use social media effectively. It’s important to be aware that e-newsletters that are sent BCC often trigger spam controls and are blocked by email servers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2023

Method launched in 2021 after two of the company’s co-founders, Jose Bethancourt and Marco del Carmen, experienced firsthand the difficulties of embedding debt repayment into their previous company, GradJoy. “In May 2021, we started Method to provide developers with a turnkey infrastructure.”

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

It’s a horrible feeling when the tried-and-true fundraising methods that have worked in the past stop working. Even experienced fundraisers sometimes use fundraising methods that just don’t work for a particular organization or audience. Let’s back up and look at your methods of fundraising through the eyes of your donor.

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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. According to the Global Trends in Giving report , 33% of nonprofit supporters in the United States and Canada say email is the communication tool that inspires them most to give.

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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 Verge

JULY 10, 2020

All of those obnoxious marketing emails that crowd your inbox aren’t just pushing a product. They’re also tracking whether you’ve opened the email, when you opened it, and where you were at the time by embedding tracking software into the message. There are a variety of methods used to track emails. How does it work?

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

How to enter There are two methods to enter the Sweepstakes: (1) fill out the online survey , or (2) enter by mail. Mail Entry : To enter the Sweepstakes by mail, on a 3 x 5-inch card, print your first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, phone number, and email address.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2020

When you work as an email marketer, you need to expect a certain amount of email unsubscribes each year. The good news is there are some actions you can take to reduce the rate of email unsubscribes. The good news is there are some actions you can take to reduce the rate of email unsubscribes. Email Frequency.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 16, 2013

The first step for any nonprofit, is to either build or buy a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to create a history of each supporter, recording their donations, if they volunteered, attended your event, or even sent you an email! email, snail mail, fax, phone, etc.). Exclusive access.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2013

An email, a Facebook Status Update, a Tweet, a blog post, a slideshow? When is the last time your wrote a check and mailed it to a nonprofit? Do you open the fundraising appeals sent to you in the mail? If you are a major donor, what is your preferred method of giving?

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Donation Mobile Media Research 166

The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Amazon is launching a new gifting feature today that will allow subscribers to its Prime service to send gifts to others using only an email address or phone number — no address required. Here’s how the new feature works: Gift-giver wants to surprise recipient with a present but doesn’t know recipient’s mailing address.

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 20, 2025

One answer to this critical question is: Evaluate the strength of your appeal copy, specifically the direct mail and email appeals targeted to individual donors. Direct mail fundraising letters are more personal than other methods. Copywriting services are a core part of our direct mail offerings.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 19, 2014

Whether it be a phone call, email, or direct mail sent out, through a CRM, your nonprofit can track how a person responds to a certain type of communication method, know whether or not they’ve donated, how they’ve donated, and almost anything else you want to track.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Research shows that 32% of donors are most inspired to give by social media marketing, followed by email (30%), nonprofits’ websites (17%), and printed materials (15%). Here is the difference between them: Outbound marketing refers to methods where your team is actively reaching out to its audience.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 27, 2013

TechSoup discusses unified communication (UC), which is a type of internal communication structure that combines text messaging, web conferencing, email, video, and instant messaging, among other technologies to connect employees more effective and efficiently. Yes, an obvious one. Office phones. File sharing.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 22, 2025

Thats how millions of donors (including yours truly) ended up receiving one email after anotherexactlylike this one (yes, this is an actual word-for-word email I received): We hope this message finds you well and filled with the same warmth and gratitude that we feel as we reach out to express our deepest thanks for your unwavering support of XYZ.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Traditional methods of “getting the word out” include: using your non-profit’s network of frends and supporters, mailed invitations, direct mail, phone banks, word of mouth and the event host committee. Make sure they know how the funds will improve someone’s world. Draw up an entire marketing plan for the event.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

We had similar methods of writing weekly data check maintenance queries in our CRM, Blackbaud Raisers Edge NXT. Integration with other platforms you use: You can use pre-configured integrations with third-party applications, such as email or online auction tools, to extend the power of your CRM.

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