TechImpact

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

There will always be a place for email in a nonprofit’s communication arsenal. Then why, you may be asking, is email engagement declining across the board? Why are only half of my nonprofit’s emails being opened? Because of this, your emails must cater to the busy reader. Image courtesy of OnQue Digital Insights.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Also important to be aware of is that 26% of online donations made in 2019 occurred on a mobile device. Having a mobile-compatible website is now a standard best practice and that is especially true for your nonprofit’s donation pages.

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NetWits

APRIL 11, 2012

1) Email is Hot. 12NTC wasn’t void of sessions and discussion on the topic, but they made sure fundamental things like email were covered because of a rather large group of people (Eh? who still need to run effective email marketing and communications programs. 2) Mobile (as expected) is On the Rise. For better or worse.

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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. Make sure your website is mobile optimized for donors using their cell phones. 2) Encourage to Volunteer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

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. Well, mobile-friendly is no longer an option for nonprofits of any size. Online and Mobile-Friendly is Giving-Friendly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Further, most Kenyans do not use credit cards, instead the majority of the population use mobile payments and cash. M-Changa strives to make it convenient for local NGOs to accept both mobile and card payments. M-Changa has also partnered with GlobalGiving to enable NGOs already of the platform to accept mobile payments.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2011

With the continued growth of Internet usage, the rise of social media, and the smart phone revolution it’s likely that social fundraising will continue to play a significant roll for non-profit organizations (or start to play a growing roll for those organizations who don’t already participate in this type of fundraising).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2021

By Matthew Burnell , F ounder of ClickBid , a mobile bidding provider for online auctions, virtual galas, and in-person events. You have lots of ways to reach your donors including social media, email, text message , handwritten letters, radio, YouTube ads, etc. 5) Offer a phone line during your event. Then, execute the list.

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TechImpact

MARCH 19, 2014

Writing, and sending, your nonprofit’s email newsletter takes creativity, precision strategy, and even a little finesse. Proof reading, avoiding spam triggers, ensuring it’s mobile optimized, creating alluring subject lines are all imperative to the success of the newsletter and what the content inside is promoting. Personalize.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 15, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. The rapid rise of mobile and social media has directly correlated with a rise in Internet trolls —individuals whose sole purpose is to rant, vent, and incite discord. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits.

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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. 1) Launch a new website that is mobile-optimized. It’s not for lack of desire or technical capability, but simply due to a block in information flow.

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EveryAction

JULY 12, 2023

Email Let’s say you continue your search for a holiday gift, and you decide to enter your email address somewhere in your search for information. This means now you’re probably getting email targeting you with more content and reminders about the item you were looking for.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 28, 2017

Seven of the 25 nonprofits required a donor to provide their phone number. Two nonprofits did not follow-up with a “Thank You” email. 68% of nonprofits have mobile-compatible donation pages. In 2016, 17% of online transactions were made using a mobile device. Two required entering a captcha to give.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Mobile Phone Access. These days, this means making sure that you’ll be able to get the CRM on your mobile phone, which has become an increasingly important part of both our private and work lives. In fact, it’s estimated that 71 percent of workers access company information from their phones.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In 2020, some studies showed that mobile website traffic surpassed desktop traffic. Hopefully, your donation form is already mobile-friendly, but here are 10 tips to make it mobile-friendlier from online fundraising pros : Eliminate all unnecessary/nice-to-have fields. The future is now. Use tappable buttons for giving levels.

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EveryAction

MAY 2, 2023

Mobile optimization —M+R’s Benchmarks for the year 2022 found that “users on mobile devices (including both phones and tablets) accounted for 57% of nonprofit website traffic.” This volume makes it clear that optimizing for mobile isn’t a nice-to-have, it’s a need-to-have.

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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%). M+R Benchmarks ] 25% of online donations were made on a mobile device in 2022. [

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2025

1) Online Registration Will Be Standard Gone are the days of paper registration forms, manually collecting golfer information over the phone, cashing checks, and sending receipts by hand. Offer mobile-friendly payment methods so golfers can make a donation, purchase mulligans, or buy raffle tickets directly from their phones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

Part of the reason is a commitment to altruism, but I also use (for lack of a better word) these 31 nonprofits to study how nonprofits are progressing in online fundraising, social media and mobile communications. 5) If the nonprofit required a phone number to make the donation. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta).

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The other benefits a CRM adds to your form, is that when a donor submits a contribution to your charity, you can personalize a thank you email with a custom, branded template either immediately or a bit later based on the data the donor supplied. Mobile is a must. Keep it simple. Keep the form distraction free.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. When done well, email newsletters can be fast and cheap for you and heartwarming for your donor, basically meeting everyone’s needs. The right nonprofit email newsletter format. Your regular email (e.g.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

This week’s sixth and final topic: mobile messaging. What is mobile messaging? Many of us know mobile messaging as texting , or if we’ve been using it long enough, as SMS (short messaging service) and MMS (multimedia messaging service.) Why should nonprofits use mobile messaging?

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

From paying bills to staying in touch with family and friends to researching tomorrow’s weather, people expect to be able to do just about anything from their mobile phones. That’s where mobile giving comes in. Mobile giving is a fundraising technique in which donors donate to a campaign using a mobile device.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 e-Newsletter. CharityRadio :: charityradioshow.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages.

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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.

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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. We just stressed the importance of training your administrators.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social networkers, this $.99 e-Newsletter. CheckFacebook :: checkfacebook.com.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 5, 2021

Take a look at how you can use mobile engagement to keep your donors captivated by your organization. What is mobile marketing and why does it matter? Mobile marketing is the practice of reaching out to donors on their mobile devices. Take this a step further by optimizing your online presence for mobile users.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

Since then, we’ve been hard at work bringing together the wide range of tech, tools, and services we all offer, including case management, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and fundraising and engagement, as well as some functionality from our friends at Mobilize. Activate supporters with Mobilize. Mobilize is here to stay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Mobile Web. .” The Mobile Web. At the time the book was written, mobile wallets hadn’t been launched yet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

WhatsApp represents one such medium that presents nonprofits with an outstanding opportunity to engage with stakeholders through texts, attachments, and multiple forms of conversations delivered to their mobile phones and now to their desktops. Recent data indicates that there are in excess of 1.5 2) Information Hub.

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Network for Good

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s digital world, email is a fundamental tool for engaging your donors and your audience. Here are four tips to help you make the most of your email campaigns and communications! It’s always a great time to think about experimenting with your emails. How many people open each email? Tip #1: Experiment.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

So when conversations about mobile strategy come up, the idea of an app hammers the nail. According to data compiled by Statista in 2021, Americans spend 5-6 hours a day on mobile devices. As a reader of this, you’re probably in a decision phase around how to build out your nonprofit’s mobile strategy towards impact.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Warm your donors up with some thoughtful stewardship through a channel that will help you get through: mobile. You are 8 times more likely to get a response from a text message than a voicemail or email. It is the 21st-century version of a phone call. Why text donors? It’s clear: texting is now the status quo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 24, 2022

Send an email to your base to let them know the sweepstakes is live and they can show their support by entering to win your amazing prize. Most importantly – display QR codes that link to your sweepstakes website so donors can enter easily from their mobile phones. 5) Send Regular, Dedicated Emails to Your Donor Base.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

email marketing is one of the most effective channels for nonprofit organizations. Here are 5 nonprofit email marketing mistakes to avoid. . As a nonprofit organization, email marketing should be one of your top priorities. Around 42% of donors prefer to hear from nonprofits via emails. Overlooking mobile users.

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