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New Email Tests Improve Clicks, Slow Exiting

The NonProfit Times

To prevent email from being flagged as spam, McClelland suggests at a minimum avoiding overuse of spammy language such as “free,” “bargain,” and “first come, first served,” especially during the run-up to holidays or other busy times when inboxes are already teeming with retail ads and come-ons. Approximately 600,000 of the roughly 1.6

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Top Lessons from GivingTuesday 2023

Neon CRM

After a short review process that mainly consisted of whether she liked the pictures the nonprofit put on their website , she settled on donating to Texas-based nonprofit Animal Rescue Connections. Encouragement and Positivity: Some subject lines used encouraging and positive language to motivate potential donors.

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Odds and Sods

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I have to admit I’m a sucker for cute pictures of kittens. But I have to admit the bastardized language thing (“hai, I iz doin stuf&# ) just isn’t funny to me. I’m convinced that I have a sense of humor. Really, I am. Except, well, I just don’t get this LOL* pheonomena.

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4 Essential Steps for Growing Higher Ed Scholarship Programs

Connection Cafe

Massachusetts Institute of Technology covers tuition for students whose families make less than $90,000. Use this language to appeal directly to current students, alumni, and other prospects. Publicize your progress and celebrate your successes along the way to help keep people inspired and focused on the bigger picture.

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[VIDEO] How to Get a Return on Your Nonprofit Technology Investment

Bloomerang

But joining us from beautiful Sandwich, Massachusetts near my homeland up there on the Cape, Maureen Wallbeoff. So I can picture your office or your home office. ” I’m a cat person, so I get cat pictures in my donation forms and in my email messages. You’ve been speaking my language. It’s my fault.