NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

When we say video works, we don’t mean every video works, any more than we mean every email works or every direct mail piece works. Video Stats: How Video Impacts Constituent Behavior. These stats were culled from many different reports, most meant for corporate marketers. The same is true with video. Digital Sherpa ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Facebook Page Barometer is a tool that enables you to compare your nonprofit’s Facebook Page Insights (Reach, Engagement, Click-through Rate) to other pages that have signed up for the service (currently 3,300+). Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. Flavors :: flavors.me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for capturing contact information for your mailing list, event registrations, and even customizing PayPal into your website for donation processing, Wufoo is well-reviewed and reasonably priced. citizens to register to vote, vote by mail, and receive election reminders via text message. Worldometers :: worldometers.info.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

According to social media researcher and author Dan Zarrella , including more links in your emails will garner better click-through rates and fewer unsubscribes. Cite your stats and facts with source articles, provide links to more information about your campaigns on your website, and of course include buttons to your donate page.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2010

Here's a hit list of our high-level benchmarks from this year's study: Email fundraising response rates were.13%, 13%, and email advocacy response rates were 4.00%. So, if we were you, we'd download the full report and then give it a read, asking yourself these important questions: Are we tracking these stats?

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3rd Sector Labs

MAY 4, 2015

Direct mail campaigns. Same goes for outcome measurement – you may use outcome stats for marketing purposes, but their primary purpose is program and/or contract management. For a direct mail campaign, consider creative services, materials, list purchases, postage, etc. Where do we find them, and what will it cost?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

We’ve all received a fundraising appeal letter in the mail asking us to donate. You may have given money to some of these groups after receiving a request in the mail. Direct mail DOES work after all. However, statistics show that direct mail works. Make sure your mailing list is clean. Lots of people do.

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Qgiv

JULY 12, 2021

Online resources are considered 20% more useful than direct mail when it comes to influencing donors. Open rates for nonprofit emails is between 15% and 17.5%. The average response rate for an advocacy email rose 5% in 2020, while the response rate for fundraising emails grew 41% for the same time period. . in 2020.

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Care2

MAY 24, 2013

Last month we reported that online fundraising response rates declined 27% between 2011-2012, according to the eNonprofit Benchmark study. The latest Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits that analyzed data from 500 organizations using the Luminate platform also indicated a steep decline in fundraising response rates.

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Care2

OCTOBER 23, 2009

First there were rumblings that direct mail was dying. While this stat is technically true, many people who sign up for social networks are not connected to social networks all day long. Then TechCrunch said Web2.0 What medium is the next victim? Email, according to a recent article by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). million people.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2011

Check out these Stats: In 2009, 31% of associations reported that membership renewal rates decreased in the previous year. In 2010, 44% of associations saw a decline in membership renewal rates. 67% learn about associations through emails and direct mail. How did prospective members find out about associations?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Use a tool like Constant Contact, Mail Chimp, or something similar to send out your email newsletter. If you try to use your regular email, you run the risk of being marked as spam, looking unprofessional, and not being able to measure open rates. Lots of stats and facts. The right nonprofit email newsletter format.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

We had a 50% response rate. So, while we were waiting, I asked the panelists to take bets. Geoff Livingston gave an overview of mobile trends , mentioning that the adoption rate of mobile phones and tablets are higher than Twitter now and mobile is now part of our lives.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2013

That’s why I took Exact Target’s fantastic list of 50 Email Marketing Tips and Stats for 2014 and boiled it down to three key takeaways for nonprofits. The #1 email client for Gmail users is the iPhone’s built-in mail program, with 34% of all Gmail opens. Subject lines fewer than 10 characters long had an open rate of 58%.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 8, 2021

Hard Numbers, Stats and Graphs. We have raised graduation rates at local high schools from 25% to over 75%.”. “We Some packets even include a mailing address or SASE to make taking action as easy as possible! This is the part where you prove that your nonprofit knows how to accomplish its goals.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2013

— As most e-mail marketers are very much aware of by now, on July 22 Gmail released a new tab structure to its inbox. Primary is meant for your personal e-mails. Social is for e-mail from social networking sites. Rather than a single in-box, the in-box is now broken into three tabs: Primary, Social and Promotional.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

When you receive a gift by check, you should print and mail a personalized letter of appreciation that serves as the receipt. Subject lines with questions have higher open rates. Make sure the stat truly makes the case that your donor’s gift made a difference. And, make sure the stat makes sense. Personalized salutation.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Well, I’ve got some eye-opening stats that might make you reconsider where to channel your communication efforts. When it comes to reaching your fundraising goals, email reigns supreme (after direct mail and face-to-face, of course). In fact, the average engagement rate on Facebook for nonprofit posts is a mere 0.08%.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

We're tracking open rates, web site hits, blog comments, people served, high-dollar donations, staff productivity, and thousands of other things across our organizations. 16% retention rate . What channel (direct mail, email, social media) the gift came through. Funders are going to eat those stats up! Dates of gifts.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 2, 2010

They have multiple collection channels, often through retailers like Best Buy, and also through mobile phone retailers, wireless service providers, and free mail in programs. He was very frank in his admission that it is very tough to make a dent in the relatively small rate of mobile phones collection for recycling and reuse.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2009

She recommends that you don't go into your analytics or stats program without composing a specific question first. I send them a personal follow-up e-mail asking why. Conversation rate: This is the amount of commenting and conversation that is happening on your blog. If yes, why? Are there patterns? And if so, what are they?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By thinking through your fundraising strategy before October 1, you can collect your stories and integrate your efforts, keeping your messaging and images consistent through mail, email, social media, events, and any other channels you may use. In between your snail-mail appeal and end-of-year appeal, you can do a #GivingTuesday campaign.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

You’ve certainly seen pieces praising the benefits of digital marketing and lamenting the shortcomings of direct mail (or vice versa). While you should incorporate more traditional media channels into your strategy, such as direct mail, we recommend creating a comprehensive digital marketing strategy as well. Social media networks.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 13, 2024

When someone joins your nonprofit’s mailing list, you should not treat them like this stressful 0-to-60 Brooklyn BQE onramp. New subscribers should be eased into what your nonprofit is about, the community, mission, stats and language you use to talk about the cause.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

With suicide and addiction rates climbing in the nonprofit sector, it’s more important than ever to recognize when you are doing too much and make changes to alleviate the overwhelm before it takes control. Find those tasks and outsource them STAT. Running a nonprofit isn’t easy, and it takes a lot of our time, heart, and brainpower.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

While the majority of businesses opt for a dollar for dollar approach, some might match donations at a rate of 3 or even 4:1! We’ve pulled out a few stats here that clearly illustrate the potential to leverage corporate giving programs for your nonprofit: $4-7 billion in matching gift funding goes unclaimed each year. Direct mail.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

We still ask authors to write about specific topics, but we post new articles to our website almost daily, then use the stats to determine what goes into the actual newsletter. Since this shift, blog traffic is up 37% year-over-year and shows a fairly steady month-to-month growth rate.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

» Tuesday Feb 17 2009 Reaching Baby Boomers: The Next Big Demographic in Nonprofit Online Fundraising Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 03:50PM | by Allyson Kapin By: Allyson Kapin , Blogger-In-Chief Direct Mail acquisition is one of the most expensive ways to raise money these days. Direct Mail typically generates a 0.5%

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

We continue to solicit donors using direct mail and emails. As a result, our sector’s donor retention stats will decline further. This slide from Steve MacLaughlin of Blackbaud displays the differences in donor retention rates between online-only, offline only, and multichannel. It also includes a business reply envelope.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Remember the stat from before? The rate of supporters who donate for a second time after they’ve given once to a nonprofit is only around 20% according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Recurring donors give at a consistent rate, usually on a monthly basis. Donor Appreciation for Recurring Donors. Thank You Letters.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Remember the stat from before? The rate of supporters who donate for a second time after they’ve given once to a nonprofit is only around 20% according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Recurring donors give at a consistent rate, usually on a monthly basis. Donor Appreciation for Recurring Donors. Thank You Letters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Provided some stats on Internet ads, ???even t Spam requires you to have a physical mailing address, opt out of every mail and be responsive, registered domain and bunch of other things, only allowed to email to people who have opted into your list. good email vendor Choose a tool with deliverability rates ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Marlow looked at the size of one’s network on Facebook (in terms of number of friends) and then analyzed the rate of communication and interaction between those friends - based on comments, status updates, wall messages, etc. You can see how Marlow, breaks down the stats on Facebook users’ social behavior patterns here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

to quantify ROI Page views from our stats program & Video view count from youtube ??? s linking to you -referring URLs in stats program -google rss alerts (can be set to daily, as it happens, etc.) ??? to quantify exposure Time spent on page & Vote count from poll program ??? google syntax to show you who???s

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The first step to improving registration rates is understanding the roadblocks. This feeling of overwhelmed was most evident in the Waiver stage of the process, where longer waivers, filled with paragraphs of legal jargon led to a significantly higher abandonment rate. Benchmarks & Stats Event Fundraising Traditional Events'

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

If they give online, and again, obviously, a lot of direct mail is going to get people online, but it’s still about 12% of donors that are going online, so a lot of money still comes in offline. And what I’ve seen so far, every time monthly donors get an email, the open rates go up, the click-through rates go up.

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