Pamela Grow

AUGUST 2, 2023

And even digital fundraising powerhouse NextAfter has conducted studies that reveal that multichannel has 212% more revenue than offline only. Your donor newsletter. And, according to ANA/DMA, “Direct mail still pulls a higher response rate than any marketing medium.” Where do you begin? Consider sending: An “Impact Update.”

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Said another way – what works offline also works online. 3) A university found their newsletter open rates increased by 7-12% when they personalized the first story within a newsletter to different audiences. Delivering relevant content to your audiences, though, can significantly increase email click-through rates. *.

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NetWits

JUNE 6, 2011

These could be included online or in email newsletters. Consider what functionality you can provide “behind a login,&# and promote that functionality often throughout related webpages, in email newsletters and in offline collateral.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2012

However, there are some days when I want nothing more than to escape from my computer and long for the days when I could relax offline and actually read a book. website, e-newsletter, Donate Now campaigns) and Web 2.0 I struggle with burn out and the only sure fix is going on vacation without a computer, tablet, or smartphone.

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NetWits

JUNE 2, 2011

Register for our Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Events Newsletter and get a monthly dose of quality content. Here’s a list of budget-friendly incentives that should at least get you thinking creatively about how you can start putting the gaming into your fundraising event: Recognition online, in offline publications and at the event.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

But I would suggest what I think are two important points: It’s an Offline Process. Major gifts fundraising, the process of cultivating and soliciting a “stop-and-think” gift, is primarily an offline process. I really doubt there is any debate about that today. Certainly not all but, as the research indicates, definitely many.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Ask any businesses you know with an email newsletter or other marketing budgets to promote the organization 1 or 2 times a year. Approach area businesses to donate items to an online or offline silent or live auction. Find an expert on anything and turn that expertise into paid online or offline classes. Earned Income.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

We may also need to educate users about fundraising tools like Blackbuads Friends Asking Friends – Teaching them things like how to customize their personal fundraising page, how to import contacts for emailing, and how to enter offline donations. Plan to thank each and every participant no less than 10 times throughout the event!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 19, 2012

What makes this even more interesting is that if you have an Android mobile device, you can then take your mobile wallet with you on your smartphone for point-of-sale transactions that occur offline. Process donation and opt-in for e-newsletters (the default setting): 5. Think about that for a minute. View your donation receipt: 6.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2017

Blackbaud’s 2016 Charitable Giving Report shows us that donor retention for first time donors is still remarkably low – 29% for offline donors and 21% for online donors. But if donors are retained passed that first year, the retention rate jumps significantly to 60% for offline donors and 58% for online donors. Donor Newsletters.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Even though many planned giving touchpoints occur offline in meetings or over the phone, your website still has an important role to play. Use these on your website, and distill them into shorter versions for use in newsletters, emails, and social media posts. Reinforce your program on your website. Create a legacy society.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Your website serves as the central hub for your digital strategy, followed closely by the ways you drive folks to your website, including email, blog posts, newsletters, social media, text messaging, QR codes in print media, and advertising. Is it easy to see how to give offline? Master online appeals, user experience and messaging.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Don’t ignore the offline elements of an online campaign. Smart organizations use email (both for newsletters as well as individual solicitations), social media, phone calls and snail mail (for appeal letters) to keep donors updated about the campaign,” Garecht notes.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2014

Nonprofit Digital Communications : For those who write, edit, or support nonprofit blogs, website content, social media content, and e-newsletters. CommBuild : For those who build and sustain online and offline communities for nonprofits and other mission-driven organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2010

You put up a website way back when, then started sending out an email newsletter. Add the icons to your email newsletter templates and social media links to your email signatures. Add “share” buttons to your website pages and email newsletters too. Now you’ve added social media. Ensure that some basic branding (e.g.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

You should be sharing your nonprofit’s mission online and offline through your social media plan , donor newsletters, events, and other communications. In other words, if you can no longer pay for everything yourself and you haven’t built a donor base, where will the money come from to support the nonprofit going forward?

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NTEN

JULY 10, 2013

Since then, she''s support both staff and community engagement, on and offline, including managing the 2013 Online NTC, connecting with community members across the web, and helping the organization identify opportunities to create partnerships and provide value to you!

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

If you’re not afraid of getting into the nitty-gritty of network building, both online and offline, this is the blog for you. Do yourself a favor and bookmark these blogs or subscribe to their newsletters. A nonprofit fundraiser since childhood, Beth has over 30 years as a professional fundraiser and consultant.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 11, 2019

Or, if you create content (much like Nonprofit Hub), allow sponsors to advertise within your content channels—on your website, in your magazine or newsletter, etc. If most of your operations happen offline, just make sure the staff member in charge of sponsorships is aware of your constituents’ information.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

Advocacy actions and items of personal interest tend to result in more click-throughs from newsletters. International organizations once again stood out for their low newsletter click-through rates.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Charities that have traditionally focused on offline fundraising have also learned in recent years the importance of online giving. Compare that with a recent downward trend in donor acquisition using offline channels like direct mail. One could argue that offline might actually cannibalize online giving.

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NetWits

MAY 26, 2011

Peaks will help you determine what is on your website that draws traffic – is it your e-newsletters or events? When used specifically with offline campaigns, appeals or ads we can use as a source metric. I suggest increasing this to the past 3 months, the most possible. Use this comparison to survey peaks and valleys of traffic.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your work across the board, whether it’s online or offline, on your facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events. Striving to be replaced also means rewarding and spotlighting leaders.

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

If your nonprofit is not developing yearly benchmarks for its fundraising program, website visits, email and e-newsletter open and click-through rates, start now. It’s not sufficient to just offer an email newsletter – who really needs another e-newsletter?&#. Online Fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

One thing that comes out in that process, time after time, is the immense value of email to online fundraising: And email isn’t just important to online revenue, here are 4 other findings from our data that illustrate the impact of email fundraising: Offline donors can be up to 90% more valuable when you have their email address.

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NetWits

JANUARY 29, 2009

eNewsletters – 61% of nonprofits send out an electronic newsletter. Right away there is an obvious opportunity for the organizations who are emailing without sending enewsletters to better steward supporters by adding a newsletter to the marketing mix.

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Online, offline, in social media, at the event, after the event and everywhere else – tell your heartfelt stories and explain how donations would/could be used. Register for our Event Fundraising Newsletter and immediately get access to the 5 whitepapers referenced in this post. Make sure your event is all about your cause.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The TA report also found that online donors give at higher levels than direct mail donors – even after they switch to offline channels in later years – so converting them in the first place is key. > Finally, be sure to watch for our September e-newsletter, which is dedicated to fundraising, going out next week.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. Offline activities. If your offline database tracking activities can communicate with your online system (whether through data syncing or old-school spreadsheet downloading and uploading) you have a great wealth of information at your fingertips.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Even though much of these will be online social technologies, don’t forget about the offline spaces, too. Newsletter subscriber numbers are not growing. This means identifying the spaces, platforms, and applications where each group congregates and where you can communicate with them.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

You will also want to ensure that online communications are coordinated with offline communications such as direct mail efforts. Importantly, keep a shared calendar (Gantt charts make the best) of planned offline and online communications. Warm your audience up first with a newsletter or general info communication.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Guest blogger Carrie-Jaffe Pickett ( @carriewriter ) is an award-winning writer and editor specializing in e-newsletters, public relations, website copy, and editorial solutions for clients. It's been shown that these methods lead to higher conversions than e-newsletter promotions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2010

What’s the difference between online and offline marketing – or is there one? On a practical level, having an attitude of gratitude means putting higher priority on getting your fundraising thank you letters out to your donors than on producing a newsletter that goes to your entire list.

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Care2

AUGUST 26, 2011

Make your join button easy to find across the site, keep “required&# information limited, and have incentives (such as an insightful newsletter or invites to special events) for joining your organization or signing up to your email list.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Then, analyze newsletter links to identify which topics get higher click-through rates. Analyze what’s worked offline that hasn’t been tried online. Is there an approach or topic that’s worked offline, but you haven’t tried online? Which didn’t? Don’t stop there. Do a similar review of other appeals/campaigns.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

NWF - greenhour.org so we share it with people in a newsletter and then see activity in a blog - we can’t see that they really did it in their home, it is hard to measure, but we are still seeing what seems to be real actions - don’t be afraid to ask! Are there ways of catching offline datapoints?

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Your donor engagement strategy may outline different recognition tiers by gift amount ($50 donations receive a shout-out in your newsletter, and $250 donations receive a plaque, for example). In fact, reaching out to your community offline can help you stand out from the hundreds of digital-only marketing campaigns your donors receive.

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