Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

Nonprofit fundraising had been due an upgrade to catapult it into the modern era for a while. Innovation was a “need right now” rather than a “maybe later,” and nonprofits were forced to join the twenty-first century — breeding all kinds of virtual solutions. That brings us to the state of nonprofit fundraising today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Website maintenance and support can be a luxury for nonprofits working on a tight budget. Here are 10 website maintenance tips that your nonprofit can do yourself to ensure that your website is healthy and running at its best — without needing to break the bank! Is your nonprofit’s website responsive across all devices?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

This is the eighth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. LinkedIn Pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2023

When nonprofits started to experiment with digital marketing in 1990s and early 2000s, the few tools that were available were expensive and limited in their functionality. Nonprofits can use it to study past versions of their website and to monitor their progress in web design over time. See also OptInMonster. See also MXToolbox.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

This is the seventh post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2013

With the launch of new a LinkedIn Groups design , the company resolved one of its most pressing problems – LinkedIn Group spam. Increased Spam Control: Popular and Recent Discussion Tabs. Related Webinar: LinkedIn Groups and Company Pages for Nonprofits. Featured Hero Image. New Group Information Pop-down. Mobile-Compatible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

This is the ninth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Email deliverability isn't something many of us consider.until our emails are labeled as spam. Check out our tips to ensure your emails land in inboxes where they belong. Download the Email Deliverability Guide today!

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TechImpact

MARCH 19, 2014

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. CAN-SPAM requires your email newsletter to have a footer containing your address and an unsubscribe option. Do not be wordy here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Presented by: Heather Mansfield , Founder of Nonprofit Tech for Good. Based on the blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , this webinar will feature the top 10 digital marketing and fundraising trends to watch in 2022. Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST (2 hours). Cost: $20 (USD).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

The Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group reached 40,000 members today – a benchmark that took three years, 323 days, and countless clicks of “Flag as Promotion” and “Block & Delete” to keep the group as spam free as possible and on its trajectory of growth. Attention Nonprofits!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

In fact, in 2013 for every 1,000 fundraising messages delivered, nonprofits raised $17. Furthermore, email still dominates among online adults of all ages and thanks to the rise of social media, e-newsletter growth in the nonprofit sector grew 14% in 2013, especially for small nonprofits. Nonprofits send out an average of 3.8

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 21, 2019

53% of nonprofit staff who are extremely or somewhat satisfied in their current roles donate to the organization where they work ( World-Changing Work Report ). 29% of annual donation volume to nonprofits occurs from #GivingTuesday through the end of the year. Nonprofits lose 20.18% of their email revenue ($92.8 Click to Tweet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2023

This is the tenth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 4, 2011

On Quora you have to be a person, but Facebook Questions uses your nonprofit’s Page and avatar as your Facebook Questions identity. Step One :: Add Questions to Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page. Subscribe :: Nonprofit Tech 2.0 e-Newsletter :: Social Media and Mobile Technology for Nonprofits. Very smart.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 7, 2011

Unfortunately, many nonprofits have created LinkedIn Groups over the last few years and when results were not immediate, they abandoned their Group much too soon. It’s at that point that the spammers take over and once a LinkedIn Group becomes overrun with spam, forget it. That said, some spam is not so obvious.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in the newly released Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. The best practice listed below are result of spending the last three years maintaining and building the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. for Nonprofits. for Nonprofits.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 15, 2011

At their best, these are way more entertaining than email spam -- lots of creative English, garbled syntax, and mixed metaphors ("gladsome to mature this website," "earmarks of the army has recruited on boob tube," "Lossing albatross is benificial," "your current article causes me completely happy"). Thanks For Share Robert L. Great write-up!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

2017 is the final year of free webinars for nonprofits ( view final schedule ). To date, Nonprofit Tech for Good has trained 49,000 nonprofit, charity, and NGO staff worldwide on how to succeed in online communications and fundraising. 1) Coordinate Tweets and Facebook Posts with e-newsletters and fundraising appeals.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2022

And unfortunately, according to this 2019 study , it’s estimated that nonprofits lost out on almost $93M due to low deliverability rates in 2018. Together, these are used to tell recipients that your emails are not spam. Email Deliverability is the process of tracking how successfully your emails are reaching inboxes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 9, 2012

In general, most direct marketing pitches and fundraising asks are ignored and increasingly an overuse or incorrect use of hashtags can do more harm to your nonprofit’s brand on Twitter than good. Below are five actual tweets by nonprofits. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn.

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TechImpact

JULY 16, 2014

According to a 2013 study conducted by Blackbaud , overall donations to nonprofits increased in 2013 by 4.9%, and digital donations increased 6.4%. The answer lies in the way nonprofits are catering o the demands of its donor network. The answer lies in the way nonprofits are catering o the demands of its donor network.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 3, 2012

The following blog comment spams were left on my site on 12/21 - 23 in response to my posts " Lame spam as blog comments " and " More lame spam as blog comments." Weiner: Nonprofit Fundraising Technology Consulting » Lame spam as blog comments. Cheers like your More lame spam as blog comments Robert L.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

Human-Centered SEO for Nonprofits in 2024 Good (optimized) content has a better chance of working for you and getting your nonprofit found online. Nikoleychuk predicts that search engines will release more spam and useful content updates in 2024 to try and weed out low-value content.” So, what kind of content is that, exactly?

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Nonprofits are seeing their read rates plummet and their content click rates fall even further. One of the biggest pitfall your nonprofit can make is not optimizing your emails for the mobile reader. The post 5 Nonprofit Email Marketing Pitfalls To Avoid appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

Just for your reference, here is the Authentification Form: And here’s how the warning message appears on the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page: According to Facebook, there are the three ways I can authenticate the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page. Their Pages were obviously causes [like Save the Whales], not brands.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2011

How nonprofits choose to follow on Twitter varies widely. Some nonprofits only follow a small of amount of Twitterers, others follow hundreds or thousands, and a few follow more (sometimes a lot more) than they are being followed themselves. As of today that number is 82,250. Again, following more often just so your followers a.k.a.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

By Chuck Spidell , a Nonprofit WordPress Security Expert with ILLUSIO. It is the ideal content management system for nonprofits because of how it’s open source and anyone can contribute to making it better. He helps women-led communications teams free up their time and lock down WordPress from getting hacked.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Every month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 creates and tweets (three times only) a TwtPoll related to nonprofit tech. That said, the actual voting numbers are low likely due to a fear that voting will result in spam tweet exclaiming you voted. December 2012 [1,295 Views] Have you viewed your nonprofits website on a tablet or smartphone?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

By Kim Peterson , Content Marketing Specialist for Give by Cell , a technology company that provides mobile fundraising tools and text messaging services to nonprofits. With average email open rates at 20% for nonprofits , many organizations struggle to grab the attention of supporters, volunteers, and donors. Donor Follow Up.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Email marketing for nonprofits is a powerful tool that can do much more for your brand than just raising awareness. In this article, we explain why email campaigns are a perfect place to begin engaging your donors and how your nonprofit can use email to its advantage starting today.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Whether it’s a robocall trying to sell you something or spam calls from scammers trying to rip you off, it’s enough to make you want to stop answering your phone. “I need help on getting spam calls to stop,” one reader said in an email. Unwanted phone calls are out of control. So what can you do to stop them?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

If used correctly, #hashtags can be very useful to nonprofits on Twitter. Below I have posted 10 hashtags commonly used by nonprofits. There is such a thing as hashtag spamming. Example Tweet: Nice use of Animoto by United Cerebral Palsy: [link] || #nonprofit. A word of caution though… use them strategically.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 8, 2011

My guess is that 99.99% of nonprofits (or more) have not yet been invited to beta test Google+ ( sign up here ), but if you are a regular reader of Mashable, TechCrunch, or The Next Web, you might be feeling like your missing out on the fruits of being an early adopter (before the site is even out of beta – craziness!). Sign up here !

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

Some newbie spammer posted a message on my site that shows the contents of their spam merge database. I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. .|

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2024

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good According to the 2023 Nonprofit Tech for Good Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have experienced a cyberattack (email phishing, website hacking, ransomware, social media attack, etc.). Cybersecurity at your nonprofit must be a priority in 2023.

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