October, 2021

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Why We Are Leaving Facebook Groups

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

I was going to wait a bit longer before sharing this news, but after yesterday’s Facebook worldwide blowout, I figured I might as well share now. Over the next several weeks, we are transitioning out of our Facebook Groups and into a private-label solution called Circle. We at Nonprofit Marketing Guide have used Facebook Groups practically since they became available.

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Push Through To Find the Next 100 Monthly Donors

NonProfit PRO

Over the years, I’ve worked with nonprofits of all sizes — small, midsize, large — when it comes to monthly donors. A few of those smaller organizations started out earlier this year with 15 monthly donors. Now, a few months later, they are at 65 by introducing just a few additional ways to generate new monthly donors.

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The Importance of Having a Multichannel Fundraising Campaign

Ann Green

Year-end fundraising season is starting to gear up. I just returned from a short vacation and came home to a mailbox that included a bunch of appeal letters, and this is just the beginning. Speaking of appeal letters, you should plan to send one by mail. I know email is easier and less expensive, but people respond better to mail and it’s well worth the investment.

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Newsletter: How to Grow Your Partnership Team ; Should Nonprofits Be Making More Merch? ; What’s Behind Those Red Flag Emojis on Social Media?

Selfish Giving

The Cause Docs are back! ???? Joining us on Thursday, October 28th at 2pm EDT are Philips McCarty and Charisse Brown Marcus from the social impact consultancy Good Scout. Whether you are a one-person department or a team of ten, Phil and Charisse will be answering your questions on how to effectively grow your partnership team. As your corporate partnership program grows so does the demand on internal resources.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Before Publishing Your Annual Appeal, Ask Yourself These 5 Questions

Bloomerang

I’ve offered you checklists , FAQs and e-guides with templates for writing donor-centric annual appeals. I stick by them as a place to begin. They offer an outline of all the elements an effective appeal should include. In this blog post, I’m going to talk about how to evaluate those annual appeals before you publish them so you know you’re sending out the best possible ask. .

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[WEBINAR] Top 10 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Trends To Watch in 2022

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST (2 hours). Presented by: Heather Mansfield , Founder of Nonprofit Tech for Good. Cost: $20 (USD). 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. In addition to discussing the highest-performing trends of 2021 that will likely continue into 2022, the webinar will also highlight trends that are likely to emerg

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Why Nonprofits Are Leaving Facebook

NonProfit PRO

Did you know 90% of Facebook users live overseas? That's just one reason why nonprofits are increasingly looking for alternatives to Facebook. At some point, I anticipate that there will be increased shifts away from the platform. Here's why.

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4 Storytelling Tips for Your Online Donation Page

Ann Green

Every nonprofit has a story, but not every nonprofit knows how to tell their story on their fundraising page to drive online donations. Check out these tip s ! By Murad Bushnaq. Humans have been telling stories for at least 30,000 years. Why? Good stories create connection and understanding between people, helping us cultivate empathy and positive change within our communities.

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Newsletter: How to Get Prospects to Stop Ignoring You ; 20 Retailers That are Teetering on Ruin ; Science Nonprofit Newsjacks Squid Games to Talk About

Selfish Giving

There's an old saying that you can't hook a fish that won't open its mouth. That's certainly true in corporate partnerships when a potential prospect won't return your calls or emails. The question is, what should you do? Should you keep calling, or should you move on? That's the subject of an article Dan Cohen (aka the pleasantly persistent corporate partnership consultant) sent over to me: 5 Ways to Handle the Prospect Who Won’t Respond.

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How to Redesign A Website Without Damaging SEO Results

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How to Redesign A Website Without Damaging SEO Results. Are you looking to redesign your website? Be mindful of steps to take to not damage your SEO results. Check out our tips. Keeping a website up and running requires close attention. There are no ifs in this, and you will have to redesign your website often. But, in revamping your website, you have to keep your SEO rankings in mind.

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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[FREE WEBINAR] How to Grow Donor Retention in 2022: Ask, Thank, Report, Repeat!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Time: 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. Presented by: Kelly Ramage , Training Specialist at DonorPerfect. Cost: Free. Effective donor retention strategies require you to determine your baseline, define success, and measure your progress toward your goals through reporting. So at their most basic, how do your donor retention strategies work?

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Permission Granted: Setting Boundaries with Your Time

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

It’s spooky season. Does your calendar have you spooked? Do you find yourself adding more tasks to your already unrealistic list? When was the last time you said “No” or “Yes, but not that way or by that time” when asked to meet a deadline? Do you avoid your email at times because you know you will see another “ask” requiring your time and energy? If these questions resonate with you, then it is possible that there is tension between your boundaries and work capacity.

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The Tools Your Nonprofit Needs To Boost Its Peer-to-Peer Success in 2021

NonProfit PRO

Organizations are requiring more robust software functionality to ensure virtual and hybrid campaigns connect as deeply with participants and donors as in-person events. In response, peer-to-peer software vendors are offering more tools for organizations and participants to engage in richer and more meaningful ways.

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Make This the Year You Segment Your Donors

Ann Green

Do you send all your donors the same appeal and thank you letter? Do you also feel your appeals aren’t bringing you the donations you need? There may be a correlation here. If you’re not segmenting your donors into different groups, you’re missing a chance to raise more money and let your donors know you recognize them for who they are. Your donors are not the same.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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What Hocus Pocus Can Teach You About Major Gift Fundraising

Bloomerang

Every October, I watch the 90s classic “Hocus Pocus.” Believe it or not, I’ve found that there are parallels between one of the greatest Halloween movies ever made and major gift fundraising. Keep reading and follow along like I’m Binx leading you into the graveyard for safety! 1. Steward donors and encourage them to become loyal to your organization. .

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100 Fundraising Email Subject Lines That Will Get Donors to Open Your Email

Get Fully Funded

A good fundraising email subject line can make or break your request for funds. You see, most people focus just on the email itself and the subject line is an afterthought. Big mistake. You see, if the email doesn’t get opened, you get no donations. Read that again. Your fundraising email subject line has ONE job: to entice the recipient to open the email.

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[DATA] The 10 Most Effective Digital Marketing & Fundraising Tools

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The 2021 Open Data Project [ español , français ] seeks to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. At the core of the project is the 2021 Global NGO Technology Survey and the data below is based on the survey responses of 1,148 digital marketers and fundraisers that work in the nonprofit sector.

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A List of #GivingTuesday Resources for 2021

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Giving Tuesday is less than 60 days away! I hope you have already started planning, but just in case you haven’t or need some more help, here are some resources you can use to make Giving Tuesday 2021 a success. If you are new to this day of giving start with What is Giving Tuesday? from Kindful. Then go directly to the source with the GivingTuesday.org site’s Resources Page. which includes logos, graphics, Canva templates, key messages and more.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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How Your Nonprofit Could Get Banned on Social Media

NonProfit PRO

Imagine this: You run a domestic violence shelter, and your fundraising team is starting to realize that your ads aren't bringing in the money they used to on social media. Or, perhaps you lead a clinic related to women's health, and since reproductive rights is a lightning rod issue, the algorithms on social media decide that it's too hot a topic for ads.

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The Power of Shared Power: Co-Directing Nonprofits Through Compassion

Blue Avocado

We have found that qualitatively, compassion is often perceived as weak, soft, and forgiveness-focused. But compassion is as much about discussion, truth telling, and the hard work of moving forward together. We discovered that many people have a cultural interpretation of what compassionate action looks and feels like. Compassionate action is not universally accepted as a […].

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International Pronouns Day: 3 Ways You Can Celebrate at Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

The third Wednesday of October is International Pronouns Day. The day seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. In today’s blog post we will examine how we can participate in our fundraising work! What are pronouns? . They are words used instead of a noun in a sentence. For example, in the previous sentence “they” is the pronoun used in place of the word pronoun.

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Ideas You Can Use To Thank Donors During the Holidays

Get Fully Funded

The season of gratitude is upon us and there is nothing more important you can do than thank donors for their support this year. After all, the season of giving is also almost here and before you start asking and asking, do some thanking first. Here’s why: go back to basics for a minute. Fundraising is all about relationships. . If all you do is ask, ask, and ask some more, that’s not much of a relationship.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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How to Decide Which Fundraising Software Your Nonprofit Should Use

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Though recommendations from third parties may help you narrow down the wide selection of nonprofit CRMs available, only you and your team know what’s best for your organization. There is a fundraising software that will help your staff manage fundraising campaigns and donor data efficiently and engage and grow your donor base.

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Worried about Apple’s iOS 15 and Your Open Rates?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Open Rates Weren’t As Helpful As You Thought Anyway. I am sure a lot of you have heard that Apple’s new privacy policy will be just awful for us email marketers. Not up to speed? Start with Reuter’s Explainer: What do Apple’s new iPhone privacy changes mean for consumers and businesses? Considering that the various Apple email clients (iOS Mail, macOS Mail, iPadOS Mail) had over 46% of combined email opens in 2020 , it is definitely something we need to pay attention to.

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Social Media for Nonprofits, Part 2: Strategies for Instagram, LinkedIn and More

NonProfit PRO

Social media can help nonprofits connect with supporters, volunteers and donors more easily. You can leverage social media marketing strategies to boost your engagement — but the best tactics differ from one platform to the next.

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Fundraising in Uncertain Times

Fundraising Coach

Last week, I blogged about leading in uncertain times. It's gotten the most feedback of any blog post this year. As I've been thinking about it, the three things that help leading through uncertain times fit perfectly with fundraising too. We shouldn't be surprised - fundraising is all about leadership. So leadership principles should apply to fundraising too. 3 Commitments for Fundraising in Uncertain Times.

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Engage, Empower, Excel: Transforming Performance in the New Era of Work

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.

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Top Tips For Hosting Virtual Nonprofit Headquarter Site Visits

Bloomerang

Before the COVID-19 pandemic , which placed restrictions on meeting in person, nonprofit headquarter site visits mainly entailed giving a visitor a tour of your nonprofit’s facilities. . Usually, that looked something like this: You took them on a walk to give them a good look at your day-to-day operations and shared more about your mission and your work.

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Moving from Voice to Power

Boardsource

“The recognition that organizational power and voice must be authorized by those impacted by the organization’s work.”. These words come from BoardSource’s new way of framing the role of nonprofit governing boards. And they resonate profoundly with me and my colleagues at Fund for Shared Insight , a national funder collaborative aiming to improve philanthropy by promoting and supporting ways for foundations and nonprofits to listen and respond to the people and communities who are most impacted

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3 Reasons Every Nonprofit Tech Project Should Begin with a Discovery

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Brian Greenwald , Nonprofit Superfan at Generate_Impact – a human-centered technology services company focused solely on celebrating and serving humanitarian, social impact, sustainability and for-profit-for-good organizations and causes. Ok, first of all, you may be asking, what is a Tech Discovery? A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made.

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Share How You Say “Thank You”

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Let’s see your thank you notes, emails, videos or any other ways you thank your supporters. We’re presenting our very popular budget-friendly webinar How to Say Thank You and Share Your Successes with Your Supporters on November 4th and are looking for more examples to share. Registration for that is only $20 if you want to join us to learn how to talk to your supporters so they feel appreciated, included and inspired to give again.

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a