Sat.Oct 12, 2019 - Fri.Oct 18, 2019

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6 Proven Community Engagement Asks

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

An engagement ask is simply another way, besides donating, that people can confirm that they share your values and want to participate in your good work. You are asking people to do things that help build rapport with them over time, allow them to give in other non-monetary ways, and since these actions often take place via social media, to connect with other like-minded supporters.

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Newsletter: 7 Clever Cause Activations for the Fall ; How to Warm Up Cold Email Subscribers ; Chobani Launches New ‘Charity Flavor’ with American Farmland Trust

Selfish Giving

This past week, I got a great question from a reader asking when and how to clean your email list. You know I'm a big believer in email and newsletters - and with good reason. Campaign Monitor just came out with a report that showed "across the board, donors prefer email. Nearly 42% said they prefer to hear from a nonprofit via email from the organization, and 20.5% said an email from the organization would inspire them to give again.

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Top 20 Best WordPress Plugins for Nonprofit Websites

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Chuck Spidell , a Nonprofit WordPress Security Expert with ILLUSIO. He helps women-led communications teams free up their time and lock down WordPress from getting hacked. Please join Chuck on October 29 for a webinar on how to prevent your WordPress website from getting hacked. WordPress powers 34% of all sites on the web and is one of the most popular digital marketing tools used by organizations in the world.

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How to Hire and Partner with a Digital or Social Media Marketing Agency to Grow Your Business

Pam Moore

Considering hiring a digital marketing agency, social media agency or branding consultant? Hiring a marketing agency or consultant is a big decision. It's not only a big investment, but also a relationship that requires trust and a partnership. Understanding how to partner with your chosen agency or consultant can make or break your success in both the short and long term.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Easy Ways to Lower Your Stress Levels #NPCOMMLIFE

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

You’re rushed in the morning and you leave your raincoat or umbrella, and it, of course, rains. You didn’t get gas yesterday because you just wanted to get home after a long day and now you have to unexpectedly drive across town to take your child to the doctor. You didn’t prepare a blog post for today because you were stressed after working on big projects last week and now you are scrambling to post something on your birthday.

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MarketSmart + The Giving Institute

iMarketSmart

In case you couldn’t tell from the title of today’s blog post, we have some exciting news to share with you! MarketSmart is the newest member of The Giving Institute. Founded in 1935, The Giving Institute has served as one of the most influential and important organizations advancing leadership and ethics in philanthropy and fundraising in our sector.

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Executive Director Worst Practices

Nonprofit Fixer

Continuing our series on “worst practices,” below is a partial list of worst practices in nonprofit executive leadership. These are directed at executive directors themselves. Seeing your board members in an adversarial way instead of as partners. The best-run organizations treat the ED and the board roles as partners. Failing to invest the necessary time in building trust and rapport with your chair and your full board (hint…do more of it).

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Doing More Videos: Getting Over What’s Holding You Back

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

On today’s Video Strategy for Nonprofits webinar, I organized my presentation around the barriers that are holding nonprofits back from fully embracing video as the superior communications channel that it is for so many different marketing goals. The amount of time that it takes to produce videos was the biggest barrier among today’s webinar participants.

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4 Strategies to Increase Volunteer Sign-Up

NonProfit Hub

While donors are essential for funding your cause, volunteers are essential for supporting its ongoing functions, from day-to-day operations to fundraising event management. However, even if your nonprofit has the most ardent of supporters, it can still be incredibly difficult to actually motivate volunteers to give their time. At DNL OmniMedia, we specialize in nonprofit tech strategy consulting , so we’ve worked with quite a few nonprofits to develop plans around specific goals such as boostin

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The 80-20 Rule is DEAD!

iMarketSmart

It’s no longer 80-20 but, rather, 70/.7. According to our research, tons of nonprofits spend most of their fundraising budget on efforts focused on acquiring low dollar donors. Yet they only make up 7% of all donation revenue year after year. Meanwhile, 70% of nonprofit revenue (on average) comes from just.7% of their donor base. Don’t believe me?

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

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, 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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Muslim Giving 101: An Introduction for Fundraisers & Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Rafia Khader , Program Manager at the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving and Managing Editor of the Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society. Faith and giving are intrinsically tied with one another. It is this idea that propels the work of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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Nonprofit Explainer Videos: Two Examples from Feeding America

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

An explainer video explains who you are and what you do in simple and clear yet engaging language. Explainers can also cover concepts, problems and programs. I recommend one of two different approaches to explainer videos when organizations are trying to explain their missions: The Problem and Solution. In this type of explainer, you lay out the problem, then talk about your solution with the hows and whys.

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[PODCAST] Hub Radio with David Blyer

NonProfit Hub

Nonprofit Hub is excited to announce Hub Radio, our new Hubcast series aimed at covering the ins and outs of nonprofit management in a holistic way. Each episode will feature a different guest with different expertise, in hopes of providing a topic-by-topic look at the nonprofit sector. . Tune in to this episode of Hub Radio where Executive Director Randy Hawthorne talks to David Blyer about the art of storytelling and how it’s evolving in nonprofits. .

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – October 18, 2019

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Good day, good friends! Ready for the best articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising? This week you can get started on Instagram or show off your expertise there or on YouTube. I also have tips for year-end giving, Facebook changes, and a plea to think about how you recognize donors. It’s time for Mixed Links… If you are looking to position yourself as an expert in your field, find out How to Use YouTube and Instagram to Establish Au

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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.