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The #1 Reason Why Your Social Media Has Zero Return on Investment in 2018

Pam Moore

Do you feel stuck in a rut when it comes to achieving your business goals and utilizing social media to help you do such? If so, you are not alone. Even some of the most savvy social marketers are finding themselves ready to throw in the towel with social media for business in 2018. According to a recent study from the DMA, only 48% of marketers believe they are receiving a positive return on their investment in social media.

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What’s In a Name? Everything

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Juliet may not have thought names were important and Starbucks may think it’s funny to write something ridiculous on your cup, but I am betting your supporters don’t like it too much when you call them something else. People get my name wrong A LOT. If I am giving my name out loud, I am used to them spelling Kristina with a “Ch-” and capitalizing the “R” in Leroux.

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How to Plan an Open House

Ann Green

Are you racking your brain trying to figure out ways to show appreciation to your donors? Maybe you’re not thinking about donor appreciation at all, but you should be. This is an important, but often neglected, area. One idea is to have an open house at your organization. If you can’t hold one on site, have it at a restaurant or other venue. You may be able to find someone to donate space.

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Identity vs. Persona

The Agitator

In talking about donor identities , people will often say they’ve tried personas and they haven’t worked like they thought they would. Therefore, they aren’t going to invest more in seeking donor identities. HOWEVER…just as with donor commitment and engagement that I covered yesterday, donor identities and personas are fundamentally different.

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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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Top 5 Reasons Your Social Media is Not Working in 2018 and How to Fix it

Pam Moore

Are you doing everything the “experts” tell you to do but still are not seeing measurable business results with your online marketing, social media and digital marketing efforts? Don't be too hard on yourself. There are many other business leaders who feel the same way. Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired of no ROI from your time and money invested into social media?

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Makers and Nonprofit Marketers

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

I’ve noticed something, and I’d like to know if you’ve noticed it too. Does it seem like a lot of nonprofit communications and marketing people spend their spare time as makers? Are you a communications director by day, but a baker, gardener, artist, crafter, builder, or other maker of things with your hands by night and weekend? My making these days comes most often in the form of baking and gardening, but in past years I’ve been into scrapbooking and other photography c

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Commitment vs Engagement

The Agitator

At first blush the terms “donor commitment” and “donor engagement” sound similar. After all, is it not a truth universally acknowledged, that a loyal donor in possession of strong commitment, must also want to be engaged beyond beyond their donation? No! It is possible to be committed to an organization, but not engaged with that organization.

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Top 5 Reasons Your Social Media is Not Working in 2018 and How to Fix it

Pam Moore

Are you doing everything the “experts” tell you to do but still are not seeing measurable business results with your online marketing, social media and digital marketing efforts? Don't be too hard on yourself. There are many other business leaders who feel the same way. Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired of no ROI from your time and money invested into social media?

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FREE WEBINAR – 25 Nonprofit Communications Examples That Will Inspire Your Own Work

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Looking for great examples of nonprofit communications to inspire your own work? Join us for: From the Swipe File: 25 Nonprofit Communications Examples That Will Inspire Your Own Work. FREE WEBINAR. Presented by Kivi Leroux Miller. Thursday, August 16, 2018. 1:00 p.m. Eastern (10:00 a.m. Pacific). Recording available if you can’t attend live, but you must register before 12:45 P.M.

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9 Tips to Help You Start and Maintain a Major or Legacy Giving Conversation

iMarketSmart

Before you can even get to ‘the ask’ you’ve got to start and maintain a conversation. Here are some pointers to do just that: Don’t show up and throw up. Yuck! Right? That’s when a fundraiser does most of the talking while the donor politely listens to them spew facts and figures. It might make the fundraiser feel like an authority, but it rarely results in a gift.

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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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Heroic Incrementalism

The Agitator

Now, more than ever, our nonprofit world cries out for “game changing” innovations and solutions. Significant breakthroughs. For many fundraisers, the term “game changing” means some big, bold innovation that can carry us into the Promised Land of Greater Response and Larger Gifts with magical ease. And so, we go through phases of abandoning the old in favor of the new and shiny.

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The #1 Reason Why Your Social Media Has Zero Return on Investment in 2018

Pam Moore

Do you feel stuck in a rut when it comes to achieving your business goals and utilizing social media to help you do such? If so, you are not alone. Even some of the most savvy social marketers are finding themselves ready to throw in the towel with social media for business in 2018. According to a recent study from the DMA, only 48% of marketers believe they are receiving a positive return on their investment in social media.

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – August 10, 2018

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Cane and Table. New Orleans, LA. Good Friday to you all! Join me as I gather the best articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of marketing and fundraising. It’s time for Mixed Links… You have until next Friday, August 17 to get your session proposals in for the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Portland. Submit your proposals here.

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Digital Storytelling with Yash Mori

EveryAction

Yash Mori is a progressive digital organizer and video producer. He has worked for a diverse slate of progressive campaigns and organizations, including Hillary for America, United We Dream, the Latino Victory Fund, and 350.org. How did you get your start in digital organizing? I grew up in North Carolina and I became politically active when one of my best friends got a deportation order — an order of removal.

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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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The Definition of Fundraising Success

The Agitator

We’ve talked about a few different definitions this week, and about what is and isn’t important. Now I’ll pose a question to which I have a possible answer, but I look to you to give alternate definitions. What is fundraising success? I’m thinking there are two components: Your organization’s doors stay open and you progress on your mission. Your donors’ total lifetime value increases.

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To Fundraise is Human (EF-S03-E02)

iMarketSmart

Greg interviews Tim about his “Engagement Fundraising” experiences at MarketSmart. Learn more about MarketSmart at [link]. Learn more about the Engagement Fundraising Book at [link]. The post To Fundraise is Human (EF-S03-E02) appeared first on MarketSmart, LLC |.

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I am Making Another Facebook Pages List. Am I an Idiot?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

When you like to keep up with what dozens or even hundreds of nonprofits are saying and doing on Facebook, you need a list of pages. Unfortunately, Facebook nixed the Interest List feature back in 2016. Yes, I’m still salty about it, because I had actually paid someone to set up a whole bunch of curated interest lists for me. You could also share them with others, which was wonderful.

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How and When to Let a Volunteer Go

NonProfit Hub

Chances are, as a nonprofit manager, firing volunteers ranks very low on your list of job duties. However, as with any relationship, sometimes you have no choice but to cut ties. Letting a volunteer go is uncomfortable, difficult and downright awkward, but hopefully we can alleviate some of that weirdness with these tips. Preventative measures. Most volunteers are competent and cooperative, so if you do a solid job throughout your screening process , firing them should be a very rare occurrence.

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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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Satisfaction vs. Effectiveness

The Agitator

At DonorVoice, we are constantly monitoring the satisfaction of donors. Was it easy to donate online? How was your experience with that canvasser? How satisfied were you with that event? It may surprise you, then, to hear me say that you can have donors who are satisfied by an experience and it doesn’t matter at all. This is clearly an exception, not the rule.

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Donor target ask amounts offend me

iMarketSmart

I keep seeing software or wealth screening companies providing fundraisers with target ask amounts. I don’t get it. How on earth can a software provider or wealth screener (or, sometimes, even a prospect researcher) assume a ‘target ask amount’ without having had a single conversation with the donor? I find this offensive and I think your donors might too.

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Newsletter: 5-Store Ice Cream Chain Raise $1 Million; Back to School Cause Marketing is in Session ; CVS Pledges $10 Million Via In-Store Fundraising

Selfish Giving

The dog days of summer are here! It seems like the perfect time to ask you a favor. Choose ONE ACTION below. Do you love getting my newsletter? Do you find it useful? Do you look forward to getting it every week? P lease forward it to others who might enjoy it! OR Are you a sporadic reader? Did you open it today just hoping to find something interesting to distract you from your work, which probably isn't in corporate partnerships?

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3 Reasons Why Pinterest Is Still Relevant for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Julia Campbell . Julia Campbell is social media and storytelling consultant for nonprofits and author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits. She regularly provides useful tips and resources to the nonprofit sector through her blog, #501SocialBlog. The first question that probably comes to your mind when reading this headline is – “Pinterest?

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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

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Highlights: EveryAction @ Netroots 2018

EveryAction

We just got back from Netroots Nation 2018, where we were thrilled to connect with hundreds of progressive organizers and strategists who are driving the progressive movement. If you weren't able to make it this year, catch some of the highlights below: Thanks to @Netroots_Nation for another great conference packed with so many of our inspiring progressive clients like @pwcdanica !