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The Power of Heroic Philanthropy: Understanding Donor Motivations

iMarketSmart

Association.[15] But torturing your donors is not the point. 17]) The point is that the behavior gives insight into core donor motivations. The post The Power of Heroic Philanthropy: Understanding Donor Motivations appeared first on MarketSmart LLC. But this isn’t just a matter of lab experiments.

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Understanding the Psychology of Why Donors Give to Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Next, based on what you learned from your current donors, pick the two or three donor motivations and associated identities that occurred most often in your research. The messaging and methods that inspire your current donors will likely attract more donors like them.

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Using Research to Raise More Money

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

You can search broadly for something like “fundraising,” “nonprofit marketing,” or, “nonprofit donor motivation” and see what comes up. Here are some tips on how to find and access these studies for yourself: Where to look: First, you’ll need to find a study. I love Google Scholar (scholar.google.com) to look for research.

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Your A/B Test Didn’t Validate … Now What??

NextAfter

So let’s take a look at a few recent experiments from our library of 5,500+ digital fundraising case studies —experiments that did not validate but do, however, provide valuable insights into donor motivation. And by making this change we saw a 31% lift in donations … but with only a 63% level of confidence.

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Donor Stewardship: Expert Tips to Build Strong Relationships

Bloomerang

If you relate to the latter, you’re not alone—the average donor retention rate for the nonprofit sector hovers around 45%. When new donors give only once, you experience a loss on the initial investment to acquire those new supporters. Donation amount: Group donors by how much they gave and what category they fall into.

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Fantasyland Fundraising

The Agitator

Here’s how laddering is (supposed) to work as a method for understanding not just donor motivation but also for donor segmentation. This methodology, while nearly value-less, for donor segmentation does make for kick-ass presentation charts. First the Positive. where, when, who does it). In short, it is not reliable.

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‘Old” donors give more - so do we stick to the same ‘old’ fundraising?

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

That’s what everyone is saying at the Direct Marketing Association conference here in New York, where I spoke this morning with fellow bloggers Jeff Brooks , Sarah Durham of Big Duck , Roger Craver of the Agitator and Karen Zapp. Jeff Brooks says people under 50 don’t give enough to merit much cultivation at all. Errr… no.