Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

For many nonprofits, donation data consistently spikes in October, November, and December and declines in January and February. Start with stewardship Research suggests that meaningful donor connections with nonprofit organizations are a key factor in determining their giving patterns.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Successful event marketing starts with knowing how to reach your target audience. For most event coordinators, one of the best places to reach their target audience is Instagram. Instagram is especially useful for nonprofit event coordinators. Create a unique event hashtag.

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Fundraising Coach

MARCH 25, 2022

Your nonprofit’s website and social media profiles are two important tenets of your online presence. You might share photos from your last volunteer appreciation event or post a video of your executive director explaining your mission. Most nonprofit professionals aren’t expert web developers or social media managers.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

One of the most pervasive problems in the nonprofit sector is getting your board to be more engaged , and more specifically, to increase board fundraising. That’s why many nonprofits are looking for options to engage board members in fundraising without requiring them to directly solicit people for money.

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Fundraising Coach

JULY 27, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of a strong online marketing strategy. Two of the biggest assets nonprofits have to increase their online visibility are their website and social media presence. For example, let’s say you want to highlight your annual year-end fundraising event on social media.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

Are you ready for the most helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising? has 4 Daily Strategies for a Happier Workplace, According to Research. Sprout Social has The 4 Types of Organic Social Content You Need to Drive Engagement. Nonprofit Training for You….

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 6, 2021

Social Media Optimization Tips for Nonprofits and NGOs. A special guest post by Chris Makara to help nonprofits, NGOs and Social Enterprises understand the benefits of Social Media Automation. This is no less true when it comes to nonprofits. This is no less true when it comes to nonprofits. Possible?

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MNA Association

JANUARY 16, 2024

Blog contributed by our partners at Nexxus Marketing. Our nonprofit world is a fast-paced one—full of passionate contributors, meaningful relationships, challenges to conquer, and achievements to celebrate. But it takes time and thought to put together a polished, comprehensive annual report.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 22, 2021

Let’s wrap up this week with the most helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. This week I have words to avoid, fundraising and virtual event tips, exercise snacking (it’s not what it sounds like) and more! Nonprofit Training Opportunities for You….

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Ann Green

MARCH 11, 2021

Your nonprofit website is a valuable tool for modern fundraising. As the focal point of almost all of your donor engagements , without your nonprofit website, you’d have trouble both recruiting new supporters and retaining current ones. Nonprofit website UX encompasses how users interact with your site. By Anne Stefanyk.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Specifically, you should create content around the “why” of your existence and share the stories that demonstrate your successes in fulfilling your mission. This is part three in a six-part series. Read part one and part two. . In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Something useful to them.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2023

Guest post by Anne Stefanyk, Founder and CEO of Kanopi Studios For both businesses and nonprofits, modern marketing thrives through multiple channels. A prospective donor sees an ad for your nonprofit’s campaign on social media, clicks the link to your website, then signs up for your email newsletter, eventually leading them to donate.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2024

In a multichannel fundraising strategy , corporate giving is one of the most effective fundraising avenues for nonprofits. According to 360MatchPro’s guide to corporate giving programs , these charitable initiatives offer nonprofits benefits like diversified funding sources, greater brand awareness, and stronger community relationships.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 4, 2024

In a multichannel fundraising strategy , corporate giving is one of the most effective fundraising avenues for nonprofits. According to 360MatchPro’s guide to corporate giving programs , these charitable initiatives offer nonprofits benefits like diversified funding sources, greater brand awareness, and stronger community relationships.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

Creating The Perfect Union Between Business And Your Nonprofit. If you feel like your nonprofit is a match made in heaven for a for-profit business and want some inspiration on how to strategize it, there’s a lot you can learn from Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE. Bernard Ross, MA is one of the greatest minds in nonprofit fundraising.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 7, 2024

Scalability and flexibility : Adaptability is one of the cornerstones of any successful business. 7 Ways to Maximize ROI in Your Digital Infrastructure Stable digital infrastructure lays the foundations for any business or organization’s online operations. Let’s get started!

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Nonprofit Megaphone

MARCH 25, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely heavily on marketing to spread the word about their mission, and one of the most cost-effective options in the nonprofit marketing toolbox is content marketing. Simply put, content is the reason visitors find and connect with your organization. But what does that mean, and why does it rule?

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. . You may know I love applying lessons from other disciplines to nonprofit fundraising and marketing; recently an article from Merkle inspired me to consider how the social benefit sector might use commercial business insights to increase donor loyalty.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Your nonprofit should have a clear strategy for managing memorial donations and building relationships with donors and the family of the deceased. When you can build relationships with families, friends, and donors, you can strengthen your nonprofit’s community and foster more legacy giving in the future. What are memorial donations?

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Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

An online presence is the backbone of nonprofit operations. Most nonprofits already have a dedicated website with donation pages, blog content, contact forms, testimonials, and other information about their cause. Quick Tips for Website Analytics. According to research from NonprofitHub , 90% of nonprofits collect data.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Despite the weather still feeling like summer where I live, I have pushed through the heat to bring you the best articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. This week we have social media stats, event planning tips, and possible blocks to creative thinking.

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Fundraising Coach

AUGUST 8, 2023

Before you can dive into leading a text fundraising campaign , you need to familiarize yourself with nonprofit text messaging best practices. One of the most important components of running a successful text-to-give campaign is drafting effective, persuasive messages that will resonate with supporters and encourage them to donate.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 23, 2023

For Nonprofits Who Want to Turn Social Media Followers Into Donors, Supporters, and Advocates. I hope to see you inside when class starts on February 6. Part 2: What Does Success on Social Media Mean in 2023? wherever you are listening to this episode or reading this blog post! I am so excited – it’s finally here!!

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EveryAction

MARCH 29, 2018

Just ten years ago, nonprofit newsletters were the go-to channel for collecting donations. And between Outlook, Gmail and the dozens of other email providers available, there is a big chance that your email is bound to have formatting errors, which means that users can’t easily read what you’ve put together. Formatting issues.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . You can be a grant writer or direct mail specialist or fundraising events specialist. A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy: Who’s Job is it? . You’re part of the problem. Why is that?

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

Earlier this month, I put a call out to nonprofits communicators asking them what worked for their organization on Facebook in 2017. The world’s most popular social networking site announced major changes to its newsfeed algorithm, changes that would see most nonprofits organic page reach plummet even further.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

There are now over 143 million blogs on the Internet and when I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 But within a few months it was clear that blogging was the missing piece in my online communications strategy. But within a few months it was clear that blogging was the missing piece in my online communications strategy.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 19, 2011

Let’s unwind with a few mixed links – good stuff for nonprofit communicators. For great insights into nonprofits and Facebook, NTEN has released the 2011 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook which dissects data from 34 nonprofits. Farra Trompeter gives us Quick hits from the Social Media for Nonprofits NYC conference.

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Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 7, 2021

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. You can collaborate with other nonprofits in your region or in your issue area to investigate whether you can all offer benefits for each other. Get creative.

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iMarketSmart

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Answering “yes” doesn’t guarantee success. Hitting these metrics won’t guarantee a successful novel. 4] What feels lik e losing actually wins. We can be more flexible with high-capacity success rates and timetables. Fundraising metrics can’t do everything. But they can answer four key questions:[1]. Are we seeing them?

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Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Q: How do I get started blogging and using Twitter? Blogging and tweeting can be terrific ways to do the “engage&# and “love&# steps of the “Get R.E.A.L.&# Here are some tips to get you started. Blogging is simply a matter of writing what you’re passionate about. Are there classes I can take?

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 17, 2014

One of the best ways to stir up awareness and publicity for your nonprofit brand is to generate some buzz—word of mouth marketing is free (or at least, cheap) and, even better, highly effective. The big question is how do you get people chatting? Here are five ways to get tongues wagging.

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Fundraising Coach

APRIL 6, 2016

Too many nonprofits think that choosing a fundraising software provider is the end of a journey. I've asked Blake Groves, VP of Strategy and Business Development at Salsa Labs to share what he sees most helps small nonprofits. These four steps, while deceptively simple, will significantly help you in your nonprofit fundraising.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 18, 2009

If you really apply what you are hearing, listening can become the cornerstone of not only your nonprofit marketing strategy, but your mission-oriented programs as well. Offer information or resources or invite him to an event. Share your successes, replicate theirs, and create new partnerships to get more done.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 7, 2009

As you may know, I am in the middle of writing the full-length, printed book version of Nonprofit Marketing Guide, to be published in Spring 2010 by Jossey-Bass. Here is the my list of 10 marketing realities for nonprofits, with abridged commentary. Reality 4: Old people are online. Reality 1: Marketing is not a dirty word.

Public and Social Policy 86

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2023

If you want to move away from transactional one-time gifts, and towards longer-term, transformational giving, here is the single most important thing you need to know to keep nonprofit donors: RESOLVE to rock the power of thank you! The ‘holy trinity’ of successful donor retention (I call them “3 P’s”): PROMPT thank you. Or give more.

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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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