For most nonprofits, the best ways to raise money online is with a fundraising email strategy (email revenue grew by 25% in 2015). Yes, your donation page is absolutely important in terms of converting donors, but email is the most effective way to send qualified prospects to your donation page. Email subscribers, by definition, have given you permission to […]
How to write your best fundraising emails
Whether face to face, by email, or with trained carrier pigeons, how you ask for donations makes or breaks your fundraising campaign (note: carrier pigeons are a guaranteed attention-getter). Your message, and how it makes your potential donor feel is mission-critical. If they feel nothing, they will give nothing.
Top blunders on Facebook that hurt fundraising
If you’re like most nonprofits, you will raise most of your money during the last three months of the year, particularly between Thanksgiving and December 31st when the big ball drops. Now is the time to put all your resources into attracting and retaining as many donors as possible! Avoid these top five mistakes that could hurt your year-end fundraising on Facebook.
This one simple habit will make you more productive
You have big goals you’d like to achieve. But many of these goals have been on your list for the past few years. If you’re so smart, why can’t you accomplish your goals? You’re smart, passionate and hard-working. But some days, you realize you did nothing towards your important goals. What does it really take […]
Facebook news feed overhaul – how your nonprofit can prepare
Facebook has finally decided to pull the plug on almost all types of public content from pages. Why? Because Mark Zuckerberg wants to make a better Facebook. One with less clickbait, engagement bait, and hopefully less fake news. The News Feed’s goal is shifting from “helping you find relevant content to helping you have more meaningful social interactions.”