My first post of 2013 was 3 Steps to Using Twitter to Gather Nonprofit News. Nearly a year later it’s still a useful post with some great suggestions on how to stay informed – minute to minute – on nonprofit happenings. But man and woman do not live by cause alone. I learn a lot […]
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Over the past two months, Facebook has flipped your world upside down again. First, Facebook started putting the squeeze on reach for Page updates, clearly stating that “the best way to get your stuff seen if you’re a business is to pay for it”. Then they announced the rollout of a donate button, which was
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Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat Please put a penny in the old man’s hat If you haven’t got a penny, a ha’penny will do If you haven’t got a ha’penny then God bless you! Socks are probably the last thing you want under your Christmas tree on Wednesday morning. But I hope
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So Facebook announced a new feature allowing Facebook users a frictionless way to donate to their favorite nonprofit. A few nonprofits currently have the feature on their Facebook Pages, and more will start using it as it rolls out to a greater audience. At first glance, this seems like a total win for nonprofits! Danielle
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Are you taking time off over the holidays? Me too. I plan to: Eat as many of my wife’s homemade Christmas cookies as possible. Break my record for watching Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye in White Christmas. (I set a personal record of seven times in 2012) Spend some time cultivating my greatest asset: me.
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Predominantly, it’s probably safe to say, most cause organizations concentrate on how to get people to donate to their cause. When fundraising events are going on, there is a single monetary objective. If you meet or exceed that objective, you are successful. If you don’t hit that goal, you need to go back and analyze
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If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you already know that email marketing is extremely effective for converting transactions like donations, renewals, and action alerts. Email is also awesome for nurturing a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. So… what’s an Email Drip Campaign? An email drip-campaign is an strategy intended to get subscribers to take specific
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A decade-old holiday tradition continued this year in Morris, Illinois when an anonymous donor dropped three gold coins into a Salvation Army red kettle. These aren’t just any coins. They’re worth $1,835. I bet you didn’t drop that much into the red kettle outside your supermarket! No matter. We all give in our own way.
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A few weeks ago, I watched a rather disturbing documentary called Dreams of a Life. The documentary was about a woman named Joyce Carol Vincent, who was found in her apartment approximately three years after she had died, apparently of natural causes. The newspaper story that was published after her remains were discovered haunted many
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The holidays are fun but they can be exhausting. A lot needs to get done in the next few weeks. That’s why now is a good time to charge your batteries with three cause promotions that are fun, interesting, and GOOD. Jeweler Gives Couples a Good Reason to Smooch E. B. Horn, a well known
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