There are old fundraising standbys you know will work: Galas, direct mail marketing, walkathons, auctions. Your nonprofit has done all of these before, and you know they’ll work. But running the same old events year after year can get old, for you and for your donors. You want to shake things up, and incorporate this […]
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When you’re looking to raise money for a charitable cause, it pays to team up. We mean that literally — teams on Mightycause see 60% more donations than fundraisers who’ve decided to fundraise alone. That’s because the more people you have fundraising for a cause, the wider your circle of potential donors and people who can help spread
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Raising money for charity at your workplace not only helps your business make a difference in your community, it can give your staff a morale boost and build camaraderie among colleagues. But it can be overwhelming to decide what kind of fundraiser is right for your workplace — there are so many causes, platforms and ways to
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Who remembers selling wrapping paper or candy bars in school? How about collecting proofs of purchase from cereal boxes? Education fundraising is part of the school experience for most of us. But even as fundraising elsewhere has evolved and moved online over the years, schools tend to return to the same education fundraising ideas year
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Photo by StartBloggingOnline.com Facebook’s newsfeed algorithm treats likes, comments and shares differently—giving shares the most weight, and likes the least. This makes sense when you think about the way you use Facebook: Likes—Likes are the throwaway gesture of social media. When you like a Page Update, you’re essentially saying “Huh, that’s interesting” or “I like
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Recently we engaged in pretty detailed evaluations of a client’s Google Analytics over a six-month period. If you are a bit of a marketing geek like I am, jumping into Google Analytics is kind of like trying to just tip your toe into Pinterest. It seldom works out quite that way. Given that, starting to
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Photo by waferboard In order to climb Mount Everest, you have to establish a series of intermediate goals that are specific and attainable. You can’t just wake up one day and decide, “Hey, I know what I’ll do with my life! I’m going to climb the biggest, baddest mountain on the planet!” That won’t work.
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Let’s face it. A lot of what you do as an NPO is about persuasion. You need to persuade people that your cause is important, for example. You need to persuade people that your cause should win their contributions, and you need to persuade people that your cause is in greater need than another cause.
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Oh, this era of instant gratification. It affects us in every aspect of our lives, whether it’s wanting to find the shortest line at the grocery store, how long it takes us to get our food at a restaurant, or how long it takes us to lose those last few pesky pounds. Even in our
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Photo by Thanasis At this time of year, most folks like to look back at the year just passing. What were the top ten most successful fundraising efforts? Who made the biggest blunders of the year? Who were the up-and-comers? That doesn’t even take into account “the top ten xyz” lists that get published at
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