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No matter what time of year, it’s always the perfect time to show your donors some love! If you wait until year-end to communicate with and thank your donors, it may be too late. The harsh reality is that the recent numbers on donor attrition are abysmal – currently, new donor retention is at 17.6%, the worst it’s been in …
Do you want to raise more money and connect with more supporters this year on the global day of giving, #GivingTuesday? If you aren’t familiar with this phenomenon, #GivingTuesday is a global social good movement designed to encourage people to give back the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, as an antidote to the shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Some …
Are you using Facebook Stories for your nonprofit, or on your personal profile? These ephemeral, Snapchat-style Stories now have more than 500 million daily users across Facebook and Messenger. This means that one-third of Facebook’s 1.5 billion daily users are posting or watching Stories EACH DAY – and they just launched this feature two years ago! Being a brand new …
Are you not using Facebook Fundraisers because you don’t know how to thank Facebook donors that come to you from the platform? Consider this: Mark Zuckerberg announced that more than $2 billion has been raised on Facebook for causes, with more than 45 million people making a donation on the platform. Let’s think about this for a moment. According to …
Some people think that social media marketers get to play around on Facebook and Instagram all day and call it a job. How can nonprofit social media managers showcase the work that we do and get the respect that we deserve? Maybe you’ve got a great social media plan, but not a lot of internal support. How can you get …
The very first Nonprofit Social Media Summit was held on August 29th at Babson College, near Boston, MA – and what a day it was!! The Summit was chock full of actionable sessions and high energy, filled with practical information that left nonprofits feel confident and excited to head back to their organizations and slay social media. But don’t take …
Reaching your fans on Facebook is getting increasingly harder, especially if you don’t have a large marketing department or tons of time to spend creating posts. But don’t despair! Even small nonprofits with tiny budgets can use Facebook Ads to strategically target the right people with the right message at the right time. All you need is a plan. Join …
What is social fundraising? What makes it so powerful? And how can small nonprofits start their own programs to recruit and mobilize social fundraisers for their cause? Join me and Josh Hirsch, the Nonprofit Social Media Nerds, for a special session with Sue Citro, Chief Experience Officer at Best Friends Animal Society, and a featured speaker at the Nonprofit Social Media Summit in …
Guest Post by Lomesh Shah, CEO of NonProfitEasy Crowdfunding is one of the most influential campaigning techniques to come onto the fundraising scene. A technique that harnesses the power of social media, sharing, and personal networks, crowdfunding allows anyone to create their own fundraising campaign. This means anyone can raise money for causes close to their hearts through peer donations. …