As you probably know Giving Tuesday is right around the corner! Hopefully if you are launching a campaign you’ve spent some time creating a plan and calendar for the day of and what comes after. #GivingTuesday and year-end fundraising campaigns have started coming out in full force! I’m already getting emails and seeing social media posts. If you are running …
Every Monday I will create a short video answering a question from a member of the Nonprofit Social Media Storytelling Group. We call it #MailbagMonday! Check back every Monday inside the Group to see if I answer your question! I often receive this question, or a variation of it: “With all the fundraisers going on (especially on Facebook) how do you engage …
As you probably know Giving Tuesday is right around the corner. This year it’s on November 27th. I have seen nonprofits spend so much time this year working on their campaigns, creating buzz and excitement, thinking of ways to bring in new donors and get supporters excited before year-end. But what happens after the donation comes in? What’s the plan …
Guest blog by John Killoran, CEO of Snowball On any given day, how many times do you think you check your phone? The answer is probably a lot! In fact, research has shown that Americans check their phones on average once every 12 minutes. Imagine that you could harness the energy that everyone in your community expends checking their phones every …
Nonprofits – it’s about time that I provide some tough love and real talk about a controversial, divisive issue facing our nation: Facebook Fundraisers. Let me know if any of this sounds familiar. Here are the top 5 most common laments that I hear on a daily basis from nonprofit fundraisers, marketers, and social media managers: It’s so hard to …
#GivingTuesday 2018 is coming up fast! Last year 45 million dollars were raised on Facebook on #GivingTuesday, marking 15% of the total amount raised! That’s almost half a million people giving money, to more than 46,000 organizations. The best part? 75% were first-time donors on Facebook, and 20% have donated again via Facebook. This isn’t a moment, it’s a movement! …
It’s almost year-end fundraising time! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Giving Tuesday, holiday campaigns, annual reports, Thanksgiving – you name it, nonprofits are going full force these next two months to get their share of the year-end giving pie. And it’s a big pie. 30% of annual giving occurs in December – with 10% happening on the last 3 days of the year! (That’s …
Guest blog by Lomesh Shah, CEO of NonProfitEasy Your nonprofit’s supporters help with everything from advocacy to donations, making them essential for maintaining high success rates for mission-oriented projects. So how do you maximize donor retention? Start with prioritizing donor engagement. Use available technology to its fullest extent in order to retain your donors by maintaining high engagement levels. Focus your …
Welcome to the third episode of Nonprofit Social Media Nerds, where we discuss and demo social media tools, tech, tips, and tricks. (Most) Fridays at noon we will come to you live and discuss a topic designed to help you use your limited time and resources for social media more effectively and efficiently. My fellow Nonprofit Social Media Nerd is …