Can you condense your New Year’s Resolutions down to just three words? (Yes I know it’s February, but bear with me, it’s still the start of a new year!) Why Three Words? Even though I have been a long-time fan of Chris Brogan, and I am an avid reader of Rob Hatch’s email musings, I have never created my own …
13 Tips to Double Your Digital Fundraising Donations
Guest Post by Stephanie Pous Adult Americans spend an average of two hours on their smartphones or desktops every day. Is your organization maximizing its online presence? If not, you could be missing potential donors. Check out my 13 tips that will help double your digital fundraising donations: 1) Go Mobile Grab your smartphone and take a look at your website and donor page. …
You Can Now Fundraise on Facebook for Your Favorite Charity
File under #AboutTime! Facebook recently announced a new tool designed to give individual users the power to fundraise on Facebook for their favorite verified US-based 501(c)3 nonprofits, directly within the platform! According to Facebook officials, this has always been their intended vision. They want to give their users more control in setting up and promoting individual fundraising pages for the causes …
5 Fundraising Metrics Nonprofits Should Watch
Guest blog by Dan Quirk Fundraising metrics are crucial analytical tools for nonprofit organizations. They help determine how successful certain fundraising strategies are and can help you adjust those strategies when needed. Therefore, it’s absolutely critical to keep your eye on them so you know how well your nonprofit is doing and how you can continue honing your overall fundraising strategy. …
A Road Map for Nonprofit Storytelling
I came across this great infographic from Classy, providing details and a road map for nonprofits who have great stories to tell but do not know how to tell them. A compelling story starts out with a person – someone that the reader can relate to or empathize with. Little details make the person more relatable, so provide as much information …
5 Things I Bet You Didn’t Know About Facebook
We all know how popular Facebook continues to be, among all age groups and income levels. Pew Internet reported in January of this year that for the first time, more than half of all online adults 65 and older (56%) use Facebook. This represents 31% of all seniors. In order to be successful on Facebook, you know that you need …
5 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Raise Money Like charity:water
You may have heard of the mammoth success of the nonprofit charity:water and its effectiveness in raising money online. When you hear about its amazing story, you may shake your head and say: “Sigh. There is absolutely NO way that my tiny, itty bitty, bootstrapped nonprofit can do what they do.” But you are wrong! Take the advice of the …
Tight Budgets and Schedules: How Nonprofits Can Use Pinterest
I had the distinct pleasure of being interviewed by Cynthia Sanchez of the Oh So Pinteresting podcast and blog – the topic: Tight Budgets and Schedules: How Nonprofits Can Use Pinterest Listen to the podcast here: In the podcast, we discuss with the issues of tight budgets and tight schedules, the unique place for nonprofits on Pinterest, a simple step for …
12 Ways to Get More Fans On Your Nonprofit Facebook Page
By far the most frequent question that I get from nonprofits is: How do we get more fans on our Facebook page? What this really means is – how do we get new people to look at our Page and enjoy it enough to click like? I often explain that the sheer number of fans is not what is important …