One of the hardest-working but most underrated pages of any nonprofit website is the "Contact Us" page. It hangs in the background, behind more glamorous pages, ready to offer the most basic but essential of information about an organization What makes an effective Contact Us page It should answer two key questions: How people can contact your nonprofit and why they should want to contact your nonprofit. MORE
25 percent of journalists report that they use social media to make new contacts and 12 percent report that they have published stories based on information found on social media. During my days as a newspaper reporter and editor, I was always on the lookout for story ideas. MORE
According to James, “This study tests the impact of various fundraiser job titles on others’ willingness to contact the fundraiser to engage in giving-related discussions.” My pal Dr. Russell James is at it again. MORE
Here’s yet another study from the commercial world that delivers the refrain: Make contact with your customers! Yeah, the study was conducted by Harris Interactive for InContact, a vested interest provider of contact center software. But dismiss these findings, which I believe apply to donors, at your peril … More than a third (68%) of consumers said that companies who have no other means of contact other than a toll-free number seem outdated. [We MORE
In a new study from Cornell Food and Brand Lab , researchers found that characters featured on kids’ cereal boxes make incidental eye contact with children and cereals aimed at adults make incidental eye contact with adult shoppers. Make eye contact. MORE
If this sounds like a good fit for you, contact me. Contact: kristian.Merenda@edelman.com. Contact: mollye@formomentum.com. Contact: joey@studiogood.com. Contact: skerkian@coneinc.com [Sarah Kerkian]. Contact: susan@fenton.com. Contact: scottp@allisonpr.com. MORE
Another example of keeping it simple is Care4Kids , a program Constant Contact , the company I use for my email newsletter (which you can sign up for in the top right!). It’s no coincidence that Constant Contact’s Care4Kids program is for charities that help kids. MORE
As we've been approaching the end of year, my coaching clients are asking me to help them prioritize their major gift fundraising contacts. Individual contacts, not spray-and-pray! Photo courtesy of Willy D on Flickr. Some rights reserved. MORE
Thought you might be interested in the results of a survey ConstantContact did recently on nonprofits Here's the text: Constant Contact Nonprofit Pulse Survey: Attracting New Supporters Keeps Nonprofits Up at Night Majority of nonprofits see potential of social media marketing to help with engaging supporters WALTHAM, Mass. social communications Email Constant Contact website social media marketing Small nonprofit small business survey MORE
They know that: The odds of calling to contact a lead decrease by over 10 times in the 1st hour. After 20 hours every additional dial their salespeople make actually hurts your ability to make contact to qualify a lead. The odds of contacting a lead if called in 5 minutes versus 30 minutes drops 100 times. They make it a challenge to contact real people. The private sector knows all about responding to leads. MORE
I am adapting some of the tools from a book that I’m reading called “Make your Contacts Count&# by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon. First off, if you haven’t read the first part of this post yet, I would go there. This shit will make a LOT more sense if you do. MORE
Constant Contact. Tags: Cause Tools analytics pro apps cause marketing constant contact dropbox evernote iphone read it later remember the milk wordpress app Anyone who knows me knows how important my iPhone is to me, especially now that I have the super-fast 4G! MORE
Constant Contact Sucks Workshops are Sales Pitches. And then I went to a conference in Philly and AGAIN Constant Contact was there with a purported workshop about social media, but ACTUALLY it was about how you should use their newsletter software. You know what I hate? MORE
One who contacted The Agitator received a ‘D’ … and wasn’t happy about it. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), one of my alma maters, flubbed it last week, sending a message that graded its many online activists. MORE
Contact local businesses to sponsor t-shirts for entrants and donate items for the goody bags runners receive on the day of the race. Contact local newspapers and radio stations to publicize your event. Contact your local automobile dealer and ask them to either donate the vehicle or donate a portion of the vehicle’s cost. When your charitable cause needs large amounts of money, charity fundraising events can be your best option. MORE
In effect the new rules say that, for fundraising purposes, in the absence of written permission from the donor charities may no longer contact donors who are on the Telephone Preference Service list — even if the charity has an ongoing business relationship with that donor. MORE
Regarding our own agency here in West Orange, please know that we are in constant contact with the West Orange Police and The Secure Community Network (SCN) (with full details on both). MORE
was invited to a local presentation on email marketing from Constant Contact, the Waltham, Massachusetts email marketing outfit whose target market is small businesses and nonprofits.They offer a cause-related marketing campaign called Care4Kids meant to. Tags: Constant Contact Email Marketing OK, not pimping really. More like a gentle noodge to nonprofits and the companies that love them that it’s time to start email marketing.I MORE
You absolutely need to include contact information in your emails (and other forms of communication). But lots of times the only contact information you have is an email address. Contact your ESP if you are unsure how to find the default and change it. MORE
Having no contact information for different kinds of donations. Well, putting their contact info on your donation page is going to be a huge help for your donors. As you can see in the example above- they have a donate page but the donate link actually links to the contact page. MORE
Although there may be room to increase retention rates, many organizations will need to focus on finding new contacts and developing strategies to convert them to donors. How do you collect their contact information? Heather Yandow. MORE
Non-donors don’t.) • Belief—Probably (but he needs to confirm this, which he can begin at Google or Dogpile for bios and community involvement and continue with further personal contact with the people). One of my clients met some people at an annual conference peripherally related to his organization’s cause. They hit it off. During the weekend, they talked a little about his work, and he believes they might be sympathetic. MORE
My contact said he would check with his contact who works within that organization. And the beauty of this contact is that they are interested in sustainable relief aid. I sent it to my contact. When he walked in the door, I was talking to my contact. Janis Walton. MORE
Contact information. If you’re really serious about having her reach out with an inquiry, you should make it as easy as possible for her to do so by providing the name, e-mail address, and phone number of your media contact prominently on that page. Photo by Jurg Vollmer. MORE
Reach Out to Existing Community Partners: Contacting other websites to link to your nonprofits’ site can be a tedious venture, often not returning any results. Nonprofits should feel confident contacting websites with these domains, especially if there’s a direct relevance in mission. MORE
Taking an action engages us more in the cause and method of response, plus delivers our contact info to Make It Work for future campaigns. Watch it and weep, with laughter and recognition (if you’re a working parent, or overloaded in any other way). That’s definitely me! Is it you? MORE
The post How many LinkedIn contacts do you have? Fundraising Lead Generation strategy charitable giving communication and engagement LinkedIn contacts LinkedIN marketing tips LinkedIN profiles Nonprofit nonprofit social media marketing Outreach on LinkedIn MORE
A few weeks ago, in preparation for my Nonprofit Marketing Guide Tweet Like a Boss Pass Holder webinar, I had a wonderful conversation with Kids Are Heroes founder Gabe O’Neill. MORE
The post To Build Trust, Make Sure Your Photos Make Eye Contact With Your Donors appeared first on MarketSmart. MORE
Myth #2: Your best donors will freak out if you contact them multiple times within a few months. Andrew Olsen knows a thing or two about direct marketing. On his blog , he debunks 3 major donor myths that pertain to marketing. You can find them below. MORE
Contact information. Linking to an effective contact page that answers how people can contact your nonprofit and why they should want to contact your nonprofit can help donors find the right way to get in touch if they have an important question. It''s also important that you put in an easy way for readers to opt-out of your nonprofit emails (and if you''re not sending from a email service provider like Constant Contact , be aware of CAN-SPAM laws ). MORE
Ways to advocate or contact a political figure. Infographics. Short, “self-contained” emails (with no hyperlinks) that include very brief updates. Short letters or online articles (2-3 paragraphs). Highly relevant and targeted medium length YouTube videos. Aim for 2 – 10 minutes ( Subscribe to our YouTube channel ). Brief emails with links to other articles (i.e. – “I thought you might like this…”). An annual report delivered via mail or email. MORE
Constant Contact Sucks Workshops are Sales Pitches. And then I went to a conference in Philly and AGAIN Constant Contact was there with a purported workshop about social media, but ACTUALLY it was about how you should use their newsletter software. You know what I hate? MORE
There are paid databases to find the contact information for journalists; however, there are several free tools available that can provide good results. Twitter or the website of the media outlet often has contact information for journalists. MORE
Just saw a brief analysis from Constant Contact of what gets emails opened. Constant Contact credits nonprofits with being better at segmenting based upon recipient behavior. And it turns out that, as an industry, the nonprofit sector generates the highest open rates, with an average of 29%. If your organization regularly beats 29%, this is a good news Friday! MORE
“We regret to inform you that as of January 1, 2017 nonprofits will not be permitted to contact their donors without the express written consent of each donor.” Once you’ve picked yourself off the floor with the fear you can’t meet next year’s goal, exactly what action steps will you take to prepare for what the majority of fundraisers would consider a disaster of immense dimension? MORE
They also provide charities with opportunities to provide contact information, social media links, as well as details about their governance practices and diversity measures. As I’ve dug through GuideStar’s site to look at the profiles of many of my favorite nonprofits, I’ve found that the majority of them aren’t filled out with even the most cursory information, like contact information or social media links. Contact information. MORE
Regulatory efforts aimed at imposing an ‘opt in’ system requiring that nonprofits have the donor’s permission before contacting them. Sometimes Professor Adrian Sargeant can be a real pain in the ass. We should all be grateful. MORE
Heather is a Constant Contact and digital & email marketing expert. With Jillian Vorce at #AOC2014. The 2014 Agents of Change Conference was packed with insightful, useful information that I cannot wait to fully digest and use! MORE
It’s called “Make your Contacts Count&# by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon. Hey, ever wondered how to get more donors for your cause? What have you done about that? MORE
This will help (not guarantee) that your page will be suggested to your contacts who are on Facebook in places like Recommended Pages. You can upload up contacts up to 5 times for a maximum of 7,000 contacts per day per page. You can upload a maximum of 5,000 contacts at a time. MORE
Jeff’s most deadly error: “Assuming your donors don’t like to hear from you — and that too much contact (whatever that means) will drive away donors, causing your donor file to erode and eventually collapse. In fact, the evidence shows us that decreasing donor contact almost always leads to not only less revenue but worse donor retention.” MORE
Results to Date—It’s Working: Many donors have already contacted me to share their appreciation for our friendlier, more inclusive messaging. Welcome back to our new Do-It-Differently series , featuring fresh ideas from the field. MORE
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MARCH 26, 2013
Here’s yet another study from the commercial world that delivers the refrain: Make contact with your customers! Yeah, the study was conducted by Harris Interactive for InContact, a vested interest provider of contact center software. But dismiss these findings, which I believe apply to donors, at your peril … More than a third (68%) of consumers said that companies who have no other means of contact other than a toll-free number seem outdated. [We
The Agitator
MAY 12, 2016
“We regret to inform you that as of January 1, 2017 nonprofits will not be permitted to contact their donors without the express written consent of each donor.” Once you’ve picked yourself off the floor with the fear you can’t meet next year’s goal, exactly what action steps will you take to prepare for what the majority of fundraisers would consider a disaster of immense dimension?
Fundraising Coach
DECEMBER 15, 2015
As we've been approaching the end of year, my coaching clients are asking me to help them prioritize their major gift fundraising contacts. Individual contacts, not spray-and-pray! Photo courtesy of Willy D on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
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MAY 2, 2011
It’s called “Make your Contacts Count&# by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon. Hey, ever wondered how to get more donors for your cause? What have you done about that?
Cause Related Marketing
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was invited to a local presentation on email marketing from Constant Contact, the Waltham, Massachusetts email marketing outfit whose target market is small businesses and nonprofits.They offer a cause-related marketing campaign called Care4Kids meant to. Tags: Constant Contact Email Marketing OK, not pimping really. More like a gentle noodge to nonprofits and the companies that love them that it’s time to start email marketing.I
Selfish Giving
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
Another example of keeping it simple is Care4Kids , a program Constant Contact , the company I use for my email newsletter (which you can sign up for in the top right!). It’s no coincidence that Constant Contact’s Care4Kids program is for charities that help kids.
Fundraising 123
MARCH 12, 2008
One of the hardest-working but most underrated pages of any nonprofit website is the "Contact Us" page. It hangs in the background, behind more glamorous pages, ready to offer the most basic but essential of information about an organization What makes an effective Contact Us page It should answer two key questions: How people can contact your nonprofit and why they should want to contact your nonprofit.
iMarketSmart
APRIL 17, 2014
The post To Build Trust, Make Sure Your Photos Make Eye Contact With Your Donors appeared first on MarketSmart.
Social Media Bird Brain
AUGUST 7, 2012
Thought you might be interested in the results of a survey ConstantContact did recently on nonprofits Here's the text: Constant Contact Nonprofit Pulse Survey: Attracting New Supporters Keeps Nonprofits Up at Night Majority of nonprofits see potential of social media marketing to help with engaging supporters WALTHAM, Mass. social communications Email Constant Contact website social media marketing Small nonprofit small business survey
Fundraising Breakthroughs
AUGUST 20, 2005
Non-donors don’t.) • Belief—Probably (but he needs to confirm this, which he can begin at Google or Dogpile for bios and community involvement and continue with further personal contact with the people). One of my clients met some people at an annual conference peripherally related to his organization’s cause. They hit it off. During the weekend, they talked a little about his work, and he believes they might be sympathetic.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
AUGUST 26, 2015
You absolutely need to include contact information in your emails (and other forms of communication). But lots of times the only contact information you have is an email address. Contact your ESP if you are unsure how to find the default and change it.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
FEBRUARY 4, 2016
Contact information. If you’re really serious about having her reach out with an inquiry, you should make it as easy as possible for her to do so by providing the name, e-mail address, and phone number of your media contact prominently on that page. Photo by Jurg Vollmer.
iMarketSmart
JUNE 3, 2016
They know that: The odds of calling to contact a lead decrease by over 10 times in the 1st hour. After 20 hours every additional dial their salespeople make actually hurts your ability to make contact to qualify a lead. The odds of contacting a lead if called in 5 minutes versus 30 minutes drops 100 times. They make it a challenge to contact real people. The private sector knows all about responding to leads.
iMarketSmart
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Myth #2: Your best donors will freak out if you contact them multiple times within a few months. Andrew Olsen knows a thing or two about direct marketing. On his blog , he debunks 3 major donor myths that pertain to marketing. You can find them below.
Wild Woman Fundraising
OCTOBER 20, 2011
Constant Contact Sucks Workshops are Sales Pitches. And then I went to a conference in Philly and AGAIN Constant Contact was there with a purported workshop about social media, but ACTUALLY it was about how you should use their newsletter software. You know what I hate?
Fundraising 123
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
Contact information. Linking to an effective contact page that answers how people can contact your nonprofit and why they should want to contact your nonprofit can help donors find the right way to get in touch if they have an important question. It''s also important that you put in an easy way for readers to opt-out of your nonprofit emails (and if you''re not sending from a email service provider like Constant Contact , be aware of CAN-SPAM laws ).
The Agitator
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Just saw a brief analysis from Constant Contact of what gets emails opened. Constant Contact credits nonprofits with being better at segmenting based upon recipient behavior. And it turns out that, as an industry, the nonprofit sector generates the highest open rates, with an average of 29%. If your organization regularly beats 29%, this is a good news Friday!
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2016
My contact said he would check with his contact who works within that organization. And the beauty of this contact is that they are interested in sustainable relief aid. I sent it to my contact. When he walked in the door, I was talking to my contact. Janis Walton.
Selfish Giving
JULY 5, 2010
Constant Contact. Tags: Cause Tools analytics pro apps cause marketing constant contact dropbox evernote iphone read it later remember the milk wordpress app Anyone who knows me knows how important my iPhone is to me, especially now that I have the super-fast 4G!
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
Although there may be room to increase retention rates, many organizations will need to focus on finding new contacts and developing strategies to convert them to donors. How do you collect their contact information? Heather Yandow.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
25 percent of journalists report that they use social media to make new contacts and 12 percent report that they have published stories based on information found on social media. During my days as a newspaper reporter and editor, I was always on the lookout for story ideas.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JANUARY 6, 2015
This will help (not guarantee) that your page will be suggested to your contacts who are on Facebook in places like Recommended Pages. You can upload up contacts up to 5 times for a maximum of 7,000 contacts per day per page. You can upload a maximum of 5,000 contacts at a time.
The Agitator
OCTOBER 27, 2015
Regulatory efforts aimed at imposing an ‘opt in’ system requiring that nonprofits have the donor’s permission before contacting them. Sometimes Professor Adrian Sargeant can be a real pain in the ass. We should all be grateful.
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
APRIL 4, 2014
In a new study from Cornell Food and Brand Lab , researchers found that characters featured on kids’ cereal boxes make incidental eye contact with children and cereals aimed at adults make incidental eye contact with adult shoppers. Make eye contact.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MARCH 31, 2016
They also provide charities with opportunities to provide contact information, social media links, as well as details about their governance practices and diversity measures. As I’ve dug through GuideStar’s site to look at the profiles of many of my favorite nonprofits, I’ve found that the majority of them aren’t filled out with even the most cursory information, like contact information or social media links. Contact information.
iMarketSmart
JULY 29, 2016
According to James, “This study tests the impact of various fundraiser job titles on others’ willingness to contact the fundraiser to engage in giving-related discussions.” My pal Dr. Russell James is at it again.
Getting Attention
DECEMBER 8, 2015
Results to Date—It’s Working: Many donors have already contacted me to share their appreciation for our friendlier, more inclusive messaging. Welcome back to our new Do-It-Differently series , featuring fresh ideas from the field.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JULY 14, 2015
Having no contact information for different kinds of donations. Well, putting their contact info on your donation page is going to be a huge help for your donors. As you can see in the example above- they have a donate page but the donate link actually links to the contact page.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MARCH 13, 2012
Reach Out to Existing Community Partners: Contacting other websites to link to your nonprofits’ site can be a tedious venture, often not returning any results. Nonprofits should feel confident contacting websites with these domains, especially if there’s a direct relevance in mission.
Getting Attention
JUNE 5, 2014
There are paid databases to find the contact information for journalists; however, there are several free tools available that can provide good results. Twitter or the website of the media outlet often has contact information for journalists.
The Agitator
AUGUST 20, 2015
In effect the new rules say that, for fundraising purposes, in the absence of written permission from the donor charities may no longer contact donors who are on the Telephone Preference Service list — even if the charity has an ongoing business relationship with that donor.
iMarketSmart
JUNE 20, 2016
Ways to advocate or contact a political figure. Infographics. Short, “self-contained” emails (with no hyperlinks) that include very brief updates. Short letters or online articles (2-3 paragraphs). Highly relevant and targeted medium length YouTube videos. Aim for 2 – 10 minutes ( Subscribe to our YouTube channel ). Brief emails with links to other articles (i.e. – “I thought you might like this…”). An annual report delivered via mail or email.
The Agitator
JULY 31, 2017
Jeff’s most deadly error: “Assuming your donors don’t like to hear from you — and that too much contact (whatever that means) will drive away donors, causing your donor file to erode and eventually collapse. In fact, the evidence shows us that decreasing donor contact almost always leads to not only less revenue but worse donor retention.”
Getting Attention
APRIL 16, 2014
Regarding our own agency here in West Orange, please know that we are in constant contact with the West Orange Police and The Secure Community Network (SCN) (with full details on both).
Getting Attention
MARCH 11, 2015
Taking an action engages us more in the cause and method of response, plus delivers our contact info to Make It Work for future campaigns. Watch it and weep, with laughter and recognition (if you’re a working parent, or overloaded in any other way). That’s definitely me! Is it you?
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
A few weeks ago, in preparation for my Nonprofit Marketing Guide Tweet Like a Boss Pass Holder webinar, I had a wonderful conversation with Kids Are Heroes founder Gabe O’Neill.
Fundraiser Ideas
DECEMBER 1, 2011
Contact local businesses to sponsor t-shirts for entrants and donate items for the goody bags runners receive on the day of the race. Contact local newspapers and radio stations to publicize your event. Contact your local automobile dealer and ask them to either donate the vehicle or donate a portion of the vehicle’s cost. When your charitable cause needs large amounts of money, charity fundraising events can be your best option.
Selfish Giving
MARCH 21, 2012
If this sounds like a good fit for you, contact me. Contact: kristian.Merenda@edelman.com. Contact: mollye@formomentum.com. Contact: joey@studiogood.com. Contact: skerkian@coneinc.com [Sarah Kerkian]. Contact: susan@fenton.com. Contact: scottp@allisonpr.com.
The Agitator
JULY 28, 2013
One who contacted The Agitator received a ‘D’ … and wasn’t happy about it. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), one of my alma maters, flubbed it last week, sending a message that graded its many online activists.
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