Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In the 1990s, a Seattle fundraising shop called the Domain Group took the garden-variety donor newsletter, stripped it down to its components, and began testing … to see if they could come up with something better. Domain eventually developed a formula that made a donor newsletter HIGHLY worth doing: some Domain clients began raking in more gifts through their newsletters than through their direct mail appeals. Domain had its hot rod. Tom Ahern.

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Care2

JANUARY 2, 2012

The one that is most important to the nonprofit community is the.ngo domain, short for non-governmental organization. It is critical that the right organization be chosen to run this new domain. Public Interest Registry (PIR) is the nonprofit organization that currently manages.org, the domain which has served the nonprofit community for more than 25 years. If you work at a nonprofit, serve on a board of a nonprofit, or have nonprofit clients, you need to hear about this.

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Giving in a Digital World

JULY 19, 2009

I attended an interesting meeting last week, along with folks from a few other charities and non-profit-related organisations, to hear about the plans in place to introduce new Internet Top Level Domains ( TLDs ) to add to those you’ll already know – like.com,org, etc – and in particular to discuss what benefit might come from introducing a new non-profit-only community TLD.

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Giving in a Digital World

JULY 19, 2009

I attended an interesting meeting last week, along with folks from a few other charities and nonprofit-related organisations, to hear about the plans in place to introduce new Internet Top Level Domains ( TLDs ) to add to those you’ll already know – like.com,org, etc – and in particular to discuss what benefit might come from introducing a new nonprofit-only community TLD.

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Social Media Bird Brain

MAY 20, 2015

asks data domain names fundraising hubspot infographics NGO nonprofit tech for good Olive Cooke ONG pensioner poppy powerpoint privacy Small nonprofitRoyal British Legion Poppy Appeal (image via Wikipedia) This story was startling and disturbing on different levels. Here we had a lady who had volunteered as a fundraiser for decades for a charity that was dear to her heart because it was a tie to her first husband, who died in WWII.

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Non Profit Marketing 360

MARCH 15, 2012

NPM360: Tom Ahern raves about the Domain Group formula for newsletters and he keeps saluting your role in it. JEFF: We were doing mostly direct mail at Domain, and sometimes a client would say, could you do a newsletter for us? NPM360: Has anyone attempted to convert the Domain Group formula to email newsletters? Jeff Brooks has been working on behalf of nonprofits for more than 20 years and passionately blogging about fundraising since 2005.

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Non Profit Marketing 360

JANUARY 19, 2012

If a suspected site brought under SOPA, the accuser has the authority to change or block its DNS ( Domain Name Service ). Yesterday, a couple of the most used and best-known websites on the internet willingly shut themselves down: Wikipedia and Reddit. Google, you likely noticed, ‘redacted’ its daily Google Doodle.

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EveryAction

DECEMBER 28, 2015

We saw the introduction of.ngo domains, the first Star Wars film in a decade, the dress that divided the world, and the biggest #GivingTuesday yet What a year! With just 5 days to go in 2015, let's look back on the year.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 3, 2021

For stock photos, there are three kinds of licenses Public domain, royalty free and rights managed. Public Domain: This is also known as Creative Commons CC0. Public domain usually means that those exclusive intellectual property rights have expired, forfeited or inapplicable.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 4, 2016

Here’s the lesson: It would have been so much easier for individual nonprofits if they had set up a redirect with their own domain name, like mynonprofit.org/givelocal or used a link shortener like Bitly and distributed that link (not the Kimbia link!) For example, to redirect your entire website domain, you can do it with the company where your domain name is registered. Yesterday, May 3, was Give Local America Day.

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

JUNE 24, 2014

The same can be said for your nonprofit’s domain name. Having an easy-to-remember (and difficult to mess up) domain name can help supporters quickly find your organization online and reduce confusion when you’re telling folks about your nonprofit on the phone, in person, or in print. Marc Pitman of FundraisingCoach.com offers these tips on choosing a good domain name : 1. The new domains will be available early next year.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Having a subscriber validate their email address ultimately vets out fake emails, non-existing domains, and uninterested leads. What mechanics do you have in place to make sure that manual error didn't lead to the wrong domain or email address being typed onto your sign-up forms? Domains that don't exist will give you hard bounces and compound the alarms to email service providers.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Outsourcing is getting traction in almost all domains of businesses and industries across the world. Those domains include the following. Back-office processes like IT, accounting, fundraising , HR management, and other activities are the major domains for outsourcing.

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Jeff Schreifels and Richard Perry (formerly from The Domain Group) teamed up to create Veritus Group : In Latin Veritus means true, authentic, not superficial. I love their stuff so I thought I should share their links. Claire Axelrad’s Clairification : The best resource for all kinds of fundraising insights. And, she even has some help for major gift fundraising too! Go to “ HELP YOURSELF ” on her website and check out all the fee Webinars and eBooks.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 13, 2012

Websites with a.gov domain are reserved for government institutions, while sites with.edu domains are reserved for higher education institutions. Since these domains are reserved for these entities, they are more valuable resources of information and authority. A link from one of these domains has more value than links from many other.com and other websites combined. Brian Honigman.

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The Agitator

MARCH 24, 2015

Last week the Chronicle of Philanthropy pointed out that beginning March 17 th charities around the world are eligible to register for website addresses with the additional domains of. Agitator reader Greg Worley wrote asking us to weigh in with an Agitator opinion of whether or not adding these domains is worth it to U.S.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 30, 2017

Here are 4 of his donor newsletter hacks taken from The Domain Formula : Your donor newsletter should be no more than 4 pages. ” Need proof that The Domain Formula works? Thinking of axing your donor newsletter because it costs more than it’s worth? It’s not the idea of the donor newsletter that’s wrong – it’s how you’re approaching it that’s wrong. Luckily we have a smart guy like Tom Ahern around to set us straight!

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Domain Registrar. A company that manages the registration of Internet domain names. Your domain registrar and web host may or may not be the same company. Mini-websites, with their own domain names, that are often created for specific campaigns. For example, you can redirect someone who types “yoursite.com” to “yoursite.org” if you own both domain names and your main site is the.org. Your web host and your domain registrar may or may not be the same company.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Those factors are changing constantly, but here are a few: Content Spam software Blacklists IP reputation Domain reputation Traffic Speed of delivery Recipients themselves. Between #GivingTuesday and year-end giving, nonprofits will be sending a lot of emails in the upcoming weeks.

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Fundraising Coach

APRIL 4, 2011

When it comes to registering domain names, most people will choose top level domains like “ com,&# “ org,&# and “ net&#. My domain registrar, Joker.com lists 23 other options. Some sites have had a great time using the “ ly&# domain like Letter.ly , the platform I use for my Fundraising Kick emails. domain was taken down as a side effect of the war in libya (.ly ly is the libyan top level domain).

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

For free, non-profits will get unmetered bandwidth, a free domain, free website backups, and a free SSL certificate. How to choose the right Web Host for your Nonprofit. Choosing the right Web Host can be difficult for small and large companies, but even more so for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 4, 2021

By spending a small yearly fee on a domain and hosting you can receive immense returns. How Can Nonprofits Benefit from Blogging. A special guest post from Ryan Biddulph to help nonprofits assess the value of running an active blog and interact with influencers.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Getting a memorable domain name is a very important step in online fundraising. Donors often check out an organization's website before making a gift, so putting thought into your domain name can help you raise more money. Your domain name is your best advertising sound bite, so make it work for you. But www.melssalads.org can make for a confusing web domain. Numbers in a name-"4" instead of "for"-can look cute in a domain name.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 14, 2020

Identify which subreddits in your domain get upvoted to the front page of Reddit often. How to get on the front page of Reddit [Step by Step Guide]. See how we ended up on the front page of Reddit and how you can too.

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SocialButterfly

JANUARY 23, 2013

Campaigns eligible can be across the domain of health, safety, education, the environment, community and social justice issues. How are you mixing art and science for good? The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on “The Future of Media” is leading an effort to celebrate and amplify “ Creative for Good ” projects.

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Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Even then it felt like all the good web domains were taken! But, truthfully, you could still get many great domains with a vowel! Truthfully, if I had gone with my name for a domain I could have easily pivoted to a different interest, like history or gardening or another fundraising topic. Truthfully, changing my domain to a different name wouldn't have been that hard. I think this is the first Selfish Giving masthead. It started as almost a joke.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 14, 2015

Fundraising and direct mail expert Tom Ahern says to follow The Domain Formula. I’m not sure even Domain knew the “real” reason why self-mailers did poorly in tests. Photo Credit: https://flic.kr/p/awjJJg. p/awjJJg. Does your donor newsletter cost more to send than it brings in?

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 15, 2017

Domain reputation. EveryAction just released their annual Email Deliverability Study which answers that exact question. Let’s start with a few basics about email deliverability, and then we’ll break down the report. Email deliverability measures how successful an email is at making it into a recipient’s inbox. What determines your email deliverability? Many factors really, that are constantly changing, but here are a few: Content. Spam software. Blacklists. IP reputation.

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Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2019

Consider if you use multiple domains. I use three domains for the three different parts that make up The Concord Leadership Group: ConcordLeadershipGroup.com, FundraisingCoach.com, and TheNonprofitAcademy.com. Nonprofits love sending email. It doesn't take all the printing time of direct mail. And it costs less. But what if your emails aren't getting to your list?

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A permalink could include your domain name (www.yoast.com) plus what’s called a slug, the piece of the URL that comes after the domain name. We’re back with more of L. Danielle Baldwin’s expert advice related to online newsrooms. Danielle Baldwin is an award-winning digital strategist with more than 20 years of experience in design, content and media strategy, and web development.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 7, 2019

In celebration of organizations using the Internet to empower change around the world, The.ORG Impact Awards , sponsored by Public Interest Registry, has been created to honor.ORG domain name users for their accomplishments. The Little Duck Diner. Savannah, GA Happy Friday, Friends! Ready for the best articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising?

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Diva Marketing Blog

MAY 20, 2016

Claim Your Domain Name. If you aim to develop a personal brand, it's important to have a domain name that uses your name (i.e., It's feasible that someone may have already claimed a domain with your name — in my case, the domain PaulChaney.com was taken years ago — but with the prevalence of new generic top level (gTLDs) and country-code domains such as.co,us,online,services,

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 22, 2012

They can be hosted on personal domains or on organizational domains, depending on the mix and just how much influence the organization will have over the content. I first published these six categories of nonprofit blogs way back in 2008. But I think they still work today, four years later. As I said back then, I certainly think you can mix and match blog types, and I bet most successful blogs do.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 19, 2015

Domain reputation. 19 When I go to the Nonprofit Technology Conference, I try to attend sessions that will be helpful to our readers back home who couldn’t make it to the conference. It’s pretty tough to choose which sessions though since there are always so many good ones going on at the same time. Email is always a hot topic for you, so I decided to focus on that one day and I learned some great stuff! Avoiding the 5 Most Common Mistakes in Responsive Email Design.

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Cause Related Marketing

JANUARY 16, 2012

Current theory from Professor Ronald K. Mitchell at Texas Tech suggests that the people most likely to be a success at entrepreneurship are those who understand that there is an ‘ entrepreneurship script.’ I contend that there is also a script in cause marketing.

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J Campbell Social Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

If you don’t post this message, any statuses you post or any pictures you upload onto your account becomes public domain and can be used by Facebook without permission. Today I saw my friend post this status on her Facebook Timeline: I, FIRST LAST, as of November 6, 2013 9:18 Eastern time, do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, or posts, both past and future without monetary compensation.

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Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

But do you have any advice about choosing a domain name? Getting a memorable domain name is a very important step in online fundraising. So putting thought into your domain name can help you raise more money. Your domain name is your best advertising sound bite, so make it work for you. But www.melssalads.org can make for a confusing web domain. Numbers in a name–&# 4″ instead of “for&# –can look cute in a domain name.

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Cause Related Marketing

JUNE 9, 2011

It’s not like ICANN, the official registrar of top-level Internet domain extensions, checks anyone’s nonprofit bona fides before allowing someone to register a dot-org domain name. In my ongoing effort to identify and root out faux cause marketing I came across this ad in the Alden Keene Cause Marketing Database from Church & Dwight , makers of Arm & Hammer baking soda products, including, in this case, Feline Pine kitty litter.

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Public Sector Marketing 2.0

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Once this list grows, I’m thinking of posting it under an easy public domain such as www.mobilegovernment.ca ,which I just purchased, stay tuned… Thanks for your help! As you likely already know I’m a strong advocate of anything mobile, especially given how much time I spend on the road. I’ve been asked quite a bit lately to provide examples of Canadian mobile government websites.

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The Agitator

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

But I urge you to stretch yourself further and look for well-conceived fundraising campaigns outside your immediate domain as well. Every fundraiser worth their salt should be monitoring their competition — other nonprofits operating in the same (or related) mission space. It’s a pretty safe bet that your donors are at least occasionally reading their stuff. Maybe it’s more inspiring. More creatively presented. Better marketed from a tactical standpoint.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

To help protect us all from spammers, the email companies track the sending reputation of IP addresses and domains. Kristina and I are on the verge of deleting about 10,000 people from our email list here at Nonprofit Marketing Guide. It’s the same exercise we went through last year when we removed about 15,000 people. Since then, several people have asked me to help them better explain why this actually makes sense, especially from a nonprofit’s perspective.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Register Your Domain Name Even if you don’t plan on creating a website for quite some time, buy the rights to your organization’s domain name. A domain name is a unique string of letters and numbers that identifies a site on the Internet; TechSoup’s domain name, for example, is www.techsoup.org. Nonprofits and social benefit organizations usually choose domain names that end in.org, but you may also want to register at least the.com and.net versions as well.

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Public Sector Marketing 2.0

AUGUST 4, 2011

I hope all federal government email addresses will have “@gc.ca&# as the domain regardless of department. It’s official !

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