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This one from Email Insider — The ABCs Of Email Marketing – didn’t disappoint me. Email is also a very personal channel. Email is a quick-to-market channel, so you should seize moments that present themselves as opportune. Just because you have a lot of people receiving your email doesn’t mean they care. 20 more for email fundraisers to check out. email marketing online fundraising MORE
Here’s an old letter from my alma mater. In 2012 they achieved their goal and raised $1 billion but, in my humble opinion, they failed miserably. . Although this letter is meant for the “community” (non-donors and donors), this is NOT how you should ever address people. MORE
I’m super pleased to announce that registration is now open for Step Up Your Email Marketing , our 4-part webinar series in March, with NTEN. blasting) via email Analyze your email marketing results It gets better. This photo is from Somefool. MORE
Most times you're so busy, you probably are just glad you got the letter out to your small nonprofit's email subscribers. Rather than just reviewing the data on opens and clicks you get from your outgoing news, take a good look at the information on who is not opening your email and send those subscribers a. click-through Email marketing outgoing subscribers unopened MORE
I receive a lot of email newsletters – from nonprofit organizations, from businesses and from consultants. In recent months, I dramatically pruned by email subscriptions. You have an important advantage when marketing. One or two calls to action per email please. MORE
Recently, I was forced to change my email inbox. The new inbox creates three tabs and filter emails according to where Gmail thinks they belong – Primary, Social and Promotions. Enough about me and my email OCD. The email went like this: Hi friends, . MORE
Successful nonprofit marketing campaigns include several channels of communication. direct mail Direct Marketing email marketing Marketing MORE
What questions do you have about nonprofit email marketing? On April 5, 2017 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern, I’ll answer 30 questions on nonprofit email marketing in 30 minutes during our next free webinar (registration link coming soon!). MORE
Today, we are going to take a look at email marketing and fundraising using data from these reports: Sage Nonprofit Solutions Email Marketing Report 2012 (Sage). 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study (Convio). Email Lists. The Convio study has median growth rate for email lists at 17% while M+R has it only slightly lower at 16%. Annual email list churn, the number of email addresses that go bad, was 19%. (M+R). MORE
My company - Triplex Interactive - is hosting Evaluating Your Email Marketing for Success tomorrow (4/2) from 2:00 - 3:00 EST with NTEN. This webinar is the last session in our Step Up Your Email Marketing series. MORE
Pacific), I’ll be talking all about the “ Seven Steps to Better Email Fundraising and Communications &# on a free conference call hosted by Network for Good. I also need to hear from you about our next free Nonprofit Marketing Guide webinar. MORE
You would get that little AOL voice or hear a ping on your computer and hurry to check your email. Now we have our spam filters kicked up so high that email from our parents hits the "Junk Mail" folder. What about the email that makes it through the filter? The email that we "asked" to get when we signed up for some mailing list? people are overwhelmed and deleting more email then ever. Proof your emails. MORE
Start an email newsletter today! Download this e-book - From Print to Email: Take Your Newsletter on an Epic Journey , by Kivi Leroux Miller of Nonprofit Marketing Guide , sponsored by Network for Good. email marketing e-newsletters Kivi Leroux MillerWant to save money on your print newsletter? Want to provide your constituents with instant updates on your work? Want to help save the planet? MORE
If you''re already using email marketing and social media to promote your nonprofit, it''s important to unite your online communities—giving supporters the opportunity to stay connected with all the stuff you''re doing online and giving you the opportunity to better engage your target audience. The first step to combining your social media and email marketing is making it easy for supporters to sign up for your mailing list or find your social networks directly from your website. MORE
As a busy organization, it''s rare that you have time to even think about testing your nonprofit email marketing. But what if running an email marketing test didn''t need to take a ton of time? If you test more than one element in the same email, it is challenging (and sometimes impossible) to determine exactly what influenced the response. Experiment with CTAs: The call to action (CTA), is one of the most important parts of any email. MORE
Firstly, email subject lines are actually headlines. Think about this the next time you write an email to your supporters because your subject line is actually your headline. Here are some things I’ve learned that work well in email subject lines. MORE
Marketing Sherpa frequently delivers fantastic research right to your inbox for free (if you sign up for it). Here you’ll find their latest findings on the type of emails your “customers” (donors) actually want from you. MORE
Looking for a strong showing in your email results this holiday season? And there's a tremendous opportunity during the year-end months for you to make the most of email marketing. You numbery types might like to know, for example, that email-driven sales were up 11% from 2008 during the 2009 holiday season. Of course, your holiday email goals may not be sales-focused. What do you want your holiday emails to accomplish? Keep your emails social. MORE
I recently sat down with the good folks at The Campaign Workshop and chatted about marketing automation for nonprofits. The Campaign Workshop: "Why should I care about nonprofit marketing automation?". TCW: "What's a common mistake nonprofits make with marketing automation?". MORE
If email engagement is the goal (see last week’s posts here and here on why that is) and snail mail keeps getting more expensive, it makes sense in both channels to more carefully manage who is on your mailing lists so you only send to people who may actually consume that content, right? That means that you need to decide when you will STOP emailing and snail mailing people and remove them from your active lists. It varies significantly between email and print. MORE
A big welcome to our new guest blogger John Haydon, who advises nonprofits on new media marketing strategy. John is the author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies, a contributor to the Huffington Post and an instructor for MarketingProfs University. MORE
Target Marketing is offering a free (registration required) ‘white paper’ on email marketing best practices. Study major email providers policies. You can find additional email marketing intelligence collected by Targeted Marketing here. Don't Miss these Posts email marketingActually, it’s more of a tip sheet, but valuable nonetheless. I’ll preview their 12 tips, but urge you to get the full paper. MORE
Some of the more interesting findings: Email continues to account for about a third of online fundraising revenue. Most surprising finding: As nonprofits send more email messages, their unsubscribe rates go down. MORE
In this video, I briefly cover GDPR, what it is, and the implications for nonprofit marketers and fundraisers around the world, even if you aren’t located in the UK. Email addresses. This also applies to your CURRENT email subscribers and database, not just future subscribers. MORE
My frolleague (friend and colleauge) Kivi Leroux Miller, owner of The Nonprofit Marketing Guide has partnered with the great folks at Network for Good / Fundraising 123 on this new FREE Email Marketing Guide. Choose the right Email Service Provider (ESP). (No, MORE
Pretty shocking news for nonprofit organizations, especially those with tiny budgets and small staff capacity, who were led to believe that Facebook represents the holy grail of nonprofit marketing. 3 Things Your Nonprofit Can Do Instead of Facebook Marketing. MORE
According to Mediapost reporting on a study by Yesmail , emails seent on Saturdays generate 60% higher-than-average conversion rates. Communications Integrated fundraising and marketing Media usage / trends Online fundraising and marketing premiumThe secret ingredient? Weekends! MORE
With the right email marketing service, like EmailNow , you can create powerful, effective branded messages that get the results you want. You may have heard that "email is dead," but here are 5 reasons why you should be using email marketing to stay in touch with your audience: . 95% of all adults have at least one email address and 93% of those subscribe to at least one email marketing list. Commercial email returned $42.08 MORE
I keep hearing so-called planned giving experts congratulate themselves for getting phenomenal open rates from their e-blasts even though email open rates don’t matter whatsoever. Here are 2 huge reasons why email open rates are meaningless. The technology used to track an “open” uses an HTML IMG tag embedded in the outgoing emails. This is a tiny, transparent tracking image that tries to determine when a person’s email browser displays the email. MORE
I think we can all agree that today’s workhorse of online fundraising is outbound email appeals. If your nonprofit is in that biz, here’s an Email Testing Guide you’ll find helpful. Tags: Don't Miss these Posts direct marketing email marketing online fundraising Any dissenters? It’s from Portland (OR) interactive agency eROI. Their 32 tests cover deliverability, open rates, clickthroughs, conversions and more. MORE
When Jen Billow shared with her fellow Communications Director Mentoring Program participants that her organization, the Park City Education Foundation, had received accolades from Constant Contact for their awesome email engagement rates, everyone wanted to know how. MORE
The post 9 simple pointers for writing better emails and letters to your donors appeared first on MarketSmart | . Fundraising Lead Generation best fundraising emails fundraising email ideas fundraising emails best practices lead generation for major gifts major donor fundraising major gift fundraising blog marketing planned gifts nonprofit email marketing planned gift marketing ideasI failed to get into business school. MORE
You have questions about how to use email to engage your supporters. During our FREE WEBINAR next week, Kivi will answer: 30 Email Marketing Questions in 30 Minutes. Kivi has answers. Wednesday, April 5, 2017. 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. Pacific). MORE
We sent out about 300,000 emails over the course of the year and generated about 3,500 requests for information. Among the requests, many asked us to email the information to them. We took those emails and appended age data to them. Only a certain percentage of those emails had age data available. If you want to generate leads and find “hidden” planned gifts, email marketing works. MORE
Learn how to use email in a way donors love, how to use it to track engagement, some pitfalls to avoid, and much more. The post Email as a Fundraising Tool – Episode 4 appeared first on MarketSmart, LLC |. MORE
So here are some great ways to end emails you send to donors: 1. What are your favorite ways to end your emails? > 4 Email Metrics That Matter Most for Major and Legacy Gifts Marketing. >> >> 7 Awesome Emails to Inspire Your Year-End Campaigns. MORE
At my organization, Care2 , we spend our days helping nonprofits of all stripes grow their email lists so that they can acquire new members, donors and advocacy supporters. Here are 4 reasons size matters in email marketing. This cartoon is by Courtney Gibbons. I know. MORE
Click here to access their report on email marketing metrics. It has such handy tidbits as: The best time of day to send email (Sunday). The average email open rate (13%). Tags: Marketing comes to us courtesy of MailerMailer.com. And other goodies. So download the PDF and learn something. MORE
While the economic news may not be the cheeriest these days, we've got some good news for you about the return you'll get on those email marketing dollars. The smart folks at the DMA (that's the Direct Marketing Association) reported that in 2007, email marketing returned about $48 for every dollar invested, the highest of all the marketing channels out there. On top of being cost-effective, email can help cut costs elsewhere. MORE
One-to-many marketing/fundraising relationships are the same as personal relationships. But, if you send spammy emails and direct mailers that are impersonal, irrelevant, interruptive, and annoying, your supporters won’t trust you or your employer. MORE
She was showing off her firm’s marketing emails. They don’t account for the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of email marketing. No smart marketer cares about them. That’s because she didn’t know a darn thing about effective marketing. MORE
Look, many browsers automatically open emails these days. Instead of asking about open rates, you should be asking more important questions such as: Do our donors engage with our emails? Don’t let anyone tell you email open rates matter. The post Do email open rates matter? MORE
I've been slogging away (not really) for the past 2 days to create the perfect deck for my portion of Step Up Your Email Marketing - a 4-part webinar series - I am curating (not my word) for NTEN Nonprofit Technology Network. The best part (shouldn't this be at the top of the email?) MORE
I just received this interesting chart from MarketingSherpa about the evolution of email marketing in the business world. Marketers have the most strategic — or mature — processes in place for list building and list hygiene maintenance. MORE
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MARCH 16, 2017
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MARCH 28, 2017
You have questions about how to use email to engage your supporters. During our FREE WEBINAR next week, Kivi will answer: 30 Email Marketing Questions in 30 Minutes. Kivi has answers. Wednesday, April 5, 2017. 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. Pacific).
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
APRIL 19, 2012
Today, we are going to take a look at email marketing and fundraising using data from these reports: Sage Nonprofit Solutions Email Marketing Report 2012 (Sage). 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study (Convio). Email Lists. The Convio study has median growth rate for email lists at 17% while M+R has it only slightly lower at 16%. Annual email list churn, the number of email addresses that go bad, was 19%. (M+R).
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
I just received this interesting chart from MarketingSherpa about the evolution of email marketing in the business world. Marketers have the most strategic — or mature — processes in place for list building and list hygiene maintenance.
Getting Attention
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
A big welcome to our new guest blogger John Haydon, who advises nonprofits on new media marketing strategy. John is the author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies, a contributor to the Huffington Post and an instructor for MarketingProfs University.
The Agitator
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
According to Mediapost reporting on a study by Yesmail , emails seent on Saturdays generate 60% higher-than-average conversion rates. Communications Integrated fundraising and marketing Media usage / trends Online fundraising and marketing premiumThe secret ingredient? Weekends!
The Agitator
DECEMBER 6, 2012
This one from Email Insider — The ABCs Of Email Marketing – didn’t disappoint me. Email is also a very personal channel. Email is a quick-to-market channel, so you should seize moments that present themselves as opportune. Just because you have a lot of people receiving your email doesn’t mean they care. 20 more for email fundraisers to check out. email marketing online fundraising
The Agitator
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
Target Marketing is offering a free (registration required) ‘white paper’ on email marketing best practices. Study major email providers policies. You can find additional email marketing intelligence collected by Targeted Marketing here. Don't Miss these Posts email marketingActually, it’s more of a tip sheet, but valuable nonetheless. I’ll preview their 12 tips, but urge you to get the full paper.
Fundraising 123
OCTOBER 26, 2011
With the right email marketing service, like EmailNow , you can create powerful, effective branded messages that get the results you want. You may have heard that "email is dead," but here are 5 reasons why you should be using email marketing to stay in touch with your audience: . 95% of all adults have at least one email address and 93% of those subscribe to at least one email marketing list. Commercial email returned $42.08
Fundraising 123
MARCH 19, 2014
As a busy organization, it''s rare that you have time to even think about testing your nonprofit email marketing. But what if running an email marketing test didn''t need to take a ton of time? If you test more than one element in the same email, it is challenging (and sometimes impossible) to determine exactly what influenced the response. Experiment with CTAs: The call to action (CTA), is one of the most important parts of any email.
iMarketSmart
DECEMBER 14, 2016
So here are some great ways to end emails you send to donors: 1. What are your favorite ways to end your emails? > 4 Email Metrics That Matter Most for Major and Legacy Gifts Marketing. >> >> 7 Awesome Emails to Inspire Your Year-End Campaigns.
Exactask Marketing
JULY 25, 2016
Successful nonprofit marketing campaigns include several channels of communication. direct mail Direct Marketing email marketing Marketing
The Agitator
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
I think we can all agree that today’s workhorse of online fundraising is outbound email appeals. If your nonprofit is in that biz, here’s an Email Testing Guide you’ll find helpful. Tags: Don't Miss these Posts direct marketing email marketing online fundraising Any dissenters? It’s from Portland (OR) interactive agency eROI. Their 32 tests cover deliverability, open rates, clickthroughs, conversions and more.
iMarketSmart
AUGUST 5, 2012
We sent out about 300,000 emails over the course of the year and generated about 3,500 requests for information. Among the requests, many asked us to email the information to them. We took those emails and appended age data to them. Only a certain percentage of those emails had age data available. If you want to generate leads and find “hidden” planned gifts, email marketing works.
Marketing for Nonprofits
MAY 24, 2010
At my organization, Care2 , we spend our days helping nonprofits of all stripes grow their email lists so that they can acquire new members, donors and advocacy supporters. Here are 4 reasons size matters in email marketing. This cartoon is by Courtney Gibbons. I know.
Fundraising 123
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
If you''re already using email marketing and social media to promote your nonprofit, it''s important to unite your online communities—giving supporters the opportunity to stay connected with all the stuff you''re doing online and giving you the opportunity to better engage your target audience. The first step to combining your social media and email marketing is making it easy for supporters to sign up for your mailing list or find your social networks directly from your website.
Fundraising 123
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
Looking for a strong showing in your email results this holiday season? And there's a tremendous opportunity during the year-end months for you to make the most of email marketing. You numbery types might like to know, for example, that email-driven sales were up 11% from 2008 during the 2009 holiday season. Of course, your holiday email goals may not be sales-focused. What do you want your holiday emails to accomplish? Keep your emails social.
iMarketSmart
JULY 6, 2016
She was showing off her firm’s marketing emails. They don’t account for the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of email marketing. No smart marketer cares about them. That’s because she didn’t know a darn thing about effective marketing.
iMarketSmart
MAY 2, 2018
Look, many browsers automatically open emails these days. Instead of asking about open rates, you should be asking more important questions such as: Do our donors engage with our emails? Don’t let anyone tell you email open rates matter. The post Do email open rates matter?
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JUNE 19, 2009
Pacific), I’ll be talking all about the “ Seven Steps to Better Email Fundraising and Communications &# on a free conference call hosted by Network for Good. I also need to hear from you about our next free Nonprofit Marketing Guide webinar.
Marketing for Nonprofits
MARCH 30, 2012
Start an email newsletter today! Download this e-book - From Print to Email: Take Your Newsletter on an Epic Journey , by Kivi Leroux Miller of Nonprofit Marketing Guide , sponsored by Network for Good. email marketing e-newsletters Kivi Leroux MillerWant to save money on your print newsletter? Want to provide your constituents with instant updates on your work? Want to help save the planet?
Marketing for Nonprofits
JUNE 17, 2009
My frolleague (friend and colleauge) Kivi Leroux Miller, owner of The Nonprofit Marketing Guide has partnered with the great folks at Network for Good / Fundraising 123 on this new FREE Email Marketing Guide. Choose the right Email Service Provider (ESP). (No,
Marketing for Nonprofits
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
I’m super pleased to announce that registration is now open for Step Up Your Email Marketing , our 4-part webinar series in March, with NTEN. blasting) via email Analyze your email marketing results It gets better. This photo is from Somefool.
Fundraising 123
NOVEMBER 20, 2008
While the economic news may not be the cheeriest these days, we've got some good news for you about the return you'll get on those email marketing dollars. The smart folks at the DMA (that's the Direct Marketing Association) reported that in 2007, email marketing returned about $48 for every dollar invested, the highest of all the marketing channels out there. On top of being cost-effective, email can help cut costs elsewhere.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
APRIL 10, 2018
When Jen Billow shared with her fellow Communications Director Mentoring Program participants that her organization, the Park City Education Foundation, had received accolades from Constant Contact for their awesome email engagement rates, everyone wanted to know how.
Marketing for Nonprofits
MARCH 10, 2009
I've been slogging away (not really) for the past 2 days to create the perfect deck for my portion of Step Up Your Email Marketing - a 4-part webinar series - I am curating (not my word) for NTEN Nonprofit Technology Network. The best part (shouldn't this be at the top of the email?)
iMarketSmart
OCTOBER 24, 2016
Firstly, email subject lines are actually headlines. Think about this the next time you write an email to your supporters because your subject line is actually your headline. Here are some things I’ve learned that work well in email subject lines.
Mission Paradox Blog
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
You would get that little AOL voice or hear a ping on your computer and hurry to check your email. Now we have our spam filters kicked up so high that email from our parents hits the "Junk Mail" folder. What about the email that makes it through the filter? The email that we "asked" to get when we signed up for some mailing list? people are overwhelmed and deleting more email then ever. Proof your emails.
Mission Paradox Blog
JANUARY 14, 2009
Click here to access their report on email marketing metrics. It has such handy tidbits as: The best time of day to send email (Sunday). The average email open rate (13%). Tags: Marketing comes to us courtesy of MailerMailer.com. And other goodies. So download the PDF and learn something.
Marketing for Nonprofits
APRIL 1, 2009
My company - Triplex Interactive - is hosting Evaluating Your Email Marketing for Success tomorrow (4/2) from 2:00 - 3:00 EST with NTEN. This webinar is the last session in our Step Up Your Email Marketing series.
J Campbell Social Marketing
JUNE 25, 2014
I receive a lot of email newsletters – from nonprofit organizations, from businesses and from consultants. In recent months, I dramatically pruned by email subscriptions. You have an important advantage when marketing. One or two calls to action per email please.
iMarketSmart
AUGUST 3, 2017
Learn how to use email in a way donors love, how to use it to track engagement, some pitfalls to avoid, and much more. The post Email as a Fundraising Tool – Episode 4 appeared first on MarketSmart, LLC |.
J Campbell Social Marketing
AUGUST 8, 2013
Recently, I was forced to change my email inbox. The new inbox creates three tabs and filter emails according to where Gmail thinks they belong – Primary, Social and Promotions. Enough about me and my email OCD. The email went like this: Hi friends, .
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JULY 12, 2018
If email engagement is the goal (see last week’s posts here and here on why that is) and snail mail keeps getting more expensive, it makes sense in both channels to more carefully manage who is on your mailing lists so you only send to people who may actually consume that content, right? That means that you need to decide when you will STOP emailing and snail mailing people and remove them from your active lists. It varies significantly between email and print.
Social Media Bird Brain
JULY 2, 2015
Most times you're so busy, you probably are just glad you got the letter out to your small nonprofit's email subscribers. Rather than just reviewing the data on opens and clicks you get from your outgoing news, take a good look at the information on who is not opening your email and send those subscribers a. click-through Email marketing outgoing subscribers unopened
iMarketSmart
NOVEMBER 20, 2015
I keep hearing so-called planned giving experts congratulate themselves for getting phenomenal open rates from their e-blasts even though email open rates don’t matter whatsoever. Here are 2 huge reasons why email open rates are meaningless. The technology used to track an “open” uses an HTML IMG tag embedded in the outgoing emails. This is a tiny, transparent tracking image that tries to determine when a person’s email browser displays the email.
EveryAction
APRIL 6, 2017
I recently sat down with the good folks at The Campaign Workshop and chatted about marketing automation for nonprofits. The Campaign Workshop: "Why should I care about nonprofit marketing automation?". TCW: "What's a common mistake nonprofits make with marketing automation?".
iMarketSmart
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
Here’s an old letter from my alma mater. In 2012 they achieved their goal and raised $1 billion but, in my humble opinion, they failed miserably. . Although this letter is meant for the “community” (non-donors and donors), this is NOT how you should ever address people.
J Campbell Social Marketing
APRIL 17, 2014
Some of the more interesting findings: Email continues to account for about a third of online fundraising revenue. Most surprising finding: As nonprofits send more email messages, their unsubscribe rates go down.
J Campbell Social Marketing
MAY 24, 2018
In this video, I briefly cover GDPR, what it is, and the implications for nonprofit marketers and fundraisers around the world, even if you aren’t located in the UK. Email addresses. This also applies to your CURRENT email subscribers and database, not just future subscribers.
iMarketSmart
JANUARY 18, 2017
The post 9 simple pointers for writing better emails and letters to your donors appeared first on MarketSmart | . Fundraising Lead Generation best fundraising emails fundraising email ideas fundraising emails best practices lead generation for major gifts major donor fundraising major gift fundraising blog marketing planned gifts nonprofit email marketing planned gift marketing ideasI failed to get into business school.
iMarketSmart
DECEMBER 3, 2013
Marketing Sherpa frequently delivers fantastic research right to your inbox for free (if you sign up for it). Here you’ll find their latest findings on the type of emails your “customers” (donors) actually want from you.
J Campbell Social Marketing
DECEMBER 31, 2013
Pretty shocking news for nonprofit organizations, especially those with tiny budgets and small staff capacity, who were led to believe that Facebook represents the holy grail of nonprofit marketing. 3 Things Your Nonprofit Can Do Instead of Facebook Marketing.
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