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Early in my nonprofit career, I learned that the job of a fundraising professional was securing resources to achieve a financial goal that would serve my employer. So, what does it look like to begin transforming your development practice in the context of community centric fundraising ? MORE
The post How to Win the Game of Facebook Fundraising appeared first on Foundation Group®. Funding fundraising fundraising activity nonprofit funding nonprofit fundraising online donations MORE
With the exploding popularity of Facebook Fundraisers, several important questions persist: How do we know who is fundraising for us? Learning Outcomes: Hidden hacks to identify who is creating and running Facebook Fundraisers for your nonprofit. MORE
Your website is the heart of your virtual fundraising strategy. The post Your Fundraising Strategy: The Nonprofit Digital Checklist appeared first on Fundraising Report Card. Ensure you’re ready to start earning donations by making and ticking off your digital checklist. MORE
Since my brand new program for nonprofit fundraisers, The Digital Fundraising Formula opened the doors last week, I’m proud to say there have been some really awesome people who have joined! Is The Digital Fundraising Formula right for me? MORE
Nonprofit fundraising videos bring your organization’s work to life in a way that written stories just can’t. Nonprofit fundraising videos help you raise more money. Promo video: This type of video gets supporters excited about an upcoming event, fundraiser, or activity. MORE
Fundraising focuses on an organization’s process for raising money by requesting donations. Fundraising is what most of you are told to do. Fundraising is what some of your board members refuse to do. Fundraising is focused on tactics that generate donations. Fundraising sometimes offends supporters. Maybe it’s time we stopped calling ourselves fundraisers. >> How to get great fundraising advice without reading an entire book. >> MORE
Fundraising is getting harder. If you’re like most nonprofit leaders and fundraisers, you’re a bit worried that it can’t. To do fundraising well, it requires significant increases in staff, money, and time. They don’t know fundraising business operations like yours. MORE
Related Posts: >>The 8 Core Components of Engagement Fundraising and Why You Desperately Need Them. >>Introducing >>Introducing the Four Selfs of Engagement Fundraising. The post Engagement Fundraising in 7 simple bullet-points appeared first on MarketSmart, LLC |. Focus- Focus your marketing (especially your expensive marketing like face-to-face meetings) on people who have a lot of money. MORE
The success of your fundraising campaign hinges on effective methods of sharing. Without actively telling your supporters to go to your campaign page and take an action, your campaign will not generate the traffic, donations, or fundraising that you need to be successful. MORE
Any seasoned fundraiser knows that having a great idea and just putting it out in the world isn’t necessarily enough to rake in the revenue. . Once you have planned and launched your online fundraising campaign, what happens now? Effective fundraising appeals play on our emotions. . MORE
Facebook fundraising makes it easy for supporters to show their support of your mission with a quick donation. Facebook fundraising tools are designed to keep people on the site rather than send them to a crowdfunding platform or other website. MORE
Every now and then, a fundraising consultant will write a post essentially saying that all nonprofit communications and marketing should be driven by fundraising goals and staff, with a few limited exceptions, like media relations and general branding. MORE
My guest this week is Sabrina Walker Hernandez , fundraiser extraordinaire and total pro when it comes to “doing fundraising differently” and thinking outside of the box. What the best fundraisers do and how they do things differently. How to convince your Board to fundraise. MORE
Believe it or not, strength training has a lot in common with fundraising and when I say fundraising, I’m including the all-important stewardship and relationship-building components. Fundraising is hard. Some of your fundraising will take even longer. MORE
Check out my slides from the 2020 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Forum. A Wake Up Call for P2P Fundraisers from Julia Campbell. The post A Wake-Up Call for P2P Fundraisers appeared first on marketing for the modern nonprofit. It’s NOT business as usual for nonprofits. MORE
Why You Need To Get Your Board to Embrace Digital Fundraising. As we head into 2021, having a multi-channel fundraising approach that incorporates digital tools and techniques is more important than ever. MORE
For some things, spontaneity is highly desirable, but any fundraising professional will tell you that planning a campaign isn’t one of them. Having a detailed strategic plan in place before embarking on a fundraising campaign can be a huge determinant of its success, even before the first dollar is raised. But it isn’t enough to have a rough idea of messaging, an incomplete timeline, some scheduled tweets, and an arbitrary fundraising goal. Fundraising plan summary. MORE
Email is a powerful marketing tool, but to get results you need to learn how to write fundraising emails that connect emotionally and inspire people to give. Nothing about your fundraising email should be left to chance. Your fundraising emails have ONE JOB: get people to take action. MORE
On April 27, Candace Cody of CauseVox and I will be holding a free nonprofit webinar: Digital Fundraising 101: How To Get A Fundraiser Off The Ground + Make It Successful – sign up and secure your spot! There are two basic styles: Digital Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser. MORE
Fundraising professionals often have enormous workloads, so it's critical that they're able to quickly access top-line data about their various fundraising channels and easily accomplish related tasks. Using the Fundraising Management Landing Page in EveryAction, it's easier than ever to view this data, access critical lists of top donors, search for specific contacts, analyze campaign performance, and more. fundraising MORE
When we were helping Jen Newmeyer brainstorm the title for her new book, as soon as one of us said, “ The Insider’s Guide to Online Fundraising: Finding Success When Surrounded by Skeptics, ” we knew we had it. Fundraising MORE
When you start a new nonprofit, you realize pretty quickly that with so many options, it’s important that you pick the right fundraiser to get the money flowing. Any fundraising event takes time to plan and effort to pull off successfully. Start with a modest fundraising goal. MORE
With year-end fundraising coming up, today we will focus on donations with another appearance from the fake organization The Center for Wayward Squirrels to provide some sample language. To help you get started with your own brainstorming – or to save you from yourself if you have a total block or just can’t make a decision – here are six of our favorite fundraising asks (with six more coming next week!). Want to see real-life fundraising examples (especially direct mail)? MORE
Study respondents were also asked if their organization met their annual major gift fundraising goal. With this data, we are able to share findings on which aspects of major gift fundraising are associated with a higher likelihood of meeting major gift fundraising goals. MORE
He currently leads Clover Leaf’s investment in Snowball Fundraising, an online fundraising platform for nonprofit organizations. . Virtual fundraisers are excellent ways to drive your mission forward throughout 2021 and beyond. Tweeting a link to your virtual fundraising page. MORE
The Digital Fundraising Formula is your step-by-step blueprint to launching wildly successful online fundraising campaigns – over and over again! The Digital Fundraising Formula is just that – a FORMULA for digital fundraising success, that you can use again and again. MORE
Staying up-to-date with current fundraising trends plays a huge role in making sure you maximize incoming revenue. While there’s no way to know for sure, planning your future fundraising endeavors by acknowledging and predicting trends is a good way to go. Guest Post by John Killoran. MORE
Did you get a chance to check out my brand new training, Your Year-End Online Fundraising Blueprint ? In the midst of this new reality we are experiencing, should digital fundraising and digital connection be a priority for your nonprofit? of total fundraising revenue. MORE
Here are my top 10 traits of terrible fundraisers that drive major donors away: . The post 10 traits of terrible major and legacy gift fundraisers appeared first on MarketSmart, LLC |. Sadly, I’ve witnessed all of these but I truly believe #1 is the worst. Showing up late; 9. Failing to do something that was promised; 8. Talking about how great they are at raising money; 7. Pitching or presenting instead of collaborating; 6. Forgetting what was discussed last time; 5. MORE
Here are some of the topics we discussed: How nonprofits can embrace ethical digital fundraising at their orgs. The post How to Ensure Ethical Fundraising at Your Nonprofit appeared first on marketing for the modern nonprofit. MORE
In a recent Facebook Live mini-training, I provide specific examples of digital storytelling tactics to use during your next fundraising campaign. 9) Use the Facebook Donate button during a Facebook Live talking about your fundraising campaign. MORE
With the cancellation of so many in-person fundraising events, organizations have had to use unique ways to meet their goals this year. Like most Development Managers, at the onset of the pandemic I pivoted our in-person fundraisers to digital events. Fundraising guest bloggers MORE
Your donors need fundraisers now, too. Instead, I’ll remind you that Engagement Fundraising was engineered for our current crisis. The post A pep talk for fundraisers like you! We are going to get through this, and history proves it. MORE
This issue of the weekly Fundraising Kick seems to have come at the perfect time for subscribers. Fundraising Kick coaching emails are written for busy nonprofit CEOs and my private coaching clients. Ask Fundraising Secrets MORE
Some very nice person wants to hold a fundraiser for you. These are called “third-party fundraisers” and putting together some guidelines for them is a great idea. Guidelines in writing can save both you and your volunteer fundraisers a great deal of time, energy, and other types of frustration. After all, your nonprofit has legal, ethical, logistical, brand, and fundraising standards that your volunteers may know nothing about. Fundraising MORE
It would be nice if a product fundraiser miraculously raised money on its own, right? You must be in the driver’s seat and have a solid grasp of best practices when running a fundraiser, including a product fundraiser. Why are you fundraising? Fundraising planning MORE
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of articles, written by my fundraising heroes, that are a little bit grouchy on the subject of social media fundraising. I’m here to give you my side of the social media fundraising argument – because I know that it works. Beyond the possibilities for marketing and fundraising, social media represent a total revolution in the very way in which humans interact and communicate with each other. MORE
If you read all my previous posts (starting here) about how you can use marketing automation to raise more major and legacy gifts, you’re probably starting to see how powerful this technology can be for your nonprofit’s fundraising operations. Catching up. MORE
We work in a challenging profession. There is a lot about what we do that is exciting but a lot that can sometime feel overwhelming. My wife and I recently had a baby. I use to think I had some measure of selflessness in me. Getting married I started to get a vague idea that life was not all about me. When we had a baby I was forced to come to terms with the reality that life really isn’t about me anymore at all. I think we experience something similar as nonprofit professionals. MORE
I also sat down earlier this week to talk with Jackie Farris of Nonprofit Ready about the importance of seeing all the good results that strong nonprofit marketing and communications can create for nonprofits (including, but not limited to, fundraising). Fundraising Professional Development MORE
Social media is one of the most prevalent forms of communication today, but more often than not, nonprofits don’t know how to effectively leverage it for fundraising. Are familiar with the basics of social fundraising and encourage supporters to fundraise on your behalf. MORE
Last week we shared some our favorite fundraising asks , and today we are back with a few more classics that work. 6 MORE Fundraising Asks. If you have a big ticket item, fundraise around that particular item. This approach is behind much of the social media fundraising/crowdfunding campaigns that have worked so well. Our Full Series on Asks: 6 Proven Community Engagement Asks 6 MORE Proven Community Engagement Asks 6 Proven Fundraising Asks. Fundraising MORE
Add to that the tensions created in a fundraising context. So it's natural that nonprofit leaders want to "master" fundraising. Leaders think their "preferences" are the correct measure of fundraising expertise. Fundraising is a Professional Field, Not Your Personal Preference. MORE
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Get Fully Funded
JUNE 1, 2021
Facebook fundraising makes it easy for supporters to show their support of your mission with a quick donation. Facebook fundraising tools are designed to keep people on the site rather than send them to a crowdfunding platform or other website.
Get Fully Funded
JANUARY 26, 2021
Nonprofit fundraising videos bring your organization’s work to life in a way that written stories just can’t. Nonprofit fundraising videos help you raise more money. Promo video: This type of video gets supporters excited about an upcoming event, fundraiser, or activity.
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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
AUGUST 4, 2021
Early in my nonprofit career, I learned that the job of a fundraising professional was securing resources to achieve a financial goal that would serve my employer. So, what does it look like to begin transforming your development practice in the context of community centric fundraising ?
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MAY 6, 2021
Every now and then, a fundraising consultant will write a post essentially saying that all nonprofit communications and marketing should be driven by fundraising goals and staff, with a few limited exceptions, like media relations and general branding.
J Campbell Social Marketing
JULY 21, 2021
He currently leads Clover Leaf’s investment in Snowball Fundraising, an online fundraising platform for nonprofit organizations. . Virtual fundraisers are excellent ways to drive your mission forward throughout 2021 and beyond. Tweeting a link to your virtual fundraising page.
Fundraising Coach
AUGUST 24, 2021
This issue of the weekly Fundraising Kick seems to have come at the perfect time for subscribers. Fundraising Kick coaching emails are written for busy nonprofit CEOs and my private coaching clients. Ask Fundraising Secrets
Get Fully Funded
AUGUST 24, 2021
Email is a powerful marketing tool, but to get results you need to learn how to write fundraising emails that connect emotionally and inspire people to give. Nothing about your fundraising email should be left to chance. Your fundraising emails have ONE JOB: get people to take action.
J Campbell Social Marketing
MAY 1, 2021
Social media is one of the most prevalent forms of communication today, but more often than not, nonprofits don’t know how to effectively leverage it for fundraising. Are familiar with the basics of social fundraising and encourage supporters to fundraise on your behalf.
J Campbell Social Marketing
AUGUST 23, 2021
Here are some of the topics we discussed: How nonprofits can embrace ethical digital fundraising at their orgs. The post How to Ensure Ethical Fundraising at Your Nonprofit appeared first on marketing for the modern nonprofit.
Foundation Group
JULY 26, 2021
The post How to Win the Game of Facebook Fundraising appeared first on Foundation Group®. Funding fundraising fundraising activity nonprofit funding nonprofit fundraising online donations
J Campbell Social Marketing
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Since my brand new program for nonprofit fundraisers, The Digital Fundraising Formula opened the doors last week, I’m proud to say there have been some really awesome people who have joined! Is The Digital Fundraising Formula right for me?
Get Fully Funded
JUNE 14, 2021
It would be nice if a product fundraiser miraculously raised money on its own, right? You must be in the driver’s seat and have a solid grasp of best practices when running a fundraiser, including a product fundraiser. Why are you fundraising? Fundraising planning
J Campbell Social Marketing
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
The Digital Fundraising Formula is your step-by-step blueprint to launching wildly successful online fundraising campaigns – over and over again! The Digital Fundraising Formula is just that – a FORMULA for digital fundraising success, that you can use again and again.
J Campbell Social Marketing
JUNE 1, 2021
In a recent Facebook Live mini-training, I provide specific examples of digital storytelling tactics to use during your next fundraising campaign. 9) Use the Facebook Donate button during a Facebook Live talking about your fundraising campaign.
J Campbell Social Marketing
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
My guest this week is Sabrina Walker Hernandez , fundraiser extraordinaire and total pro when it comes to “doing fundraising differently” and thinking outside of the box. What the best fundraisers do and how they do things differently. How to convince your Board to fundraise.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JULY 22, 2021
I also sat down earlier this week to talk with Jackie Farris of Nonprofit Ready about the importance of seeing all the good results that strong nonprofit marketing and communications can create for nonprofits (including, but not limited to, fundraising). Fundraising Professional Development
J Campbell Social Marketing
APRIL 22, 2021
On April 27, Candace Cody of CauseVox and I will be holding a free nonprofit webinar: Digital Fundraising 101: How To Get A Fundraiser Off The Ground + Make It Successful – sign up and secure your spot! There are two basic styles: Digital Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser.
iMarketSmart
MARCH 29, 2020
Your donors need fundraisers now, too. Instead, I’ll remind you that Engagement Fundraising was engineered for our current crisis. The post A pep talk for fundraisers like you! We are going to get through this, and history proves it.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
With the cancellation of so many in-person fundraising events, organizations have had to use unique ways to meet their goals this year. Like most Development Managers, at the onset of the pandemic I pivoted our in-person fundraisers to digital events. Fundraising guest bloggers
J Campbell Social Marketing
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of articles, written by my fundraising heroes, that are a little bit grouchy on the subject of social media fundraising. I’m here to give you my side of the social media fundraising argument – because I know that it works. Beyond the possibilities for marketing and fundraising, social media represent a total revolution in the very way in which humans interact and communicate with each other.
iMarketSmart
MAY 4, 2020
Study respondents were also asked if their organization met their annual major gift fundraising goal. With this data, we are able to share findings on which aspects of major gift fundraising are associated with a higher likelihood of meeting major gift fundraising goals.
EveryAction
JULY 18, 2018
For some things, spontaneity is highly desirable, but any fundraising professional will tell you that planning a campaign isn’t one of them. Having a detailed strategic plan in place before embarking on a fundraising campaign can be a huge determinant of its success, even before the first dollar is raised. But it isn’t enough to have a rough idea of messaging, an incomplete timeline, some scheduled tweets, and an arbitrary fundraising goal. Fundraising plan summary.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2019
With year-end fundraising coming up, today we will focus on donations with another appearance from the fake organization The Center for Wayward Squirrels to provide some sample language. To help you get started with your own brainstorming – or to save you from yourself if you have a total block or just can’t make a decision – here are six of our favorite fundraising asks (with six more coming next week!). Want to see real-life fundraising examples (especially direct mail)?
J Campbell Social Marketing
JANUARY 28, 2021
Why You Need To Get Your Board to Embrace Digital Fundraising. As we head into 2021, having a multi-channel fundraising approach that incorporates digital tools and techniques is more important than ever.
iMarketSmart
JUNE 29, 2021
If you read all my previous posts (starting here) about how you can use marketing automation to raise more major and legacy gifts, you’re probably starting to see how powerful this technology can be for your nonprofit’s fundraising operations. Catching up.
J Campbell Social Marketing
MARCH 4, 2020
Check out my slides from the 2020 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Forum. A Wake Up Call for P2P Fundraisers from Julia Campbell. The post A Wake-Up Call for P2P Fundraisers appeared first on marketing for the modern nonprofit. It’s NOT business as usual for nonprofits.
J Campbell Social Marketing
MARCH 27, 2020
With the exploding popularity of Facebook Fundraisers, several important questions persist: How do we know who is fundraising for us? Learning Outcomes: Hidden hacks to identify who is creating and running Facebook Fundraisers for your nonprofit.
EveryAction
FEBRUARY 22, 2019
Fundraising professionals often have enormous workloads, so it's critical that they're able to quickly access top-line data about their various fundraising channels and easily accomplish related tasks. Using the Fundraising Management Landing Page in EveryAction, it's easier than ever to view this data, access critical lists of top donors, search for specific contacts, analyze campaign performance, and more. fundraising
iMarketSmart
JULY 31, 2017
Related Posts: >>The 8 Core Components of Engagement Fundraising and Why You Desperately Need Them. >>Introducing >>Introducing the Four Selfs of Engagement Fundraising. The post Engagement Fundraising in 7 simple bullet-points appeared first on MarketSmart, LLC |. Focus- Focus your marketing (especially your expensive marketing like face-to-face meetings) on people who have a lot of money.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Last week we shared some our favorite fundraising asks , and today we are back with a few more classics that work. 6 MORE Fundraising Asks. If you have a big ticket item, fundraise around that particular item. This approach is behind much of the social media fundraising/crowdfunding campaigns that have worked so well. Our Full Series on Asks: 6 Proven Community Engagement Asks 6 MORE Proven Community Engagement Asks 6 Proven Fundraising Asks. Fundraising
iMarketSmart
OCTOBER 21, 2015
Fundraising focuses on an organization’s process for raising money by requesting donations. Fundraising is what most of you are told to do. Fundraising is what some of your board members refuse to do. Fundraising is focused on tactics that generate donations. Fundraising sometimes offends supporters. Maybe it’s time we stopped calling ourselves fundraisers. >> How to get great fundraising advice without reading an entire book. >>
Ann Green
MAY 13, 2021
Believe it or not, strength training has a lot in common with fundraising and when I say fundraising, I’m including the all-important stewardship and relationship-building components. Fundraising is hard. Some of your fundraising will take even longer.
J Campbell Social Marketing
JULY 22, 2020
The success of your fundraising campaign hinges on effective methods of sharing. Without actively telling your supporters to go to your campaign page and take an action, your campaign will not generate the traffic, donations, or fundraising that you need to be successful.
J Campbell Social Marketing
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Did you get a chance to check out my brand new training, Your Year-End Online Fundraising Blueprint ? In the midst of this new reality we are experiencing, should digital fundraising and digital connection be a priority for your nonprofit? of total fundraising revenue.
Fundraising Coach
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Add to that the tensions created in a fundraising context. So it's natural that nonprofit leaders want to "master" fundraising. Leaders think their "preferences" are the correct measure of fundraising expertise. Fundraising is a Professional Field, Not Your Personal Preference.
Fundraising Report Card
JUNE 16, 2021
Your website is the heart of your virtual fundraising strategy. The post Your Fundraising Strategy: The Nonprofit Digital Checklist appeared first on Fundraising Report Card. Ensure you’re ready to start earning donations by making and ticking off your digital checklist.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Some very nice person wants to hold a fundraiser for you. These are called “third-party fundraisers” and putting together some guidelines for them is a great idea. Guidelines in writing can save both you and your volunteer fundraisers a great deal of time, energy, and other types of frustration. After all, your nonprofit has legal, ethical, logistical, brand, and fundraising standards that your volunteers may know nothing about. Fundraising
iMarketSmart
JUNE 1, 2021
Fundraising is getting harder. If you’re like most nonprofit leaders and fundraisers, you’re a bit worried that it can’t. To do fundraising well, it requires significant increases in staff, money, and time. They don’t know fundraising business operations like yours.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JANUARY 16, 2020
When we were helping Jen Newmeyer brainstorm the title for her new book, as soon as one of us said, “ The Insider’s Guide to Online Fundraising: Finding Success When Surrounded by Skeptics, ” we knew we had it. Fundraising
J Campbell Social Marketing
JULY 8, 2020
Staying up-to-date with current fundraising trends plays a huge role in making sure you maximize incoming revenue. While there’s no way to know for sure, planning your future fundraising endeavors by acknowledging and predicting trends is a good way to go. Guest Post by John Killoran.
J Campbell Social Marketing
APRIL 9, 2020
Any seasoned fundraiser knows that having a great idea and just putting it out in the world isn’t necessarily enough to rake in the revenue. . Once you have planned and launched your online fundraising campaign, what happens now? Effective fundraising appeals play on our emotions. .
A Small Change
JUNE 19, 2013
We work in a challenging profession. There is a lot about what we do that is exciting but a lot that can sometime feel overwhelming. My wife and I recently had a baby. I use to think I had some measure of selflessness in me. Getting married I started to get a vague idea that life was not all about me. When we had a baby I was forced to come to terms with the reality that life really isn’t about me anymore at all. I think we experience something similar as nonprofit professionals.
iMarketSmart
MAY 30, 2018
Here are my top 10 traits of terrible fundraisers that drive major donors away: . The post 10 traits of terrible major and legacy gift fundraisers appeared first on MarketSmart, LLC |. Sadly, I’ve witnessed all of these but I truly believe #1 is the worst. Showing up late; 9. Failing to do something that was promised; 8. Talking about how great they are at raising money; 7. Pitching or presenting instead of collaborating; 6. Forgetting what was discussed last time; 5.
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