In partnership with Network for Good, the Chronicle of Philanthropy provides a ‘data dashboard’ updated monthly that reports trends in online giving. So, not a bad picture of what’s happening online in the US. Here are some factoids from the most recent dashboard : In the last 12 months (updated 6 June), 1,072,329 online donors gave $217,148,597. Fundraising analytics / data Online fundraising and marketing premium MORE
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300 billion was raised in 2008 (Giving USA); *$15 billion was raised online in 2008 – a 44% increase over 2007) (Blackbaud); * $21 million has been raised by Causes since its launch three years ago; * 30% of online giving happens in December. 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Collaborative Benchmarking Analysis); * The average online gift was $144.72, according to BlackBaud though M&R’s benchmark study noted that the average one time online gift was $81. MORE
Online giving definitely is growing. And if you listen to the growth statistics, you may feel you can fully fund your organization using online giving tools. According to a recent GivingUSA webinar, online giving is now 8.3% of giving is not online. MORE
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Next week on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, I’m presenting a webinar for CharityHowTo on Online Fundraising Fundamentals. If you are still trying to figure out how to make online fundraising work for you, I hope you’ll join us. Online Donor Follow-up Checklist. MORE
Kerri Karvetski is a wonderful nonprofit copywriter and online strategist (and she also teaches the webinars in our Social Media Starter Kit series ). I recently interviewed Kerri for some tips on how to put together a good online fundraising campaign. MORE
Do you really understand the difference between online and offline donors? Without knowing which beliefs are true and which are false your organization could be shooting itself in the foot — online and off. MORE
Is your nonprofit running petitions and other online advocacy actions? Using a fundraising popup after an online action — a pledge, petition or other online advocacy initiative — can be be a very effective way of capturing potential donors as soon as they act. MORE
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And if your website doesn’t make a good first impression, you’ll lose the donor and the gift faster than you can say ‘goodbye online donation.’. Remember that people are very impatient online – don’t make them work hard to find the information they want on your site. MORE
When approaching multiple donors in different ways with your online campaigns diversify your approach to fundraising beyond soliciting donors to converting donors to fundraisers. Maybe you could ask an online businesses to donate a portion of their online sales? Asking for a specific donation amounts and encourages shorter timeframes for an online campaign. Tags: Technology and Online Fundraising MORE
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