SocialButterfly

AUGUST 31, 2010

Activate the Trigger: Pledges and Reminders. In short, a reminder would trigger the action I pledged to make. They touched on a variety of applicable concepts to our work–one of the being the role of triggers in behavior change. In the case of Car Free Day, reminders can serve as a trigger to the action. Help them make a commitment and leverage triggers to make it easy, fun and popular for the behavior change to occur.

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 15, 2012

Purchase-triggered donations is a long name for a simple cause marketing promotion. Cause Practices 5-hour energy avon foundation for women cause marketing purchase-triggered donationsWhen shoppers buy a product or service from a business a portion or percentage of the sale is donated to a good cause. A recent example I came across is this promotion from the makers of 5-Hour Energy. Living Essentials, the marketer of.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A close relative of cause products - yet different - is purchase-triggered donations (PTD). The docs are back! No, we can't heal the broken hearts ??of of Kansas City Chiefs fans (or Patriots fans for that matter) ?????- but we can address your partnership woes!

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 13, 2021

This action-triggered donation program is a 3-pointer from the Utah Jazz. Since Christmas I've spoken to over a dozen nonprofits about a new offering I've been working on: The 2021 Corporate Partnership Checklist.

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Now, if Maxwell House was just donating a certain percentage from it's regular line of coffee that's just a plain old purchase-triggered donation program. I had a terrible experience last week. I was out walking my dog, Charlie.

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iMarketSmart

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Fundraising Major Giving Planned Giving strategy charity blog feeling good about giving fundraising psychology fundraising tips Nonprofit Marketing Blog nonprofit marketing tips philanthropy and donor psychology Psychological Triggers That Can Help You Win Donations psychology of giving to charity strategies to win donor supportFunny thing about fundraising is that it all boils down to this: Making sure that your supporters feel good! I know, I know.

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 5, 2011

Purchase or action triggered donation. When a consumer buys a product or service (like a latte at Starbucks on World Aids Day ) a donation (5 cents) is made to a cause ( Product Red ) that’s a purchase-triggered donation (I think this is a better describer of what happens when a shopper buys a cause product than the “percentage-of-sale&# tag I used last year). Last January I wrote a post on What is Cause Marketing? that got a lot of great feedback.

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J Campbell Social Marketing

APRIL 13, 2021

Avoid words that trigger spam filters: Words like “free” or even “money” could potentially send your email to spam. . Social media reach and engagement continues on a downward spiral, and it’s so important that nonprofits don’t rely on social media to reach their audience. .

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SocialButterfly

JANUARY 9, 2013

Triggers and Behavior Change. Because emails–just like texts–can serve as triggers for behavior change or as a “ gentle nudge ” as KevinMD.com discussed back in 2011. Triggers can be powerful partners in behavior change as demonstrated in the Fogg Behavior Model. We want to put hot triggers in front of motivated people. Email triggers action. How can email be used as a health intervention?

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Public Sector Marketing 2.0

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Next time you see something on social media that triggers a reaction, take a deep breath, put down your phone/screen, and go for a walk outside.

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Mission Minded

OCTOBER 30, 2015

But when necessary, and when done well, a new name can trigger powerful outcomes for an organization. If the idea of changing your nonprofit’s name feels overwhelming and scary, you’re not alone. Changing your name is a huge undertaking that’s not without risk. But there’s more to naming success than finding the perfect new moniker. […].

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

While “2020” may be the obvious choice, you should dig a little deeper as to what exactly is triggering your current state.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 30, 2018

Sudden spikes in your email volume can trigger spam warnings. If you are excited about the prospect of doing more email fundraising around Giving Tuesday and Year End, but don’t normally send a lot of email to your list, you need a ramp-up pre-season strategy. . With lots of nonprofit email already going to spam at year end , you don’t need to do anything else to hurt your chances. You need to ease into that faster pace of communications.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Creating email series with automatic triggers allows you to thank new donors and introduce them to your organization, or strategically reengage lapsed donors, without even having to think about it. #GivingTuesday is right around the corner! Whether you’re still putting together your plan, or just double checking to make sure that everything is ready to go, here are seven tips to decrease your stress and increase your fundraising this year.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2018

This time of year is extra busy – understatement of the week, right? You not only have to deal with the regular stress of the holidays, but also the added strain of year-end campaigns at your organization. Even if you have nothing to do with fundraising at your organization, I thought we could all benefit from some tips on how to relieve some of that extra stress that crops up during this time of year.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

NOTE: Our email service provider has suggested that you do not use any references to COVID-19 in your subject line or email as it can trigger spam filters. Between #GivingTuesday and year-end giving, nonprofits will be sending a lot of emails in the upcoming weeks.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 10, 2019

Once you have identified the trigger, you simply create a statement about what you will do about it. One of the most popular job interview questions is “What are your top strengths?” ” It’s usually followed by “And what are your biggest weaknesses?” ” But sometimes they can be one in the same. The VIA Classification of Strengths lists 24 character strengths broken down into six virtues: 1.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JULY 22, 2020

Timing rules can help too: What kind of event or sequence of events would trigger off-hours communications?

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Getting Attention

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

My graphic designer’s trigger is an overflowing inbox. There’s no better gift than learning from a friend. And what a treat I had recently, learning self-care at work techniques from Beth Kanter , a fellow speaker at the JCamp 180 conference. We all know how pressured year-end is, especially on the fundraising side.

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Non Profit Marketing 360

MARCH 30, 2012

Ahern’s bottom line is that the latest brain science confirms what direct mail marketers have known for years: people respond to emotional triggers, not reason. The base of the brain (Photo credit: Wikipedia). Well-known copywriter and author Tom Ahern delightfully distills the essence of neuroscience , as it applies to motivating people to act (and give).

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SocialButterfly

JANUARY 9, 2013

Triggers and Behavior Change. Because emails–just like texts–can serve as triggers for behavior change or as a “ gentle nudge ” as KevinMD.com discussed back in 2011. Triggers can be powerful partners in behavior change as demonstrated in the Fogg Behavior Model. We want to put hot triggers in front of motivated people. Email triggers action. How can email be used as a health intervention?

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Why fear is such a powerful emotional trigger in case writing. Your case for support explains what your organization does, why you do it, and why others should support you in doing it. It answers a donor’s first question: “Why Should I Give You My Hard Earned Money?” ” With an irresistible case for support , you’ll quickly win donor support for your projects, programs, endowments, initiatives, buildings, renovations, or other bright ideas.

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Ann Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Going through all the donation letters and emails triggered a few insights I’d like to share. I just finished tallying our 2020 donations for our taxes. Always a fun task. Sending a yearly donation summary is very helpful.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 10, 2015

This kind of so-called “marketing” will only trigger an avoidance response. I just saw a video for a nonprofit’s planned giving department that made me sick. Truly nauseated. . In it, the fake actor/speaker said the word “die!” ” six times within 90 seconds. She also said, “Many people are uncomfortable with the thought of dying.” ” Really? Ya’ think?

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iMarketSmart

MAY 15, 2015

Here are “The Fantastic Four”— Four ways to help your supporters get past the avoidance response that usually gets triggered when they receive end-of-life messages. When it comes to marketing planned gifts, always remember that your supporters need to think about their lives and how they can find meaning by leaving a gift to your charity— not death.

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 18, 2017

His post triggered all sorts of associations in my mind, vaguely connected to ‘inspiration’ but still somewhat weird … that’s the way my brain works! But most lists urging you to trigger emotions in direct marketing do tend toward the negative. Jeff Brooks wrote a marvellous post reminding us fundraisers that our job is inspire, not describe.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Why fear is such a powerful emotional trigger in case writing. Whether she actually asks it out loud or not, a donor’s first question is always: “Why Should I Give You My Hard Earned Money?” ” The answer to that question starts with your case for support. Your case for support explains what your organization does, why you do it, and why others should support you in doing it.

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Non Profit Marketing 360

MAY 16, 2012

We call these events “triggers” An Ounce of Prevention. Knowing how to anticipate life changes or “triggers” is a critical aspect of retention. Once you have an idea of what events or triggers are coming up in your customers’ lives, you can start to understand and reach out to them with effective messages that meet their needs, or help them in these times of transition. The key is to identify the triggers, create a plan, and execute it.

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A Small Change

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Write thoughts and takeaways briefly, enough words to trigger the recall when you return to them, ensuring that you can expand when entering that information into your database later. It’s always a win during in-person meetings when our supporters and prospects share about their families, work, interests, passions, and other colors that shape their story.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 13, 2013

QR Code links to a coupon or offer that triggers a donation. After scanning the QR Code, the user gets a mobile coupon or an offer that when redeemed triggers a donation from the business. Disadvantage: The consumer has to perform multiple steps to trigger a donation, which usually means fewer dollars will be raised. I started this post over at the Inspiring Generosity blog at Razoo.com. Here are three more ways to raise money with QR Codes. That brings the total to seven!

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JULY 31, 2018

Give the donor the opportunity to fill out most of your donation form, but trigger the popup before the donation is completed. . Depending on your online gift string, trigger the lightbox for gifts at the $20 or higher level, but be sure to turn it off for the higher gift levels ($500 or $1,000+) where monthly giving is unlikely. . Photo by Anastasiia Tarasova on Unsplash. Who doesn’t love a monthly donor? .

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The Agitator

AUGUST 21, 2017

hurricane season right around the corner, and heaven only knows what other natural or man-made disasters lying just ahead, potential donors, credit cards in hand are poised to ’emergency donate’ If your organization works in a space given to rage, disaster relief, or any number of other issue areas where emotions are on a hair trigger … are you ready? Using ‘rage-donate’ — as triggered by events in Charlottesville — as an example, Nick.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 7, 2021

Purchased-triggered donation programs are great, but in-store how do you get shoppers - especially potential new customers - to notice them? ??Reminder: Tomorrow, Thursday, April 8th at 1pm EDT , TikTok Best Practices for Nonprofits with Partnership Programs. REGISTER. ????Last

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 6, 2012

Pinups Purchase-triggered donations Shop walk Here’s how they all work together. Are you a local nonprofit that has a downtown business district of mom and pop stores? Shopping days may be the fundraiser for you. Generally, there are three components to a shopping day program. Working with these small businesses you pick a day or. Cause Practices business fundraiser cause marketing downton business district greatest generation foundation NALA pinups shop local for a cause shop walk

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JULY 6, 2011

Best of all, it happens automatically with Emma’s trigger email feature. If you’ve never set up a triggered welcome email, why not make it your summer goal to launch one? Our friends at the Emma Blog , have pulled together a few of their favorite ideas into a field guide to email adventure. Some are side routes to explore, others are full-on, pack-a-lot-of-granola expeditions. Either way, you’ll find all kinds of ways to expand your email horizons. Launch a Welcome Note.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 30, 2017

Beth Kanter shares How Nonprofit Professionals Can Manage Workplace Stress Triggers. Ward 8 – Boston, MA. It is a rainy day here, but it’s never too dreary to share some Mixed Links… First things first, we are having an All-Access Pass sale through July 7, 2017. BUT we’re ONLY giving the promo code – HOTSAVINGS – to our blog readers or email subscribers (that’s you!).

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The Agitator

JUNE 23, 2015

Fix It on barriers to growth was triggered by Jay Love’s prediction that when Giving USA 2015 was released it would show that once again charitable giving in the U.S. Our recent post Stop it. would not exceed 2% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Sure enough, two weeks later on June 15 th Giving USA 2015 was released and once again reported that charitable giving remained at the 2% level. The same 2% of GDP that Giving USA has reported year after year after year.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 6, 2016

In other words, a gift from you to a supporter (that cost you just a couple of bucks) will usually trigger an exponentially greater gift in return. Every single human being in every single society on earth subscribes to an unspoken rule when it comes to reciprocation as follows: If someone does something for you, you ought to repay them in kind. This has been baked into each of our minds as a survival mechanism because cooperation generally helps us stay alive.

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The Agitator

JULY 2, 2014

Nor whether it will trigger any, many or no donor inquiries to your organization or your clients. I have no idea how much traction the CNN story on the New York Attorney General’s settlement will get. Nonetheless, good Boy Scout that Tom is, I’ve adopted his motto: “Be Prepared.” So, here’s some Agitator advice on dealing with the question of fundraising costs and ethics. First of all, don’t be one bit defensive.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Why fear is such a powerful emotional trigger in case writing. If you want to raise more money in 2016, you first need to have a fabulous case for support or case statement. Your case for support explains what your organization does, why you do it, and why others should support you in doing it. It answers the #1 donor question: “Why Should I Give You My Hard Earned Money?”

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Here’s some stats of emoji’s potential in digital marketing: EMAIL : When used appropriately, emoji can help trigger higher response rates than traditional email. Emoji! These little symbols are exploding in number and placement in our digital lives. Wired called them “the first language born of the digital world.”. In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries named emoji as its “Word” of the Year , when they moved beyond millennial messaging and exploded into the global mainstream.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 17, 2015

Here are some of the many life events that trigger this kind of thinking: Birth of a child, grandchild, niece or nephew. Every single one of your supporters wants to have a meaningful life and wants to be remembered fondly after their lifetime. Many of these same supporters will contemplate the creation of or revision to an estate plan. And, every time they do, your organization has a big opportunity to acquire a planned gift. But how do you know when the opportunity has arisen?

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JULY 2, 2014

Why fear is such a powerful emotional trigger in case writing. Whether she actually asks it out loud or not, a donor’s first question is always: “Why Should I Give You My Hard Earned Money?” ” The answer to that question starts with your case for support. Your case for support explains what your organization does, why you do it, and why others should support you in doing it.

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