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Don’t let your website visitors get away! The website’s design had been created to mimic popular viral news sites like Buzzfeed. Many nonprofits have a website design that serves their needs or tastes but doesn’t serve their constituents as effectively as it could. MORE
If your website isn’t responsive or optimized for mobile devices, you should be worried. Websites that are optimized for mobile devices will receive the highest SEO rankings. If Your Website ISN’T Mobile-Friendly, Consider a Responsive Retrofit. MORE
I was shaken by new stats on a crucial shift in online user behavior– only 5 to 15% of your website users are coming in through your home page. Schwartz Nancy Schwartz nonprofit branding Nonprofit Communications nonprofit marketing tagline usability website website development website strategy Tags: High-Impact Websites gerry mcgovern Getting Attention home page jakob neilsen Nancy E. MORE
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Your bounce rate is the percentage of visitors to your website who navigate away from the site after viewing only one page. It means you need to redesign your website! If our website was better…” My first year at Iona Senior Services, I heard this phrase more times than I can count. MORE
Is your nonprofit website actually encouraging visitors to donate? What should my nonprofit website look like? A great website will get plenty of visitors and a good conversion rate – but how do you actually get visitors to convert to donors? 16 Features Your Website Needs. MORE
After months of developing your digital strategy, creating web-appropriate content, and designing and building a website that reinforces your brand, The post Your New Website Demands Attention appeared first on Mission Minded. MORE
Guest blogger Yesenia Sotelo founded Smart Cause Digital where she builds and grows smart websites. A couple of months ago, I finally gave my business website the same love and attention that I bring to nonprofit clients’ sites. MORE
One thing you need to do before you switch from going to the beach to apple picking is to make sure your website is up to par. How does your website fare? Make it an entryway to the rest of your website. Is your website mobile-friendly? MORE
Let me ask you a question: How does your organization''s website look? Happy with it MORE
Want to make your website better? Or, you can refine and test your own website. Find out what your users think and do on your website with these three optimization tools. What tools do you use to optimize your website? via GIPHY. MORE
We are planning to refresh our website design later in the year, but there’s one thing we decided to get rid of sooner than later: the image slider we had at the top of our homepage. Do Rotating Sliders Help or Hurt Your Website? MORE
You can’t just add a “Donate” button to your nonprofit’s website and expect it to be successful. Like all of your communications, your website needs to focus on your potential donor. What do potential donors want to see when they visit your website? MORE
Thanks to guest blogger Alex McLain, who designs engaging websites for nonprofits as a member of the Wired Impact team. Creating a new website for your nonprofit is a mind-boggling task. You’ve got a million questions reeling through your head throughout the process, but one of the key questions to consider is: “How important is the role of design in our website?” Here are 10 ways great visual design drives website impact : 1. MORE
Donors considering their legacy often turn to nonprofit websites for information, and what they find can make a big difference in their decision to pursue a planned gift to your organization. Here are how some top nonprofits, schools, and healthcare providers have optimized their websites to attract and inform donors who are interested in Planned Giving: 1. For both of these categories, featuring this information on your website in an area that is easy to find is important. MORE
You may look at your nonprofit’s website and worry that it looks woefully out of date. The post Don’t Redesign Your Website (Yet) appeared first on Mission Minded. Maybe it doesn’t function. Blog Digital Nonprofit Branding Nonprofit Web MORE
You don’t need to buy a planned giving website. So, you don’t need a complex website to offer sophisticated giving options to your supporters and volunteers when most of that content will appeal to just 0.5% I prefer not to call them websites. MORE
But if both facts were that obvious, you would think people who know the side upon which their bread is buttered would work a little harder to make their websites easier for their primary beneficiaries to use. The post Make Your Websites Friendly to Seniors (a.k.a. MORE
Unlike social media, you control your website. How does your website fare? Make it an entryway to the rest of your website. Do you periodically survey your supporters to get feedback about your website? Is your website mobile-friendly? MORE
One of the most important ways to prepare for the end-of-year fundraising season is updating your website, likely the easiest and one of the most common ways that supporters and the public interact with your organization. End of Year nonprofit websites fundraising MORE
You can’t just add a “Donate” button to your nonprofit’s website and expect it to be successful. Join us this week for Writing a Donor-Centered Website with Tom Ahern. Like all of your communications, your website needs to focus on your potential donor. MORE
There’s nothing more important than ensuring your website – your organization’s homebase online — is easy-to-use (a.k.a. Unfortunately, such content is rarely found on nonprofit websites. MORE
Way back when , when social media was new-ish (let’s say 2007), I used this classic baseball analogy to illustrate how social media fit into the communications universe. 1) Website as home base, with email as pitcher (no hits without the pitcher). MORE
He says most of those websites are donor-centric or all about the organization itself. If you know of an agency that serves homeless people with good content for that clientele on their website, please share in the comments! MORE
If your website is stuck in the past, it may be time for an upgrade. Planning a brand new website for the OEC overwhelms me when I think about it as a whole. For that website, and this one, my role is project manager, responsible for moving the website from idea to launch. MORE
I''ve got a few questions to run by you to figure out if your nonprofit''s website is doing all it can to bring in donations. people can''t possibly spend as much time maintaining and updating an organization''s website as an outside firm could. This is a test. MORE
Following are 10 helpful fundraising websites. PayPal.com – PayPal is the leading payment-transferring website on the Internet. Facebook.com – Social networking can transform your fundraising from ordinary to extraordinary, which is why Facebook is one of our 10 helpful fundraising websites. Use this website to get the word out about your fundraising efforts. Your fundraising website will be more successful if you use the SEO tools taught on this site. MORE
Are you able to collect donations directly from your website? With the new GoFundMe Charity Donate Button, it’s super simple to collect donations for your nonprofit through your own website with only a couple of clicks. MORE
When was the last time you took a good, hard look at your website? As summer winds down, and we start getting ready for year-end fundraising, you want to make sure your website is up-to-date, easy to read and navigate,welcoming, and audience-centered. How does your website fare? MORE
If your website sucks, you may not be as successful as you’d like. I’ve looked at a lot of nonprofit websites. Many look as though they were thrown together at the last minute or were done in response to someone saying “We need a website.” Here are some things you can do now to get your website up to snuff. Make sure your organization is clearly identifed on the website. Put a list of your organization’s accomplishments somewhere on the website. MORE
Yesenia founded Smart Cause Digital where she builds and grows smart websites. A couple of months ago, I finally gave my business website the same love and attention that I bring to nonprofit clients’ sites. So glad to welcome guest blogger Yesenia Sotelo! MORE
I also adore a good nonprofit website makeover, though they are harder to find than reruns of Stacy and Clinton steering women away from shapeless clothes. Most nonprofit websites are still at the “before” stage. I’ll confess it right here: I love a good makeover show. MORE
why not make some resolutions around your website? And once you get through these quickly, take a look at our 30 Steps to Redesign Your Nonprofit Website The new year is a perfect time to make some changes. MORE
As summer winds down and you start getting ready for year-end fundraising, you need to make sure your website is in good shape. How does your website fare? Make it an entryway to the rest of your website. Is your website mobile and tablet friendly? MORE
If you look at the preliminary results from our 2017 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report Survey, email marketing, print marketing, the website/blog and social media marketing are almost identical in the rankings for how much time nonprofit staff are spending on them. MORE
On this website page, we surely have a sizable quantity of outstanding take a look at pieces of paper suggestions along quite a few subject matter fields. Everybody under the sun need to know that making is really really difficult. MORE
If you''ve ever accessed the Internet from a smartphone, chances are good that you''ve had the unpleasant experience of trying to navigate a website full of tiny text and miniscule links. Communication that leads supporters to your website is important for connecting with your donors. MORE
Today’s Proof Point: Your website(s) and email marketing are the most important communications channels you have. Welcome to the Proof Point series of research findings for you to use when advocating for the marketing approaches you know are right. MORE
The mobile Web is rapidly becoming a key way to communicate your message to donors; it’s important that your nonprofit website isn’t giving them a bad impression. . Try these best practices to help optimize your nonprofit website for mobile use and make your pages smartphone friendly: 1. MORE
Guest blogger Yesenia Sotelo founded Smart Cause Digital where she builds and grows smart websites. Take these three steps to turn your organization’s website into an email-capturing machine… Is your nonprofit interested in any of these email-friendly goals… Raise money. You want to capture a website visitor’s attention when they’re most interested and inspired… like when they just read a great article! MORE
Once a visitor reaches your website, they decide whether to stay or leave within the first ten seconds. To test the clarity of your messaging, ask a friend or family member to look at your website for ten seconds. Visitors expect a website to load in two seconds or less. MORE
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Once a visitor reaches your website, they decide whether to stay or leave within the first ten seconds. To test the clarity of your messaging, ask a friend or family member to look at your website for ten seconds. Visitors expect a website to load in two seconds or less.
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Yesenia founded Smart Cause Digital where she builds and grows smart websites. A couple of months ago, I finally gave my business website the same love and attention that I bring to nonprofit clients’ sites. So glad to welcome guest blogger Yesenia Sotelo!
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He says most of those websites are donor-centric or all about the organization itself. If you know of an agency that serves homeless people with good content for that clientele on their website, please share in the comments!
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After months of developing your digital strategy, creating web-appropriate content, and designing and building a website that reinforces your brand, The post Your New Website Demands Attention appeared first on Mission Minded.
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One of the most important ways to prepare for the end-of-year fundraising season is updating your website, likely the easiest and one of the most common ways that supporters and the public interact with your organization. End of Year nonprofit websites fundraising
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You can’t just add a “Donate” button to your nonprofit’s website and expect it to be successful. Join us this week for Writing a Donor-Centered Website with Tom Ahern. Like all of your communications, your website needs to focus on your potential donor.
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Donors considering their legacy often turn to nonprofit websites for information, and what they find can make a big difference in their decision to pursue a planned gift to your organization. Here are how some top nonprofits, schools, and healthcare providers have optimized their websites to attract and inform donors who are interested in Planned Giving: 1. For both of these categories, featuring this information on your website in an area that is easy to find is important.
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On this website page, we surely have a sizable quantity of outstanding take a look at pieces of paper suggestions along quite a few subject matter fields. Everybody under the sun need to know that making is really really difficult.
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Today’s Proof Point: Your website(s) and email marketing are the most important communications channels you have. Welcome to the Proof Point series of research findings for you to use when advocating for the marketing approaches you know are right.
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Guest blogger Yesenia Sotelo founded Smart Cause Digital where she builds and grows smart websites. A couple of months ago, I finally gave my business website the same love and attention that I bring to nonprofit clients’ sites.
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Don’t let your website visitors get away! The website’s design had been created to mimic popular viral news sites like Buzzfeed. Many nonprofits have a website design that serves their needs or tastes but doesn’t serve their constituents as effectively as it could.
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There’s nothing more important than ensuring your website – your organization’s homebase online — is easy-to-use (a.k.a. Unfortunately, such content is rarely found on nonprofit websites.
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Stock photos are a problem. On the one hand, they’re a great way to make your content more interesting and attractive by emphasizing a point, breaking up text, or just by helping you stand out from the crowd
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Your bounce rate is the percentage of visitors to your website who navigate away from the site after viewing only one page. It means you need to redesign your website! If our website was better…” My first year at Iona Senior Services, I heard this phrase more times than I can count.
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You may look at your nonprofit’s website and worry that it looks woefully out of date. The post Don’t Redesign Your Website (Yet) appeared first on Mission Minded. Maybe it doesn’t function. Blog Digital Nonprofit Branding Nonprofit Web
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why not make some resolutions around your website? And once you get through these quickly, take a look at our 30 Steps to Redesign Your Nonprofit Website The new year is a perfect time to make some changes.
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MAY 19, 2016
Want to make your website better? Or, you can refine and test your own website. Find out what your users think and do on your website with these three optimization tools. What tools do you use to optimize your website? via GIPHY.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
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If you look at the preliminary results from our 2017 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report Survey, email marketing, print marketing, the website/blog and social media marketing are almost identical in the rankings for how much time nonprofit staff are spending on them.
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I''ve got a few questions to run by you to figure out if your nonprofit''s website is doing all it can to bring in donations. people can''t possibly spend as much time maintaining and updating an organization''s website as an outside firm could. This is a test.
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As summer winds down and you start getting ready for year-end fundraising, you need to make sure your website is in good shape. How does your website fare? Make it an entryway to the rest of your website. Is your website mobile and tablet friendly?
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I also adore a good nonprofit website makeover, though they are harder to find than reruns of Stacy and Clinton steering women away from shapeless clothes. Most nonprofit websites are still at the “before” stage. I’ll confess it right here: I love a good makeover show.
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If you''ve ever accessed the Internet from a smartphone, chances are good that you''ve had the unpleasant experience of trying to navigate a website full of tiny text and miniscule links. Communication that leads supporters to your website is important for connecting with your donors.
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AUGUST 21, 2018
Unlike social media, you control your website. How does your website fare? Make it an entryway to the rest of your website. Do you periodically survey your supporters to get feedback about your website? Is your website mobile-friendly?
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If your website is stuck in the past, it may be time for an upgrade. Planning a brand new website for the OEC overwhelms me when I think about it as a whole. For that website, and this one, my role is project manager, responsible for moving the website from idea to launch.
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Following are 10 helpful fundraising websites. PayPal.com – PayPal is the leading payment-transferring website on the Internet. Facebook.com – Social networking can transform your fundraising from ordinary to extraordinary, which is why Facebook is one of our 10 helpful fundraising websites. Use this website to get the word out about your fundraising efforts. Your fundraising website will be more successful if you use the SEO tools taught on this site.
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Is your nonprofit website actually encouraging visitors to donate? What should my nonprofit website look like? A great website will get plenty of visitors and a good conversion rate – but how do you actually get visitors to convert to donors? 16 Features Your Website Needs.
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We are planning to refresh our website design later in the year, but there’s one thing we decided to get rid of sooner than later: the image slider we had at the top of our homepage. Do Rotating Sliders Help or Hurt Your Website?
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The mobile Web is rapidly becoming a key way to communicate your message to donors; it’s important that your nonprofit website isn’t giving them a bad impression. . Try these best practices to help optimize your nonprofit website for mobile use and make your pages smartphone friendly: 1.
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When was the last time you took a good, hard look at your website? As summer winds down, and we start getting ready for year-end fundraising, you want to make sure your website is up-to-date, easy to read and navigate,welcoming, and audience-centered. How does your website fare?
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But if both facts were that obvious, you would think people who know the side upon which their bread is buttered would work a little harder to make their websites easier for their primary beneficiaries to use. The post Make Your Websites Friendly to Seniors (a.k.a.
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I was shaken by new stats on a crucial shift in online user behavior– only 5 to 15% of your website users are coming in through your home page. Schwartz Nancy Schwartz nonprofit branding Nonprofit Communications nonprofit marketing tagline usability website website development website strategy Tags: High-Impact Websites gerry mcgovern Getting Attention home page jakob neilsen Nancy E.
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We've Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us. We've Moved! Update your Reader Now.
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Guest blogger Yesenia Sotelo founded Smart Cause Digital where she builds and grows smart websites. Take these three steps to turn your organization’s website into an email-capturing machine… Is your nonprofit interested in any of these email-friendly goals… Raise money. You want to capture a website visitor’s attention when they’re most interested and inspired… like when they just read a great article!
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One thing you need to do before you switch from going to the beach to apple picking is to make sure your website is up to par. How does your website fare? Make it an entryway to the rest of your website. Is your website mobile-friendly?
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