Another Friday, another round of Mixed Links… Volunteering Did you know volunteers give up to 10 times more than a non-volunteer? With new perspectives on the value of your volunteers, Convio is offering a free on-demand webinar called 5 Volunteer Trends that Can Improve Your Fundraising Bottom Line. And to help you get those volunteers,…
Happy Friday! It’s time for some Mixed Links! First off, a reminder that our Quarterly All-Access Pass Summer Special expires tonight at midnight. Sign up today and get an extra month free – that equals 3 extra webinars at no additional cost. Read all about our All-Access Pass and sign up today. Three sign-ups have…
On Wednesday, I shared how nonprofits are using social media according to reports released over the last few weeks. 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) 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks…
Last week, I wrote an article detailing 3 big reports recently released on nonprofit marketing and fundraising. There is a ton of information in these reports and it can be a little overwhelming trying to sort through it all. I thought it would be helpful to break those reports down based on certain topics. Today…
Welcome to a special Friday the 13th edition of Mixed Links. No black cats or broken mirrors here though. We’re bringing the good stuff today including some lucky folks who won All-Access Passes and individual webinar registrations! Let’s get started… NTC For those of who who couldn’t make it to the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference…
If you had busy week like I did, relax and enjoy some Mixed Links! First off, we have lots of good stuff on nonprofit websites: Is your nonprofit’s website “slick or ick?” Find out how your website stacks up and take this quiz from Network for Good. Nancy Schwartz talks about A/B testing for websites and what a big…
Welcome to this week’s Mixed Links! Did you know that nonprofit websites with a branded donation page get 5 times the donations as those websites with a generic donation page? For more insights like this, download Network for Good’s Digital Giving Index. Penelope Burk has some interesting quotes pulled from the Cygnus Donor Survey. Read…
I hope you had a good week. Let’s dive into some Mixed Links … Video, Social, Mobile The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards program will be taking submissions for its annual video contest until February 29th. The awards are completely free to enter and open to any eligible nonprofit organization in the U.S., U.K, Canada and Australia. There…
It’s Friday, so it’s time for some Mixed Links! Trying to figure out what to do for Valentine’s Day? Or is V-Day not really your thing? Either way, you need to check out what Generosity Day is all about. Instead of forging V-Day connections with one person via chocolate, candlelight and a card, the people…
Welcome to another round of Mixed Links! We’ve got some great social media and communications posts today. This post by Kari Saratovsky not only sheds some light on the recent rise in Pinterest, but also shares some great infographics on Millennials. Check out The Millennial Story, Told By Infographic(s). Think Facebook was confusing before? Beth Kanter…
Happy Friday! Join me for some Mixed Links . . . Let’s start with some free webinars. Nancy Schwartz is hosting The 4 Keys to Pitch-Perfect Messaging on February 7 at 1:00 p.m. EST. During this webinar, you’ll learn how to create relationships with your supporters through strong messages. Atlas of Giving released a report indicating…
As I’ve said before, presidential campaigns are great for nonprofit marketers and fundraisers because they give us a sneak peek into how we’ll be engaging our supporters and motivating them to volunteer and donate in the years to come. The current edition of Newsweek has a very interesting description of what the Obama campaign is…
