You’ve hit a wall with your marketing strategy. You’re struggling to connect with your target audience and gain or retain their support. You’ve tried the social media thing, but your engagement is lower than you’d like it to be. You’re frustrated and tired. Something needs to change, but you don’t know where to start. Well, […]
[Client Experience] CauseVox and Carousel Ranch- Candid User Review and Hacks
Did you “fall” into your nonprofit role? So did Carousel Ranch’s Associate Executive Director, Taylor Adachi. She rose from the ranks, starting as an intern and rising to the Associate ED! Her experiences allowed her to grow with the organization and her fundraising skills, like many of our nonprofit leaders nowadays. She shares amazing key […]
[Client Experience] Invest in Kids: Development Behind-the-Scenes
Krista Mortensen, Development Manager at Invest in Kids, a Denver based nonprofit with the mission for supporting the well-being of kids through a wide spectrum of initiatives and programs. Krista dives into how her work in fundraising changes day to day, from in-home events to making the ask, and how her fundraising degree and experiences […]
Small But Mighty: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising For Small Nonprofits
Fundraising can be challenging and for small nonprofits this can be even more daunting. With less staff capacity, name-brand recognition, and resources compared to larger orgs, it may seem like smaller nonprofits have extra hoops to jump through. What’s Considered Small? According to IRS guidelines, 501(c)3 organizations are classified by the size of their total […]
12 Email Fundraising Best Practices To Drive High Response Rates
Fundraising emails provide a significant stream of income for many nonprofit and cause-based groups. However, this fundraising technique requires your recipients to take action not once, but twice. First, you need to get your recipients to open the email and then you need to get them to respond to your message. Do it right, […]
Need to Build a Media List? Follow These 5 Steps
You’ve built and nurtured your own communication channels – email newsletters, social media, and peer-to-peer campaigns – and already reach a dedicated and invested audience. Now that you have your direct-to-donor communication strategy set, it’s time to build a media list to grow your community. Nonprofits rely on publicity to expand their donor bases and […]
[Webinar] How to Drive Donor Engagement with Social Media
Donor engagement is often a stressful activity for many nonprofits, small or large. Social media can help bridge the gap with focused strategies and clear intentions. Do you struggle to get heard in a noisy, cluttered online world? Do you want to create deeper connections with community members? Leveraging the power and potential of social […]
A Step-By-Step Plan For Cultivating New Donors
In this guide, we provide you a step-by-step 60-day plan to cultivating your new donors with the goal of increasing retention and securing a second gift.
23 Top Virtual Fundraising Ideas
COVID disrupted fundraising in nearly every way imaginable the last two years. Every single sector has been impacted but particularly those that work in event fundraising. In the last two years we have cancelled, changed, pivoted, and adjusted event after event. This has understandably put a lot of strain on fundraising income. During this time, […]
Raising Money for Charities: 5 Ideas To Get You Started
Chances are, there’s a cause you’re enthusiastic about. Yet, giving a donation just doesn’t seem like enough sometimes. Sure, you can volunteer and advocate for causes that you feel connected with, but you may still feel like you can do more. Thankfully, there is actually another way (a great way) for you to help a […]
