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9 Ways to Use Text Messaging for Your Virtual Fundraising Event

May 2, 2021
By Emily Rose Patz, Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Text messaging remains a surefire way to get more eyes on your communications. In fact, over 95% of text messages are read within 3 minutes of delivery. By harnessing the convenience of the mobile phones donors use daily, you can transform your...

3 Smart Branding Strategies for Nonprofits

April 26, 2021
By Beth Singer, Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and events through design solutions. As passionate as we all are about our causes and their corresponding missions, from the inside looking out, sometimes we lose sight of the actual goal of...

3 Tips to Help Your Nonprofit Steward Corporate Partners

April 17, 2021
Sponsored Post by: Accelerist, a leader in social impact partnership technology, supporting hundreds of brands and charitable organizations in finding and growing their partnerships with each other. With a heightened focus on building new partnerships, the importance of stewardship is often overlooked in corporate fundraising. Yet, the vast majority of your annual corporate revenue will come from partners that...

Must-Read Digital Marketing & Fundraising Reports for Nonprofits Worldwide

April 14, 2021
Updated March 14, 2022: The reports listed below offer much-needed data to help your nonprofit, NGO, or charity craft your 2022 digital marketing and fundraising strategy. If you would like to suggest a specific report be added to the list, please contact Heather Mansfield. Thank you! For Nonprofits Worldwide: 1. 2022 Open Data Project :: View the Data Published...

8 Best Practices for Fall 2021 Golf Fundraisers

April 10, 2021
By GolfStatus.org – an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. While social distancing restrictions are beginning to loosen, large fundraising events like galas and auctions are likely still on pause for the rest of the year. Fortunately, golf tournaments continue to provide a safe option for in-person fundraisers, with their outdoor setting and innate social distancing. Fall is...

10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

April 5, 2021
This is the seventh post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits, written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Thank you! Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network...

5 Tips to Boost Your Nonprofit Website’s SEO

March 29, 2021
By Laura Bucher, Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. SEO (search engine optimization) refers to the process that makes it easier to help users find your website with a quick internet search. The better your SEO, the higher your website will appear in, say, Google’s search results, which means more visibility...

7 Key Lessons Learned from Virtual Fundraising Events in 2020

March 12, 2021
By Lindsay Johnson, Marketing Team Member at MobileCause, an industry leader in virtual fundraising events and online giving, plus fundraising solutions such as peer-to-peer, text-to-donate and mobile messaging. We can all agree, 2020 was a doozy of a year, bringing indelible changes to the landscape of fundraising. Yet, nonprofit organizations are resilient and have always risen to the occasion...

Announcing the 2021 Open Data Project!

March 2, 2021
Open data is the idea that some data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish. The Open Data Project seeks to gain a better understanding of how NGOs, NPOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. Based on the survey responses from the 2021 Global NGO Technology Survey, the 2021 Open...

How Nonprofits Can Steward Corporate Donors on Social Media

February 28, 2021
By Allison Weber, founder of Allison Weber Consulting, a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. It’s no secret that corporate donors are invaluable partners for nonprofits. They can make a huge impact as they provide significant support across areas including grantmaking, employee engagement and cause marketing. The mystery that stumps some organizations is how to...

[FREE WEBINAR] How to Create Highly Engaging Nonprofit Videos

February 23, 2021
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Time: 1pm EDT / 10am PDT Presented by: Doug Scott, Founder & CEO of Tectonic Video Cost: Free Engagement is the key to effective nonprofit videos. In this webinar you’ll learn the science behind creating highly engaging videos, review key findings from the largest study of nonprofit videos ever, and receive practical tips to make your nonprofit’s video...