Boring storytelling could be holding your nonprofit back. Think about it. We’ve used the power of storytelling to connect with one another and understand the world around us for centuries. And believe it or not, the framework for telling an effective story has stayed...
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How personalized landing pages can elevate your outreach.
Nonprofit organizations are always looking to get ahead on the latest fundraising technologies and trends. And personalized landing pages, or PURLs, have been around for a few years. But many nonprofits are still not using them to their advantage! Instead of asking...
It’s time to rethink your nonprofit’s appeal letter.
True or False? An emotional story about your beneficiaries is the most effective way to approach your nonprofit’s appeal letter. It’s false! Now, we’re not saying that you should ditch your stories or how you play on the emotions of your donors. However, if you want...
The right way to compare dollars to impact.
One of the biggest challenges we face as nonprofit professionals is breaking down the complex nature of our work in a digestible and straightforward way for donors. That’s why many organizations compare a donor’s dollars to their impact. Telling a donor their gift of...
4 more ways nonprofits personalize communications.
You already know nonprofits that personalize communications engage better with their audience and raise more money for their cause. Yet 79 percent of fundraising emails still don’t address recipients by name, according to Nonprofits Source. Organizations that are...
Building an Integrated Approach for Your Event Communications
We’ve talked a lot about tailoring your message to fit specific audiences in our past blog posts. By now, you’re probably a pro at creating personalized communications for different segments of your donor base. While your donors may have several unique traits, the...
Is Your Nonprofit Doing Enough to Thank Your Donors?
It feels good to be appreciated. Deep down, even the humblest individuals want to be acknowledged for doing something good. This is why it is so important to thank your donors. They made a selfless contribution to your organization, without expecting anything in...
How to Enhance and Evaluate Your Nonprofit’s Communications with Data
By now, we shouldn’t need to tell you how important data is for a robust marketing strategy. We've laid out the argument of why you need data, walked you though lead generation strategies to help collect more data, and offered advice to for keeping data secure. Now we...
Using Personalization Methods to Improve Digital Media Outreach
In our last post, we discussed how to apply personalization methods to print materials and direct mail through variable data printing. In that article, we hinted at how targeted direct mail can accompany digital strategies. This post will focus on applying...
Incorporating Variable Data Printing in Your Outreach Strategy
We’ve talked a lot about how personalizing communication materials helps nonprofits build relationships with their donors. Now that we’ve touched on why your organization needs to personalize communications, general strategies for implementing versioned and variable...