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7 Signs Your Organization Is Ready for an Enterprise-Scale CRM

Blackbaud

As a tech leader at a growing social impact organization, you know that migrating to an enterprise-scale constituent relationship management (CRM) system can be a daunting proposition. So, what are the specific signs that your organization has reached a tipping point and needs to consider moving to an enterprise-scale CRM ?

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Is It Time for Your Nonprofit or School to Make a CRM Change?

Blackbaud

After we made introductions, I asked about their donor CRM, jotting notes as they shared their hopes, frustrations, and data woes. As their list of frustrations grew and their unfulfilled hopes piled up, they asked me if I thought it was time to change to another donor CRM. It was a client kickoff call like so many others.

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5 CRM Tech Trends to Shape the Future of Your Enterprise Organization

Blackbaud

To make faster and more intelligent business decisions, close to 70% of organizations plan to continue or increase their investments in CRM technology in the coming year, according to Kate Leggett, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester. She is a leading expert on CRM strategy, maturity, benchmarking, and return on investment.

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Using Your Fundraising CRM Software to Its Full Potential

Blackbaud

Optimizing the use of our fundraising CRM gives us room to take on new projects and adopt new features without a daily struggle against our own databases. Over the long term, optimizing how you use your CRM will help you achieve more of your objectives. Could you have more accurate data fields?

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CRM Integration for Nonprofits and Schools: Helping Organizations Save time and Eliminate Errors

Blackbaud

Is your nonprofit or school getting the most from its fundraising CRM? Many organizations use CRMs to track donor information, but most are missing out on the benefits that come from integrating them with their other software. When you link your existing tools with your CRM, it becomes more than just a place to store data.

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Does Your Nonprofit Need to Do a Little Spring Cleaning?

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Clean up your mailing lists and CRM/database Has it been a while since you updated your mailing lists? go through your mailing lists and CRM/database to see if you need to make any additions, changes, and deletions. Youll also make some much-needed improvements to your infrastructure and donor communication. Be meticulous.

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Is Your Donor Engagement Actually Engaging?

Ann Green's Nonprofit

So is a good CRM/database to help you with this. If you can do this after every campaign, you should have fairly up-to-date information on your donors. Also, please stop sending Dear Friend letters. Youre not being a good friend if you dont even use your donors names. I know this will take more time, but its worth the investment.

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