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How Will You Welcome Your New Donors?

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Invite them to subscribe to your newsletter, join you on social media, and volunteer. Another question to ask is whether your donors prefer print or electronic communication. Mail is always more personal and your donors will be more likely to see it. Welcome your new donors. Keep it donor-centered and be personable.

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How You Can Plan a Multichannel Fundraising Campaign

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Your fundraising campaign will be more successful if you use a combination of mail, email, social media, and phone calls. Test all links in email messages and social media posts. October 25 Give your supporters a heads-up by email and social media. Week of November 6 Start sending follow-up reminders via email and social media.

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How Are You Building Relationships With Your Donors?

Ann Green's Nonprofit

These cards can be generated electronically, if its not feasible to write them. You can give donors other opportunities to connect, such as volunteering, participating in advocacy alerts, signing up for your email mailing list, and following you on social media. Thanking donors is something you can do at any time of the year.

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The Story of Electronics

Tech Soup

Environmental media star Annie Leonard and the Story of Stuff Project have impressed us here at TechSoup as one of the most creative and effective nonprofit environmental education projects that we've ever seen, and to our delight they are coming out with a new free online video called the Story of Electronics.

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How Your Nonprofit Can Stand Out in a Sea of Information

Ann Green's Nonprofit

We also have email, the internet, and social media, just to name a few. Also, unlike social media, it’s something you can control. You don’t have to rely on a social media algorithm to hope your message ends up in your donor’s feed. And, social media is often just a lot of a lot. Now there are countless streaming options.

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The Power of a Postcard

Ann Green's Nonprofit

People used to send postcards when they went on vacation, especially back in the days before we had email and social media. Now people are more likely to post pictures on social media, sometimes posting more than you want to see. Plus, people never get nearly as much mail as they do email and social media messages.

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Creating a Thank You Plan Will Help You Let Your Donors Know How Much You Appreciate Them

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Invite your donors to connect with you via email and social media. Create a thank you video and share it on your thank you landing page, by email, and on social media. Email and social media may not be as successful, especially if your donors don’t use electronic communication very much. Thank them just because….

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