Greater Giving

MARCH 27, 2025

From designing a user-friendly website to leveraging social media, these simple yet effective strategies will empower your organization to shine in the digital space. When creating your pages, keep search engine optimization (SEO) best practices in mind. This will ensure search engines like Google easily find your site.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

As I dug into the advice, I couldn’t help but reflect on the way I engage with nonprofit social media: Is the use of humor and short-form video crucial for brands to grab my attention? Experts say that Gen Z: Wants to see impact through storytelling, primarily through social media videos. Prioritize shareable content.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JANUARY 11, 2024

Freshness is also one of many factors that can help your content rank higher on search engines. Create a schedule for your content team to follow that provides deadlines for writing new donor stories, gathering images and other visuals, publishing the stories, and promoting them on social media and other marketing channels.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 11, 2025

Mobilizing support online and on social media, they get behind your cause in their own waysometimes without you even knowing theyre doing it. Those motivations cant simply be engineered by an organization. Along the way, he set social media challenges for his followers, such as naming his watercraft (Thamesy McThamesFace won).

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Offer incentives to current donors to encourage participation, such as: Complimentary nonprofit-branded merchandise Gift cards VIP event access Thank donors who participate in the program with a personal appreciation message and recognition on your social media pages and email newsletters. Take an active social media approach.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 23, 2023

Using social media for fundraising isn’t a new strategy. But social media is only a tool. You need to create a social media plan and strategy that uses the right platforms in the right way to make the right Asks to the right audiences. Which Social Media Platforms Should You Be On? Almost everyone is on Facebook.

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GrantNews

JULY 18, 2024

Marketing, it’s the engine that powers nonprofit growth. It’s social media. The folks at GrantWatch know that social media isn’t just for socializing. In this article, we’ll jump into how your nonprofit can craft a solid social media strategy and share tips to ensure its success. Do the math. That’s over 24.5

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Grant Writer Team

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Unlike social media, where algorithms limit your reach, your website provides a platform to cultivate your branding, refine your story, and control how impact statistics are presented. Investing in a well-designed website empowers your organization to build a brand, create advertising plans, and cultivate your social media presence.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Seems lately the more I talk to nonprofits about cause marketing the more I talk about social media and how the two are inseparable. Here’s my case for why social media and cause marketing go hand in hand. Social media teaches you cause marketing. Social media is the only tool I use to follow trends in cause marketing.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2023

You can use these methods to tell your story more effectively, to be discovered on search engines and social media, and to encourage people to engage with your cause. Investing time into creative content like blogs, videos, images, and animations can help your organization to stand out.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 16, 2024

million. ** No Kid Hungry Chooses Picks Moore AudienceFirst Media Moore AudienceFirst Media was selected by No Kid Hungry , a campaign of Share Our Strength , to provide data-driven direct mail list brokerage, data analysis, and strategic list management services. Its public support was $496.7 million, up from $387.7

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. A topic covered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , video can be a powerful tool for. Optimising Video For Search Engines. organizations. engage audiences can be overwhelming to nonprofit and library.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 30, 2025

Social Media Shout-Outs or Spotlight Features Highlighting donors on your social media is such a simple but powerful way to say “thank you.” For remote donors, they could help with social media campaigns, writing blog posts, assisting with research, or even offer professional skills like graphic design or IT support.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

You might set a SMART goal like this: “Increase the number of matching gifts we receive by 15% before April of next year through informational social media posts and personalized email outreach to match-eligible donors.” Do many of your donors prefer receiving updates on social media? Segment your audience. Communication preferences.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Such tactics include content creation, blogs, events, search engine optimization (SEO), and social media. Inbound marketing helps audiences find your cause while utilizing "pull" tactics that draw in potential supporters to create brand awareness.

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Blackbaud

JULY 3, 2024

When someone sees your ad or social media post, whether they engage with it or not, they are counted as an impression. For instance, if your impressions on a social media site are on a continual decline, this could be a sign that the platform is losing users and no longer worth spending time crafting outreach on. Why does it matter?

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Tom Ahern

JANUARY 30, 2025

Leverage Multi-Channel Consistency Why: Reinforce your message across email, social media, direct mail, and phone calls. Expert: Mal Warwick ( How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters ) calls urgency the engine of fundraising appeals. Consistency builds familiarity. Create Urgency Why: Deadlines (Match ends Friday!)

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 14, 2010

Now that we’re agreed on these two key points, here’s my pitch for using SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to achieve better cause marketing results. We should all be focusing on SEO because people rely on search engines, mainly Google, to find the things they need. But first: what is SEO? It’s that simple. Try Google.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Is it easily findable via search engines? In fact, at least two in five Gen Z say that social media content has motivated them to research or donate to a cause, compared with one in five Millennials and Gen X. Does it load in less than three seconds?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In addition to email and your website, social media has become one of the more effective tools for nonprofit fundraising, especially for a crowdfunding campaign. However, a successful social media strategy can be difficult to nail down. When managing your social media outreach, you should: Tell a story. Share updates.

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Selfish Giving

MAY 17, 2013

Finally, Natasha shares how listeners can access a free guide from Micro-Documentaries that explains everything from writing compelling titles and climbing search engine rankings to sharing the video with stakeholders and getting the attention of the media. Tune into this short but powerful conversation! … Keep reading.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

With the rise of smartphones, it seems like everyone’s constantly on social media, making it the perfect marketing tool for your nonprofit! Infact, there are over 308 million social media users in the United States alone. Learn how your organization can take full advantage of social media in this guide!

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2010

These sites can be excellent traffic drivers to your site and enhance your search engine optimization to boot! Eastern) and hear from social media leader Janet Fouts. Attend this free webinar on Thursday, June 3 at 11 a.m. Attend this free webinar on Thursday, June 3 at 11 a.m. Pacific time (12 p.m. Mountain, 1 p.m. Central, 2 p.m.

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Selfish Giving

MARCH 24, 2011

Search Engine Optimization. It’s important that you can be found easily and quickly on the major search engines. Social media can play a key role. The only one that does this is GoodTwo. Read my full report here. People find everything online these days. What will they think when they don’t find you? Facebook Likes.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Google may know all about your nonprofit’s website (and your blog, and whatever social media profiles you’ve staked out on the Web), but that doesn’t guarantee that Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing, will automatically index your site as well.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 26, 2009

LazyFeed is a new RSS feed engine based on topics, not sources or individuals, that offers a new way to find information online blogs, news services, podcasts, social media updates, and so on — content from any site that publishes an RSS feed.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

Your website has many audiences: constituents, potential donors and funders, your board of directors, media representatives, staff and volunteers, and many others. " Make sure you are easily found via search engines when people search for your organization by name, including any acronyms you may use. Understand Your Audience.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2014

Our live webinar and workshop events are a great way to teach web skills, engage with our community, expand digital media learning, and empower story makers to make impact. Best story promoting youth engagement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math - $5,000. Participate and Learn. Submit Your Story for Cash Prizes.

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Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

I had family members who were electrical engineers that encouraged me to follow the engineering path. I ended up choosing software engineering over electrical because of my interest in computers. Qgiv: What advice would you give to a young woman interested in software engineering?

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Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Join Hubspot and me for a FREE webinar on how to recruit more sponsors and corporate partners with inbound marketing this Thursday, December 1st at 1pm EST. On this blog and in Cause Marketing for Dummies I talk a lot about how blogging , social media and SEO can help nonprofits land more sponsors and corporate partners. Social Media.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2024

Search engine optimization (SEO) is essential for driving organic traffic to your website. Follow these tips to optimize your site for search engines: Write easy-to-read content. Use clear and concise language, short paragraphs, and bullet points to make your content easy for online readers (and search engines) to digest.

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Double the Donation

JUNE 7, 2024

With tools like social media, TV ads, and search engine ads, you can reach thousands of supporters at the same time. From connecting with new donors to encouraging current supporters to upgrade, marketing is a core part of fundraising. However, it’s hard to build individual relationships when talking to hundreds of donors at once.

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Selfish Giving

MAY 5, 2011

Or they may find the page via search engines. If consumers are searching online for information on this cause marketing program, they’ll most likely find it via their favorite search engine thanks to Quora. Most will go to the page directly from the QR code. That’s another good reason to give Quora a try.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2011

The biggest advantage that social media can give your organizations is the ability to build networks of constituents, community, and followers without borders and limitations. We've also collected other resources to help you navigate the social media sea. YouTube is one of the top search engines there is.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Don’t Overshare on Social Media. Most social media is free. It’s simply the business model now for all social media. Social media is not the place for private conversations. We need one to get in to lots of websites, our email, social media — everywhere. Beware of Social Engineers.

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Center for Major Gifts

JANUARY 25, 2025

If appropriate, celebrate their contribution publiclythrough social media or newsletterswhile respecting any preferences they may have regarding anonymity. With careful planning, consistent follow-up, and regular performance reviews, moves management can transform your major gift program into a powerful, sustainable engine of support.

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Grant Training Center

APRIL 24, 2023

For example, a team of researchers might include experts in biology, engineering, and social sciences to study the impacts of climate change on a particular ecosystem. For example, a team of computer scientists and psychologists might collaborate on a project to develop new methods for analyzing large datasets of social media interactions.

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