Fundraising Thermometers for Your Website

As nonprofit organizations move into the busy year-end fundraising seasons, many are starting to update their websites with their year-end goals and reasons for supporting the organization. For organizations that want a Free simple graphic thermometer to display their progress toward their goal, here are a few options. All of these are quick and easy for ...Read more
Posted in All, Fundraising, October 16, 2009 | 1 comment

Widgets To Promote Personal Fundraising

Because so many people have their own blogs, websites, and pages on My Space, FaceBook etc… these days, smart nonprofits are leveraging this fact and encouraging people to post buttons and badges on these sites to spread the word about the organizations they believe in and encourage others to donate. There are a variety ...Read more
Posted in All, Fundraising, February 13, 2007 | 1 comment

Reaching Donors Under 40

Almost 2 years ago I did a blog post about reaching donors under 40. The post was based on an excellent presentation I saw at the AFP Northern New England chapter conference. I think back on that presentation often and when I make presentations myself I often include some of the wisdom that ...Read more
Posted in All, Fundraising, September 25, 2006 | 1 comment

Nonprofits Raise Money via Search

Many nonprofit organizations – especially smaller ones – haven’t given much thought to the ways in which they can use online search as a means to raise money for their organizations. A small arts organization that I did some work with recently experienced a 5,000% percent increase in hits to their website by implementing some basic ...Read more
Posted in All, Fundraising, September 17, 2006 | 4 comments

Relevant, Timely and Compelling!

Does your organization send messages that are relevant, timely and compelling? How well do your messages really tell your story and move people to action? At the recent Public Radio Marketing and Development Conference, two speakers gave excellent presentations that drove home the importance of focusing on your audience and developing messages that are relevant, ...Read more
Posted in All, Fundraising, August 2, 2006 | 0 comments