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Nonprofit Email Marketing: 8 Best Practices
Is your nonprofit using email marketing as part of your outreach? Email is now the most important communications channel for nonprofits according to Nonprofit Marketing Guide’s 2021 Trends Report. However, the report states that they see minimal email list management...
Donor Segmentation: 3 Ways it Will Improve Fundraising
Are you sending out mass communications to your mailing list without performing donor segmentation first? If so, you may be missing out on the opportunity to improve engagement with your supporters. Donor segmentation is a powerful tool used in both marketing and...
Top 4 Fundraising Reports to Watch
Are you regularly using nonprofits reports in your fundraising strategy? Fundraising Report Card defines data-driven fundraising as fundraising that is compelled by data, not intuition or gut-feel. Using the reports data in your database will help you develop a more...
DonorSnap April 2021 System Updates
Added searching to DataMiner Platinum Field Export Selection and Query Builder tabs and alphabetized the field order. Updated the following reports to include a standardized set of fields in the export, include user-defined fields, and various functionality additions:...
How to Account for Credit Card Fees When Collecting Online Donations
Collecting online donations is a great way to reach potential new donors. It is no surprise that millennials prefer online and social giving, and organizations need to provide an outlet for this demographic. Online payment processors charge small fees for accepting...
SalesForce™ Not Designed For Non Profits
Salesforce is one of the largest software companies in the world. It is well known as one of the most successful business Customer Relationship Management platforms on the market. While Salesforce is a great CRM solution for for-profit organizations, it was not...
DonorSnap Responsive Forms Tool Updates: February 2021
DonorSnap's Responsive Forms tool allows you to create interactive web forms to collect information directly from your contacts over the internet. The Responsive Forms tool has been recently updated with two new features. Both donation and interaction with payment...
Excel vs DonorSnap for DonorManagement
Excel vs DonorSnap for Donor Management In the blog article “6 Reasons to Upgrade from Excel to a NonProfit CRM” we covered the pitfalls of using Excel as your nonprofit database. Excel can be a useful tool to start, but quickly outlives its effectiveness. As your...
Comparing PayPal and DonorSnap with goEmerchant for Online Donations
Watch the PayPal vs. DonorSnap with goEmerchant Webinar. Are you using PayPal to collect online donations? Many nonprofits use PayPal because of their discounted nonprofit rates. While PayPal is a great choice for many nonprofits, there are other options for...
6 Reasons to Upgrade from Excel to a Nonprofit CRM
Is your nonprofit using excel as its database? Many small or newer nonprofits will use excel to track all of their donors and donation data. This is a common and affordable approach for a season, but there are a number of reasons why most nonprofits can’t afford to...
Four Ways Automation Will Help Your Nonprofit Succeed
Do you agree that people are your nonprofit’s most valuable resource? If so, then you know how much your staff and volunteers do to carry out your mission. With only so many hours in the day, are you focusing on tasks that could be left to automation? Many nonprofits...
Giving Tuesday ⇨ Spam Tuesday ⇨ Blacklist Tuesday
Are you going to damage your email reputation for the dream of easy money? This is an extremely important question to ask yourself as you get ready for Giving Tuesday. Don’t let it become the day that you SPAM all of your supporters, and lose the privilege to email...