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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...
How to Find Duplicates in your Database using an NCOA Cleaning
There is no magic pill that will keep your contact list free of duplicates. Even the organizations with full-time staffs are plagued with this problem. In a past article, I wrote about DonorSnap’s live duplicate checking tool that will alert you to possible...
Protecting Your Donors’ Information on the Internet
Lately you’ve seen many news stories relating to data breaches and personal information being hacked, and you may be wondering, “How can I protect my nonprofit organization?” The advent of the internet world in many ways have been a blessing and a curse. Data is now...
Donor Fatigue – Fact or Fiction?
“Donor fatigue” is when your organization’s donors lose interest in your organization over time, and it is accelerated by asking for donations too often. Over time every organization experiences the effect of long-term donors losing interest. This waning interest...
One Organization’s Fundraising Event Experience and Evolution
Most organizations hold an annual fundraiser to supplement and augment their operating budget. The nonprofit Malaika Early Learning Center that was started by my wife and I (and the genesis for DonorSnap) is no different. Malaika started in 2003 and we held our...
QuickBooks is NOT a Donor Management System
(Donor Management Software is NOT an Accounting System) Many new and smaller organizations gravitate to QuickBooks to help keep track of the organizations finances. The seemingly logical extension of this software is to use it to keep detailed records of donor...
Is Social Media Necessary for Nonprofits?
Nonprofit organizations stand to gain a lot from the smart usage of social media. The key word here is “smart.” Not all nonprofits have a target audience that is going to be active across all social media networks. It is important for organizations to do some analysis...
Checking for Duplicate Contacts On the Fly
How to keep your database free from duplicates without slowing down. The demise of all donor and contact management systems (or CRMs) is the creeping addition of duplicate contacts. There are many sources for duplicate entries, but every organization is bound to...