by Dennis Mueller | Fundraising, Tips & Tricks
(and How to Resolve Them) Nonprofits across the nation continue to expand their use of email in communications with their donors and followers. However, many of these organizations are not aware of how many of their contacts never actually receive their messages, for...
by Jordan Bell | Donor Management Software, Tips & Tricks
Whether you are looking to transfer your data into a new database or tidy up the one you already have, here are a few quick fixes that will make a world of difference in your reports and mailings. 1. Standardize your fields. Limit the number of free form Text fields...
by Jordan Bell | Tips & Tricks
Can you relate to this scenario? You just inherited a database(s) that is meant for you to track down donations, board members, visitors and everything else. Perhaps there are several files with repeated information or better yet, incomplete information. Sitting in...
by Jordan Bell | Tips & Tricks
Growing up I would take yearly vacations to visit my grandmother in Texas. During these visits she would arrange visits with her friends and their grandchildren for play-dates. These arranged visits resulted in lunches, opportunities to swim in their pools and even...
by Jordan Bell | Tips & Tricks
Web 3.0? Give me a break! We just got a Facebook page up, what’s next? First you needed a website. Did it take a while to get one up and running? Then you needed social media, that changes so rapidly it’s hard to keep up! You integrated a blog, that now...
by Jordan Bell | Tips & Tricks
To begin with, let’s define a few buzzwords. Content: It is what you write in your blog, post Facebook page, tweet out, or send in an email. Content Calendar: a plan for when and what you publish. It might contain other details like the SEO keywords you plan to...