by Ephraim | Jul 25, 2021 | fundraising, online donations
A guest post by Jacob Spencer Today, your organization’s donors likely begin their giving journey on your website. But, as you might have noticed, there can sometimes be a disconnect between a visitor arriving on your site and following through with a donation. What...
by Ephraim | Jul 18, 2021 | data, fundraising
This post originally appeared in eJewish Philanthropy. My phone rings. Woman: Ephraim? Me: Yes. Woman: This is XXX from nonprofit YYY. Do you know about our organization? Me: No I don’t. Woman: You are listed in our database as a volunteer. Me: Me? I don’t remember...
by Ephraim | Jul 11, 2021 | grants, philanthropy
A guest post by Diane H. Leonard, GPC, STSI The Ted Talk Dan Pallotta presented in March 2013, “The way we think about charity is dead wrong” has been viewed more than 5 million times. Yet I don’t want to assume you’ve seen it. So a quick summary: Dan’s point...
by Ephraim | Jun 20, 2021 | fundraising, marketing
Fundraising is about building relationships. Marketing provides you the tools and messaging to be able to make those connections and strengthen them. Are your organization’s fundraising and marketing efforts converting people into donors and ambassadors for your...
by Ephraim | Jun 13, 2021 | data, fundraising, online donations, website
The annual M+R Benchmarks Study is out and there’s plenty of great nonprofit data to dive into. Over the past few weeks I’ve looked at online fundraising, email, text and social media data. Today I’m going to take a look at website fundraising and your nonprofit. The...