by Ephraim | Mar 20, 2025 | building relationships, volunteering
When I visit “volunteer” pages on websites I’m often left with a feeling of emptiness. The page usually just says the organization needs volunteers, please fill out a form or call for more informatio Folks, most people won’t do that! Instead you have to bring the...
by Ephraim | Mar 13, 2025 | email
Apple controls more than half of email provider market share. This means that when they introduce changes it will affect overall email data and odds are Google will follow suit. In its most recent iOS update, Apple announced...
by Ephraim | Mar 6, 2025 | donors, fundraising
A homeless man saw the CEO of a local United Way picking up donated food at a soup kitchen. He walked up to the CEO and said, “I want to make a donation” and handed her a quarter. “This is lovely,” she replied. “I’ll make sure the soup kitchen gets it.” A month later,...
by Ephraim | Mar 4, 2025 | email, fundraising
Guest post by Debbie Salat Did you know that, on average, nonprofit email revenue decreased by 7% in 2023? While it might not sound like much, any decline in giving from a certain channel should prompt organizations to rethink their strategies. Nonprofits must make a...
by Ephraim | Feb 27, 2025 | building relationships, communications, retention
Only 57% trust nonprofits. 40% donor retention rate. Household giving is down. If you ran a store and only half of your customers trusted you, if people didn’t come back to purchase again, if people didn’t even bother shopping at your store, you’d close down. Quickly....