Know Your Supporters

Know Your Supporters

How well do you know your donors? Your online followers? Are they Millennials or Gen X? Boomers or Zoomers? How did they find out about your organization? Why do they support your nonprofit? What programs are they interested in learning more about? How do they want to...
The Story In The Data

The Story In The Data

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...
Website Data To Learn From

Website Data To Learn From

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...
Fundraising Data To Learn From

Fundraising Data To Learn From

The annual M+R Benchmarks Study is out and there’s plenty of great nonprofit data to dive into. I’m going to review and provide takeaways over the next few blog posts. Fundraising Data To Learn From Today I’m going to look at some of the online fundraising stats and...
It’s Not About You

It’s Not About You

Your website. Emails. Brochures. Direct mail. Online donation form. Fundraising appeals. None of them are for you. They’re for your donors and supporters. What We Want Doesn’t Matter When creating online and offline materials, too often nonprofits create a specific...