CauseMic’s origins can light the way for your nonprofit
In 2012, when I was leading fundraising for nonprofit Team Rubicon, I traveled to Salesforce’s annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco.
You’re on a mission. You have a bold and righteous ambition to end homelessness, eliminate childhood hunger, or stop sex trafficking.
As with any business, survival for nonprofits is all about continued growth. But previous management decisions can doom even the mightiest or noblest of them all.
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You tell people what your nonprofit does.
But do you inspire them with why you do it?
There are lots of causes in the world, and lots of good folks active in promoting them. Through websites and various communication venues, they always tell us what they do (and to some extent how they do it).
Adding nonprofit capabilities to an established marketing CRM is another milestone in our mission of making for-profit technology accessible for donor-funded organizations.
I’ve got to admit, it felt validating to hear a name like HubSpot asking for us to build them a donation-ready CRM—customer relationship management system. I tried not to come off too excited.
Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection (MPP) is affecting Open Rate rendering it useless as an email performance metric, and that’s a good thing.
Something big happened in Q4 of 2021: Open Rates skyrocketed. It’s “big” for marketers anyway. No, we’re not collectively reading more emails from brands we bought one thing from last year.
You read thousands of words a day; the daily forecast, news headlines, ingredients in your juice, social media posts, ads, emails, and rambling articles on fundraising strategies.
Double your mission’s impact next year by launching a digital transformation now.
First, if you’re reading this in the new year of 2022, happy New Year! And if you’ve stumbled here later, it’s still relevant, so keep reading.
Ever wonder if it’s worth investing time and funds to attract more monthly donors? You’re darn right it is.
Without seats filled by supportive fans, a team won’t win many games. We can all picture the sad, quiet scene. It doesn’t matter if they’re the more talented team because we need support in our lives, and without it motivation and success fade. This isn’t about sports—don’t worry.
How to spend less on your digital transformation at just the right time for bigger returns.
Welcome to the digital-first world. You’ve personally been living in it for years, and now it’s time to punch through the barrier-to-entry for your nonprofit and welcome growth and greater impact for your mission.
The Great Resignation has left many nonprofits with limited budgets shorthanded.