Soapbox Engage Blog

Issue 198

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Great Fundraising Posts

How to Plan a Sustainable Event: 8 Essential Best Practices

Soapbox Engage (Soapbox Engage)

As a nonprofit fundraiser who wants to make the world a better place, it’s important to think about sustainability in the workplace. That includes your fundraising events. Planning sustainable events not only protects the planet, but it can also make your events easier to manage overall. Check out this post for eight essential practices for planning a sustainable event.

Do You LOVE Your Mission?

Veritus Group (Veritus Group)

Some nonprofit fundraisers may feel as though they struggle to raise money because their mission isn’t grand or important enough. However, that’s a fallacy. This blog post explains how, as long as YOU love your mission and make that clear, you will be able to find donors who feel the same way.

5 Ways You Can Think Differently about Fundraising to Raise More

Jeff Brooks (Moceanic)

If you’ve been struggling to meet your goals at your nonprofit fundraising, you’re likely looking for some new ideas. Luckily, there are new things happening that can change the way you approach your fundraising. In this blog post, Jeff explains how understanding the impact of bequest fundraising can help you think differently and ultimately, raise more money.

4 Ways to Amplify Your Nonprofit’s Great Content

Joe Frye (NonProfitPro)

Creating great content about your nonprofit’s work is an important part of marketing to ultimately fundraise and help accomplish your mission. However, with so much content in the world, having great content alone is not enough. In this blog post, Joe offers four tips to help amplify your nonprofit’s content so that it will help you achieve your mission!

The Way You Fundraise Matters

Jim Langley (Market Smart)

There are lots of different ways to fundraise. The way you do so determines a lot, such as the donors you attract, whether you build community, and how much trust your organization accrues. In this blog post, Jim offers the “10 Big IFs of Fundraising” to help you determine if you’re fundraising in the way that will bring the results you desire.

3 Data-Driven Marketing Strategies to Maximize Major Gifts

Liz Murphy (Get Fully Funded)

For the average nonprofit, roughly 80% of all revenue comes from only 20% of its donors which means major gifts are critical. It’s crucial to take advantage of any opportunity you have to secure major gifts, including your marketing efforts. This blog post explores how marketing can level up your major gift strategy and some of the most effective strategies to use.

What’s in My Inbox | How is Your Nonprofit Growing Your Email List?

Pamela Grow (Pamela Grow)

Email is the only place that you can build a one-to-one relationship online. That makes it more important than your Facebook, TikTok, or Instagram followers combined. In this blog post, Pamela offers one of her favorite methods for growing email lists, including an example you can download as a guide.

5 Benefits of Text-to-Give Fundraising for Your Nonprofit

re:Charity (re:Charity)

You likely already use tools like email and social media as part of your digital fundraising strategy, but there is an innovative tool you may be missing: text messaging. If your nonprofit hasn’t used text-to-give yet, it’s time to open up another revenue stream by tapping into this unmatched fundraising and communication tool. This post covers the top five benefits of text-to-give fundraising, highlighting exactly why your organization needs to add text-to-give to its digital fundraising toolkit.

8 Ways to Get Your Fundraising Metrics Wrong

Jeff Brooks (Future Fundraising Now)

If you want to succeed at fundraising, you need to be tracking metrics to know what is or isn’t working. But looking at numbers only helps if you’re looking at them in the right way. In this blog post, Jeff shares eight ways you may be looking at your metrics wrong that could hinder your organization from meeting its goals.