Does your organization need to fundraise in multiple currencies? Are you experiencing issues with your current gateway provider and wish you had a “backup” gateway ready to go? Perhaps you have sub-organizations that use their own payment provider? Maybe you need to funnel restricted funds to a separate bank account? Or you might have recurring […]
Even if your online fundraising efforts are going great, there is always room for improvement! It’s time to smooth out the friction and make it easier for people to donate to your cause. Here are five steps that can bring incredible transformation to your donation experience. Step 1: Identify your donation page’s primary goal. Is […]
If you’re reading a blog about online fundraising, there’s a good chance you’ve partaken in some form of corporate team building. One of the most common tropes of such events is the “trust fall”. This is when we turn our backs to our teammates, close our eyes, and fall backwards into their arms. We are […]
Fortunately, our friends at NextAfter have invested their professional lives into unloading the answer. Allow me to introduce you to the Flux Capacitor of Online Revenue Maximization (FCORM). The recipe for online revenue has only three essential ingredients: Web site traffic Donation conversion rate Average gift size Each ingredient directly impacts revenue. When managed correctly, […]
“To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time to every purpose, under heaven” – The Byrds For some organizations, a PayPal button is all that is required. If your organization is in start-up mode, you probably don’t yet have an enormous volume of donors, dollars, and processes. However, […]
I hate answering the phone. In fact, there are three levels of disquiet I experience when my phone rings. DefCon Level 1 Someone on my contact list is calling. Perhaps it’s a friend. Maybe it’s a colleague. Either way, as an act of generosity, I let it ring all the way through rather than force […]
Gabe Cooper, CEO of Virtuous CRM, spoke with Stephen Boudreau of RaiseDonors about online fundraising and growing nonprofits.
Like so many things in life, progress is relative. And you can’t measure progress without first knowing where you’ve been. If I were to show you a spreadsheet detailing how much an organization raised over the past year and asked, “How is this organization doing?” — you’d have some questions. And rightly so. How do […]
