Full-Funnel Approach: Building Bridges Across Teams
Many organizations struggle to evolve beyond a siloed approach that inevitably fragments branding, messaging, and donor conversion. How do we know? Because we’ve been there.
Planning for Planned Giving
If you are not actively building a Planned Giving pipeline through targeted lead generation, who will capture these gifts from your donor file?
How to Grow Your Digital Fundraising Program
Online donors act differently than direct mail donors. As we move towards an increasingly digital world, it’s important to have a solid digital fundraising program.
Digital Acquisition Tactics
Going into FY23, it’s critical to build recognition with new audiences, establish brand affinity, and convert prospects to supporters.
Stay Ahead of Public Media Fundraising Trends
Public media is changing. Now, digital acquisition channels are a low-barrier, low-cost way to build brand affinity and attract new donors.
Think Like an Investor: Managing Donor Segments
Understanding the value of your donor base—along with its segments and audiences—is critical for both fundraisers and nonprofit leaders.
Content Calendars: What Do You Need To Know?
Content calendars provide a visual reference or plan for integrated communication across social, email, website, and external properties.
Calendar Year End Campaign Planning
From housekeeping to stewardship and multichannel planning, our Calendar Year End Checklist has priority steps for campaign planning.
The Love-Hate Relationship With Invoice Emails
Invoice emails reliably outperform and are a great option to supplement your calendar year-end fundraising campaigns.
Think Like a Journalist: Don’t Be Afraid to Change Your Fundraising Plan
Flexibility and pivoting quickly in response to current events can win favor with your supporters and make money for your organization.
Paid Advertising Keyword Match Strategy
Strategic use of broad, phrase, and exact keyword match is a great way to ensure you are delivering relevant Google search results.
Paid Advertising Key Features
Paid advertising can be your best friend—and offer a strong ROI on acquisition—as long as you know how to make the most out of this channel.
Paid Advertising 101
Paid search provides a convenient donor journey for users with transactional intent while also capturing individuals with philanthropic interest and positive brand affinity.
Data vs Information: Actionable Analytics
We live in a world with ubiquitous data, but the real value lies in analyzing information and making it actionable.
Content as a Case for Support
Marketing and membership departments should craft consistent messages that answer why someone should support local public media.
Think Like a Journalist: Messaging and Content
As you update your messaging and content, we recommend you use an approach that works for NextGen and our clients: think like a journalist!
Donation Form Do’s and Don’ts
While there is no such thing as a 100% conversion rate, a few simple “Do’s and Don’ts” can boost performance and improve design.
Donor Relationships are a Major Key to FY21 Success
Donor relationships matter. They will be important than ever as nonprofits wrap up the fiscal year and prep for FY21 fundraising.