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.
Don’t Get Hung Up on Attribution
Don’t get hung up on attribution. Your donors aren’t giving how you want them to.
2022 Fundraising Trends: Journey Into the Mind of a Donor
As fundraisers and marketers, we’re always excited to learn about the latest trends and statistics that give us better insight into how donors behave, what they prefer, and how to adjust our strategy accordingly.
Don’t Trust Your Open Rates: Understanding Changes in Email KPIs
As any good digital marketer or fundraiser knows, you live and die by your KPIs. But what if one of the most important email metrics may not be accurate?
Navigating SEO & Organic Traffic During a Website Redesign
Website redesigns can lead to better visitor experience and increase organic traffic in the long run, but they can require proper SEO strategy.
Best Practices for Email Marketing
Consistent and strategic email communication is critical to a robust, successful digital program. But it takes more than just sending any generic email.
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.
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.
M+R Benchmarks 2022: Everything You Need To know
In case you missed it, M+R released its annual study containing comprehensive data about online fundraising, advocacy, and marketing.
2022 Roadmap for Successful Nonprofits
Nonprofit leaders will need to be agile in their approach and expectations to fundraising programs. Business as usual just won’t do anymore!
2022 Roadmap: Build a First-Party Data Strategy
Nonprofits should be transparent about current data policies and ensure that they adhere to stringent protocols. It’s just good business.
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.
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!
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.
NextGen’s Top Five for 2020
It’s a new year and a new decade, and for nonprofit fundraisers raising money and managing donors has never been more complex.
Theme vs. Case for Support
Marketing themes are a good way to shine a light on one area of impact. But do they always work in fundraising?
Spring Clean Your Creative
Now is a great time to put your fundraising creative on the table, sweep away the cobwebs and polish up the diamonds.
Relationships Count with Budgeting
Budgeting is a process that is as much about relationships as it is about numbers. You have to make it a team effort.
Public Media Sustainer Giving
Sustainer programs work best and are of highest value when they are backed by a case for sustaining support.
The Lost Art of Match Back
Write this in big letters on your office wall: “Always Match Back!” The cost is nominal, but the impact on future donor acquisition planning is massive.
How Seasonal Is Fundraising?
As the mercury rises, expectations among fundraisers drop. How can summer appeals compete with all the distractions in your donors’ lives?
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