Soapbox Engage Blog

Issue 117

With Giving Tuesday just over a month away, it’s time to make sure your campaign is ready to go. You can consider using matching gifts to make your donations go further. But whatever approach you take, remember to communicate authentically with your supporters— giving is inherently a very personal act!

Scroll on down for more great fundraising content relating to Google Ad Grants, multichannel fundraising campaigns, and improved donor relations. Enjoy!

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Great Fundraising Posts

Complete Nonprofit Guide to Google Ad Grants

Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

Google Ad Grants is a very valuable tool for a nonprofit organization, if you know how to use it. In this guide, Tim shares everything you need to know.

Ten Tips to Write Winning Grant Proposals

Alice Ruhnke (nonprofit hub)

Competition for grants continues to grow. It’s important that nonprofit organizations are thinking about how to make their applications stand out. In this blog post, Alice shares ten tips that will help you write the best applications possible.

6 Ways to Reframe or Lower the Costs of Giving a Major Gift

Greg Warner (Market Smart)

Even though a donor may have the capacity to make a major gift, that doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t feeling the cost of what it means to give that away. This blog post offers six ways to help you reframe that, so major donors can easily feel confident they’re making a great decision.

Your Fundraising Campaign Will be More Successful if you go Multichannel

Ann Green (Ann Green's Nonprofit Blog)

You’re probably in the process of getting all of your year-end appeal materials together. But you can’t just stick to one venue. Your campaign will be much more successful if it’s multichannel, which Ann breaks down in this blog post.

8 Savvy Ways to Raise More Money in Any Economy

Amy Eisenstein (Amy Eisenstein)

You and your donors may be facing increased anxiety about the economy. Don’t fret! In this blog post, Amy offers 8 ways to help you raise more money, regardless of the state of the economy.

Improved Donor Relations: 4 Donor Management Best Practices

Margaret Chinggoulun (give central)

Good donor management can be the key to creating a deeper level of connecting with your donors. In this blog post, Margaret offers four best practices to help improve your donor management.

Tips for Managing Organizational Change

- (Not Your Father’s Charity)

In order for your organization to be successful and continuously serve your community, you have to be willing to change. But change can feel threatening to people who have gotten used to the way things are. This blog post offers tips to help your team manage organizational change.

5 Ways to Improve Your Online Donation Experience

Tamara Varner (Greater Giving)

Online donations are important in establishing a year-round stream of revenue, so you’re not relying on a month of ramped up giving to meet your goals. This blog post offers 5 tips to improve your online donating experience, to increase donations and allow you to do great work all year long.

Don’t Be White Noise to Your Donor: 4 Ways to Stand Out

Richard Perry and Jeff Schreifels (Veritus Group)

At this time of year, your donors are likely getting a lot of communications from a lot of different nonprofits.This can result in them tuning it all out – like white noise. Luckily, in this post Richard and Jeff offer four tips to help you stand out from the rest, so your donors will notice and engage.