Soapbox Engage Blog

Issue 153

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Great Fundraising Posts

Introducing Soapbox Engage Donation Modals

Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

Donations Modals are a new offering from Soapbox Engage that provides a straightforward way to collect gifts from your supporters. This blog post breaks down the features and how it can help.

What to Do When Your Nonprofit Budget Gets Blindsided

Carrie Watkins (The ENGAGE Blog)

Supporting your community means being there during a crisis. But responding to unexpected events can upend a well crafted budget. This blog post offers 8 tips to help you navigate a major budget disruption.

Donors are from Mars, Nonprofits are from Venus: Here’s What You Can Do About It!

Moceanic (Moceanic)

Sometimes, people start working for a nonprofit and begin communicating in a formulaic, robotic tone. Which is unfortunate because it’s exactly what donors don’t want to hear. This blog post helps you figure out how to talk to donors in a way that’s effective.

Make the Most of Salesforce Marketing Cloud at Your Nonprofit

Tim Forbes (Soapbox Engage)

Salesforce Marketing Cloud can be a great tool for your nonprofit. This blog post breaks down how you can optimize this technology to support your organization.

How to Maximize Your Team’s Time with Fundraising Software

Brad Dowhaniuk (Get Fully Funded)

When you do a fundraiser, do you find it hard to balance the planning and execution of the campaign with the other regular activities your team needs? Then it might be time to invest in fundraising software. This blog post shares how fundraising software can save time, and how to choose the right kind.

4 Tips for Fundraising Success

fundraisingIP (fundraisingIP)

Fundraising events can play a huge part in sustaining your organization, and your volunteers for these events are some of the most valuable players who help make it happen. This post features 4 tips for recruiting and empowering your event volunteers to equip them for success.

10 Keys to Help You Declare Your Independence From Mediocre Fundraising

Sandy Rees (Get Fully Funded)

It’s Independence Day, and we’re officially halfway through 2023. Maybe you’ve assessed where your fundraising has gone so far this year, and realize it’s time to kick it up a notch. This post offers 10 keys to help you declare your independence from mediocre fundraising, and finish the year strong.

Embrace Conversational Messaging on Social Media to Engage Donors

Adam O’Brien (NonProfitPro)

Connecting with people where they spend their time is a fundamental rule-of-thumb for nonprofit fundraising, which is why it’s important to invest in your social media strategy. This blog post explains how to develop a conversational social media communications strategy to connect with donors.

The Indispensable Role of the Logistics Chair

Jill Boyer (Greater Giving)

So you’re building out your event committee to ensure your fundraising event goes off without a hitch. Do you have a Logistics Chair? This blog post explains what a Logistics Chair does for your event, and why they are indispensable to your committee.