Tim Forbes

Posts by Tim Forbes, VP of Products and Marketing

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2013 Soapbox User Summit

Longing for some Soapbox knowledge and inspiration to achieve great things with your website? Wrestling through nagging nightmares that your site could be doing so much more to further your mission? Hungry for Salesforce wisdom? Want to get the lowdown on new features slated for Soapbox? Just want to hang out with friendly PICnetters, fellow Soapbox users, and get a free penguin?

Join us for the third annual Soapbox User Summit on Tuesday, May 6th, 2013 in Washington, DC!

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Soapbox Mailer radically expands mass email merge fields for more powerful Salesforce integration

With its latest release this weekend, Soapbox Mailer takes mass email integration with Salesforce.com to a whole new level, allowing you to merge data from any standard or custom field on any of the following objects:

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Global Fund for Women responds to Typhoon Haiyan with Soapbox Engage for most successful online giving campaign

In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, killing more than 6,000 and devastating villages and towns across the island nation. Global Fund for Women, a leader in advancing the rights of women and girls worldwide, moved quickly to empower their grantees in the Philippines to address the need.

Using Soapbox Engage, Global Fund for Women achieved its most successful online giving effort ever in response to a crisis. Online contributions totalled more than $75,000 from donors around the world, helping devastated communities rebuild and safeguarding women and children in the aftermath of the storm.

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Nonprofit scam alert: Issuing a refund to a supporter? Only credit the original card

Do you find your nonprofit getting a request for a refund of a donation? If so, beware that there is a scam afoot that targets nonprofits, as reported by IATS.

A baddie contacts you posing as a donor and asks for a refund. They say they meant to donate less. They say they used the wrong card. They say that some horrible thing just happened to them and they need the money back for expenses related to said horrible thing. In fact, they could say a lot of things.

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Introducing Soapbox Petitions: Mobilize supporters, build your mailing list, advance your mission

Online petitions are a powerful way to mobilize supporters, build your mailing list, increase donations, and advance your mission.

We're proud to introduce Soapbox Petitions, our latest app with which you can easily create mobile-friendly petition campaigns with your organization’s branding that integrate directly with Salesforce.com.

With Soapbox Petitions, there is no platform that gets in between you and your supporters. No sponsored petitions dilute your message. No fees are charged for gaining access to your supporters or for the size of your mailing list.

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