I was recently looking into donation apps for Shopify for a client: we wanted to add a feature to allow customers to top up their order on the online charity shop with an optional donation. After researching and testing a number of donation apps, most of which were clunky and didn’t quite do what we … Read more
We’re delighted to launch our latest free resource – a guide to social media metrics for non-profits. Social media channels produce an immense amount of data – how do you know which data points to focus on? Which metrics will give you the insights that will improve your performance and results? Our new Guide to … Read more
I recently signed up to ‘Not a Newsletter’ by Dan Oshinsky, and I ❤️ it. Oshinsky is an email expert who has worked on newsletter strategy for BuzzFeed and The New Yorker. ‘Not a Newsletter’ has two things that make it stand out in my inbox: Oshinsky has deep knowledge about email, and the resources he shares … Read more
8 minute read Can we set up separate Facebook profiles for work, in order to manage our charity’s Pages and Groups? Unfortunately, you cannot. The Facebook rules are: one profile per individual, using your real name. This is clearly stated in their terms and conditions, which you have to agree to in order to use … Read more
I love this article about charity anniversaries by fundraiser Rosie Oldham, on the Lime Green Consulting blog. In it, she tackles the unfortunate tendency of some charities to try to make a public splash when their organisation hits a big anniversary – forgetting that people simply do. not. care that a charity is twenty or … Read more
We all get swamped in trend reports at this time of year, every single year. Some are handy, some are daft, some predict the same dang thing they’ve been saying since the dawn of the web. The ones below have some good insights in them: 🔮 Funraise – 7 Trends in 7 Minutes: 2023 Nonprofit … Read more