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Ep 223 | Writing Content Your Audience Craves with Alison Ver Halen
Being known for something is what allows you get a faster path to donations. It makes it clear to people what you do and how you serve. And it builds trust with potential donors because it is clear where the funds will go. While you do lots of things in your...
Ep 222 | What are you Famous For? with Craig Alexander
Being known for something is what allows you get a faster path to donations. It makes it clear to people what you do and how you serve. And it builds trust with potential donors because it is clear where the funds will go. While you do lots of things in your...
Ep 209 | Data Driven Donation Page Best Practices with Matt Bitzegaio
Getting donations is important - but it's not something that should be left up to luck! Paying attention to how your donation page is set up is a great first step. Using data from those donations and your analytics can help you make decisions to improve your donor...
Ep 208 | Designing Your Donation Page For Conversions with Eric Ressler
Your donation page is critical, but it's only part of the experience your donors should have with you. Setting up your donation page for conversions is great and then it's all important to ensure they are building continued trust with you. This helps with better...
Ep 207 | Donation Page Layout and Features
What does your donation page look like? Is it easy for people to navigate and find, or is it messy and unclear? Or worse, does it send you right to PayPal! Make the most of your donation page with these tips What you'll learn: → making it easy to get employer matching...
Ep 197 | Creative Ways to Feature Sponsors on Your Website
Yes you can put your sponsors logo on your website, that's easy. However, there are so many other fun and unique ways you can feature your sponsors on your website. What makes it even better is that these ideas also allow you to gain more visibility for your upcoming...
Ep 196 | 6 Ways Your Website May be Hurting Your Organization with Dani MacGregor
Are you making these mistakes on your website? Your website is a great tool. Are you making the most of it or just putting it up there and hoping people convert? Dani MacGregor is here to share some common mistakes people make on their websites and how you can fix...
Ep 195 | Copy and Your Website with Kara Duncan
The words on your website make a huge impact on if people keep diving deeper into your organization or if they move on. They help visitors determine if you are the right people to solve the problem they have. This along with a great design can increase conversions....
Ep 194 | 7 Ways to Maximize Calls to Action on Your Website
Calls to action (CTAs) are critical to guiding people where to go for the next step with your organization. Are you utilizing them to the best of your ability? Here are seven ways to encourage your visitors to take the right action at the right time on your website....
Ep 193 | Marketing Hasn't Changed At All
Marketing hasn't really changed that much, just HOW we market. It's time to take a step back and think about the actions we're taking. Do they make sense for what we're trying to accomplish, or are we doing them because we think we need to. This episode walks you...
Ep 190 | Building a Marketing Strategy that Works with Erin Marcus
Yes there are always new and different ways to reach and talk to our ideal audience. But at the core, it's about what you say that matters. We want to feel connected to the brands we purchase and donate to. To keep coming back, we want to feel taken care of and that...
Ep 179 | How to Begin with Marketing Your Organization Online with Thomas Gibbons
Digital marketing may seem like a mysterious thing, but like all things in business, its really just like how you do all things. Take it one step at a time and don't feel like you have to do it all at once. Then its about testing and seeing what works for you. What...
Ep 171 | Using Your Website to Maximize Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday isn't too far off. I'm sure you'r working on all the things you need to promote, but are you taking into consideration what their experience is when they land on your website? Keeping it clear and simple will help get more conversions from all the hard...
Ep 168 | Crafting Engaging Website Headers
The header of your website grabs visitors attention and lets them know what's the most important action for them to take. It also shares the biggest pain point you are solving for them. What you'll learn: → how other larger nonprofits are maximizing their headers.→...
Ep 166 | 5 SEO Tips to Take You to the Next Level with Erin Ollila
SEO (search engine optimization) is all about getting organic (free) traffic to your website. You're probably doing some basic things but if you're ready for more this episode is for you. Erin Ollilia is here to share 5 steps to take what you're currently doing to the...
Ep 164 | Create a Better User Experience for All with Amber Hinds
Accessibility is an important element of your website. It ensures that all people can access the content on your website. It's not only the right thing to do, but there are also leagal requirements around it. Amber Hinds is here to share how to get started with...
Ep 163 | How to Consistently Bring in New Leads with Alex Oliveria
When you utilize your digital marketing to bring in new leads regularly it can help you with your long term fundraising strategies. You'll have a bigger pool to talk to as they donor history increases with you. Alex Oliveria is here to share some ways to think about...
Ep 162 | How To Craft a Perfect Blog Post
If you're putting in all the work to put up a new blog post then you want to make sure as many people as possible are seeing it. This isn't just getting traffic to the page, it's also how you set up the post. Its also important that people have a great next step to...
Ep 158 | Is SEO a Strategy you Should be Using with Eli Schwartz
There are so many different marketing tactics out there, and with a smaller (or nonexistent team) its impossible to do them all. SEO is a great option but is also one that takes time to get rolling. Eli Swartz talks in this episode about if SEO is the right strategy...
Ep 155 | Tasks You Can Batch For More Efficiency
When you put similar tasks together you get more done in less time. This is because you're not wasting brain energy on thinking about different tasks and switching between the resources to get them done. You might be wondering what that means as far as types of tasks...
Ep 152 | Building Your Brand Message with Ashlee Sang
Hopefully you've done the work to determine who you're talking to and how to find where they are so you can reach them. Now it's time to make sure that everything you putting out there matches up with who you have determined as your ideal donor and customer. It starts...
Ep 150 | Importance of Your Donor Persona with Stormie Andrews
I'm sure the term 'buyer persona' isn't new to you. Have you done the work to actually figure it out? It might take some work on the front end, but once you do it makes the rest of your communication so much easier. What You'll Learn: → tips for building your buyer...
Ep 149 | Website FAQ
Getting a website up and running for your business is no easy feat. You probably have more questions then answers and when you talk to potential developers they probably speak in a language you don't understand. I'm answering some of the most commonly asked questions...
Ep 146 | Where to Start with Marketing
Building your marketing plan can feel overwhelming. Everyone has a different idea of what needs to be done and there are always trends that come about. But what do you really need to be doing and what maybe can wait for later? That's what we talk about in this episode...
Ep 142 | Making Marketing Decisions with Data with Mary Cate Spires
How do you make decisions when it comes to your marketing? I hope that it stems from some sort of data. Its time to start paying attention to what the data tells you so you can keep doing things that are working well for your organization and driving revenue and let...
Ep 137 | Earning Double the Donations on Your Website with Michael Buzinski
So websites are much like brick and mortar, you build it, they don't necessarily come. And there are billions of websites out there, and 1000s of them offering the same services that many of the nonprofits that you work with have, right. And so you're competing for...
Ep 132 | Mastering Local SEO with Wendall Jordan
Either way, you want to look at how quickly your site is loading. And you also want to make sure that you're understanding that the best way to do this, as silly as it sounds, is to give it to someone that, you know, give your URL to somebody that you know and ask...
Ep 111 | Where to Start With Tracking Data with Chris Mercer
Data can be powerful but it can also be overwhelming. Chris Mercer joins me on this episode to talk about how to get started with collecting your data and some amazing free tools to help make it easier. In this episode you'll learn: → why you shouldn't be scared or...
Ep 100 | My Favorite 9 Episodes From the Last 100
WOW! 100 episodes!! I can't believe it and am so thankful for all of you that listen each week. We've had some amazing episodes over the years so I'm sharing a few that have been the most popular and stood out to me. Want to skip ahead? Here are some key takeaways:...
Ep 92 | Storytelling with Kari Anderson
As a nonprofit you have a lot of stories you can share with potential donors to share your impact. How you share these stories can make a big impact. Kari Anderson is here to share ways to be more intentional with your stories and the ways you approach this. In this...
