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Comment on A Brief History of Social Media Fundraising by Stephane Boss

Stephane Boss — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:14:35 +0000

This is great resource, thank you for doing it. Keep up the good work!

Comment on How are you going to change the world in 2012? by Maddie Grant

Maddie Grant — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:43:41 +0000

Yay! Better late than never, right? Love it. Thanks so much for playing!

Comment on Celebrity Driven Nonprofits by Twitter For the Critters | HelpAttack!

Twitter For the Critters | HelpAttack! — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:38:38 +0000

[...] What do you think? How does it stack up against other celebrity fundraising on social media? [...]

Comment on Givey by Today in social media fundraising… | HelpAttack!

Today in social media fundraising… | HelpAttack! — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:59:53 +0000

[...] like Givey is at it again, having emerged from a UK accellerator program. The basic mechanism sounds similar, but they seem [...]

Comment on A Brief History of Social Media Fundraising by Cause Marketing on Facebook

Cause Marketing on Facebook — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:01:59 +0000

[...] back in 2006, Ashton Kutcher donated $50,000 to gain 50,000 friends on MySpace. Since then, donating money to gain an audience has been used by a number of different [...]

Comment on What’s your conversion rate? by How does HelpAttack! rate vs email fundraising? | HelpAttack!

How does HelpAttack! rate vs email fundraising? | HelpAttack! — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:06:52 +0000

[...] to the study, the average conversion rate of a donation form, linked to from a fundraising email, is 13% – not bad. We get this [...]

Comment on 5 Ideas from Planned Parenthood & Komen by Ehren Foss

Ehren Foss — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:57 +0000

All sorts of stuff happening on this topic – you could also give with the new Tumblr, Planned Parenthood Saved My Life:

http://plannedparenthoodsavedme.tumblr.com/

Comment on RSS or Atom Feeds by 5 Ideas to Help Planned Parenthood After Komen | HelpAttack!

5 Ideas to Help Planned Parenthood After Komen | HelpAttack! — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:59:07 +0000

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Comment on Someone else’s Tweets by 5 Ideas to Help Planned Parenthood After Komen | HelpAttack!

5 Ideas to Help Planned Parenthood After Komen | HelpAttack! — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:58:43 +0000

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Comment on Is Direct Mail Junk Mail? by Chris MacGregor

Chris MacGregor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:05:35 +0000

I think that direct mail is not the same as junk mail in ethical terms, but in terms of environmental impact they are all too similar.

I have often had a reaction similar to what you describe when I get fancy, bulky paper mail from organizations I support or have supported in the past. OTOH, I confess that I do actually use the little return address labels (haven’t had to buy any of those in many years now), and I like the calendars in most cases. But if they’re just pleading for more money, they may as well send it to me in email – I won’t be any less likely to read, respond, or donate.

I personally have several large stockpiles of direct mail that I keep thinking I will someday actually go through – numerous worthy organizations that want (and in some cases deserve) more money from me, etc. Sigh. My email inbox looks about the same. But it’s easier for me to manage than the paper stuff, and certainly kills fewer trees.