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Firespringer Feature: Nathan Schreiter, an American Marketing Association volunteer leader
How Nathan’s award-winning AMA work enriches both Firespring and the Lincoln marketing community. You could throw Nathan Schreiter in the deep end of pretty much any project, but you don’t have...
4 Secrets to a Successful #GivingTuesday Campaign
Do you have December 1 marked on your calendar? That’s the date for this year’s #GivingTuesday—and perhaps one you’ll want to capitalize on even more than usual after the challenges that 2020...
Nonprofit Annual Report: How to Write Your Best One Yet
A nonprofit annual report can be seen as a necessary year-end box to check, but it can actually be a key donor retention and marketing tool. If you’re going to go to the time and trouble to...
3 Ways to Make Your Company’s Annual Report Better
Businesses of any size can use their company’s annual report to show successes and challenges, accomplishments, opportunities for growth and their vision for the future. The trick is presenting...
5 Tips for Writing Better Web Content
Whether you have existing web content that you want to improve or you’re staring at a blank screen with a blinking cursor, these five basic writing tips will provide a little inspiration and...
5 Reasons Why Direct Mail Still Works
Businesses and nonprofits have successfully used direct mail to appeal to their audience for years. And, lest you believe rumors to the contrary, this remains true today—even in this age of...
To Intern-ity and Beyond: A Chat with Interns-Turned-Full-Time-Firespringers
At Firespring, we love a good origin story. (Just ask Jay, he’ll tell you the whole Firespring story by heart.) And some of our favorite Firespringer origin stories come from our former...
Email Drip Campaigns for Nonprofits: How to Use Them and Why They Work
Drip. Drip. Drip . . . drip. Annoyed yet? There’s nothing like a drippy faucet to keep you up at night; the constant sound of one single droplet of water repeatedly hitting your sink basin can...
5 Ways to Encourage Recurring Donations for Your Nonprofit
If one-time donations are good (and you know they are), recurring donations are exponentially better. Look at these metrics from Network for Good: The average recurring donor gives 42% more over...
6 Tips for Planning Fundraising Events in the COVID Era
We are in strange times. There’s really no other way to put it. Your traditional fundraising events are looking quite different than what you’re used to. But that’s okay—it doesn’t have to be a...
Elevate Your Impact with an Authentic Company Culture
The term “company culture” often gets confused with “workplace perks,” but they really refer to two different things. At our Firespring headquarters in Lincoln, we’ve created a fun workspace with...
5 Mistakes You Might Be Making on Twitter
There’s no doubt that Twitter can be an effective way to engage with your audience and spread the word about your mission. If you commit to tweeting (and/or retweeting) at least twice a day and...
