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How to Raise More Money with Facebook’s Fundraising Tools
It was the summer of 2014 that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge became arguably the most viral video campaign ever. Facebook was its main platform. The National ALS Association collected $115 million...
Tragedy and Crisis: How Your Nonprofit Should Respond to Bad News in the World
It seems that 2016 has seen its fair share of tragic events, both in the U.S. and abroad. It’s been a rough one so far for many parts of the world. In the wake of all the difficult news stories...
How to Create a Style Guide for Your Nonprofit
Newsflash: Your constituents are seeing others. As in, seeing other organizations. And other businesses. I hate to break it to you, but you’re not the only one in their lives. These days, most...
How to Help Your Donors Reject the Overhead Myth
Most nonprofits feel an obligation—a burden, in fact—to do as much as possible with as little as possible when it comes to running their organization. “The percent of charity expenses that go to...
10 Ways to Make Twitter Work Better for Your Nonprofit
If you’re not using Twitter network to engage with your constituents, now may be the perfect time to jump on the bandwagon. If you are, keep reading: This is applicable to you too. For a Twitter...
6 Questions to Ask Before You Start a Nonprofit
Each year, the nonprofit sector in the U.S. grows. The number of applications to form new charities doubled from 45,289 in 2013 to 92,653 in 2015*. That’s great news. While tragedy and crisis...
Creating a Checklist to Plan Your Nonprofit Fundraisers
When it comes to raising money for your nonprofit organization, successful fundraising events provide a substantial contribution. These can be big or small, one-time or annual but they all come...
When the Man Goes to Burning Man
Burning Man: It’s not just for your stoner college roommate or your friend who doesn’t shave her legs. Our CEO and EVP of sales (they’re basically the Barack and Michelle of Firespring) went to...
Nonprofit social media: Using Facebook Live to grow your cause
Lights, camera, action! If your nonprofit organization uses social media, you’ve probably heard about one of Facebook’s newest and most popular features: Facebook Live Video. Facebook Live allows...
10 Steps to an Instagram Profile that Inspires Donors
If your nonprofit organization tells its story through pictures, then Instagram is the social networking site for you. The app uses visual storytelling and marketing to increase cause awareness...
Firespring Acquires Nonprofit-Focused Deposit a Gift
Firespring has acquired Deposit a Gift, a crowdfunding platform focused on helping small- and medium-sized nonprofit organizations plan and execute successful crowdfunding campaigns. Firespring...
5 Steps to Choosing a Domain Name that Drives Website Traffic
When it comes to raising money, many nonprofit organizations stick primarily to print and one-on-one marketing. However, advances in technology have brought on a changing of the times. The...
