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Get ready for the biggest online giving day of 2015 (it’s not Giving Tuesday)

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Are you ready for the biggest online giving day of the year? It’s December 31. You can’t afford to let it slide!

Here’s some help from Techsoup on how to get ready, at 7 Steps to Get Ready for Year-End Online Giving:


  1. Plan Ahead for Messaging
  2. Think Multichannel
  3. Craft Your Year-end Message
  4. Prepare Your Website
  5. Go Mobile with Email
  6. Make It Social
  7. Measure Everything You Can

The days of taking the week between Christmas and New Year are over for most fundraisers. But even more important, now is the time to get ready for that crazy surge of online giving!

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    2 responses to “Get ready for the biggest online giving day of 2015 (it’s not Giving Tuesday)”

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      claire axelrad

      Love the point that the biggest giving day of the year is not #GivingTuesday. It confounds me that so many organizations (particularly schools) give their staff the last two weeks of the year off. What a lot of money being left on the table!
      I happen to have posted my own article today on what you can do in the last 7 weeks of the year to maximize your year-end giving. In case anyone wants to read it, it’s http://www.clairification.com/2015/11/09/7-more-weeks-are-you-ready-for-year-end-fundraising/.
      Always love your take on things Jeff!

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      claire axelrad

      Love the point that the biggest giving day of the year is not #GivingTuesday. It confounds me that so many organizations (particularly schools) give their staff the last two weeks of the year off. What a lot of money being left on the table!
      I happen to have posted my own article today on what you can do in the last 7 weeks of the year to maximize your year-end giving. In case anyone wants to read it, it’s http://www.clairification.com/2015/11/09/7-more-weeks-are-you-ready-for-year-end-fundraising/.
      Always love your take on things Jeff!

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