Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

According to Litmus’s 2021 State of Email Report , the top two emails used by marketers today are: Newsletter. Welcome Email. The welcome email establishes what they can expect from your email marketing and the newsletter comes in and nurtures that relationship.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Higher Logics report recognizes that association members are overwhelmed by emails, but suggests some personalization tools and new content approaches that can help. According to the report, average open rates fell to 35.6 To avoid that fate, the report makes a number of suggestions about improving email engagement.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Per the report, most associations are in the discovery or planning phase of AI adoption. Only a few have integrated AI into their operations, primarily in marketing and communications. The report also shares AI policy samples and discusses AI use, barriers to adoption, and potential use. Gen Z and events. 1 CAE credit.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 10, 2025

Membership marketing. Tony Rossell at Marketing General Inc. reminds us that membership marketing tools have changed over the years, but effective marketing principles remain the same. Marketing Mindshare: Career Center Engagement Are you on a mission to make your Career Center an even more valuable member benefit?

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Higher Logic

JUNE 21, 2018

Here at Higher Logic, we’ve been working hard to analyze how associations have approached marketing automation in the past and how current strategies are evolving in an effort to best utilize new opportunities for improved efficiency and growth. First and Foremost: Marketing Automation Is Here to Stay. The results are in.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Whether you’re on a small team, a team of one, or a large team with divided responsibilities and resources, marketers all have a few things in common: We need to accomplish things quickly, handle multiple projects at once, stay inspired, keep ourselves updated about current events, and collaborate with others across our team or departments.

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Aaron Wolowiec

MAY 24, 2016

Email marketers: Does this sound familiar? According to most reports, email is the No. 1 tool for marketing among associations. But do email campaigns work? A new report by Informz may help marketers decide. According to the report, email volume rose nearly 12 percent from 2014.

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Aaron Wolowiec

MAY 24, 2016

Email marketers: Does this sound familiar? According to most reports, email is the No. 1 tool for marketing among associations. But do email campaigns work? A new report by Informz may help marketers decide. According to the report, email volume rose nearly 12 percent from 2014.

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 2, 2018

Turns out, it’s not Big Brother spying on you – it’s just marketing automation at work. An abandoned cart campaign is a perfect example of how marketing automation can be used to create a great user experience. Well, first, you probably have an account with the company, so that’s how they have your email address.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If youre embarking on an AMS project, start your research by reviewing 108 Ideaspaces list of issues to consider when selecting an association management system (AMS) , such as reporting, security, API, technology partners, access control, cost of ownership, vendor stability, and the ability to expand software capabilities as your needs change.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We shared the first sneak peek at the data from the Nonprofit Communications Trends Report a few weeks ago. Here are a few more nuggets to consider, this time related specifically to email marketing trends for nonprofits. We will release the full report on January 18, 2023 and you’ll be able to find the Trends Report here.

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 16, 2016

Years ago, PR (which used to be more focused on media relations) and marketing didn’t always mix well. Now, marketing is very much about content. But not just anyone can do marketing. In fact, in the 2016 report, only one-fourth of respondents reported their members perceive communications as always relevant.

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Higher Logic

JUNE 28, 2018

Higher Logic recently released our 2018 State of Marketing Automation: Association Benchmark Report. When I got a chance to pore over the results, I saw a lot of fascinating responses from the survey portion of the report. Do your low vanity metrics mean marketing automation isn’t working for you?

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Here’s what’s happening this month at Nonprofit Marketing Guide…. February 9 & 11: Email Marketing Trends for Nonprofits with Kivi Leroux Miller. Two-Part Webinar Series] Learn how to manage all aspects of your email marketing and communications for 2021. Online Training: All-Access Training Pass.

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Membersuite

JULY 16, 2021

The association staff on the project team care about these functions and features, but most of their co-workers only care about one thing: reports. Reports provide the information you and your colleagues need to better understand your members, customers, and prospects. Teach data users how to create and pull reports.

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Higher Logic

JUNE 5, 2018

If you are under the impression that “set it and forget it” is a successful strategy for using marketing automation software, I release you from this spell. People will say one of the benefits of marketing automation software is that you can simply put the software in action and then let your automated campaigns go their merry way.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 8, 2020

We want event organisers to have the best registration experience for themselves and their attendees and we offer the products that help them do this… including our email marketing solution, JET Connect. Here at JET, our email marketing software has all the features you’d expect from any email service provider.

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WBT Systems

JULY 24, 2018

Associations—a big group of human egos—are no different which is why membership benchmark survey reports are so popular. Associations want to know how their membership recruitment, retention, and marketing tactics compare to others so they can improve member growth and engagement. Online education’s role in membership marketing.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Content marketing. The comprehensive 2025 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets & Trends report from the Content Marketing Institute is a must-read for marketing professionals. A marketers life is so much easier when you have a content strategy, which is why Im always harping on this point.

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Reid All About it

MAY 21, 2021

5 Secrets of Email Marketing Geniuses. Learn the secrets of email marketing geniuses, including: the 5 types of nonprofit emails, the anatomy of an email marketing campaign, and 6 email marketing mistakes to avoid. Spring Cleaning: 5 Reports to Run In Your Membership Database Now.

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Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The post The Latest Association Email Usage and Engagement Benchmarks appeared first on Higher Logic. The latest report on email benchmarks is now available!

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 16, 2016

Years ago, PR (which used to be more focused on media relations) and marketing didn’t always mix well. Now, marketing is very much about content. But not just anyone can do marketing. In fact, in the 2016 report, only one-fourth of respondents reported their members perceive communications as always relevant.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 4, 2019

Inspired by a Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO survey report, David DeLorenzo at DelCor discusses the attributes of a transformational association CIO. Tony Rossell at Marketing General Inc. identifies six bad marketing habits that are killing membership marketing and growth —fodder for your association’s New Year’s resolutions.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 11, 2018

If you’re an email marketer, you’ve probably heard acronyms like “SPF,” “DKIM,” and “DMARC” being tossed around with little explanation. People might assume you automatically understand these terms, but the truth is that many marketers’ grasp of these concepts is vague, at best. But using marketing automation?

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Higher Logic

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Adobe’s recent study about email marketing revealed more about these reactions to personalization. In Adobe’s survey, e mployees said that the most annoying thing when receiving an email offer from a marketer was: “An offer that makes it clear that the marketer’s data about me is wrong” (22%). But first….

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 28, 2020

We have some new freebies for you, but let’s kick of the week with something tried and true… The 2021 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. What kinds of tactics do you use for email marketing and website? Toward the end of every year, we spread some good cheer with some free stuff for our awesome readers like you!

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Higher Logic

JUNE 14, 2018

That’s a little harder to do when it comes to resources, so we wanted to make it easier for you and create a trusty list of blogs and podcasts that we follow for updates about communities and marketing automation. Their blog will also often highlight findings from their detailed reports, such as the State of Community Management 2018.

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Blue Sky eLearn

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The software allows you to organize and store member information, as well as generate reports to discover valuable insights on your membership. Manage registration, marketing efforts, and product add-on revenue all through your main database. Email marketing software. Social media platforms.

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 30, 2018

In the search for new and innovative ways to increase reach or get in front of more people, many marketers are missing one of the most important factors – email deliverability. Statistics indicate that around 15% of all legitimate email marketing never reaches the inbox. Is deliverability on your radar?

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Higher Logic

MARCH 29, 2018

When you send a marketing email with a weak subject line or awkward copy, the interaction with the recipient ends right there – with your message in the digital trash. Even if you convince someone to open your email, how compelling is your content and the offer? For now, follow these quick tips to produce stellar email copy: 1.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 28, 2015

Lesson here: People are suffering from email fatigue, so as an association marketer, your job is tough. How do you get people to open your emails, let alone read them? It’s a delicate balance of testing, creativity and, most importantly, research, finds a new Informz report. Informz found email testing is on the rise.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 23, 2019

Marketing automation. Two terms that sound similar (and sort of are) except for the fact that they tend to be siloed into two separate spheres of community and marketing. What Do Automation Rules and Marketing Automation Mean? It enables you to send a series of emails based on actions that recipients take.

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 25, 2016

This year's Benchmarks report is the most comprehensive yet and lets you know how nonprofits are stacking up on everything from email marketing to social media to donation campaigns.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In doing research for next week’s webinar Email Marketing Trends for Nonprofits webinar series, I came across the 2020 Email Deliverability Benchmark Study done by Validity. 2020 Email Deliverability Benchmark Study. 2021 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report.

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MemberClicks

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This is where content marketing comes in—a powerful tool that goes beyond traditional marketing by providing valuable, relevant information designed to attract, engage, and retain your members. For associations, content marketing is uniquely valuable. What is Content Marketing for Associations?

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Jimmy Daly at Superpath explains why you need a documented content marketing strategy , how to assess whether your strategy is working, and what solutions to put in place if it’s not. If you’re stuck in a “click here” rut, give these call-to-action alternatives from Email Maven a try. Content strategy. Call-to-action (CTA).

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 17, 2022

Are you ready to get serious about measuring your nonprofit marketing success? One of the reasons that measuring nonprofit marketing communications work is so hard is that we have a lot of different marketing and communications objectives to consider. Measurement Frameworks for Communications and Marketing.

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