We are thrilled to announce that our e-book The Starter Guide to Non-profit Video Storytelling (which we co-wrote with ListenIn Pictures) is now available for download! In the book, we describe how your non-profit can create a video strategy that will set you up for success. We explore how to create video which push people to […]

This is a guest post by our friend Howard Freeman. Howard Freeman is Founder and Principal of Zoey Creative Development, a charitable giving consultancy in NYC serving both organizations and also individual philanthropists.  He can be reached at howard@zoeycreativedevelopment.com. The Upper West Side of Manhattan is not the best neighborhood to shop for cheap groceries if […]

Year-end fundraising is the biggest time of the year for nonprofits. 40% of donations come in at year-end. Allyson Kapin from Frogloop gathered these facts on her blog post. In 2010 an estimated $291 billion was raised. – Charity Navigator This is an increase of 3.8% from 2009 when giving was $280.3 billion. – Charity […]

From your team at CauseVox, we wish you a happy Thanksgiving! We have a lot to be thankful for. One of the biggest things is you, our customers and supporters. This has been our first full year, and it has been a been a tremendously awesome year. Through ups and downs, we are so grateful […]

For fundraising campaigns, there are three types of communication — updates, appreciation, and encouragement. These three types of communication should occur regularly and as personal level if possible. When you do, it will help you engage your audience and donors more effectively. Updates When you’re running your fundraising site, you should give regular weekly progress […]

Your fundraising site represents who you are and what you stand for. Visitors are looking for who you are and information about your story. When they see it for the first time, they’re thinking: – Can I trust this nonprofit? – What are they fighting for? – Do I identify with them? – Why should […]

This week, we had the chance to talk with Adam and Elana Grann. They’ve done a great job fundraising for Water Collective, a startup nonprofit fighting for clean water. Check out their organization here. Tell us a little bit about who you are Elana and I are a couple of (3 years)? who found each […]

We want to help your non-profit make your vision of the world a reality. In order to be successful, you need to help  your supporters visualize your impact and emotionally connect with why you exist (i.e. the people you serve). But we recognize that we can’t possibly work with every organization that’s doing great work. To increase our […]

Ready. Set. Stop. I’ve seen this happen with nonprofits. They prepare themselves for a big fundraising campaign, set up a fundraising site, and launch it. They do all the right things. They launch big, get their support base involved, and send out messages on all their channels. After a few donations, things putter to a […]

Many non-profits recognize that online video storytelling is the most powerful driver of online fundraising. The problem is that after identifying they want video, most aren’t sure what to do next. Many dive in without thinking about what kind of story will garner the response they are looking for. Most don’t know what outcomes they […]