Gone are the days of text-heavy, unorganized websites with little to no visuals, confusing navigation, and hard to read fonts. Building user-friendly, clean, and beautiful websites aren’t just for top brands or graphic designers; these days, businesses from restaurants to realtors and newspapers to nonprofits are taking advantage of this trend to tell their story. […]
A Church Grows in Brooklyn: How Trinity Grace Raised Over $30,000 in 30 Days
Planting Churches One Seed at a Time Isn’t it interesting that when we talk about moving from one place to another, we tend to describe ourselves as trees? We uproot and transplant. And in a city dubbed the concrete jungle, where buildings seem to outnumber trees, the gardening analogy stands out. Even more unusual is […]
CauseVox Feature Focus: Crowdfunding Blog Tool
Our customers love the CauseVox platform, so we’re going to start a series on some of their favorite features. You’ll learn quick tips and get sneak peeks at future updates, and there’s something for everyone — long-time customers, new organizations just getting started, and prospective users. We’ll be covering a variety of topics in the […]
5 Ways Nonprofits Are Using Google Hangouts
Feel like you need a stronger connection to your supporters? You should consider using Google+ Hangouts to strengthen and solidify their support. Recently I used Google+ Hangouts – On Air for a media interview, and I must say – it was so easy! I was surprised at how intuitive and effortless it was to connect […]
5 Ways to Coach Your Personal Fundraisers
I confess that I wasn’t at all interested in men’s college basketball until I went to college with a storied basketball program. I love me some March Madness, even when my alma mater doesn’t make it to the NCAA tournament (this year) or exits early (last year). The team changes every year, with players graduating […]
Team Christian: 7% Chance of Survival 100% Chance of Bravery & Support
With a 7% chance of survival, baby Christian and his family were faced with the harshest of possibilities, but with a lot of courage, support of family and friends, and talented medical staff, he pulled through. We sat down with Sean Larkin who created the Team Christian campaign to raise funds and help the Grun […]
CauseVox Feature Focus: Crowdfunding Site Editor
Our customers love the CauseVox platform, so we’re going to start a series on some of their favorite features. You’ll learn quick tips and get sneak peeks at future updates, and there’s something for everyone — long-time customers, new organizations just getting started, and prospective users. We’ll be covering a variety of topics in the […]
Project Renewal Raises Over $77,000 on Giving Tuesday
After the excess of Thanksgiving—the food, the travel, and perhaps the shopping—over a dozen people gave generously to Project Renewal. With more than $77,000 raised, Project Renewal will be able to feed and shelter and empower homeless men and women out of poverty. How was this nonprofit able to break through the noise of a […]
How Do You Create Donation Tiers?
Donation tiers are levels of giving that you show donors. Most of the time, it’s presented as a list of donation amounts with corresponding descriptions for each amount. Here’s an example: $25 provides one day of housing $50 provides two days of housing $75 provides three days of housing There are two methods you can […]
6 Ways to Replicate Charity: Water’s Success
This past week, I was fortunate enough to hear the founder of Charity: Water speak. As expected from a former club promoter, Scott Harrison’s life of the party personality quickly illuminated the cozy nonprofit incubator, BeeSpace. After a rollercoaster of emotion shown through Scott’s words and a colorful and concise PowerPoint, I walked away with […]