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Monday Mixtape 003: Future Fundraising, Website Mistakes, & Winning Fundraising Gold<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Here’s your Monday Mixtape, a weekly newsletter from CauseVox<\/a> designed to jumpstart your week, challenge your thinking, and inspire you to keep at it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Each week, we’ll hand-pick must-read articles, thinking, resources, and stories for nonprofit fundraisers and leaders and drop it in your inbox. Have suggestions or questions? Let us know at blog@causevox.com<\/a>. Enjoy this week’s Mixtape!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Is your website ready?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your website is your organization\u2019s home on the Internet. You might have a tent posted on Facebook, but your website is your house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the first place your donors go when they want to learn more about you. It\u2019s where they can make a gift (online giving is still growing, y\u2019all), see what you\u2019re up to, and connect more deeply to your cause. With all that potential, let\u2019s make sure your website is doing the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s the Week’s Mix:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuccess is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.\u201d <\/em>\u2014Robert Collier<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Track #1: 6 Fundraising Best Practices To Help You Reach New Donors & Raise More<\/a>, by Noah Barnett at CauseVox<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Do you ever get the feeling that the nonprofit fundraising game has changed? Well, you\u2019re right. Donor behavior and preferences are shifting, you\u2019re not imagining things. This thoughtful analysis from Noah guides us to new best practices for this brave new fundraising world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Track #2: Why Your Website Is Killing Donations And How To Fix It<\/a>, by Joanne Fritz at The Balance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If, like me, the title of this post made your heart start to pound in terror, relax. It\u2019s actually a very helpful and approachable piece about user experience (UX) design for nonprofit websites. Backed with research and armed with strategies, it breaks down what donors want, and how we can provide it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weekly Wow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s easy to stick with what you know, especially when it comes to fundraising. Traditional methods, such as special event fundraisers, grant writing, and email campaigns are all tried-and-true methods that are sure to bring money into your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But times are changing and, if you\u2019re anything like the Asian American Arts Alliance<\/a>, you\u2019re ready to step up to the plate and try something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See how Asian American Arts Alliance stepped out, tried peer-to-peer fundraising, and raised $23,000. We share the details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Track #3: Donation Page Best Practices For Nonprofits + 5 Tips To Perfect Yours<\/a>, by Tina Jepson at CauseVox<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To restore our heart rates to a normal rhythm after that last post, here\u2019s Tina to tell us exactly why donation pages<\/a> matter, what they need, and to ease our troubled minds. Thanks, Tina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Track #4: Philanthropy Forecast, 2018<\/a>, by David Callahan at Inside Philanthropy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The future is full of possibility, and lots of it is online. Check out the forecast at Inside Philanthropy. Does anyone want to start tracking if they come true or not? Am I the only data nerd? Come on, it will be fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonus Tracks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For when your caterer cancels on your spring event, the day your major grant proposal is due …
Cookie The Penguin<\/a>, by Patricia Sund<\/p>\n\n\n\n