What if you didn’t have to coordinate information collection through a variety of patchwork methods any longer? What would you do with all of your new free time? Online forms on your nonprofit’s website allow you to easily collect information for a variety of key items, from donations to email newsletter sign-ups to client stories….
Have you thought about what it’s like for a person with a disability to use your website as it was intended to be used? You aren’t intentionally exclusive when it comes to who can join your community, so why wouldn’t you want a website that mirrors your organization’s inclusive values? Website accessibility standards help you…
When it comes to job descriptions, nonprofit staff members are all too familiar with the phrase “other duties as assigned.” And more often than not, someone that’s already juggling marketing odds and ends also finds themselves in charge of website maintenance.
Ever left a website after you couldn’t find what you were looking for? A great design or even well-written content doesn’t mean that visitors will be successful in finding information and understanding your cause. Making a user-friendly website is the first step to achieving your goals and helping your supporters take action.
You’ve finally given into the hype and decided to start a blog on your nonprofit website. But how do you know which blog features to include in your new blogging system? To make your new blog as easy to use as possible for both you and your readers, it’s important to take the time to…
This post was updated on March 13, 2018, to reflect a change in Stripe’s offerings to nonprofits. When it comes to accepting donations on your nonprofit website, there are a ton of options out there. Some of the biggest names include PayPal, Authorize.net and Stripe.
We all know it’s important to accept online donations, but there’s a bit more to it than that. Online donation tools are meant to make the donation process as smooth and simple as possible. However, if that means sending donors off of your site, you may be losing out on dollars along the way.
Writing content is one thing, but being able to logically organize it is another. Knowing how to structure your website is an essential part of the process.
When you’re creating a new website (or updating your nonprofit’s current site), focusing on how to build a sitemap should be one of your first priorities. But before you can actually organize any pages, it helps to know which pages you need to be organizing.
The saying “follow your nose” is about listening to your gut and instinct. The other interpretation, with a hat tip to cartoonish toucans and bloodhounds everywhere, is to literally go toward the direction of something you smell. So what does this have to do with website navigation? Well, a whole lot more than it may…