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How to Get More People to Sign Up for Your Email Newsletter

If you’re in charge of your nonprofit’s email newsletter, I’ll bet at some point you’ve given some thought to how you can grow your list of subscribers.  And it makes sense to want to do so.  All things being equal, it’s better to increase the size of the audience you connect with on a routine…

Why You Should Have a Contact Page (Instead of Kicking Users to Email)

See if this sounds familiar: You’re on a website for, let’s say, a company that makes cakes.  You like their homepage enough to check out some of the cakes they’ve made.  You’re starting to get that sugar itch so you briefly check out their blog.  You start to wonder where they’re located so you click…

How to Choose the Right Web Design Company for Your Nonprofit

Your nonprofit has been putting off rebuilding the website for a couple of years and now, when you finally have time between your event planning, volunteer management and fundraising, your staff has decided it’s time for something new.  As you sit down to start the process, you might realize that it’s not like buying a…

Get More People to Open Your Nonprofit’s Email Newsletter

Think of the email inbox as an exclusive party.  And you’ve managed to get an invitation (which in this metaphor means your reader signed up for your email newsletter).  Now there’s a reason you got invited to this party in the first place, and if you go to the party and act in accordance with…

Open Links in a New Window – Why and How

Wait, where’d it go?!  It was just here! These are phrases you never want users of your website to think.  But when a user clicks a link on your site and is kicked to a third party site without opening a new window or tab, you’re setting them up for frustration. Here are some tips…

Website Goals: Why They Matter and How to Set Helpful Ones

Chances are if you have a website you want it to be a good one (at least we’ll assume that’s the case since you’re on a web design company’s website).  But what does the amorphous term “good website” really mean?  The somewhat annoying but true answer is that all depends on what you want your…

3 Websites to Help you Find Volunteer Opportunities

Since there are tons and tons of nonprofits finding a volunteer opportunity is pretty easy to do.  The issue is finding an opportunity that fits your needs and interests.  Some people want to work with animals every Monday while others want to paint a building one Saturday every year.  To help you find that perfect…