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Apricot Chat: 5 years of Wild Apricot

Lori Halley 30 June 2011 0 comments

July marks the 5th Anniversary of Wild Apricot's Member Management Software, and we were pleasantly surprised to find that over 20 clients who joined us in 2006 still have active accounts with us! Join us as we take a look at some of our early clients, and learn why they are still with Wild Apricot today.
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Wild Apricot Software News - June 2011

Dmitriy Buterin 30 June 2011 0 comments

This month, our Chief Apricot goes behind the scenes to share information about our support team, and how we track our support metrics. He also provides more information about our future releases, including screenshots of our proposed event redesign!
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Association Jam - Top Links for June 2011

Lori Halley 29 June 2011 2 comments

Here’s a look at the highest rated posts on AssociationJam - a forum for association and non-profit staff and volunteers - for the month of June 2011.
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Can You Turn Objections Into Opportunities?

Lori Halley 27 June 2011 0 comments

Here are some thoughts on handling objections, prepared for this month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival. We reached out to our Wild Apricot blog readers to find out what objections they hear when trying to raise funds or recruit new members and how they respond.
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Word Clouds and Grant Applications

Lori Halley 24 June 2011 3 comments

Can word clouds help you create more effective grant applications? Focusing on the words that appear more frequently in grant requirements, might help your application get noticed.
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New Research Helps Us Better Understand Donors

Lori Halley 22 June 2011 2 comments

Two new research reports - Heart of the Donor (Grey Matter/Russ Reid) and 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Report (Target Analytics)- offer interesting insight into donor behavior.
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SEO Keywords for Small Nonprofits

Lori Halley 20 June 2011 4 comments

Your nonprofit website is supposed to help new people – prospective donors, members, and advocates – find your organization online. But what if it’s not showing up in the search engines?
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Free Non-profit Webinars For July 2011

Lori Halley 17 June 2011 2 comments

Here are 20 free webinars for non-profits and membership organizations in July. This month we've found webinars on topics such as: online event marketing for nonprofits; ramping up Facebook results; your board and fundraising; and measuring social media return on engagement. So check out this round-up of July webinars.
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Should You Offer a Member's Forum?

Lori Halley 15 June 2011 0 comments

Should your organization offer a member's forum? It can provide a place for your members to virtually congregate, collaborate, discuss and share ideas and can offer your organization insight into your members' interests and needs.
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Are Non-profits Seeing Results on Facebook?

Lori Halley 13 June 2011 4 comments

How effective is Facebook for non-profits? Idealware surveyed over 500 non-profits and offers insight into their success with Facebook in their new report: Using Facebook to Meet Your Mission: Results of a Survey.
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Naming Your NonProfit

Lori Halley 10 June 2011 6 comments

Does your non-profit name reflect your mission? In this guest post, Howard Adam Levy offers advice on assessing your organization's name and ideas to consider if you are thinking of a name change.
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Handling Membership Objections

Lori Halley 08 June 2011 2 comments

What objections do you hear during member recruitment or retention campaigns? We're looking for a membership perspective for this month's blog carnival.
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Non-profit Report and Resource Round-up

Lori Halley 06 June 2011 0 comments

Here's a roundup of resources, reports and guides for non-profits and membership organizations. We've included overviews of Facebook's Non-profit Resource Centre, two reports on mobile use and a Nonprofit Guide to Internet Marketing.
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Top Links on Association Jam for May 2011

Lori Halley 02 June 2011 0 comments

Here’s a look at the most popular links on AssociationJam.org for the month of May, 2011. This month, the top-rated blog posts and articles were in the membership, social media, volunteers, and events categories.
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