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4 Budgeting Tips for Your Nonprofit’s Next Charity Auction

4 Budgeting Tips for Your Nonprofit’s Next Charity Auction (Guest Post)

When it comes to budgeting for your organization’s various campaigns, one primary goal is consistent across all of them: for the earnings to exceed the expenses. The same rule applies to planning your nonprofit’s next charity auction.  Planning a major event that will make up its return on investment takes time. Your nonprofit will need to gain […]

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Fundraising Events that Engage Alumni: 6 Best Practices

When it comes to fundraising, organizing events aligned with your campaign excites your donors and drives contributions. The best way to leverage fundraising events is by targeting a specific group of donors and tailoring the event to their interests and preferences.  Your sorority or fraternity’s alumni is a great community to throw exclusive fundraising events for due […]

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Promote Events with Influencers & Ambassadors: Crash Course

It’s no secret that influencer marketing is one of the hotter trends in the marketing world right now. It has the potential to be a powerful tool for event organizers, but how can you best maximize the reach of your influencers?  Influencer marketing is about getting your event in front of new audiences, specifically people who already […]

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Add Sponsor Logos to Your TravelPledge Online Auction

TravelPledge Auctions, TravelPledge’s free online auction software, now enables organizers to add event sponsors’ logos to their online auction page. Selling sponsorships is a great way to increase your event’s total raise amount while deepening the promotional benefit you deliver to corporate partners. Adding logos is simple. In your Auction Settings, visit the Sponsors page and click […]

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Audience segmentation: Targeting donors with event invites

Marketing is an essential component of your organization’s strategy because it’s key for your donor acquisition, retention, and broader fundraising strategies. In particular, your marketing strategy is an important aspect of your event.  If your organization is planning on hosting an online auction, fun run, carnival, or any other type of event, you need to know who […]

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Consider using these seven tools to boost your digital fundraising success.

Online Giving: 7 Tools to Boost Digital Fundraising Success

Online fundraising is an increasingly important trend for nonprofits looking to boost engagement and drive success.  In 2021 alone, online giving grew by 12.1%. That means building a digital fundraising strategy should be a top priority for your organization, if it isn’t already.  In this guide, we’ll walk through everything you need to know about online giving, […]

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Auction Checklist: Preparing for a Successful Fundraiser

When you think of auctions, you might envision a black-tie affair, complete with a fast-talking auctioneer and one-on-one battles for high-value items. If this image has turned you off from hosting an auction fundraiser, we have some great news for you.  You might be surprised to know that this is rarely how modern auctions function. In fact, […]

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Clickbid 8 tips for holding a successful online auction

8 Tips For Holding a Successful Online Auction

Online fundraising has become wildly popular after the pandemic and after organizations were pushed to go completely virtual. Online auctions still require preparation but are less overwhelming compared to in-person auctions or galas. ClickBid provides an event fundraising platform and has helped many nonprofits transition from in-person auctions to online auctions. To help you maximize your fundraising […]

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4 Tips to Make Your Nonprofit’s Event Webpage Accessible

So, you’re putting the final touches on your nonprofit’s event webpage. Perhaps you’re adding a sneak peek of your auction items, embedding a few photos from last year’s fundraising 5K, or putting the finishing touches on your sign-up form. But your work isn’t done if your event webpage is missing one crucial element: accessibility.  Accessibility means that […]

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Fundraising for Advocacy Campaigns: 5 Types of Events

Advocacy campaigns are often months, if not years, long endeavors, and ensuring you have the funds to keep your campaign going will require running numerous fundraisers. To attract more attention to your cause and raise funds, many nonprofits will host a variety of fundraising events to fund their advocacy campaign.  However, the right fundraising event for one […]

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