Digital fundraising

Wood Green Animal Shelters: urgent £3 food appeal

The picture of Honey used on the outer of the mail pack and one of the press advert variations speaks volumes to any animal lover.

by SOFII

Wood Green, The Animals Charity changed their fundraising strategy and are now achieving better ROIs on their cold recruitment campaigns than ever before.

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Interval House: the gratitude report

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by SOFII

This great report is hot off the press, so SOFII is looking forward to hearing what the readers think about their gratitude report.

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Send a Cow: thank-you drive

by SOFII

The team at Send a Cow are passionate about saying thank you to their supporters.

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Capital Area United Way: a well-captioned photo is worth 1,000 words

by SOFII

By re-designing their website and including a special online photo documentary Capital Area United Way found a way to tell their story and proved that a picture really can tell a thousand words.

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The Big Give: online fundraising

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by SOFII

We're sure many fundraisers will find it hard to believe that for some donors, particularly major donors, it can be difficult to find a trustworthy, donor-friendly organisation to give their money to. The Big Give is an innovation that meets the needs of both donors and fundraisers. For charities, the website is a fantastic, and free, opportunity to showcase their projects, the real and relevant work that much of the public will fail to see, or realise needs funding.

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University of South Carolina: ‘We are South Carolina Y’ALL’ (Young Alumni Leaving a Legacy)

by SOFII

In another piece from our archive, this innovative and engaging alumni fundraising from the University of South Carolina (USC) is a great reminder to the higher education sector that communicating with young people about legacies can and should be done.

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University of South Carolina: Search for ‘the face of Y’ALL’

by SOFII

Y’ALL stands for Young Alumni Leaving a Legacy and this exhibit chronicles an associated endeavour, the search for a face, or rather a couple of faces, to promote it.

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The Children’s Hospital Trust careometer viral campaign.

by SOFII

This exhibit shows how important it is to raise awareness of your cause and encourage people to care before you ask them for time or money.

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NSPCC’s supporter magazine The Children’s Friend

by SOFII

With their newly adapted online supporter magazine, the NSPCC are maximising a key supporter retention mechanism and making it relevant to the lives of their supporters.

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‘Transcending space’ with Innophoria's social sector clients

by Lucy Innophoria

In Lucy’s sixth blog for SOFII, she transports us to the future, a future where we can give the donor a virtual experience of our work which shows exactly what their money has achieved.

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Kids Help Phone: buy a kid some time

A series of emails were sent out to past donors which encouraged them to visit the ‘buy a kid some time’ campaign microsite.

by SOFII

This exhibit demonstrates how a simple but powerful message combined with a comprehensive integrated campaign strategy can secure real success.

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Interactive fundraising

by Lucy Innophoria

In her fifth blog for SOFII, Lucy asks if ‘fun-raising’ could be the key to boosting your fundraising and shares some fantastic interactive campaigns from both the charity and the corporate sectors.

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