At RainbowTribe.ME we want to be part of the solution. This is a time where we need to pull together as a community.
If you plan on using text to donate for your fundraising or marketing, here are a few ways a keyword and toll free number can facilitate donations.
Unsolicited text messages? Bad. Very bad. Our mobile phones are considered by many to be the last bastions of privacy. Solicited text messages, however? Good. Very good. People like them. They’re ok. Nothing to be afraid of.
As a development professional, you wear many hats. Your job is to figure out how to bring money into the organization. You may have little time or resources for broader marketing initiatives. But what you do is, in fact, marketing, so here’s a starting point for marketing your nonprofit.
Since your screen will automatically refresh frequently, you can just set it and forget it. As donations come in, the progress bar totals will dynamically update, you’ll get text alerts in real time, you’ll receive email updates every 15 minutes, and your mercury will rise to the new levels — all without your having to do anything!
We’ve purposefully designed our product to be the simplest text to donate service on the market. If you prefer a more DIY approach, then you might consider one of our competitors. But if you’re like me, you don’t want to have to learn HTML or figure out how to navigate another content management system in order to raise more money.
With data lifecycle management, you can take inventory of which types of data need to be accessed most often and which data can be stored on cheaper mediums to save money, but still have the data accessible in the event of some type of disaster. Nonprofits should have their own data lifecycle management strategy in order to strengthen and properly protect their data at every phase of its lifecycle.
