tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.comments2011-10-21T12:33:17.074+01:00Sue Fidlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06512863331155335886noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-80953425794420171742011-10-21T12:33:17.074+01:002011-10-21T12:33:17.074+01:00

I really agree with you, <i>charity database software</i>. It <b>is</b> hard to do. Most of us who write do so because we love language but, as you say, the internet usually needs us to be more information focused. Blogs are perhaps the online environment in which we can allow ourselves the most leeway (that&#39;s my excuse, anyway!)

susie@suefidlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07980612409689646861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-23572808073109654992011-10-21T09:06:23.985+01:002011-10-21T09:06:23.985+01:00

Great article - although difficult to follow for the creatively inclined of us who like to add a bit of life and colour to our language by basically padding it out. We must remember that people on the internet are usually looking for information - they want cold hard facts, not facts encased in warm fluffy descriptions. I find this tricky so have to blog regularly to allow all my creative

charity database softwarehttp://www.southwestict.com/Charity/software-for-charities.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-17027167443569798312011-08-24T16:51:18.172+01:002011-08-24T16:51:18.172+01:00

Wonderful! Awesome!

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Another excellent blog: Cookie Laws – What it means for your business.<br /><br />(Warning do not open if you dont like alrge fonts and bright yellow screens!)<br /><br />http://jason.sh/cookie-laws-what-it-means-for-your-business-2011-05-09

Sue Fidlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06512863331155335886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-75723968844116762952011-05-06T09:46:22.343+01:002011-05-06T09:46:22.343+01:00

Yes I agree with this... It&#39;s common for charities to boast numbers of countries they work in, how many issues they tackle - and they&#39;re pretty good at human interest and case studies too. They&#39;re also very good at asking for donations (usually).<br /><br />What is missing a lot of the time are clear impact stats and how these tie back to real donations from the supporter base. <br />

Linda Elliothttp://www.want2donate.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-35703057487277281132011-05-05T19:57:33.053+01:002011-05-05T19:57:33.053+01:00

Story telling is an inherent part of the human experience. It is how things have been passed from generation to generation and will always play a major role in our lives. The quote in this post is amazing and a good tip for any organization trying to fundraise. The donor is the hero!

Jon Heartyhttp://www.nadanu.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-35434676557179800922011-02-16T12:46:31.749Z2011-02-16T12:46:31.749Z

I agree with the sentiments above, Users searching for a charity brand are looking for the website specific to that charity, not a third party. <br />I work as a freelance PPC AdWords developer for a number of charities and I would advise them -and any other charity- to avoid this option unless the charity does not have its own website, in which case that should be their next task.<br />Virtually

John Onionhttp://www.adword-consultant.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-81591225089800441592011-02-15T12:26:40.887Z2011-02-15T12:26:40.887Z

Perhaps I am being cynical, but am I the only one to interpret this as an attempt by Justgiving to regain some of their market share in online giving?<br /><br />Over the past year or so we have switched a lot of our online fundraising away from Justgiving, simply because the transaction fees are no longer as competitive as they used to be and we can save a lot of money by looking elsewhere.<br /

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-77511789827544295982011-02-14T10:26:14.513Z2011-02-14T10:26:14.513Z

thanks for the tip, im managing our adwords campaigns at Breakthrough Breast Cancer and we were given no notification whatsoever despite receiving several mailings from them every month.Richard.

onlinecommshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17215557781002700307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-83151040620357054972011-02-11T20:41:16.171Z2011-02-11T20:41:16.171Z

Hi<br />I work with one of the leading muslim charity in UK and totally agreed with sue, that we need more time to think and to take decision.<br /><br />Has

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-17303398458491527422011-02-11T16:28:18.998Z2011-02-11T16:28:18.998Z

I think JustGiving need to think about this some more.<br /><br />Firstly, most charities I work with spend a lot of time optimising their keywords, finding the best ad copy and getting their CPC low enough to get the best return on investment. They know what works for them, and they keep optimising to to get the best return on investment.<br /><br />JustGiving are effectively increasing the

Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00021256492777102589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-76624907284288337592011-02-11T15:21:56.774Z2011-02-11T15:21:56.774Z

I totally agree this is a great thing for smaller charities, whether they don’t have adwords, SEO or even good donation pages.<br /><br />My concern, even with it on the admin section and in UK Fundraising is still the audience. Howard’s site and blog are great, but his primary audience is still not web teams.<br /><br />You have staff who are part of several web master forums, which would get

Sue Fidlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06512863331155335886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-10696051782676510202011-02-11T14:55:46.741Z2011-02-11T14:55:46.741Z

Sue – thanks for raising your concerns. We’re always happy to listen and respond to feedback. <br /><br />So far we have had an amazingly positive response from our charity members, particularly smaller charities who perhaps haven’t the resource to manage a Google Adwords campaign or optimise SEO. We’re really excited that they’ll benefit from the JustGiving Advertising Grant by encouraging more

Sally Chambers, Marketing Manager @JustGivinghttp://www.justgiving.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-8642076794580782252009-11-27T11:31:10.218Z2009-11-27T11:31:10.218Z

the other alternative to ipadio is the audioboo service - an iphone app which does the same thing. You record your messages and they are instantly uploaded to your website of choice - be that your blog, facebook page or website. I think we&#39;re going to see an expansion of this area as mobile phones develop.<br />Mark Ellis, sounddelivery

sparkellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780662580948661542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-32527594717508569442009-08-08T20:12:45.516+01:002009-08-08T20:12:45.516+01:00

It would be very interesting to learn what has driven the remarkable growth in use of texting. Nearly 100 texts per day is such a dominant media experience - does this reflect a specific preference for content among teens, a change in pricing, or something else?

Ben Brabynhttp://www.bmycharity.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-58806109407380371412009-05-29T11:10:44.350+01:002009-05-29T11:10:44.350+01:00

Interesting.<br />Incidentally there is an interesting website that is specifically dedicated to recession victims.It offers help and discusses all issues related to recession- http://www.angstcorner.com. It’s worth a visit!

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-43173343424492208362009-01-28T23:58:00.000Z2009-01-28T23:58:00.000Z

Thank you for the thought provoking article. I am working on a paper for a journalism class and I found your article interested and very helpful.

sethhttp://saintseth23.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-65800571928054949552008-10-31T00:31:00.000Z2008-10-31T00:31:00.000Z

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Satria Sudekihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15258731400965050123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-79186422274868093492008-07-17T16:18:00.000+01:002008-07-17T16:18:00.000+01:00

Awesome development ain't it? I've been blogging about the same thing!<BR/><BR/>Cheers!

Buy Me Domainshttp://buymedomains.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-37756246100133052142008-07-17T09:08:00.000+01:002008-07-17T09:08:00.000+01:00

The LCN site has a handy little iCalendar reminder to make sure you don't forget to register<BR/>http://www.lcn.com/me_domain_registration

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-61855053364228382652008-05-12T08:56:00.000+01:002008-05-12T08:56:00.000+01:00

Yes been on the help charity site have activated my account and have told our doners to pay via www.help.co.uk love the videos with the give us the finger campaign think they are cool and fresh way of asking for donations.<BR/><BR/>Keep it up help.<BR/><BR/>Martin

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4896486838203745655.post-87355142144057871122008-02-28T18:03:00.000Z2008-02-28T18:03:00.000Z

I should point out that up until early last year Google was the default search engine for Opera Mini and Opera Mobile. We're back with Google!<BR/><BR/>Daniel<BR/>Opera Software

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