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How You Can Use Rally’s AI to Make Texting Easier
Artificial intelligence (AI): revolutionary or robot uprising? AI could change how your nonprofit communicates. We explore how, including ways Rally uses AI.
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Explore practical, step-by-step guides to help nonprofits, fundraisers, and mission-driven teams engage supporters and drive results with mobile messaging. From texting best practices to donation boosts, our How-To articles simplify complex tech and provide actionable strategies you can put to work today. Learn how to mobilize better, grow smarter, and make an impact—one guide at a time.
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CharityEngine: 5 Ways to Make Mobile a Strategy
More than just another tool, mobile should be a strategy: Use mobile to play a long game of donor retention and reduce friction when it comes to acquisition.
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MMS Guide for Nonprofits: How to Text Images and Video Right
Multimedia messaging service (MMS) can make texting even more powerful with images and video. But you need the right file size and dimensions.
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What’s the Problem?: 10 Excuses That Keep Nonprofits From Texting
Let’s dive into some of the rationale that might be holding your nonprofit back from what can be an incredibly effective channel—text messaging.
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How to Focus and Overcome Too Little Time and Too Few Resources
We explore how your nonprofit can focus your efforts, cut back on the distractions, and make it work with the resources you have.
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Text-to-Give vs. Text-to-Donate: What’s the Difference for Your Nonprofit's Fundraising Goals?
Mobile giving can offer a big boost to your nonprofit, but you need to understand the difference between text-to-give and text-to-donate.
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How to Send Texts Without Running Afoul of Legal/Compliance Issues
Unsolicited texts aren't just annoying, they're breaking the law. So we dive into the legal aspects of texting and how Rally makes compliance easy.
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Sponsorship vs. Donation: Which is better for your organization?
Donation vs. Sponsorship: what’s the difference, and is a sponsorship a donation of sorts? In this article, we’re going to look at...
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What Is the Fundraising Cycle and How to Convert More Donors
With so many nonprofits competing for attention, donors have their pick of whom to contribute to, and the organization with the closest alignment to their...
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How to Calculate Donor Lifetime Value for Your Nonprofit in 2022
The simple definition of a lifetime value is the amount of money that comes in from a donor over the course of their lifetime. This needs to be...
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The Two Kinds of QR Codes to Use for Fundraising
A QR code can simply load a website. But it can also do more. You can capture someone’s contact info for easy follow up before you send them to that website.
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PPC For Charities: How To Use Pay-Per-Click To Benefit Your Cause
PPC ads offer an easy entry into ads for charities and can come with no-risk grants for eligible organizations. We’re going to take a look at some of these...