The success of your fundraising system builds on the level of Know, Like and Trust you’ve created. So, if your audience clearly understands and identifies with your organization’s mission and vision, like who you are and interacts with you, and trusts you, you’ll find that it’s much easier to develop ways to strengthen your relationship with your community members and create more interest in your campaigns.
Is your non-profit struggling to grow its community? Is your website welcoming and converting leads? It is very possible to expand your audience by building a strategic plan, revisiting your brand strategy and reviewing the effectiveness of your website.
Have you experienced exponential growth throughout the years and now realizing your demographic is shifting? On the contrary, have your been witnessing a decline in engagement? Regardless of which situation you are facing, change is inevitable and remaining in tune with your community is imperative to grow.
One essential strategy to increase traffic to your non-profit website is through SEO, or Search Engine Optimization. A large percentage of the work in SEO is extremely technical. Hence, it is very important to hire a developer that has knowledge of marketing, design and programming. When you don’t take the time to incorporate SEO techniques and best practices, you may save a little bit of money at first, but you will cost yourself results in the long run and sell yourself short.
As you start the process of working with web designer or creative firm/design studio), as with any business decision, you want to ensure that it is a good fit. Every designer or studio is different and has different processes and outcomes. Ensure the designer or studio with whom you work with is focused on more than aesthetics and understands the objectives of your organization with every step of the design.
