So what does it take to be successful with Salesforce as a nonprofit? Having worked with hundreds of nonprofits looking to make a meaningful change in their fundraising tools, Salesforce often comes up as a possible option. As a purveyor of donor management tools ourselves, you would expect that we [...]
I published my first article on evaluating fundraising software back in 1985. In those days the first software packages for personal computers had been in place for just a year or two. There were just a few supplier options, and since the updates were shipped out on diskettes along with [...]
I'll be the first to admit that when I lead the volunteer management software search for my nonprofit in 2012 I was... how can I say this... a novice. Besides knowing we had a few administrative annoyances with how we tracked volunteers, I did not have many thoughtful questions to [...]
I heard Tom Ahern speak the other day to Bloomerang employees (there are a LOT of great perks of working at Bloomerang, some of our Lunch and Learn speakers and topics are WAY up on that list). Tom was talking about the Ahern Audit and donor centricity in general. At [...]
So, you’ve decided to purchase a new donor database. You’re feeling great about your decision and just KNOW it will help you nurture those critical relationships more effectively, communicate efficiently and raise more money! One more step remains though, before you can get to enjoy your fundraising success. You need [...]
In my sales job at Bloomerang, I talk to a lot of nonprofit execs who would like to change their software. When I ask them why, I hear answers that are all over the map. Many of these execs have to justify a new fundraising software purchase to a Board [...]
Nope, not really. But I get it; this is tough. Aside from instances when a constituent notifies you that they are stopping their support and no longer want to hear from you, it can be very difficult to decide when to cut an inactive constituent loose or when to hold [...]
Bloomerang has been named a leader in the 2017 FrontRunners Quadrant for Nonprofit Donor Software from Gartner Methodology. […]
I get asked a lot of questions during the sales process here at Bloomerang. Generally, those questions revolve around features and benefits contained within the software we offer. “Can Bloomerang do ______?” That’s how most of the questions start. And they are (almost) all good questions that should be answer [...]
Bloomerang has been named to the Best Value Shortlist section of the 2017 Consumers Guide to Donor Management Systems from NTEN and Idealware. […]
I worked in fundraising for ten years. I spent the first 2 ½ years of that time working on an MA in Philanthropic Studies, MPA in Nonprofit Management and a Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship. I spent the next seven and a half years working as frontline fundraiser/gift officer in higher [...]
Every so often I have a prospective Bloomerang user send me a list of requirements – a matrix or even a questionnaire. My job as Account Executive is to fill it out as thoroughly as possible and send it back to them, then wait to see if they want to [...]