Web/Tech

The Days Of Dedicated Fundraising CRMs Are Numbered

Monday, October 18th, 2021Monday, October 18th, 2021 by Drew McManus

I’ve seen several friends and colleagues chatting about a 10/5/2021 article at thenonprofittimes.com which examines the rapidly changing environment of online development. With the subtle headline Fundraisers Wrestling With Tech As Giving Plows Forward, the article doesn’t shy away from addressing some of the biggest self-inflicted hurdles that prevent organizations from maximizing their development efforts. At the top of that list is the need to wean development professionals off of fundraising-specific …

Tell Us How You Really Feel

Thursday, September 30th, 2021 by Drew McManus

A 9/25/21 Facebook post from conductor David Leibowitz caught my eye because it’s hard to miss something that begins with “Dear Met Opera: F*** you for your incredibly horrible online ticket purchasing site.” The full post provides more context: Dear Met Opera: F*** you for your incredibly horrible online ticket purchasing site. Timing out before one can pay is not good customer relations. I guess that when you don’t give a …

Looking For Some Free, High Quality Social Media Templates?

Sunday, August 29th, 2021Thursday, August 19th, 2021 by Drew McManus

Every so often I post an update to a series of articles that feature some free Photoshop templates I use for creating header images for Twitter and Facebook but this time around I found a set of really nice templates from Kambadastudio. They put together a series of free downloads for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook; and by free, I mean actual direct downloads, none of the “give us your …

Google Analytics 4 Is the New Coke Of Web Analytics

Sunday, August 29th, 2021Tuesday, July 20th, 2021 by Drew McManus

I’ll cut right to the chase: I’ve been telling my own clients to run parallel instances of their existing GA account alongside a new Google Analytics 4 (GA4) property because in case you didn’t already know, GA4 doesn’t import any of your existing data. That may change but as of now, it’s not a guarantee so running both at the same time means that even if you simply ignore the new …

Get In On The Ground Floor

Sunday, August 29th, 2021Friday, July 9th, 2021 by Drew McManus

Have you ever wondered why your ticketing system is so difficult to use? Do you get exasperated at how freaking hard it is to get the data you need from your CRM? Do you drain hours wondering why you’re forced to use annoying workarounds to sell something as basic as a flex subscription (and why there’s no flex subscription product to begin with)? I’ve been watching clients pull their hair out …

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