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Copywriting tip: Hoover up the fluff text on your charity website

Cut to the chase. That’s the message of this blog post. For me, one of the biggest differences between a good charity website and a mediocre one is the amount of ‘fluff’ text that’s spread throughout […]

Is it time to stop sending your charity’s monthly email newsletter?

“I can’t wait for this month’s edition of [your charity name]’s email newsletter!” – No-one, ever. Let me try something else to see if this sounds more familiar. You send out a monthly email newsletter […]

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Why we use and recommend WordPress

When building or commissioning a new website, one of the most important considerations is the Content Management System (CMS) you’ll build the site with. Get it wrong, and it can cost you a lot of […]

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Free template: Charity website design brief / tender / RFP document

Here I’ll share a template you can use when creating a tender / Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of a new charity website. I’ll also give you some tips as to what to […]

Should you use a carousel/slider on your charity website homepage?

Spoiler alert: no. Someone asked us the other day if we can make sites with carousels/sliders to rotate different content on the homepage, because not many of the sites in our portfolio have them. So […]

10 things I’ve learned from 10 years of writing fundraising communications

You’re busy, lazy, or maybe reading this whilst watching The X Factor so let’s cut straight to the chase… 1People relate to people Your cause, your mission, your innovative approach, your shocking statistics, your lovely […]

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Gravity Forms donations Part 2 – tracking in Google Analytics

If you were following part one when we built a donations form using Gravity Forms and Paypal, then you’re hopefully up and running and have tested it out on your site. The next step is to […]

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How to build a WordPress charity/nonprofit donation form with Gravity Forms – Part 1

In a previous blog post I talked about what makes a good donation form for a small charity. Here’s a tutorial on how to build your own. This recipe combines technologies that are commonly used on […]

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How to prevent your charity website from being hacked – WordPress tips and tutorial

Hacked charity websites seem to have been in the news a lot recently. Having your site hacked can be a pretty traumatising experience, and if it’s not quickly fixed it can incur big reputational risks, […]

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WordPress tutorial: Animated slide effect for navigation

I’ve had a few people ask how to replicate the animated navigation bar effect used on one of my example sites. I’m not sure how best to describe it – the tabs kind of slide […]

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