Key Findings include: 

• Nonprofit websites scored an average 73 out of 100 for online customer satisfaction (the threshold for excellence is 80).
• A highly satisfied visitor to a nonprofit website is 49% more likely to make a donation.
• The top 2 reasons people visit a nonprofit website: 40% News & Events; 40% Stay informed on the cause the organization addresses.
• 18% visit a nonprofit website specifically to make a donation.
• Those who found the nonprofit’s website through the news or a media source were more likely to donate.

Have you reviewed and updated your website lately?  Look at it through an outsider’s eyes.  If you’re not happy with it, your potential donors aren’t either and you’re missing an enormous opportunity.  Improved public relations activities that highlight your website could also lead to increased donations.  Your website is the digital door to your organization – are you embarrassed when you get company?

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