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Using Marketing Cloud as a Lead Funnel Tool, Part 2

Welcome back to our exploration of using Marketing Cloud as a lead funnel! If you haven’t yet, make sure to catch up on Part 1 of...

What Is My Salesforce Instance and When Will I Need It?

Much like knowing how many and what kind of licenses you have, whether you’re on Salesforce’s Sales or Service Cloud, or if you have the Enterprise...

Empowering Latino Families with Hispanic Scholarship Fund + Salesforce: From Luminate CRM to Nonprofit Success Pack

Salesforce integrations have allowed the Hispanic Scholarship Fund to stay flexible and greatly enhance digital marketing capabilities....

Happy Holidays from Cloud for Good: Reflecting on 2020

Here at Cloud for Good, we pride ourselves on our ability to adapt and overcome any hurdle we might face. The ability to improvise and remain...

Human Rights Watch: Migrating From Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce for a Global Fundraising Perspective

Human Rights Watch entered a partnership with Cloud for Good to leverage Salesforce and evolve past their previous Raiser’s Edge system....

The Latest NPSP Releases for Winter ’21

As you’re wrapping up end of the year fundraising campaigns and appeals, don’t forget to fine-tune your Salesforce org with the latest NPSP updates for Enhanced...

Using Marketing Cloud as a Lead Funnel Tool, Part 1

You are presumably reading this article because you are considering utilizing Marketing Cloud as a lead funnel (wow, article title in the first sentence – my...

Recapping #GivingTuesday 2020 with Salesforce Social Studio

Giving Tuesday, a globally recognized day of giving, falls on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. In 2020, the day fell on December 1, and people around...

Salesforce Announces Retirement of NGO Connect & Why You Should Be Excited

In January 2019, Salesforce made the decision to acquire roundCorner, bringing NGO Connect (NGOC), Foundation Connect, and roundData into their product offerings. This was a great...

Cloud for Good Accepted As A Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C Partner

December 1, 2020 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good, a certified B Corp and Salesforce.org 2020 Nonprofit Consulting Partner of the Year, today announced that it...

3 Reasons to Start Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Now

There are a lot of factors that go into running a great peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. But before you delve into the planning phase, realizing its full...

Developing a High-Quality Salesforce Solution

Salesforce makes it simple to quickly create useful solutions for your business. “Modify your database schema - no DBA required!” “Clicks - not code!” “Become an...

Wrapping Up NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference with Radian6

NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) took place March 13 through the 15th. Using Salesforce Radian6 we took a look at the conversations happening around the 2014...

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Isn’t Scary!

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is process of verifying that a solution works for the user. The solution, in this case, is Salesforce and the processes we've...

5 Ways to Make it Easy for People to Fill Out Your Form (And Decrease the Dropout Rate)

Your forms should be easy to understand. A cluttered layout and vague language are just some of the hurdles that could trip up your respondents. Here's...

Life After Raiser’s Edge

While Raiser’s Edge is still one of the most common fundraising solutions for nonprofit organizations, it is about time to say out loud what our clients...