Monday, April 16, 2012

5 reasons your nonprofit needs a mobile-friendly web site

How does your web site look on a mobile device? Scrunched? Distorted? Unreadable? If it is, then your nonprofit is missing a real opportunity to promote your cause and enroll new donors.

5 reasons your nonprofit needs a mobile-friendly web site

1. The mobile Internet is where your donors are.
  • More than 50% of Americans browse the Internet with a mobile phone.
  • One out of every seven minutes of media consumption takes place on a mobile device 
  • By 2015 mobile Internet access will overtake desktop Internet access
  • Some nonprofit web sites are already receiving 10-15% of Internet traffic from mobile devices. 
2. Reach your donors on the go, wherever they are.

If you don't have a mobile web site your donors can only learn about your organization at their desk at work or at home. In this fast-paced world, how often are we at our desk or on our laptop? With a mobile web site you give donors a destination they can reach wherever they are.

3. Mobile is a preferred platform for social networking and email

Facebook, Twitter and other social networks have fantastic mobile apps that often come pre-loaded on mobile devices. 33% of overall Facebook traffic comes from mobile devices. Do you send out a regular email newsletter? Did you know 34% of consumers now check email on their mobile device at least once a day? Are the links you place on Facebook and in your email newsletter mobile-friendly?

4.  You can raise money from mobile donors

Donors can and will give via mobile devices. 9 percent of people have already texted a charitable donation from their mobile phone responding to emergencies like the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Having something as simple as a mobile-friendly donation form gives your supporters a quick and easy way to give.

5. A mobile-friendly web site is easy and inexpensive to build.

There are a plethora of tools available for mobile web site building, including ours, that make it easy and affordable to launch your mobile web site.

Have questions about going mobile?

1 comment:

  1. 30% of emails are opened on mobile devices nowadays. These percentages are increasing every year, so might as well include your business whether it's nonprofit or vice versa.

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