Constant Contact for Fundraising Organizations
Updated May 17, 2021
Constant Contact for Fundraising Organizations
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Constant Contact
Constant Contact is used by the school's Foundation, as well as the Marketing & Communications department. It is used mainly to send out communications to donors, students, and prospective donors/students. The Foundation, specifically, uses it to announce upcoming events and volunteer opportunities and it has been an invaluable resource for the school as a whole.
- Importing new emails is extremely fast and easy. This is important because there are times where emails need to be sent out ASAP, so being able to import a new mailing list quickly allows that to happen in a timely manner.
- Customization of the look and feel of the email. Sending out emails that look the same becomes boring to the recipients, so being able to change the look every time makes it more likely they will engage in the material.
- The only problem I have ever run into are formatting issues when trying to customize an email. This is typically an issue when I include a picture or some kind of other visual file into the email.
- Constant Contact has allowed my organization to reach a large number of potential donors and to raise awareness for the organization as a whole.
I think Constant Contact is more customizable and allows you to create more professional-looking emails.
Do you think Constant Contact delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Constant Contact's feature set?
Yes
Did Constant Contact live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Constant Contact go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Constant Contact again?
Yes
Constant Contact Feature Ratings
Using Constant Contact
11 - Foundation, Communications & Marketing.
2 - General understanding of technology and how to troubleshoot basic problems. Our organization has designated the Database Manager and Graphis Designer to be the contact for each department.
- Basic Communication to Donors
- Promote Special Events
- Promote designated giving days
- Communicate important information
- None come to mind
- Enhance basic emails
Evaluating Constant Contact and Competitors
Not Sure
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
Product reputation played a large part because we did not want to have to use a product, only to find it was unreliable a couple of months down the line.
I am comfortable with the selection process used, so I would not change anything.