Convio for Arts and Cultural Organizations

Arts and cultural organizations face the double challenge of attracting donations and earning revenue. Often, membership is driven by a one-time event or performance ticket purchase. The result: Many organizations like yours lose up to 70 percent of first-year members every year. The key to enduring support is to turn ticket buyers into lifetime members and regular contributors.

Convio offers a comprehensive solution to help you increase contributions while integrating easily with Blackbaud's The Raiser's Edge®. Convio makes it possible for you to use the Internet strategically to:

  • Promote ticketed events more cost-efficiently than through newspaper advertising or other traditional media,
  • Increase event promotion effectiveness by sending targeted emails based on individual interests and preferences,
  • Follow up on individual ticket sales to convert one-time buyers to subscribers,
  • Improve member retention rates by communicating more frequently, at lower cost than direct mail, to maintain members' ongoing loyalty and support,
  • Widely promote member-only events to keep members interested and to entice non-members to join,
  • Conduct cost-effective online fundraising and membership appeals, and
  • Convert members to donors through frequent and targeted emails.

Convio provides a suite of software and services to help you manage fundraising and outreach programs over the Internet. You can purchase the full suite or only the products you need now, and add products and services as your needs grow:

Having the right software tools is just one component of success. You also need the know-how to help you meet your objectives. Our Client Success Services team can help you define and execute your Internet marketing plans to drive and measure results. Convio also provides industry-leading training programs, technical and product usage support and account managers who understand the unique needs of nonprofit organizations. Find out more about Convio Services.

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Related best practices guides

Using the Internet to Raise Funds and Build Donor Relationships - Tools, tips and techniques for boosting online donations

The Basics of Email Marketing for Nonprofits - Includes best practices around email list file building

Related on-demand Webinars

You can find more on-demand Webinars, best practices guides, and in-depth case studies in our Resources section.

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh grew its list of member email addresses from 5,000 to 12,000 and raised $121,000 online in its first year of taking membership sales online.

Find out how

Visit the Web sites of these select Convio clients:

Austin Museum of Art

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

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