These are the tools that we use as a team, and the tools that we know and love for our nonprofit partners! From scheduling meetings (we ❤ calendly) to finding the right CRM (so many to choose from!) We want you to have the right tools for your job.

Book Orders

Bookshop- “Discover your next read with curated recommendations. Every sale supports local bookstores. We are on a mission to financially support your local, independent bookstores.”

CRMs (Customer Relationship Management)

ActiveCampaign- “ActiveCampaign gives you the email marketing, marketing automation, and CRM tools you need to create incredible customer experiences.”

Bloomerang- “We have pooled together the latest in best practices for donor engagement and retention to create a simple donor database solution that helps nonprofits decrease donor attrition and increase revenue.”

Little Green Light-”A donor database and fundraising platform for better campaign management & donor tracking. All-in-one donor management software and fundraising platform to grow support faster.”

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Surveys

Jotform- “Improve your workflow with powerful online forms designed to meet your every need. Gather important information, payments, and signatures directly on your forms.”

Time Management

Calendly- “Calendly is your hub for scheduling meetings professionally and efficiently, eliminating the hassle of back-and-forth emails so you can get back to work.”

ClickUp- “One app to replace them all. · Simplify work and get more done. Plan, track, and manage any type of work with project management that flexes to your team's needs.”

Monday.com- “Streamline your work for maximum productivity. Centralize all your work, processes, tools, and files into one Work OS. Connect teams, bridge silos, and maintain one source of truth across your organization.”

Trello- “An all-in-one suite to manage people, projects, and everything in between. Free Forever! 1,000+ integrations to easily import and sync so you can manage your projects in one place.”

Tools

AppSumo- “Daily deals website for digitally distributed goods and online services.”

Donorbox- “Smart donation form that embeds directly to your website or as a pop-up. · Simply copy-paste to embed onto your webpage.”

Grammarly- “Comprehensive, automated grammar editing tool that checks for 250+ types of common and advanced English grammar rules. Widely used by students of all levels, business professionals, writers/editors, teachers/educators, job seekers, and English language learners.”

Hemingway App- “…a distraction-free writing and editing tool designed to help you polish your writing. It focuses on identifying common errors that bring down the quality of your prose: confusing sentence construction, overuse of weak adverbs, excessive passive voice, and the like.”

Jasper AI- “A robotic writer powered by cutting-edge AI technology that can curate content 5x faster than an average human copywriter.”

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