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David Simpson

Product Update: December 2022

1st Dec 2022
Chris Houghton

The Problem at the Heart of All Non Tech-Savvy Charities

1st Dec 2022
David Simpson

Product Update: November 2022

1st Nov 2022
Chris Houghton

A Simple Trick to Increase Online Donations

26th Oct 2022
David Simpson

Product Update: October 2022

1st Oct 2022
Chris Houghton

The 5 Habits of Forward-Thinking Charities

30th Sep 2022
David Simpson

Product Update: September 2022

1st Sep 2022
Chris Houghton

5 things a CRM can do that you might not have known about (and how they can help)

22nd Aug 2022
David Simpson

Introducing: Relationships

9th Aug 2022
David Simpson

Product Update: August 2022

1st Aug 2022
Chris Houghton

How to Put CRM at the Heart of Your Comms as the CEO of a Small Charity

26th Jul 2022
Chris Houghton

How to Prepare for (and Get the Best Out Of) A CRM Demo

12th Jul 2022
David Simpson

Beacon is switching to a four-day work week. Here's why.

6th Jun 2022
David Simpson

Product Update: June 2022

1st Jun 2022
Chris Houghton

Introducing the Solutions Partner programme

26th May 2022
Chris Houghton

How to Move to a Proper Donor Management System if You’re Still Using Spreadsheets

23rd May 2022
David Simpson

Beacon rated #1 in Fundraising Magazine’s 2022 CRM survey

10th May 2022
Chris Houghton

The secret of the "bespoke" CRM

26th Apr 2022
David Simpson

Product Update: April 2022

4th Apr 2022
David Simpson

Introducing: Smart Thanking

1st Apr 2022
Chris Houghton

Introducing new pricing

2nd Feb 2022
David Simpson

Product Update: February 2022

1st Feb 2022
David Simpson

Introducing: The activity record type

7th Jan 2022
David Simpson

8 things we're working on in 2022

1st Jan 2022
David Simpson

Product Update: November 2021

1st Nov 2021
David Simpson

Product Update: October 2021

1st Oct 2021
David Simpson

Introducing: Beacon's full Xero integration

29th Sep 2021
Chris Houghton

Three Clever Things You Can Do Right Now to Help Boost Online Donations Through Your Website

23rd Sep 2021
David Simpson

Product Update: September 2021

1st Sep 2021
Chris Houghton

5 simple ways to avoid a communication calamity at your small charity

2nd Aug 2021
David Simpson

Product Update: July 2021

1st Jul 2021
David Simpson

Introducing: Beacon Notifications

30th Jun 2021
Chris Houghton

6 ways that CRM can revolutionise the way your charity works

24th Jun 2021
Chris Houghton

How to enhance the stakeholder experience with a content marketing strategy for your charity

27th May 2021
David Simpson

Beacon rated #1 in Fundraising Magazine’s 2021 CRM survey

12th May 2021
David Simpson

Product Update: May 2021

1st May 2021
Chris Houghton

Implementing a CRM when you’re new in post at a small charity

22nd Apr 2021
David Simpson

Introducing: The Beacon Portal

9th Apr 2021
David Simpson

Introducing: Beacoin - The Cryptocurrency for Charities

1st Apr 2021
David Simpson

Product Update: March 2021

1st Mar 2021
David Simpson

Product Update: February 2021

1st Feb 2021
David Simpson

Introducing: New ways to manage your team

11th Jan 2021
David Simpson

7 things we're working on in 2021

4th Jan 2021
David Simpson

Product Update: December 2020

1st Dec 2020
Chris Houghton

Looking to save time? Make sure your new CRM automates these 5 things.

24th Nov 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: November 2020

1st Nov 2020
David Simpson

Introducing: Beacon's ticketing platform

28th Oct 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: October 2020

1st Oct 2020
David Simpson

The appeal of collection boxes gets a shake-up due to Covid

4th Sep 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: September 2020

1st Sep 2020
David Simpson

Introducing: Record-based triggers for automation workflows

12th Aug 2020
Chris Houghton

Choosing a new database? Be sure to ask these security questions.

4th Aug 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: August 2020

1st Aug 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: July 2020

1st Jul 2020
David Simpson

Introducing: Gift Aid Declaration Forms

8th Jun 2020
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Is your charity missing out on an extra 50% Gift Aid?

8th Jun 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: June 2020

1st Jun 2020
David Simpson

Beacon rated #1 in Fundraising Magazine’s 2020 CRM survey

13th May 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: May 2020

1st May 2020
David Simpson

Introducing: Beacon's Xero Integration

28th Apr 2020
David Simpson

Free ebook: How charities are adapting to Covid-19

16th Apr 2020
David Simpson

Introducing: Beacon's JustGiving Integration

8th Apr 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: April 2020

1st Apr 2020
David Simpson

Introducing the latest breakthrough in cloud-based collaborative CRM: CRM-VR

1st Apr 2020
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The best video conferencing tool for your charity: Zoom

19th Mar 2020
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Every charity should be using Slack

18th Mar 2020
David Simpson

Introducing: Email templates

10th Mar 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: March 2020

2nd Mar 2020
Chris Houghton

The top 7 things you need your nonprofit CRM to do... and 3 you don't.

25th Feb 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: February 2020

3rd Feb 2020
Chris Houghton

How Beacon went climate positive 🌍

16th Jan 2020
David Simpson

7 things we're working on in 2020

6th Jan 2020
David Simpson

Product Update: 2019 in review

19th Dec 2019
Chris Houghton

Beacon is now 100% climate positive 🌍

18th Dec 2019
Chris Houghton

Why should I choose a cloud-based charity CRM?

9th Dec 2019
David Simpson

Product Update: December 2019

1st Dec 2019
Chris Houghton

6 fantastic online donation journeys - and what to learn from them

13th Nov 2019
David Simpson

Product Update: November 2019

1st Nov 2019
David Simpson

Introducing: Duplicate Record Handling

30th Oct 2019
Chris Houghton

What actually happens in a charity CRM "data migration"?

24th Oct 2019
David Simpson

Introducing: Smart Bcc

21st Oct 2019
David Simpson

Product Update: October 2019

1st Oct 2019
David Simpson

The top 5 things to think about when choosing a new charity CRM

23rd Sep 2019
Chris Houghton

A guide to Strong Customer Authentication for charities

10th Sep 2019
David Simpson

Product Update: September 2019

1st Sep 2019
Chris Houghton

How to accept donations online on your charity's website

17th Aug 2019
David Simpson

Introducing: Memberships

13th Aug 2019
David Simpson

Product Update: August 2019

1st Aug 2019
David Simpson

We need a Universal Gift Aid Declaration Database. This is how it could work.

22nd Jul 2019
David Simpson

Product Update: July 2019

1st Jul 2019
Chloe Parker

Guest post: The most important asset for good data

24th Jun 2019
David Simpson

Product Update: June 2019

1st Jun 2019
David Simpson

Introducing: Automation workflows

24th May 2019
David Simpson

Product Update: May 2019

1st May 2019
Chris Houghton

Managing grants? How to use pipelines to track your progress

16th Apr 2019
David Simpson

Introducing: Import and export templates

15th Apr 2019
David Simpson

Product Update: April 2019

1st Apr 2019
David Simpson

Introducing: Beacon Bucket

1st Apr 2019
David Simpson

Why JustGiving dropping their fees is a mixed blessing

26th Mar 2019
David Simpson

Introducing: Roles and permissions

14th Mar 2019
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