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Are you trying to make me cry?

Are you trying to make me cry? It keeps happening. And it makes me sad. And a little cranky. Newsletters or other pieces, intended for donors. That have forgotten they’re intended for donors. So I apologize if I’m repeating myself. (Then again, we know how effective repetition is, right?) But I  see it, over and […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications Tagged With: Branding, donor newsletters, donor-focused 3 Comments

Witness to Brandicide

Witness to brandicide It’s not as if we weren’t warned. Really smart people have written about the killing power of a new “brand”. (See Jeff Brooks at Future Fundraising Now or Tom Ahern’s site: Ahern Communications, Ink). If you’ve seen it up close, you know what I’m talking about. It’s infuriating. The process works something like […]

Filed Under: Blog, Branding, Donor communications Tagged With: Branding, Fundraising, Nonprofit 2 Comments

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