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Three steps you should take now to keep your donors this year

Three steps you can take to keep your donors I hope last month was a good month for you and your organization. It is for most. According to Neon, 31% of annual giving happens in December. 12% in the last three days of the year. So, with hope, I say “Congratulations!” And then: now what […]

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How to Build Your Own Donor-Centric Fundraising Strategy

Bloomerang’s Mission Retainable Report found that when asked why they give more than once to the same organization, 63% of surveyed donors replied that the mission or nonprofit is important to them. Overwhelmingly, donors make contributions because they are passionate about your cause for their own personal reasons. By building your fundraising approach around donors, […]

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Please don’t go! 5 ways to win donor hearts again.

A lapsed donor is a donor who hasn’t given in a while. (And of course, that’s insider talk. But you’re an insider, so we’ll use the term here.) But how do you define that period? How long do you consider a donor active? Experts tell us that after a first gift, you need to thank […]

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What are you doing for your loyal donors?

Your loyal donors matter My friend Barbara O’Reilly is that wonderful combination of truly caring and brilliant. And this post is thanks to an important point she raised in one of her emails. (You can get yours here… well worth it!) She wrote about how often fundraisers think in terms of moving donors into larger […]

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Top Recommendations for Preventing Donor Fatigue and Burnout

You think you have it all figured out—then, for seemingly no reason at all, you notice that your donations are falling. What happened? The dreaded donor fatigue spells trouble for nonprofits. It’s frustrating when it seems like your organization isn’t doing anything wrong, but you’re bleeding donors anyway. Frequently, though, this has less to do […]

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