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Stuck in an annual giving dead end?

Is annual giving something you take down from the attic once a year? Somewhere along the line, annual giving – the support an organization needs each year to operate – turned into “the one time a year we expect donors to give”. So organizations get to October, look at the holes in the operating budget, […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications Tagged With: annual appeal, donor newsletter, donor retention 3 Comments

Why gratitude should be your daily practice

What if gratitude wasn’t something to check off your to-do list? What if gratitude made you and your donors feel great? What if gratitude made it much more likely your donors would remain your donors? Smart fundraisers understand that giving is personal and emotional. They understand that there is much more to raising money than […]

Filed Under: Blog, Thanks Tagged With: donor care, donor retention, thank you letters 1 Comment

How to find your way through fundraising

Fundraising is always changing, so how can you find your way? It can feel hard to keep up. But the basics remain key. To succeed, we must make learning part of our practice. I want to suggest you grab a copy of a new little book from TrueSense Marketing. Who doesn’t need a guide? Their […]

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Do you want to get bigger? Think small.

Do you want to get bigger? Think small. Everybody is nobody. That is, if your target audience is the world, you won’t really touch anyone. From time to time, I get an email from someone looking for fundraising help. They want to know how they can get their message out to everyone. So, first, let […]

Filed Under: Blog, Donor communications Tagged With: donor care, donor retention 2 Comments

Do you think fundraising is scary?

Is fundraising scary? I recently posed that question to a group I was training. We were having some fun with a true and false game. Most of the questions were pretty easy to answer. This one was more nuanced. Fundraising is sometimes scary. But it’s almost always needed. So if you’re not doing as well […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: donor retention, fundraising plan, individual giving Leave a Comment

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