Iâm a sucker for makeovers, especially any kind of home makeover. Do you know what is just as consumable (not to mention important)? End of year appeal makeovers. Could your year-end fundraising appeal use a makeover? I have a handy-dandy free checklist you can run it through to see how [...]
Storytelling Ethics 101: How to Avoid Exploitation Storytelling is an essential element to effective communication. Nonprofit stories often play a key role in maximizing an organizationâs overall impact and income. But letâs face it, storytelling can be vulnerable. The human experience can be a delicate, complicated, and emotional at times. [...]
Donât hit âsendâ until⊠Youâve considered all these magic tricks to boost year-end response to your fundraising emails. And, by the way, if youâre not planning a lot of email communications you should know what youâre missing. Per different NextAfter studies, email brings in 199%... 666%.... 117%... more revenue than [...]
Vanessa Chase Lockshin will share her email writing and storytelling tips that helped one of her clients raise more than $190k in September 2020. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Vanessa, I've got a one 1:00 Eastern here. Is it okay if I go ahead and get us started officially? Vanessa: [...]
If you are like most nonprofits, youâve got a lot riding on your end of year fundraising success. Many organizations raise as much as half of their entire operating budget at end of year alone. With stakes that high, what could possibly go wrong? A LOT! Iâm detailing the worst [...]
Giving Tuesday has earned the reputation of being the single biggest giving day for nonprofits. Many nonprofits take to social media, engage in livestreams, and send direct mail appeals to raise money for their mission on Giving Tuesday. Many of these campaign strategies ask supporters to give, but they donât [...]
Unusual times call for unusual solutions. This year many folks will not be able to gather in person with friends and family for the holidays. It feels sad. Rather than mourning this loss, how about turning the tables and giving your holiday a little something special with new holiday fundraising [...]
Are you trapped on the small-dollar spin-cycle, spending all your time on fundraising activities that canât fully-fund your organization and help you grow? If youâre going to get out of it, you need to prioritize the fundraising activities that give you the highest ROI. Thatâs right, Iâm talking about major [...]
Donor data drives your nonprofitâs fundraising efforts. When you (as we recommend) focus on donor retention, your donor data helps you build relationships with your current supporters. If youâre comfortable with your retention strategies and have moved on to expanding your network with acquisition strategies, you can also use donor [...]
Did someone say âdonate now?â Weâre headed into the busiest, most lucrative time of the year with year-end fundraising. A time when many nonprofits raise 25-50% of their entire budget. But the season to give is not a reason to give. Have your ever gotten a year-end fundraising appeal that [...]
Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S. will share the exact seven steps that helped her raise over $20MM in grant funding for her clients so that you can do it too! Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Margit, I got 2:00 Eastern. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this [...]
As non-profit professionals, we know that dedicated supporters and volunteers are the lifeblood to our charitable organizations. It's so important not to let their role be taken for granted, and let's be honest, it's not unknown for the those of us within a busy nonprofit to innocently overlook the everyday [...]