Thank your donors before you ask again
A guest post by Dennis Fischman, Communicate! ConsultingFirst-time donors and repeat donors. Average size givers and major givers. People who give annually, quarterly, or monthly. What do they all have in common?They love to be thanked.For…
Convert first-time nonprofit donors into repeat givers through Welcome Packs
Converting a first-time giver into a loyal donor is a process. New donors are the hardest to convert into second-givers. But we should make it our aim to convert them. As the saying goes, it is more costly to acquire a new donor than to keep…
How to ease the pain of unclean nonprofit donor database data
Do you feel the pain of bad data?Of not being able to trust what comes out of your database entirely.Are lapsed donors really and truly lapsed, or is it just a coding error?Why isn't Mr. Smith categorized as a monthly donor?Why…
The Top Ten Things You Should Avoid Doing this Giving Year-End Season
Tis the season.For appeal letters, emails, text messages, and even a video or two.Here is a list that you may want to check twice when creating your Giving Season ask.To have the best Giving Season the best, or as best as it could…
Using a Gift Chart During a Pandemic to Forecast Your Calendar Year-End Campaign
"Times are tough." That is the understatement of the day now. Isn't it?Donors, many who own their businesses or companies, or work for one, have faced significant losses themselves. "Times are tough" seems to be the mantra these days.What…
10 Engaging Online Courses Your Nonprofit Team Should Take
A guest post by Matt Hugg founder of Nonprofit.CoursesFrom a major university hospital with thousands of personnel to a grassroots community hotline, with one (underpaid) staff member and a cadre of volunteers, working at a nonprofit is…
Top Seven Tips to Collect Email Addresses of Your Nonprofit Donors
One of the questions that I am asked most often, "How do I collect email addresses for those that I do not have them for?"Quite frankly, it's not easy, and it takes hard work.Below, I will provide you with my top seven tips for collecting…
The greatest opportunity: a summons for more in our not-for-profits
The Pandemic has been a great global summons. A call. In the middle of the night to awake. To something new.What are you talking about?Yes, it has. I know, I know.You are probably saying it has been a grand inconvenience, even a…
Non Donor Conversions During Covid 19: Are You Planning Your Follow-Up Stewardship?
The Coronavirus has presented us all with some very life-threatening challenges. For once, the entire globe is under siege by a crisis impacting us all.It is simply, one word, unprecedented.However, that does not mean that we cannot…
Fundraising After COVID 19
Yes, there will be life after COVID 19.Of that, I can guarantee it. What I can't guarantee is what life will look like.But, what I can guarantee is that life will look and feel different than it does today. Change is almost a constant…
Please Fit Your Fundraising Oxygen Mask
I tend to fly a lot these days. And, sometimes, I pay attention to those safety announcements. Qantas Airlines has done a great job of making them both fun and informative, which helps.The one safety tip that I, and probably you, remember…
Making a case for your state-funded organization’s fundraising
When meeting with new clients, I often hear this exact same question, "But, our organization receives state and federal funds...how can we realistically make the case for our fundraising?"And, my answer is, "Even more so you can!It…
