The Dog Days of Summer have set in but a good fundraiser will resist the urge to take a rest, instead they will get ready for a super successful year-end with a fab August Check-List that Veritus Group put together for Major Gift Fundraisers. That and more August tips today!
Remembering Jerold Panas
An amazing teacher left us this July of 2018, Jerry Panas. He has authored some wonderful fundraising books, ASKING being my all time favorite. He taught us how to get the very difficult meeting, successful tactics that really work, how much to ASK For and so much more! He will be very missed and forever […]
Convert One-Time Donors to Monthly Giving With These Tips
Would you like to have a solid plan to convert new donors or one time donors into Monthly Givers? It’s all mapped out in the best fundraising plan’s and here’s how to get there!
9 NONPROFIT EMAILS THAT WORK
Sleeknote recently shared a blog that spoke to the special email difficulties nonprofits face and offered 9 emails, actual emails, that work. Take a look and get some good ideas!
UNIQUE FUNDRAISING EVENTS
Summertime is a perfect time to entertain and thank your Major Donors! It is also a perfect time to entertain and evaluate unique fundraising events to add to your annual calendar. Delight your donors with these unique ideas!
DOES YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE DELIVER DONOR HAPPINESS?
July 4th and lots of peeps are on vacation! Seems a great time to ask the question, how’s your customer service? Who and How are your donors being communicated with this summer?
7 BAD Fundraising Habits To Avoid
Do you consider yourself a good fundraiser, one with good habits and instincts? Wanna know some bad habits you should totally avoid? A blog by Jeff Brooks, 7 Bad Habits of Ineffective Fundraisers” made me laugh and think I should share these with you today. BTW, I love this book, iRRESISTABLE COMMUNICATIONS too and I […]
SUMMER FUNDRAISING AND MARKETING MAKEOVERS
Summertime is a super time to refresh and recheck your Fundraising Plan as well as your overhaul your Marketing Strategies! How’s it going and where can you improve? Make Year-End Fundraising a breeze by doing a good Summer Check-Up Now! https://wiredimpact.com/blog/7-ways-t…
HOW TO BUILD A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE MID-LEVEL DONOR PROGRAM
1,500,000 NONPROFITS just in the United States are experiencing a Missing Middle, no specific program to effectively work with their Mid-Level Donors! Sea Change Strategies wrote a report in 2014 focusing on mid-level donors because they found that in many cases, these mid-level donors were generating as much as one-third of an organizations income from […]
RETENTION BENCHMARK STUDY REVEALED
New 2018 Benchmark Study just out that gives us new insight into RETENTION RATES just in time to make last half of year a Retention Winner! Steve Daigneault of M+R talks the metrics, questions and answers and we take notes!
Create Opportunities With These Summer Fundraising Ideas
Wow, here it is almost Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start of Summer 2018! Can you believe it? So let’s talk Summer Fundraising, let’s talk creative events we can use to build relationships and give opportunities for summertime fun, events that volunteers can help you pull together, events that you and your staff and board […]
Time Management Tips for the Small Non Profit
What is your most important Development task right now? Ever get overwhelmed by what to do next on your to-do list, what will get the best results, what would the experts say? Listen up for some super efficient advice!