Your fundraising will go from good to great with these online fundraising tips.
Category: Dazzling Donor Communications
Donors communications must communicate your story and your true gratitude for their loyalty and support.
Are You A Fundraising Procrastinator?
What a Fundraising Procrastinator Can Do Now To Catch Up
If you’ve fallen behind on year-end fundraising, these catch-up tips from the experts at Network for Good will help you get back in the game.
FUNDRAISERS GIVING, CARING, and SHARING DECEMBER TO DO LIST
Have you ever wondered what the best Major Gifts non-profit departments are going to be doing this December to make sure year-end results are spectacular? Veritus Group shares what their top clients put at the top of their December To Do’s so listen up!
Avoid These Common Year-End Fundraising Mistakes
Here are 7 common fundraising mistakes you must avoid for year-end success.
Rachel Beer Reveals 7 Fundraising Sins
Do you read or use SOFII.org resources? It’s a great place to find fundraising advice treasures and here’s one I love from 2015 by fundraising detective, Rachel Beer.
10 Facts You Should Know About Year-End Fundraising
NEON is a great fundraising resource and you need to review these ten year-end fundraising facts now! 10 facts sure to help your results!
Year End Appeals That Have Appeal
Year-End Appeals That Have Appeal
What’s the point of crafting an annual appeal that has no appeal to the donors who receive it? Make sure you are on the right track, not skipping important steps that will ensure the success that your organization is depending on for year-end fundraising success!
Craft Your Best Annual Appeal Letter Ever With these Proven Techniques
Craft Your Best Annual Appeal Letter Ever With these Proven Techniques!
More tips from Blockbuster to craft the best of the best annual fundraising appeal! All kinds of hacks, tweeks and proven techniques that will work for you and your mission.
Excellent ONLINE Checklist for YearEnd Fundraising
Use this excellent checklist when crafting your OnLine annual appeals for the best fundraising results you’ve ever produced.
You’ll definitely want to review this Online Checklist for ultimate year-end fundraising success!
What Would You Do With An Extra Week of Fundraising?
Are you aware of the exceptional fundraising bonus you have in 2017? It’s an entire extra fundraising week between Thanksgiving and Christmas! How ill you use this extra 7 days?
You have an extra week this year of 2017 between Thanksgiving and Year-End to fundraise. Learn how can you best make good use of those 7 days to achieve greater success for your fundraising goals!
Five Extra #GivingTuesday Helpful Tips
5 more ideas for #GivingTuesday, a list of some platforms and more resources to help you in a hurry! Not much time but always time for a few great ideas, right?
Rock Your Year-End Storytelling
Your non-profit story is your most valuable asset. Your heartfelt story will inspire action and create change. If you can tell your story like a feature movie, your donors will never forget it. And, even better, they’ll share it with others and you’ll be a rockstar.
Rock your storytelling! Your non-profit story is your most valuable asset. Your story can inspire action and create change. If you can tell your story like a feature movie, your donors will never forget it. And, even better, they’ll share it with others.
Important Story Components
A Character
Stories that draw people in are stories in which people care about, identify with or are fascinated by a character. You’ve got to put your characters front and center. Who is the person who needs your donor’s help?
A Hero
You need a hero. Ideally, this would be your donor!
A Threat
What is your donor saving your character from? What will happen without your donor’s help?
The Head and The Heart
You need to balance this combination. Don’t just give the facts and figures. To really tell a story well you have to be able to hold someone’s pain.
Top 10 Insights from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference
#1 – The best stories are the ones that you remember. That move you to share and take action.
#2 – People will forget what you told them, they’ll forget what you did, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel through stories. Make your story about your case and the character who will be helped.
#3 – Your storytelling doesn’t have to live within your marketing team. Your donors can contribute by sharing.
#4 – Keep recording stories! Talk to your donors and other staff and figure out some great stories to tell.
#5 – Consider your medium. Tell stories in direct mail, email, and also in video form.
#6 – In your video stories, make sure to not just have talking heads and keep your video to 1-2 minutes.
#7 – Don’t forget, a story has a beginning, middle, and end.
#8 – Use an image to touch heartstrings.
#9 – Simple stories are the best.
#10 – Don’t be afraid to fail!