The Power of Segmentation for Year-End Success is Amazing! Donor Segmentation for maximum fundraising results First things first: What is segmentation? Segmentation is the act of dividing your donors into groups based on specific criteria. It is critical that you are able to segment your donors. A donor database with CRM (customer relationship management) technology […]
Dazzling Donor Communications
12 Year-End Fundraising Checklists
12 fundraising checklists that will take your year-end fundraising to huge heights so you’ll definitely want to review and check off each detail! Blockbuster is all about bringing all the very best fundraising tips to one place where you can spend minutes a day, reviewing, refreshing and learning from the most excellent fundraising leaders globally available. […]
AWESOME ANNUAL APPEAL IDEAS
Resist surrendering to the good news compulsion in your annual appeal. You have to make people want to help you. Your job is to convince them that you need their help. Annual Appeal Suggestions and Who better to take annual appeal suggestions from than the Dean of Direct Mail? Jerry Huntsinger from the Showcase of Fundraising […]
6 #GIVINGTUESDAY HACKS
October is the perfect time to review or begin or improve your 2017 #GivingTuesday campaign. Here are 6 #GivingTuesday Hacks just in time to jump-start great results. #GivingTuesday Tips What is #GivingTuesday? #GivingTuesday is a counterpoint to the consumerism of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It started with just a few hundred nonprofits in 2012 […]
WHY DONORS GIVE MORE
Want to know why Donors Give More? The Burk Donor Survey provides some revealing answers! Want to know why Donors Give More? The Burk Donor Survey provided some great info about donors and guess what? 21,000 donors completed this survey and 1/3rd of those donors said they could give more! Better watch for some handy […]
Landing the Big Major Gift Now
Major Gift Success Tips In Time For Year-End Success Major Gifts Success With only 90 days left in the year, do we still have time for major gifts? Of course! But you need to start now. Your annual giving program is the primary source of major gift prospects. Five to twenty percent of all donors […]
Magic ‘Moves Management” Steps for Major Gift Success
Moves Management Skills Perfecting moves management is essential to securing major gifts. David Dunlap is a moves management pioneer. He says the moves concept focuses major gift fundraising on changing people’s attitudes so they want to give. What are moves? A cultivation opportunity. Any great way to get to know your prospect better and let […]
A WINNING NEW DONOR WELCOME KIT
Most new donors will never give again, 70% to be more specific! So how do you keep them and turn them into loyal advocates for your cause? Follow these brilliant steps from the New Welcome Plan Save the Children has put together! It Works! And put together a welcome plan now in time for those […]
Segmentation Steps for Year-End Success
The only way to great year-end results is to go over your database carefully and segment your donors into specific groups in order to direct specific communications they really want to see, hear or read. You need to know how to reach them and segmentation is the answer! Donor Segmentation for maximum fundraising results First […]
POWERFUL DONOR LANGUAGE
Empowering Language We all want to grab our donor’s attention, persuade them to read our message, and inspire them to make a gift. A fantastic way to do this is by using empowering language. Statements that excite the reader or that paint a picture will do wonders to help your message stand out. Here are […]
4th Quarter Calls for Donor Retention & Upgrading
Retain and upgrade Did you know that Individual donors account for 72% of all giving? Just think of how much more you could raise if you could retain and upgrade all of your donors. The sky is the limit! It is essential that you take the necessary steps to not only keep your donors but […]
A Fundraisers October To Do List
4th quarter is here as is the big year-end fundraising push! Here’s what you need to be doing right now in October if you want to dominate 2017 fundraising year-end results!