7 Fundraising Goals for Successful Fundraising Plan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0cTPXreOFk

“If you’re looking to increase donations for your nonprofit organization, your first move will be to improve the fundraising goals you set for your organization. Most nonprofits have fundraising goals, but not all goals are created equal.”

More ideas for creating goals for your fundraising plan: https://www.classy.org/blog/the-smart-way-to-create-fundraising-goals/

In this video, you will learn how a cohesive, powerful message with a sense of urgency can build your monthly giving program.

Extra Help: a guide to building a monthly giving program: http://info.kindful.com/monthly-giving-guide

If you find this fundraising tip useful, please SUBSCRIBE and SHARE!

Many thanks, Joy

P.S. Here’s more fun on the why’s of monthly giving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_f1kM8soq0

NextAfter had a great webinar today that inspired me to immediately share some ideas with you right now for thanking your donors!

The bar has been set by one non-profit that sent 9 thank you’s in the first 90 days for one gift! Wow!

Wonder how and what they did? Watch and see.

Your new thank you ‘best-practice’ should be 3 thank you’s for each gift! Your new continuum of thanking! www.nextafter.com

A Few Simple Fundraising Tips for 2017


What are you 2017 fundraising resolutions?
How about Retention for a start?
And making more ASKS?
And reinforcing or revamping your Brand?
Go for it! 2017 is your year! Make it a Blockbuster Year! Stay tuned for lots of great ideas for your success!!
P.S. 5 Retention Tips here: http://nonprofithub.org/fundraising/donor-retention-5-ideas-to-get-donors-to-stick-around/

Be Ready With A Passionate Elevator Pitch

As Development peeps, we must make it a resolution to get out and meet with community thought leaders, the key mover and shakers in our region, with a well-prepared short passionate ‘who we are’ presentation!

They may never be your donor, they may never be your board member, but you do want them to know of the good you are doing now! Leave them with a good story, a good impression, and a desire to know more!

How One Donor Thank You Note Raised $450,000


Would you believe that a single thank you note to a group of donors brought in an extra $450,000 to FOOD FOR THE POOR?

Watch now and see how Executive Director, Angel Aloma, did it!

Blockbuster Fundraising offers this as the first great 2017 Fundraising Tip for YOU! Watch this video and then read 20 QUESTIONS, THE DONOR COMMUNICATIONS TEST for more great tips and “AHA” moments!

http://www.aherncomm.com/20-questions-free-downloadable-test-re-best-practices-donor-communications/

Review of an Exemplary Donor Year-End Email

Dec 30th! Today we review an exemplary 2016 year-end email and remind ourselves that a call to donors about the last chance IRA 2016 deduction could be important! Hope your emails are year-end asks are having fabulous results! Join us tomorrow for a live New Years Eve celebration with resolutions and trends for 2017.

POST POST POST


Last three fundraising days are the largest giving days of the entire year! This calls for repurposing your great content on social media! Post, post, and post again on Facebook using your Donation Page link throughout the post, not just at the end! Make sure your Call To Action button is set to Donate and works seamlessly with your donation page!

Surefire Success Tips for Largest 2016 Giving Days


With these Blockbuster Fundraising Tips plus bonus tips borrowed from John Haydon, you’re ready for 3 biggest days for fundraising! http://www.johnhaydon.com/thank-you-page-best-practices-nonprofit/

Dazzle Them Now For Largest Giving Days of 2016


Just gotta love The NONPROFIT MARKETING BLOG and their “7 Musts for Last-MInute Fundraising Appeals”. These 7 tips are dazzling best-practices that will give you “striking and spiking” power for 2016 year-end!

Send More Than One Email Last Fundraising Days


After viewing this Daily Tip and reading John Haydon’s blog (http://www.johnhaydon.com/email-subject-line-examples/) you will be thinking about sending out more than one email on Dec 31st as well as revamping your subject lines! Keep It going because these last 9 days of 2016 fundraising are tremendously important and you can tweak your emails for super success! No Kidding!