What Does Pain Have To Do With It?

https://youtu.be/MSdppsPeRNM

Are You Feeling The Pain? And how do we use Pain in fundraising?

Takeaway #3 from the recent presidential elections is’feeling the pain.’ Who felt their pain and did it mean victory? And does it matter if your year-end stories feel and share the pain?

Watch this and see what you think! Here is an excellent resource:

http://www.slideshare.net/nathalienahai/the-psychology-behind-persuasive-storytelling.

#GivingTuesday Campaign Tips

As #GivingTuesday looms very near, Blockbuster reviews crowdfunding and peer-to-peer platforms to define which you should choose for your success!
Are you ready to go? Here’s help!
https://doublethedonation.com/nonprofit-software-and-resources/peer-to-peer-fundraising-tools/
 
https://www.blackbaud.com/files/resources/downloads/2014/INTA_10055_ECBU_OnlineInteractive_P2P_BenchmarkReport_FINAL.pdf
 
http://www.jcamp180.org/knowledge-center/technology/technology-tools-for-fundraising/peertopeer-fundraising-tools.aspx
 
https://www.classy.org/blog/crowdfunding-what-you-need-to-know-without-the-hype/

Get A Little Help From Your Friends, Your BOD Friends!

Fifty (50) 2016 fundraising days left!

Monday you will have 7 weeks to make sure your meet your fundraising goals and Blockbuster can help you surpass those goals with our DailyTips!

Gather up your board to help you make those donor calls now!

If you’re planning a #GivingTuesday project (and hopefully you are), this donor call can be a preview or reminder of that upcoming worthwhile project. Mainly you want to thank, discover more about your donor, and remind them of their important impact and how grateful you are for their support.

Lots of script possibilities included in this video! For many fabulous resources, go to :

http://learn.networkforgood.com/content-download-success-tyfn.html?aliId=106495572
Donor Centered Fundraising, Penelope Burk & Cygnus Research
rachelmuir.com/guides

Can You Hear Me Now?

As Non-Profit fundraisers, we are watching and reading and evaluating all things Election Results!

Today’s Takeaway, Takeaway #2, is how Important it is To LEARN TO LISTEN!

Takeaway #1 (yesterday’s DailyTip) is Prepare Graceful Transitions. Follow Blockbuster #DailyFundraisingTips at www.blockbusterfundraising.com
More info at :NPO blog: http://bit.ly/2emNKJP

Click Below For Blockbuster Tips:

Will There Be a Graceful Transition?

Today, Transition and Succession is certainly the topic uppermost on our minds.

Fundraising Takeaway #1 from Election is Graceful Transition and Succession

Our Daily Tip today asks the question, “Does Your Nonprofit Have Succession Plan in Place?”

BlueAvocado blog advises us on 6 steps to address now for a good non-profit transition plan.

http://www.blueavocado.org/content/succession-planning-nonprofits-all-sizes

Will the Election Results Matter to Your NonProfit?

Does This Election Make a Difference? Does the outcome of the U.S. Presidential election matter to your nonprofit?

Borrowing from 3 blog posts, The Agitator, MichaelRosenSays, and AmyEisenstein we have some ideas for you now!

For more information, videos and blogs see www.blockbusterfundraising.com and youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFf1rHmxWTMrVDotGC2H2vQ…#DailyFundraisingTip #Blockbusterfundraising #Countdownto2016fundraisingsuccess

CLICK BELOW FOR TOP 10 BLOCKBUSTER TIPS FOR 2016:

http://www.theagitator.net/fundraising-philosophyprofession/does-election-make-a-difference/?
https://michaelrosensays.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/are-you-ready-for-the-coming-storm/#more-2698
http://www.amyeisenstein.com/nonprofit-sector-bending-toward-justice-or-moving-backwards/

Dominate With Your Direct Mail

Was your mailbox jammed with advertisements today?

Political pieces should be done by Tuesday but then its Thanksgiving and Black Friday and how are your direct mail packages going to get attention?

Todays DailyTip has valuable tips to help you succeed and dominate with your direct mail annual appeals.

P.S. This is my beautiful furry darling, PS, #SoHumane rescue cat!

For more information, videos and blogs see www.blockbusterfundraising.com
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/financeimpact/pdf/CFD-Manuals/Direct-Mail_Fundraising_Manual.pdf

#Countdownto2016FundraisingSuccess #BlockbusterFundraising

Warm Up Your Donors

If you’re planning to wait until December to reach out to your donors, you may be too late!

You need to reach out now and here are 5 ways to warm up your donors now

from #BlockbusterFundraising on their #DailyTipCountdown to Your 2016 Fundraising Success!

For more information, videos and blogs see www.blockbusterfundraising.com

Fall Opportunities For Connecting With Your Donors

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Fall is a wonderful time to reach out to those special donors (whom you have segmented from your donor base) and personally invite them to a selected small fall event to let them know how thankful you are for their support.

For more information, videos and blogs see www.blockbusterfundraising.com

https://www.classy.org/…/21-creative-fall-fundraising-ideas/

Engage and Re-Engage Your Donors Now

ReEngage Your Donors Now! November 1st and Year-End Fundraising Has Landed in Earnestand it the right time to reach out to your donors.

Our Blockbuster Fundraising Daily Tip: engage or re-engage your donor list now with reminders of what you believe in and why they believe in you!

Thanks to Bloomerang for a great segmentation mini-plan that you will be able to immediately put into play!

For more information, videos and blogs see www.blockbusterfundraising.com

https://bloomerang.co/blog/7-segments-for-your-best-year-end-fundraising-appeal-ever/