Category: Fundraising Techniques That Work

A lot of fundraisers right now are beginning to focus on their year-end asks and Major gift prospects, are you? Let’s go. Make it count. How should you get started? Here are the Answers!

After reviewing the downward spiral of all fundraising metrics in the 2nd qtr 2019 Fundraising Effectiveness Report (FEP) last week, we concentrate now on immediate measures you can take in the last quarter of 2019 to bring those fundraising metrics up

Here are 8 Emails put together by Next After that you should be sending out Year-end for your best fundraising success!

50% of annual giving is done between October and December! It makes sense to align with the holiday season for your nonprofit. The end of the year is marketable because it is ripe for Good Storytelling.

What Really Works With Major Donors – “Donors Are Leaving in Record Numbers,” says a recent Nonprofit Times article and its documented by alarming numbers like ‘the number of donors plunged during the first 6 months of 2019 compared to 2018.’ Vertius Group says its time to really up our game, time to get to work and tell our donors they made a difference with their gift, especially with your Major Donors. Veritus Group has some great strategies that are working magic and you might want to check out their next clinic because their clients are seeing tremendous growth in major gifts.

What Really Works With Major Donors – “Donors Are Leaving in Record Numbers,” says a recent Nonprofit Times article and its documented by alarming numbers like ‘the number of donors plunged during the first 6 months of 2019 compared to 2018.’ Vertius Group says its time to really up our game, time to get to work and tell our donors they made a difference with their gift, especially with your Major Donors. Veritus Group has some great strategies that are working magic and you might want to check out their next clinic because their clients are seeing tremendous growth in major gifts.

“Donors Are Leaving in Record Numbers,” says a recent Nonprofit Times article and its documented by alarming numbers like ‘the number of donors plunged during the first 6 months of 2019 compared to 2018.’ Vertius Group says its time to really up our game, time to get to work and tell our donors they made a difference with their gift, especially with your Major Donors. Veritus Group has some great strategies that are working magic and you might want to check out their next clinic because their clients are seeing tremendous growth in major gifts.

Certainly hope you are watching your fundraising metrics and trends for 2019 because the 2019 2nd Qtr Fundraising Effectiveness Report sounds a real alarm and shows at 20,000 nonprofit organizations there was not one positive single fundraising metric, not one!

Need to pull your year-end fundraising together with 12 specific success tasks? Here it is!

Craft Your Best Stories Now for Year-End Success. Make your stories emotional and compelling, showing the potential donor what a huge impact they will make now by taking immediate action

Do you think you’re getting personal with your donors by using personalization tools? If you do, you’re in for a shock! Claire Axelrad of Hands-On Fundraising and Clarification is a great fundraising coach, writes terrific content and today I highlight some of her super-specific tips on how to get personal with your donor for fabulous renewal results and upgraded gifts. Getting personal has nothing to do with personalization, you’ll be surprised and impressed!