Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

In the donor’s mind, they can’t close the loop on the gift until they receive a receipt. If you use a ‘from’ email such as info@yourorganization or donationreceipt@yourorganization, the email will, from the very first moment the donor lays eyes on it, feel impersonal, like a form letter. The donor knows you received their gift.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target. It may sound hokey, but SMART goals make sure everyone is clear about what you’re trying to accomplish and by when you’d like to do it. What are you trying to do, anyway? Let me explain.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target. It may sound hokey, but SMART goals make sure everyone is clear about what you’re trying to accomplish and by when you’d like to do it. What are you trying to do, anyway? Let me explain.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

When you are brainstorming, your words might not sound so polished, which is fine. A key message for an animal shelter might be “Every animal deserves a loving home and you can help care for those in our shelter until they’re adopted.”. That way, you’re clear about the content of your email and your key message is top of mind.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While migrating donor data is one of the most important steps in implementing a new CRM, it’s also the part that’s most time-consuming, mind-numbing, and prone to error. Sound exciting? Build a Donor Data Migration Strategy in 10 Steps Migrating your donor data into your new CRM sounds like a daunting task. Not so much.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

Adopt bylaws. What’s inconvenient is that there are so darn many of them: Venmo, Google Pay, Apple Pay, and Zelle are the ones that come to mind, but by the time you read this another one may have emerged. The more accounts you have, the more you have to keep track of and reconcile each month, so keep that in mind.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

And so this car salesperson strategy always has our objective top of mind, even when we’re asking the funder questions about them. Think about how that belief was probably impacting how I fundraise versus then when I adopted this belief. Sounds good. You can do that with compassion, with empathy, still with the win-win in mind.

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