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Similarly, estimates of donor retention—that range from horrible to abysmal—have made me wonder, “ If a direct response message lands in a person’s mailbox/inbox and they don’t pay attention, are we really communicating? ”. This gets us back to communication—or the lack thereof. MORE
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