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The Weekly Independent: October 2, 2017

Eric Jacobsen Blog

News and notes for independent professionals and their clients. This is the October 2, 2017 edition.

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This Fundraising Season, Avoid Mail Purgatory

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I’m a fundraiser. This means, as year-end giving season approaches, I actually get excited when my mailbox fills up with lots of direct mail appeal letters. I read all of them. Why? Because I want to see what other fundraisers are doing. I want to observe trends and benchmark what’s happening in the annual fund space. These appeals say a lot about the organizations that sent them – they tell me what they care about and what’s most important during the biggest giving season of the year.

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