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Here’s How to Raise More Money with Your Next Fundraising Letter

The Fundraising Authority

I am in the middle of writing a direct mail fundraising letter for a non-profit client, and tomorrow I will be presenting the letter to them, and explaining why it will be effective. And it got me thinking… there are really only three things that separate super-successful fundraising letters from ones that are just mediocre.

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Facebook Ad Strategy for Non-Profits & Charities: 9 Things to Understand and Test

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Here’s how it works: Facebook finds the first 50 people who convert, and builds a statistical model based on them. You need to give your ads time to go through Facebook’s ‘learning phase’ : this is where Facebook finds the first 50 conversions from your ads, then builds a statistical model to find the rest of the people who will convert.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

What if we could have a conversation about fundraising strategy with David Ogilvy, founder of Ogilvy a leading marketing/PR firm and deemed the ‘Father of Advertising’? This engineering insight became his headline: “At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in a Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock.”

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112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail

BoardAssist

Direct mail is a major workhorse for all nonprofits. And regardless of what you hear or think about online giving, most gifts still come via the mail. This week guest blogger Gail Perry is back with her top tips to help us all raise more money by mail. 112 Tips to Raise More Money by Mail. Thanks Gail!

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Nonprofit Email: The Rules of Engagement

Pamela Grow

When it comes to reaching your fundraising goals, email reigns supreme (after direct mail and face-to-face, of course). Craft a minimum of three different headlines and use a tool like Advanced Marketing Institute’s Headline Analyzer to gauge the most effective subject line. But what about reach? billion by 2025.

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How Does Your Content Compare? Tips for Improving Click-Through & Conversion Rates

NetWits

Direct mail may use different friendly URLs to test response rates. Most importantly, it will also track click-through and conversion rates, how many visitors left your site and when the test reached statistical significance. Once statistical significance has been achieved, use the “winning” content moving forward.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. Yeah, engaging those board members to be fundraising ambassadors. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started?