Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It’s also the number one reason you’re raising less money than you could. Being thanked for my previous gift was much more persuasive than receiving multiple emails and direct mail letters. Learn more in my free Donor Thank You Calls eBook + Script. Did you know as many as 81% percent of new donors don’t return to give again?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. An exclusively online campaign can be executed much faster than a traditional direct mail campaign. You can learn how to make this call by grabbing my free Thank You Calls E-Book + Script.

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

You keep mailing out newsletters and fundraising appeals. You keep adding new donors, new prospects and your mailing lists get larger. You are raising more money. Have you done the math on returned mail? If 5% of the addresses are bad, that’s 5,000 pieces of returned or wasted mail each mailing.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If they donate by check, you should send them a hard copy thank-you letter with tax information by regular postal mail, sent within two business days of when you receive their check. You can include a mail option and a QR code linking to an electronic survey. It helps to provide the people making calls with a script.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. Capitalize on the power of email marketing to recruit individuals or teams to raise money for your organization and to stay in touch with these supporters throughout the campaign. Peer to peer.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 16, 2021

This type of segmentation provides insight into the best way to deliver your message or how to encourage your donors to contribute, such as including a pre-stamped, self-addressed envelope in a direct mail campaign or directing them to an easy to use online donate button through an appeal you’ve posted on social media.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time. Capitalize on the power of email marketing to recruit individuals or teams to raise money for your organization and to stay in touch with these supporters throughout the campaign. Peer to peer.

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email Communication Effective Fundraising 67

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

By focusing a little extra energy on your mid-level donors, you can raise more money and create a quality pipeline for your major gifts officers. For this group, make between two and eight solicitations a year, mostly via mail. When you’re managing an understaffed development team, you’re always rearranging your to-do list.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 18, 2012

Keeping staff motivated and raising the big dollars with special events can be an expensive and staff-intensive endeavor that is growing more difficult to sustain in our world’s diminished economy. The plan is important to be sure the schedule is followed and communications are coordinated to prevent email or mail overload.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Emma Lewzey will identify the specific shifts you must make to raise more 5- and 6-figure gifts–without letting fear, intimidation, or imposter syndrome get in your way. We are here to talk about “How to Overcome Fear, Intimidation, and Imposter Syndrome to Raise More Money.” Full Transcript: Steven: All right.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It is not too late to raise major gifts this year. And that made the biggest difference for me in going from struggling and feeling insecure, honestly, right, and fearful of talking to major donors to raising a million a year from individuals to up to 2.5 So, Steven, I think people are raising their hands. Here we go.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 11, 2008

This 58-page book provides all of the information you need to host a house party including a pre-party checklist, a sample fundraising "ask" script, and sample thank you notes and invitations. Direct mail? One of the tips I found the most interesting was that it is important that the person who asks the group for donations is a peer.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

If a prospective donor encounters an obstacle while trying to donate (like if your donation process is cumbersome or if they can’t find the donate button or if there’s no address for them to mail a check), they may give up. You might be surprised how many people will want to write a check and mail it to you! Don’t go on and on.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Emma Lewzey will identify the specific shifts you must make to raise more 5- and 6-figure gifts–without letting fear, intimidation, or imposter syndrome get in your way. We are here to talk about “How to Overcome Fear, Intimidation, and Imposter Syndrome to Raise More Money.” Full Transcript: Steven: All right.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2019

However, given that most annual giving programs are vestiges of heavy direct mail programs where costs are tied intrinsically with the cost of printing, this has deeply influenced how we view personalization. Johnson box, multiple use of “You”). Lapsed donor (< Thank you for your previous donations that have saved lives>).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2014

Whatever you do for supporters who give via mail. You can get my free Donor Thank You Calls E-Book + Script by joining me at clairification.com. Or, check out the Attitude of Gratitude Donor Guide to help you raise more money every year from here on out. Here’s a great post-donation landing page example from Charity:Water.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

You want your ambassadors to be themselves, not a scripted version that resembles themselves and strips away the authenticity that made their relationship as an ambassador so powerful, to begin with. So set objectives and let them guide you. 2) Choose the right people. These are guides you’re providing – not mandates.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth has worked on tons of campaigns for her clients, billion dollars raised. Next is, we always hope that our board members are some of our most generous stakeholders, they’re personally philanthropic, they’re setting an example and helping to raise your communities’ sights. Elizabeth: There are so many ways.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

That means if you spent most of your time on the top 12% of your donors, you will raise more money and in less time than dinking around with little nickel-and-dime fundraisers. Just think: you could work less and raise more! Others may have grown to the point where they’ve raised their minimum major gift size to $5,000 or $10,000.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

Like I said, I’m really passionate about helping fundraisers save time and raise more money and delight their donors. They do the mailing. So I want you guys to download all my goodies today because they will save you time, and they will help you raise money. And I’ll pop those in there again. They write our appeals.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Educate your staff, peer-to-peer fundraisers , and board members about matching gifts by: Outsourcing training via professional online courses Creating digestible infographics about the basics of matching gifts Providing example scripts pitching matching gifts Ultimately, matching gifts programs are an easy concept to grasp.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters. Customize these scripts based on the segments of supporters who are being called. These events will give you some ideas for how you can raise more by not asking for donations at your next event. .

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters. Customize these scripts based on the segments of supporters who are being called. These events will give you some ideas for how you can raise more by not asking for donations at your next event. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2005

Nonprofit Online News is tied with Scripting News (Dave Winer's blog) as the oldest weblog still being published, period. The growth of the web and mailing lists was explosive and I was very interested in remaining well informed. That raises a question: Are you working on a book? (BK: Q: When did you start publishing?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

And I learned a lot about fundraising before the internet, when you just dialed for dollars and sent mailings and had a lot of house parties. . So I help organizations tell powerful stories that have raised collectively around a half billion dollars. We were raising $5 million for a capital campaign. She called. ” .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2015

According to Indiegogo’s data, campaigns run by two or more team members raise 94%more money than campaigns run by single individuals. We had his blessing on the overall project as well to raise money for this project, but asking him to take the time to be actively involved just isn’t realistic.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 8, 2015

And while there are multiple ways to raise money for your mission and cause, one of the easiest methods to gain more revenue is to incorporate and promote matching gifts across your organization’s fundraising efforts. When your nonprofit hosts its next phonathon, incorporate matching gift information into the script.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Subscribe to all of her stuff over at FundJoy LLC, she’s helped a lot of people raise a lot of money over the years. Okay, I know Lauren [Kotling 00:04:29] raised her hand. in the beginning, it was very, very difficult for me to, number one, raise money. And so I’ll do like a script with them. ” Perfect.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2023

They cut down on the number of reports they mailed directly (and made the report available online) but made sure to continue sending the paper version to some local lawyers. When you designate the next steps supporters should take to further engage with your organization, you ensure the mailer won’t just get lost with their junk mail.

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