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12 free nonprofit books to help you achieve year-end fundraising success

Candid

These nonprofit books provide sample messaging and practical guidance to help you write appeals that resonate with your donors and compel them to support your organization. Read this book to gain confidence by learning tools, sample dialogues, and techniques to ask anyone, for any amount, for any purpose. The Annual Campaign by Erik J.

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8 Tried-and-True (Secret) Individual Donor Fundraising Action Tips

Bloomerang

Ask them if they’ll write a brief handwritten note on the next appeal you mail (give them a few sample notes). If they can’t come into the office, send them a bunch of sticky notes to write and mail back to you; insert these into the appropriate envelopes. ACTION: Get board members to review your donor list.

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When props don’t cut it – advocating for your virtual volunteer roles

Twenty Hats

As a veterinary resident, part of her job involved teaching, and that responsibility did not end with the shut-in. Ali was expected to make a training video from home on how to extract a bone marrow sample — without an examining room, without equipment, and most especially without an animal. The challenge here is the cost.

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Relationships That Raise Funds: 5 Tips for Creating Successful Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers

NetWits

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc).

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Making the most of mid-level

M+R

In all likelihood, you are able to reach these donors via direct mail and/or telephone outreach. You can promote these private/unique URLs in 1:1 email, in mass email, in SMS, via a private Facebook group, or even in direct mail. Sample impact report from Oxfam America. . . What Bill Murray can teach you about email marketing.

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4 Strategies to Increase Donor Loyalty

Bloomerang

mailing address; phone number; tax identification number). It also includes sample templates, worksheets, and my Creative Ways to Thank Your Donors guide with 72 ideas you can use! If your website is not mobile friendly, Google may not even show your organization at all in search results. Include multiple ways to give (e.g.,

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10 Best Practices for Email Security

Tech Soup

Even if the email is from a known sender but somehow looks out of the ordinary, teach your employees to be cautious. Read more about how to create an email policy and download a sample policy. In addition to using backup tapes, check if your email security solution also provides mail backup functionality. Add Legal Footer.

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