If you send all your email subscribers the exact same fundraising emails for every campaign — year-end or any other time — you’ll never unlock their full potential as supporters. Are all your email subscribers the same? Of course not! Some donate. Some volunteer. Some do both. MORE
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We have all been there when we are in the middle of a campaign or plan and everything slows down to a crawl. When I find that internal forces are blocking a campaign from moving forward I find that short strategic regular meetings have helped me push forward. I often use my agendas as my action plan so it will have actual steps from our development or campaign plan on it. When your campaign slows down more than anything else you need to be patient and persistent. MORE
This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising and today I am so, so pleased to do my very first interview – hopefully there will be more – with Andrea Kihlstedt, who is the head of Capital Campaign Masters, who’s written a book on capital campaigns. Hey, everybody. Welcome. MORE
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Potential donors need a way to remember December 2, and a reason to visit your campaign website to give. Maybe you can even have a matching campaign tied to how many people donate after “completing” the story. More #GivingTuesday Guidance: Get our free guide to launching your #GivingTuesday campaign. Guest author Jenn a Sauber is a crowdfunding and digital marketing expert at CauseVox, a peer-to-peer fundraising software for nonprofits. MORE
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Now I want to focus hard on one of the most valuable opportunities there is, in part because it’s seldom used by organizations like yours— taglines for your advocacy and fundraising campaigns, and your special events. Campaign power squared.
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If you send all your email subscribers the exact same fundraising emails for every campaign — year-end or any other time — you’ll never unlock their full potential as supporters. Are all your email subscribers the same? Of course not! Some donate. Some volunteer. Some do both.
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These nonprofits are seriously winning on social media – because they recognize two things: 1) Mother’s Day is a perfect time to implement a fundraising campaign due to it’s personal and emotional nature. Is your nonprofit conducting a Mother’s Day fundraising campaign? .
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OCTOBER 5, 2015
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We have all been there when we are in the middle of a campaign or plan and everything slows down to a crawl. When I find that internal forces are blocking a campaign from moving forward I find that short strategic regular meetings have helped me push forward. I often use my agendas as my action plan so it will have actual steps from our development or campaign plan on it. When your campaign slows down more than anything else you need to be patient and persistent.
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Minnesotans United for All Families (MN United) did a great job in putting Love is the Law front and center in its campaign for passage of the marriage equality bill last spring. But Poling wouldn’t have made the connection if he hadn’t first been touched by campaign outreach.
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