Comments on: Fundraising In the Dip http://fundraisingcoach.com/2007/07/03/in-the-dip/ Fundraising seminars & training from The Fundraising Coach, Marc A. Pitman Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guiding Vision | Going Through the Dip http://fundraisingcoach.com/2007/07/03/in-the-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-12795 Guiding Vision | Going Through the Dip Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:40:51 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/blog/2007/07/03/in-the-dip/#comment-12795 [...] Of course Seth is a marketer, wait, the marketer, so he talks about how this concept applies in business. He also gives examples that apply to personal relationships, hobbies, and for-impact (charitable) groups.  Related to this last area, Marc Pitman wrote an excellent 3 part series inspired by the book starting with Fundraising in the Dip. [...] [...] Of course Seth is a marketer, wait, the marketer, so he talks about how this concept applies in business. He also gives examples that apply to personal relationships, hobbies, and for-impact (charitable) groups.  Related to this last area, Marc Pitman wrote an excellent 3 part series inspired by the book starting with Fundraising in the Dip. [...]

]]> By: The Extreme Fundraising Blog » More on Fundraising in the Dip http://fundraisingcoach.com/2007/07/03/in-the-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-11992 The Extreme Fundraising Blog » More on Fundraising in the Dip Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:08:02 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/blog/2007/07/03/in-the-dip/#comment-11992 [...] our last post, Fundraising in the Dip, we exlpored Seth Godin’s thoughts on “dips” and “cul-de-sacs” from [...] [...] our last post, Fundraising in the Dip, we exlpored Seth Godin’s thoughts on “dips” and “cul-de-sacs” from [...]

]]> By: John Huber http://fundraisingcoach.com/2007/07/03/in-the-dip/comment-page-1/#comment-11868 John Huber Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:09:29 +0000 http://fundraisingcoach.com/blog/2007/07/03/in-the-dip/#comment-11868 Mark: In reading your "observations", I thought of the following and decided to send it on. Did "he" ever have a "dip" ? I think so. John Perseverance: "He failed in business in '31. He was defeated for state legislator in '32.He tried another business in '33. It failed. His fiancee died in '35. He had a nervous breakdown in '36. In '43 he ran for congress and was defeated. He tried again in '48 and was defeated again. He tried running for the Senate in '55. He lost. The next year he ran for Vice President and lost. In '59 he ran for the Senate again and was defeated. In 1860, the man who signed his name A. Lincoln, was elected the 16th President of the United States. The difference between history's boldest accomplishments, and its most staggering failures is often, simply, the diligent will to persevere." Mark:

In reading your “observations”, I thought of the following and decided to send it on. Did “he” ever have a “dip” ? I think so.

John

Perseverance:

“He failed in business in ’31. He was defeated for state legislator in ’32.He tried another business in ’33. It failed. His fiancee died in ’35. He had a nervous breakdown in ’36. In ’43 he ran for congress and was defeated. He tried again in ’48 and was defeated again. He tried running for the Senate in ’55. He lost. The next year he ran for Vice President and lost. In ’59 he ran for the Senate again and was defeated. In 1860, the man who signed his name A. Lincoln, was elected the 16th President of the United States. The difference between history’s boldest accomplishments, and its most staggering failures is often, simply, the diligent will to persevere.”

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