Your nonprofit’s donors interact with your organization in a variety of ways, whether they’re giving online, volunteering, following you on social media, or attending your events. All of this involvement is referred to as donor engagement. The more that your donors...
From drafting email newsletters to curating social media posts and promoting your website, marketing requires much of your nonprofit’s manpower. Resources like the Google Ad Grant offer additional ways to boost your nonprofit’s online presence, but each marketing tool...
How many sentences of this introduction will you read? How long can this paragraph hold your attention? According to Treetop Therapy’s attention statistics, the human attention span is eight seconds, dropping by 25% over the past few years. Between volunteer...
Successful fundraising is built with human relationships. It’s not a mechanical process that you can “turn on” when you need it. I find it’s better to build a habit of consistent communication with donors and prospect rather than trying to...
As I talk with nonprofit leaders, one of the common complaints I get is “I wish I had more opportunities. I feel like my list is so short. I’ve already reached out to them over and over.” Does this sound like you? My friend Phil Jones has a helpful framework to...
One of the hard truths about fundraising is that: fundraising isn’t always fun. Good fundraising is tedious, meticulous, regular, pleasant persistence. (Even when you don’t feel like being pleasant.) If you’re not getting the results you want, look...