by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 13, 2013 | 3. Ask, Internet & Social Media
As a fundraising coach, I take a critical look at fundraising letters and emails. It’s always thrilling to be pleasantly surprised! Last week, I was pleasantly surprised to look in my inbox and see this email subject line: Email subject line: “You made...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 21, 2013 | Internet & Social Media
As a rule, I don’t enable images in emails. And I’ve blogged about how annoying it is to get blank emails from businesses and nonprofits I’m interested in. The solution obviously is to send emails in both text and HTML. But that doesn’t look as...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 21, 2013 | 3. Ask, Internet & Social Media
As a rule, I don’t enable images in emails. And I’ve blogged about how annoying it is to get blank emails from businesses and nonprofits I’m interested in. The solution obviously is to send emails in both text and HTML. But that doesn’t look as...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jul 17, 2012 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Internet & Social Media
It’s summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer can be a great time to take care of that list of things you were planning on doing “when you had time.” Perhaps you could revisit your nonprofit’s emails. Don’t let your emails look like...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 5, 2012 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, Internet & Social Media
Back in 2000, I used email to raise $100,000 in six weeks. I wrote about it in “The $100,000 Guide to Email Solicitation.” (You can buy it in the Fundraising Coach Store but I give it away free to everyone who signs up for my free email newsletter.) People...
