by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 22, 2011 | 4. Love (Stewardship), Guest Posts, Samples & Tools
This week, I’m pleased to introduce David Unger. David is an accomplished fundraiser and President of Unger & Associates. His years of experience have led him to create his own donor management and fundraising software system: Total Community Manager....
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 21, 2011 | 3. Ask, Samples & Tools
Today is President’s Day in the USA. So I got to thinking: how could a nonprofit use this holiday for fundraising? Here are two ideas I came up with: (1) President’s Day Mailing Send a mailing to your database listing all the past presidents —...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 19, 2011 | 3. Ask
Last week, my friend Susan Murphy (@suzemuse) tweeted a blog post by V3 called “How not to be invisible on the new Facebook newsfeed.” The title was a bit misleading, but the post was very helpful. Apparently, our friends at Facebook have automatically...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 18, 2011 | 3. Ask, Samples & Tools
People are benefiting from the new Fundraising Kick weekly emails. [If you’re not familiar with what I’m talking about, Fundraising Kick’s are brief, simple weekly emails that quickly give you the added kick to do what you already know you need to...
by Marc A. Pitman | Feb 17, 2011 | 3. Ask
You’ve got a month. Have you figured out a way to use St. Patrick’s Day to raise some funds for your cause? What if you did a mailing along these lines: Dear _________, You’ve heard of the “luck of the Irish”? Well this St....
