by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 30, 2008 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, Fundraising Letters
If you’re not reading Seth Godin’s blog, you may want to make it a New Year’s Resolution to start! He recently had a pithy blog post on improving copywriting using the slogan on the sign in a Peets’ Coffee store “Unlike Any Coffee...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 28, 2008 | Samples & Tools, Specials
2009 looks like it’ll probably be a challenging year. Since many are having their education budgets cut, I’ve put several tools up on the web. These are packed with incredible content and are conveniently available for you to learn without leaving your...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 23, 2008 | Odd, Samples & Tools
See’s Chocolates sent me a tin of chocolates they use for a chocolate fundraiser. I told them my blog doesn’t talk about fundraising sales, but they insisted and who am I to turn down free chocolate? 🙂 The tin came yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised by...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 19, 2008 | Odd
I sure love the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s “Give & Take” roundup of nonprofit blogs. Today I found a gem from fundraising consultant Tom Belford on the Madoff ponzi scandal. Tom writes on a pretty obvious, but unspoken, double standard: every...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 16, 2008 | 3. Ask
The end of the year is coming upon us with unrelenting speed. Even if it’s not the end of your fiscal year, this is a tremendously important time. And there’s just over 2 weeks to go. I tend to focus on soliciting individuals…or rather...
