by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 3, 2008 | 3. Ask, Fundraising Secrets
One of my biggest frustrations is getting a passionate email appeal, clearly stating a need, but not telling me what to do to fix it. Do you want me to give money? Send a letter to the editor? But it’s worse to get an email asking for a donation without a link...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 2, 2008 | Ask Without Fear! products
I wanted to remind you that Jeff Brooks, the author of the amazing Donor Power Blog, is tomorrow’s guest on the Ask Without Fear radio show! Join us to hear: the difference between writing for direct mail and writing for the web thoughts on fundraising via...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 29, 2008 | Samples & Tools, Specials
For any of you that have written a book or created an information project, you know that simply writing a book doesn’t ensure the book sells. That can be a shock for many of us! Alex Mandossian has a lot of cool ideas in his Virtual Book Tour System. He’s...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 20, 2008 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, Fundraising Secrets
Jeff Brooks’ recent post at DonorPowerBlog is such a great reminder: when you’re writing fundraising letters, you need to write like a human being. He offers a great real-life example of typical copy from a fundraising letter he received. Winter disasters...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 19, 2008 | Ask Without Fear! products, Specials
I’m going on vacation for a week so I’m offering bundles of my downloadable fundraising books and fundraising training classes! You won’t have to wait on shipping and I’ll have the piece of mind of knowing you’re fundraising efforts are...
