by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 21, 2010 | 3. Ask
I asked Sandy Rees from GetFullyFunded.com to do this guest blog post. She wrote a great book on fundraising letters. If you haven’t thought of your year end appeal, read this post of her ideas & then create your strategy! And be sure to let us know in the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 3, 2010 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Internet & Social Media
What would you do if your nonprofit’s only web presence and online fundraising were in Facebook? I recently loaded Facebook but got this page. Apparently, Facebook was experiencing instability. While it still happens frequently with Twitter, this is rare in my...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 31, 2010 | 3. Ask
As a fundraiser, it’s so easy to get jaded. To think we’ve seen it all. But curiousity is one of the most important tools a fundraiser can have. It helps in every step of the “Get R.E.A.L.” fundraising process: Research: If you’re curious, you will not...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 17, 2010 | 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Fundraising Secrets, Samples & Tools
Have you checked out Google Docs? I keep finding remarkable ways to use this for collaboration! For example, an organization I work with recently ran a phonathon that didn’t involve asking for money, but asking people to advocate for our cause. Our database...
by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 10, 2010 | 1. Research, 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Fundraising Secrets, Question Marc?
Lately I’ve been getting lots of questions about how individuals can fundraise for walkathon events and many other -athons: bike-a-thons, bowl-a-thons, etc. So I wrote down some of the basic advice I was giving. When I finished, it was a 5-page article!! Rather...
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by Marc A. Pitman | Aug 3, 2010 | 3. Ask, Fundraising Letters, Question Marc?
Last week, I received this question about a fundraising letter acquisition mailing. Hi Marc, We are doing an acquisition mailing to patients of Local Community Clinic on behalf of Local Community Clinic Foundation, a 501c3 that offers support to the Clinic and the...
