Fundraising letters are still an important part of your fundraising process. Recently, I’ve been getting lots of questions about fundraising letters – both to me directly and on FundraisingCoach GPT (FRC GPT). So I thought I’d give you a simple...
Imagine you’re a busy donor checking your email on the way to lunch. You’ve just gotten out of a difficult meeting at work, and your personal inbox is crowded with promotional messages from brands you don’t remember signing up to receive emails from. You see a message...
Have you ever written a fundraising letter? A fundraising letter you felt really proud about? One that presented your nonprofit in an amazing light. That showed how good you were working in your cause. One that was sure to convince donors to give to you? I have too....
You already know the importance of fundraising for your nonprofit. Without financial means, it’s more difficult—or even impossible—to achieve your mission. To get there, you’ll need to perfect the art of making a fundraising ask. That is, the process of soliciting...
Last month, at the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference, I saw Jeff Brooks help nonprofits understand donor communication by sharing a great image. I wrote about it to my Fundraising Kick email subscribers. But I wanted to share it here. Hopefully it’ll help as you...
Fundraising is a counter-intuitive profession. But it is a profession. Experts research fundraising tactics and test strategies to find out what works. Often, the results seem illogical. Like is the case in writing fundraising letters that actually raise money. The...