Good and Bad Fundraising

Jeff Brooks over at the ever insightful Donor Power Blog, has a great comparison of traditional fundraising vs. effective fundraising. (He calls it: The differences between good and bad fundraising.)

Finally! Google Checkout for Nonprofits

I was thrilled to read this post on the Google Checkout blog: Introducing Google Checkout for Nonprofits. I’ve been using Google Checkout for my Fundraisingcoach.com Store and for etithing at the Vineyard Church of Waterville and love it! Good job...

Direct Mail Facts

Jeff Brooks at the Donor Powered Blog, lists these 7 surprising facts about direct-response fundraising. I use these factoids all the time in my thinking about mailings so I thought I’d list Jeff’s 7 here: Blank carrier envelopes usually out-perform...

SquidWho?

Seth Godin is always on the cutting edge of things. He’s done it again with squidwho.com. Who needs a “Who’s Who” in print when you’ve got the internet. But it feels weird setting up a page for myself. So in the spirit of Jackie Huba and...

Blog driven fundraising?

Just got this in the mail: Dear Marc A. Pitman, This Monday, May 28th, join thousands of bloggers and use your blog to benefit DonorsChoose.org, a non-profit Web site that brings teachers and donors together to fund specific student projects that range from...