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[Guest Post] Why Donors Stop Giving

by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 15, 2013 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Guest Posts

I’ve been a fan of Jay Love for years. I even interviewed him for my radio show back in 2008! He gets both databases and effective fundraising. So I asked him if he’d write a post on donor retention. Jay is a serial entrepreneur, the creator of eTapestry...

The Donor Retention Project works!

by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 10, 2013 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Board Members

Last week we released The Donor Retention Project. Yesterday, I got this email from an already satisfied customer: Thanks for the Donor Retention Project! I’ve finished the first two segments. We’re doing a lot of what is recommended and it’s sparked...

FREE npEXPERTS Webinar Tomorrow

by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 3, 2013 | 2. Engage, 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Education Opportunities, Internet & Social Media

I’m honored to be giving the first webinar in Blackbaud’s npEXPERTS series! Donors Don’t Live in One Place so Why Do Your Communications? I’ll be sharing four ways to make sure you are integrating communications for your online donors and your...

Explosive growth: The Donor Retention Project

by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 29, 2013 | 3. Ask, 4. Love (Stewardship), Education Opportunities, Specials

Wow! Response to The Donor Retention Project has been so strong, you all crashed the servers yesterday! Fortunately Chris at 501 Videos has the situation fixed and they were up and running within a few hours. What’s all the fuss? Donor retention is, that’s...

[Question Marc] Conversation starters for cold calls

by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 29, 2013 | 2. Engage, 4. Love (Stewardship), Board Members, Question Marc?

I recently received this question from a client: I have a question for you. I have a list of wealthy prospects, many have given our hospice small dollar amounts thru memorials. My intent is to build a relationship with them, can you give me an example of what to say...

What keeps you up at night?

by Marc A. Pitman | Mar 27, 2013 | 4. Love (Stewardship), Video

For her weekly FundRaising Success Magazine post, Jo Black Sullivan asked a bunch of us fundraiser-folk what kept us awake at night. People like me, Roger Craver, Jeff Jowdy, and more. Here’s the video of all of us. It cut out the screen-printed bow tie on my...