More Ask Without Fear! reviews
I wrote Ask Without Fear! for "normal" people, not professional fundraisers like me. So I was thrilled to get this comment in an email yesterday: "...My mom is almost done reading [Ask Without Fear!] and has nothing but amazing things to say about you and the...
“Ask Without Fear!” featured on the Baudcast
Chad Norman did a fun interview with me on Ask Without Fear!. You can hear the entire podcast, espisode #8, at: http://www.blackbaud.com/company/resources/podcasts/thebaudcast.aspx.
Fundraising Secret #19: Make it easy!
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 to a...
Jeff Brooks is the next Ask Without Fear Radio Show guest!
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 radio...
Virtual Book Tour Preview Call
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 doing a...
Fundraising Secret #18: Be human
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 and other...
Fundraising Coach Store Bundles Sale
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 improving! To check out the...
Ask Without Fear is on AMAZON!
Need I say more? 🙂 I am thrilled beyond words to announce that Ask Without Fear is now on Amazon.com! If you've purchased a copy, please write your review! If not, you can get a copy here: Ask Without Fear!: A Simple Guide to Connecting Donors With What Matters to...
Raising support for the Waterville Public Library
Here's something I wrote about library support on the Facebook page of my local library. Unfortunately, it's too long for the 1000 character limit! So I post it here and hope it'll help others. --------------------- Hi gang, Whatever you think of last night's budget...
Gayle Roberts on Ask Without Fear Radio Show
Gayle Robertswas my guest on today's Ask Without Fear radio show. You really owe it to yourself to listen to Gayle's thoughts on fundraising and generousity. You'll be challenged to re-evaluate your thoughts on raising support for nonprofits. And you'll be...
Be human
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. He then points out: No...
Ask Without Fear Radio Show – Jay Love from eTapestry
Today I interviewed Jay Love of eTapestery. We talked about everything from databases to podcasting to raising more money on an annual basis. You can hear the entire show by going to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/marcapitman/2008/05/06/Jay-Love-eTapestrycom You can...
Extreme Fundraising Blog on Alltop!
I'm pleased to announce that the Extreme Fundraising Blog is now featured on Alltop.
Ask Without Fear Radio Show starts today!
I'm pleased to announce the Ask Without Fear! Radio Show is starting today! This radio show will be hosted through BlogTalkRadio.com at 11 a.m. (I chose 11 a.m. because it'll be the start of the day for our West Coast colleagues and the end of the day for our European...
Notes from Andrew Mosawi’s Web 2.0 seminar (primarily for Jim Bush)
Jim Bush wasn't able to make it to Andrew Mosawi's Web 2.0 seminar here in Montreal. So I thought I'd blog my notes and tweet the link to him. Web 1.0 - all about commerce Web 2.0 - all about people It's all about relationships, not the technology The fastest growth...
The Ask Without Fear! Radio Talk Show
I'm pleased to announce the Ask Without Fear! radio show is starting next Tuesday! This radio show will be hosted through BlogTalkRadio.com. Every Tuesday at 11 a.m., I'll be interviewing the top fundraising gurus from around the US (and eventually from around the...
Great Ask Without Fear review
About.com's Nonprofit Guru, Joanne Fritz just posted a delightful review of Ask Without Fear!. This is how she starts out: It must be the years of graduate school that have resulted in my current love for small, easy-to-read, even "sassy" books. I just found another...
Fundraising Secret #17: Ask everyone for planned gifts
Usually when we do think about estate giving, or so-called "planned giving," we tend to think of really rich people. But the AFP reports shares that a new study by Campbell & Company blows this preconception away. According to the AFP: Most surprising for fundraisers...
Interviewed on The Frazzled Entrepreneur
Add this to my "15 minutes of fame": H. Les Brown interviewed me on his Frazzled Entrepreneur Show. Click here to listen to our interview.
Ask Without Fear! – the first week
A week ago tomorrow, I got my first copies of Ask Without Fear!. Caleb even made me a sign! What a whirlwind of a week! My kids helped me pack up the 70 or so boxes: And we finally got them done: Here's a link to the rest of the photos.
Sandra Sims’ Mythbusters
I have the honor of being included in Sandra Sim's Mythbusters series. You can see the blog post at: http://stepbystepfundraising.com/fundraising-myth-its-great-to-be-cheap/
Recession Proof Fundraising Press Release
Well, the PRWeb approved press release is live and available at: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb855134.htm
New Author Gives Three Ways to Recession-Proof Your Nonprofit
[PRWeb didn't like this because it wasn't "self promotional" enough...which is exactly why I liked it!] Waterville, ME April 14, 2008 -- Experts still debate whether it is a recession but fundraising expert Marc A. Pitman author of the new book Ask Without Fear!...
Fundraising Secret #16: ALWAYS be interested in the donor as a PERSON
In the spirit of the last fundraising secret People give to people, I offer Fundraising Secret #16: ALWAYS be interested in the donor as a PERSON not as a pocketbook. Relationships are always our most vital asset. Whether or not people give to us, they are...
Recession proof your fundraising
Pundits are predicting a soft economy for the coming months. This could be great for fundraising. Soft economies help us tighten wherever we can and cause us to be even stronger. But many nonprofits make fatal mistakes during times like these and end up having to...
Speaking Schedule
Some readers have asked where I'll be speaking so here's the current schedule: Blackbaud's Conference for Nonprofits, May 1 & 2 in Montreal. Direct Marketing Association, July 14-16 in Washington, DC Maine Library Association, October 23 in Bethel, ME. (The leaves...
Economic impact on fundraising
Last week, I posted a bit about the counter-intuitive relationship of the economy and people's generousity here in Maine. Now planned giving guru Robert Sharpe's April Newsletter comments on it from a much better researched perspective! Here's a bit: With all the...
How to propose a fund raising project to organisations, fundraisers or individuals?
Here's another question I received in my inbox from Emile Dillis: How to propose a fund raising project to organisations, fundraisers or individuals? The Lord has led us to a place in the mountains of Northern Italy. Here our ministry shall be hospitality. Holiday...
Looking forward to May!
This month's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants question is: "What are you most looking forward to in the coming weeks and months?" My immediate answer is: Montreal in May! I've been invited to give two talks at Blackbaud's Conference for Nonprofits. On Thursday, May...
Nonprofit boards need training
Just read a news brief from the Chronicle of Philanthropy's daily entitled Small Colleges Say Board Members Have Been Poor Fund Raisers. In the article, Wesley Wilmer is quoted as saying: “If college presidents and development staffs are unhappy with board members’...