by Marc A. Pitman | Jul 4, 2008
By Marc A. Pitman, FundraisingCoach.com Wouldn’t it be nice to tell donors what to say when they talk about your nonprofit? The Rule of Threes won’t let you control what people say, but it will give you an edge. Use it, and you will be giving them “mini-scripts” that...
by Marc A. Pitman | Apr 14, 2008 | Ask Without Fear! products
[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...
by Marc A. Pitman | Nov 20, 2007 | 4. Love (Stewardship), Fundraising Letters, Fundraising Secrets
Happy Thanksgiving! Looking for some good quality, inexpensive thank-you cards online, I Googled “Thank You cards.” I was pleasantly surprised to find a link to a fantastic article on how to write a thank you note. The key points made be the author Leslie...
by Marc A. Pitman | Sep 16, 2007 | 3. Ask, Samples & Tools
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...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jun 5, 2007 | Education Opportunities
Many of you are approaching the end of your fiscal year. The rest of us often experience a bit of a lull during the summer. (But the work seems to increase every year, doesn’t it?) How are you going to spend the “down-time”? Author Robert W. Bly has...
