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...
by Marc A. Pitman | May 22, 2007 | 3. Ask
This story appeared in Inland Hospital’s internal daily: There was an elderly woman who had been hard of hearing for years. Her family and friends were always encouraging her to get a hearing aid. Finally, she gave in. After having the hearing aid for three...
by Marc A. Pitman | Jan 19, 2007 | 3. Ask
Jeff Brooks at Donor Power Blog has a great example of what I was talking about earlier this week in Where You Start Matters. Check out this post which shows an actual letter Jeff got from a nonprofit he doesn’t give to. It’s scary to think they talk about...
