by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 20, 2007 | 3. Ask, Odd
If I had a nickel for every time I was asked if I’d work for a percentage of funds raised, I’d be a rich man. But fundraisers that have been in the field far longer than my measly 10 years have long been against this practice. The idea appeals to the...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 18, 2007 | Donor Evangelists, Fundraising Secrets
Liz Strauss has a great post on innovation at Brainless Business Bible: Customers want innovation. She says a speaker at a conference emphatically said “Customers want innovation.” He even had a powerpoint slide with that on it. But, as she points out,...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 18, 2007 | Specials
To help you jumpstart your 2008 fundraising success, I’m offering 20% off two of my most popular offerings: Creating Donor Evangelists program gives you easy to implement tools to help take your relationships with your donors to the next level. If you want to...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 18, 2007 | Fundraising Secrets
Whether your fiscal year is based on a calendar year or some other cycle (ours starts in October!), December is a great time to review your goals. So often we’re running so hard and fast that we don’t take time to look up and see what direction we’re...
by Marc A. Pitman | Dec 4, 2007 | Fundraising Secrets
In keeping with the fundraising secrets on using the PS and writing with blue ink, I’m offering Fundraising Secret #7: Don’t ask for money on a post card (or a credit card number on a postcard). It’s amazing but some of us do it! I did it last year....
