I think this is the most helpful video I’ve ever made.
If you’d like to know how to:
It’s all in there. Take a look!
Here’s a free video for you today.
If you want to learn quickly how to succeed in the coming weeks and months – and don’t want to take the time to read our free white paper – watch this video.
I’ll walk you through it in just a few minutes, show you what to watch out for in the coming fundraising slump, and show you how to emerge from this crisis stronger than before.
I also have two pieces of great news to report…
Please do send in your questions. And keep giving your donors the chance to give by asking them to help – their generosity will amaze you!
I think it’s the most helpful video I’ve ever made.
If you’d like to know how to:
It’s all in there. Watch the video!
Today’s blog post is a 4-minute video.
It’s taken from a recent free webinar I did where I was doing live reviews of appeals and newsletters. (There’s another one this Friday – you can sign up for free here.)
The video helps explain why donor-centric fundraising is more effective than organization-centric fundraising.
It’s this simple truth – that most donors are more interested in themselves and the things they care about – that explains why classic organization-centric fundraising doesn’t work as well.
So if you want to try donor-centric fundraising, share this reasoning with your boss. It seems counter-intuitive at first. But it makes sense when you think about it – and we have 70 years of direct response fundraising testing to prove it!
Watch the video here.
It’s easier than you think to write year-end emails that work like crazy.
I’m talking about those three emails you send on the last days of the year that work so well.
If you are still working on your emails, here’s a short video I made for Movie Mondays with an easy template to follow for your year-end emails.
Sneak peek: you only really need to write one email!
The video takes 7 minutes; you’ll save hours of time, and you’ll raise more money.
Pretty good deal, no?
On a completely different subject, small nonprofits come to us all the time because they are uncertain.
Uncertain because they need to raise more money and they don’t know the best way to do it.
Uncertain because there are so many options for what they can do next… but no one at their organization has the experience to really know which one is best.
And they end up feeling stressed. (“Stressed” is putting it mildly, in many cases.)
It’s a joy to help those people! You should see their faces light up when we tell them the best thing for them to do next and why it will work.
If you’re uncertain about 2019 – or if you just want to take your fundraising to the next level – keep reading.
So how would it feel if you could hand off your problem to a team of experts who will solve it for you? A team who could create your fundraising communications in a way that would raise more money immediately and keep your donors for longer?
If you’re interested, go here and fill out a simple form. Takes two minutes.
There’s too much stress on small nonprofits already. So outsource your core fundraising communications to experts – that’s what our team does all day, every day.
If you work with us, your organization will raise more money by asking your donors to help your cause or beneficiaries in powerful ways. You’ll thank your donors in ways that show them how important they are to you. And you’ll retain more of your donors than ever because you’ll report back to donors so they see the good work (that you do) that their gift made possible.
All of it will follow the tested and proven Ask, Thank, Report, Repeat communication rhythm. Each piece of communication you send out will be easier to make because a) you won’t have to make it, and b) you will enjoy working on other important things while we make it for you!
So fill out the form. Find out more. Ditch your uncertainty and your stress. And if you sign up before the end of the year, you’ll save $3,500!
Imagine starting 2019 knowing that your appeals, e-appeals, and newsletters are in great hands – and knowing you don’t have to do them yourself.
I was honored to give a presentation called “Storytelling for ACTION” at the AFP International conference in New Orleans this spring.
But even if you weren’t there, I want you to be able to use these strategies to raise more money. So I’ve recorded the presentation and have a video of it for you today.
Many of the ideas you’ll hear me describe are the same ones that are in our free Ebook (you’ve downloaded that, right?). But in the presentation, I provide more examples and give tips for how you can start raising more money immediately.
The session was called “the breakout session of Day 1 of the conference” by a high-ranking AFP member. I hope it is as helpful for you as it was for the folks at the conference!
If you’d like coaching for how your organization can raise more money by telling stories more effectively, get in touch. Or we can even create your Asks and Reports for you. For less than the cost of an employee, we can improve your fundraising materials, raise you more money, and free up internal resources!