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Donor Cultivation on a Budget

5 (Free) Ways to Cultivate Your Donors (and Improve Your Fundraising) Plenty of research suggests that the key to donor loyalty and increased giving has as much to do with...
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1,500,050 Charities Making a Difference — A Statistic Donors Need To See

"We need to talk more openly about how we self-regulate and periodically throw away the rotten apples."
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The USPS Proposed Rate Hike — What Does It All Mean?

The latest news on the proposed postal rate increase
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30 Brilliant Bits of Online Fundraising Wisdom from the Experts

Ever wish you could just download what’s on the minds of today’s expert fundraisers?  You’re in luck, because now you can!  To help your nonprofit organization get the latest and...
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Building a Stronger Bridge: Conference Volunteer, Tiffany Neill Looks Ahead

If you came away from this year’s Bridge Conference refreshed, refocused and reenergized by the new approaches and technologies that will help you and your clients achieve your missions, you’re...
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5 FREE Ways to Cultivate Your Donors

Plenty of research suggests that the key to donor loyalty and increased giving has as much to do with the times you DON’T ask your donors for money as the...
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Non-Profit Fundraising and Marketing in a Multi-Channel World

I’m being stalked by an attic fan. The fan is everywhere I go. I see pictures of it next to my newsfeed in Facebook, advertisements for it appear on every...
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Invest in Marketing and Fundraising to Encourage Innovation

I’m looking forward to getting away from the office at the end of July and getting revitalized and re-inspired about the work I do every day. I won’t be lying...
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Investing in Acquisition: How to Get Your Board on Board

There are many challenges when trying to build a base of support using direct response acquisition ... But perhaps the biggest challenge is getting Board approval.
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Redefining Charity Efficiency

In our tirades against the "charity watchdog" organizations, who use fundraising ratios as an arbitrary (and misleading) measure of the efficiency of a non-profit organization, we have missed an opportunity