Great Fundraising Opportunity Fundraisers trying to fundraise online in the USA are missing a key fundraising opportunity in Thanksgiving. It doesn’t matter if it is planned giving or the annual campaign as thanks and giving always goes together. Fundraising consultants and their clients will likely not be fundraising this friday
Read MoreAn Idea That Will Raise Big Money One of the truly useful things a fundraising campaign can do is to help major donors and donors alike get out of debt and stay out. A donor who is out of debt has more money available to give or donate to a
Read MoreA Fundraising Must Read Whenever anyone is fundraising there is a need to develop a logical thorough fundraising strategic plan. Fundraising for a church, school, hospital or nonprofit may have a few challenges and so often the organization will spend way too much money when they hire a fundraising consulting
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So, what do you think generates successful fundraising campaigns? How will you get your fundraising efforts to “take off”? The answer is not as difficult as one might think. At first it seems like an easy question to answer, but if one is going to be successful in fundraising for
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What To Do When a Donor Says No! When a donor says no is it time to give up? Actually, many fundraisers stop fundraising when a donor says no and start “friend raising” instead or fundraising. In my opinion, this is a mistake. Donors will say no to a fundraising
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Fundraising Success Everyone knows that fundraising for a church, a sports team or other nonprofit is not easy and often the fundraiser will spend an enormous amount of time chasing a donor in hopes of receiving a donation only to drop the ball. Finally receiving that elusive donation sounds good…right?
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Instant Fundraising Success We live in an ‘instant’ society. People love the ‘scratch and win’ sales featured in so many department stores. People also love fast food even if it is not good for them. Everyone seems to enjoy endless text messaging because it is faster than sending an email…imagine
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Fundraising vs Friend-raising Fundraising for a church or nonprofit is not easy and often the fundraiser will spend way too much time and money trying to schmooze the fundraising prospect rather than asking for financial support. The argument is an easy one. The fundraiser will say that the timing is not
Read MoreFundraising in the church setting is not easy. It is not just about having fundraising ideas and fundraising events that propel one to their goal. As part of the Million-Dollar Campaign Material there is a series of daily devotions. Here is the short devotion from day 2 of the first
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Careful Planning for Fall Fundraising Campaigns If one is planning on a fund-raising campaign for this fall then ideally the planning should have begun last June. However, due to some unforeseeable circumstances a fundraising campaign may be in order to repair the church building, to acquire building permits or to
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