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Advanced Strategies for Adding Prospective Donor Names to Your Database advice how to more donors tip Apr 25, 2022

 We talked about “Namestorming” as a strategy for adding prospective donors to your database. This article expands on the “networking” advice given previously. Truly networking is the most effective way to build a database. What does it look like? 

1. The...
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Demystifying the Major Gifts Process: Part 3 – Five Ways to Identify Potential Major Donors advice fundraising major gifts more donors Oct 18, 2021

UPDATED OCTOBER 25, 2021

This is part three of a four-part series I am doing on major gift fundraising.

  1. Working with major gift officers or consultants
  2. The foundations of why major donors give and how to talk with them
  3. How to identify major donors for your small to mid-sized nonprofit
  4. How...
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Top Four Strategies To Attract and Retain Donors advice fundraising more donors thanking Sep 20, 2021

Top Four Strategies To Attract and Retain Donors

It is the goal of every organization to attract and retain donors. There are several strategies organizations can employ to make sure new friends feel welcomed, donors feel appreciated, and nobody falls through the cracks. Here are the top four...

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"We Need More Donors" - Common Advice I Give When Organizations Ask for Help advice fundraising more donors Aug 16, 2021

"We just need more donors..."

Of the hundreds of organizations I’ve been asked to help, I'd say 95% of them present with the same “problem” when they call me: “we just need more donors.” “You and everyone else” I usually say, semi sarcastically. Digging...

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