What really makes email fundraising a heavy lift is how hard it is to get peoples’ attention. Your message is just a subject line in a long list of subject

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16.01.2025

What’s hiding in your fundraising details? - Future Fundraising Now

You know the saying, The devil is in the details. It’s a helpful reminder how “little” things can really trip you up. Like a ZIP barcode in your direct mail

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15.01.2025

My go-to fundraising blogs for 2025 - Future Fundraising Now

There are many other good fundraising blogs. I follow more than 100 of them, most of them also good.

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10.01.2025

What’s wrong with the donor pyramid? - Future Fundraising Now

This used to be considered a powerfully illustrative picture of a typical donor file:

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09.01.2025

[BOOK REVIEW] Classic fundraising book is back, this time with even more - Future Fundraising Now

Relationship Fundraising: A Donor-Based Approach to the Business of Raising Money (3rd Edition) by Ken Burnett

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07.01.2025

Are we caught in a “fundraising apocalypse”? - Future Fundraising Now

You might think we’re in big trouble by the headlines. Fundraising seems to be crashing from that point of view.

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03.01.2025

6 ways to hold on to your donors - Future Fundraising Now

You know what really crushes fundraising programs?

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20.12.2024

How to write powerful fundraising first lines - lessons from the giants - Future Fundraising Now

I just read an interesting book: Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve by Ben Blatt. It's a writerly romp through the details about great literature. If you're a

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19.12.2024

2 questions never to ask about fundraising - Future Fundraising Now

In fundraising, it’s smart to get more than one pair of eyes on anything you plan to send out.

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18.12.2024

Simple, sensible redesign crushed their Christmas campaign - Future Fundraising Now

Is your fundraising starting to look a little dated? Ready for a refresh to pump life back into it?

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13.12.2024

Turn that pyramid into a funnel to raise more money - Future Fundraising Now

If you ever took a psychology class, you may remember Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It looks like this, with "low" physical needs at the bottom and

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12.12.2024

8 things you might be doing to chase away donors - Future Fundraising Now

Yikes. Here are some scary ways nonprofits are keeping away from the giving they want to do, from Clairification, at Are You SCARING Nonprofit Donors Away?:

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11.12.2024

The Magic Bullet of fundraising [COMMANDMENT 10] - Future Fundraising Now

A ten-week series on things you should know about fundraising.

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06.12.2024

Whose fault is declining fundraising results? - Future Fundraising Now

Is generosity declining?

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05.12.2024

[BOOK REVIEW] Finally, a go-to reference for amazing thank-you messages - Future Fundraising Now

Thankology: How to keep your donors longer, and giving stronger, through gratitude by Lisa Sargent

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04.12.2024

Your instincts about fundraising lead you astray [COMMANDMENT 9] - Future Fundraising Now

A ten-week series on things you should know about fundraising.

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03.12.2024

Giving is good for donors - and that really matters [COMMANDMENT 8] - Future Fundraising Now

A ten-week series on things you should know about fundraising.

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26.11.2024

Stop “dumbing down” your fundraising - Future Fundraising Now

If I got a nickel every time I heard a nonprofit leader refuse to “dumb down” their fundraising, I’d have, well, a really big bag of loose change.

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22.11.2024

10 ways to improve your fundraising - Future Fundraising Now

Here are some effective ways to raise more money, from the Blue Avocado Blog, at The Most Successful Nonprofit Fundraising Strategies:

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21.11.2024

Knowledge is good, experience is better, mentoring is best - Future Fundraising Now

Knowledge

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20.11.2024

Fundraising is a relationship, not a transaction [COMMANDMENT 7] - Future Fundraising Now

A ten-week series on things you should know about fundraising.

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15.11.2024

3 common fundraising fears & 3 things you should fear instead - Future Fundraising Now

It’s normal to have fears.

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14.11.2024

8 ways to serve and keep post-election “rage givers” - Future Fundraising Now

Depending on your cause, you may be seeing a post-election influx of new donors. It happened in in 2016, and is likely happening again.

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13.11.2024

Time and attention: harder to get than money [COMMANDMENT 6] - Future Fundraising Now

A ten-week series on things you should know about fundraising.

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08.11.2024

The 12 tips of Christmas [PODCAST] - Future Fundraising Now

Here are 12 fundraising tips — most of them super-easy and ready to try immediately — that can boost your fundraising results, this holiday season or any

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07.11.2024

Numbers numb; stories stimulate [COMMANDMENT 5] - Future Fundraising Now

A ten-week series on things you should know about fundraising.

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07.11.2024

Does your fundraising bore you? Here’s what to do - Future Fundraising Now

“I’m so tired of our fundraising!”

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05.11.2024

What Halloween candy taught me about fundraising - Future Fundraising Now

I like candy. That's why I like Halloween -- the only reason, come to think of it.

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31.10.2024

“Our donors are different” - oh really? - Future Fundraising Now

Some organizations take it as an article of faith that their donors are different. Even unique.

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30.10.2024

For donations, belief is enough [COMMANDMENT 4] - Future Fundraising Now

A ten-week series on things you should know about fundraising.

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25.10.2024

The power of mystery for raising funds online and off - Future Fundraising Now

Mystery is one of the most important (and under-used) tools for us in fundraising. It's the most dependable way to get people's attention.

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24.10.2024

Your mission statement might be weighing your fundraising down - Future Fundraising Now

Great insight from Kevin L. Brown at a brilliant post on LinkedIn, calling on fundraisers to showcase their results rather than how they do their work. Your

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23.10.2024

You are not your donor [COMMANDMENT 3] - Future Fundraising Now

A ten-week series on things you should know about fundraising.

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18.10.2024

Fundraising lessons from political subject lines - Future Fundraising Now

If you’ve ever made a political donation, your email inbox soon fills up with political fundraising. They seem to indiscriminately share or sell names.

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The Magic Bullet of fundraising [COMMANDMENT 10] - Future Fundraising Now

Whose fault is declining fundraising results? - Future Fundraising Now

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8 ways to serve and keep post-election “rage givers” - Future Fundraising Now

Time and attention: harder to get than money [COMMANDMENT 6] - Future Fundraising Now

The 12 tips of Christmas [PODCAST] - Future Fundraising Now

Numbers numb; stories stimulate [COMMANDMENT 5] - Future Fundraising Now

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Your mission statement might be weighing your fundraising down - Future Fundraising Now

You are not your donor [COMMANDMENT 3] - Future Fundraising Now

Fundraising lessons from political subject lines - Future Fundraising Now

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