New donors are challenging and expensive to find. It’s painful. There’s just no way around it. Hopefully, you invested in acquiring new donors last year and saw good fruit from…
Steve Thomas
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Fundraising that will make you smile and delight the accounting department is what I’m talking about. Fundraising that donors love requires 3 things: Something bigSomething smallSomething remarkable The Big:It’s easy to make…
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One of my guilty pleasures is reading and watching science fiction. I’ve loved tales of rockets, space travel and aliens since I could read. That’s my Dad’s fault. His truck…
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Sorry if that sounds like one of those clickbait posts. It’s not clickbait, it’s truth. Really it’s a 13-word sentence that will improve your fundraising. Not only will these 13…
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My friend Roy Williams of Wizard of Ads fame talks a lot about how stupid it is to bore people. Roy’s a big-time advertising and marketing guy whose clients are the some…
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Fundraising is not about sounding smart, looking good or appearing professional. Deep breath everyone. Ready for some reality? The more you worry about making your fundraising copy sound professional the…
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Recently, I was sitting in a meeting with a group of advertising pros. We’ve developed enough of a relationship that there’s not much posturing. We’d let our hair down and…
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Friend, Think back to last Sunday. What were you feeling? Can you remember? Hang on to that thought for just a second while I let you know that on the Oneicity…
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Today we’re talking about how you can always have what other people want, which is vital as you lead, sell, build and live. First, give me a minute to let you…
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This problem, like most problems involving customer service, doesn’t have much to do with policy, procedure or corporate rules.