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Successful Non-for-Profit Fundraising Letters Share Eight Qualities

... . Unlike grant proposals or special events, they are person-to-person pieces of communication. With the exception of a phone call, fundraising letters are the closest thing that you can get to a face-to-face meeting with a donor. 2. Is ... Read Read: Successful Non-for-Profit Fundraising Letters Share Eight
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By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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7 Ways to Make your Fundraising Letter Effective

... the reader’s attention, convince them to donate and cause them to tell their friends about your cause. Writing a great fundraising letter is easy when you follow these seven simple tips. 1. Identify your reader. By knowing who your ... Read Read: 7 Ways to Make your Fundraising Letter Effective

By: Shauna Hanus | 05/02/2008 | Non Profit Organizations
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Eight Advantages of Fundraising Letters Over Other Methods

... -consuming. You cannot run one every month. And you cannot rely on them to strengthen the relationships you have with your supporters. Fundraising letters and donor communications (such as newsletters), on the other hand, are cost-effective ... Read Read: Eight Advantages of Fundraising Letters Over Other Methods

By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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Dear Friend: Don't Start Your Non-For-Profit Fundraising Letters As A Stranger

... are measuring the wrong thing. Return on investment shouldn't be your only criteria for measuring the success of your fundraising letters. What about donor loyalty? What about donor attrition? What about the lifetime value of each donor? ... Read Read: Dear Friend: Don't Start Your Non-For-Profit Fundraising Letters
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By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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Fundraising Letters: Where To Find Creative Ideas For Your Appeals

... funds on hand at all times so they can respond quickly to a humanitarian crisis anywhere in the world. This means their fundraising letters must ask for funds for no particular emergency, but for emergencies in general. A tough challenge. ... Read Read: Fundraising Letters: Where To Find Creative Ideas For Your
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By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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Write Fundraising Letter Overlines That Donors Can't Resist (Includes Samples & Examples)

Write Fundraising Letter Overlines That Donors Can't Resist The headline that appears over the salutation in a fundraising letter is known as the overline. Overlines have one goal: to persuade your donor to read your letter. According to ... Read Read: Write Fundraising Letter Overlines That Donors Can't Resist
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By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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Fundraising Letters Are Easier To Write With AIDA

... tested format in their sales letters, a format that you can also follow when writing direct mail fundraising letters for your non-for-profit organization. All you need to remember is AIDA. AIDA is an acrostic for the four things you need to ... Read Read: Fundraising Letters Are Easier To Write With AIDA

By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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51 Ways to Say Thank-you in a Fundraising Letter for a Non-for-Profit (Includes Examples & Samples)

51 Ways to Say Thank-you in a Fundraising Letter One of the hardest jobs in fundraising is crafting original thank-you letters. You want to be thankful. But you also want to be fiscally responsible. You cannot afford to write a unique thank ... Read Read: 51 Ways to Say Thank-you in a Fundraising Letter for a
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By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail

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Eleven Reasons Donors Stop Responding To Fundraising Letter Appeals

... took their gifts elsewhere. 9. You treat them like a stranger How many times would you need to receive a letter addressing you as "Dear Friend" before concluding that the organization was interested in your money and not in you? 10. They ... Read Read: Eleven Reasons Donors Stop Responding To Fundraising Letter
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By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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How to Write Fundraising Letters That Motivate Donors To Make Donations to Your Non-Profit

... of so many people worldwide. The way to prevent donor fatigue is to write fundraising letters that empower your donors. "Donors are interested in you because of what you help them do. You are their agent in their personal mission to make ... Read Read: How to Write Fundraising Letters That Motivate Donors To Make
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By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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Four Goals of Every Renewal Fundraising Letter

... money to recover your costs of acquisition. That's why their second gift and subsequent gifts are so crucial. My hope is that your fundraising letters will persuade your donors to stay with you for a long, long time. © 2005 Sharpe Copy Inc. ... Read Read: Four Goals of Every Renewal Fundraising Letter

By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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Fundraising Letters Should Raise Donors, Not Donations, When Mailed to Strangers

... lose interest in your mission. Some lose their jobs. Other leave the country. Some die. You need to be mailing fundraising letters to people who have never supported your cause in order to replace the donors who fall away every year through ... Read Read: Fundraising Letters Should Raise Donors, Not Donations, When
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By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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Write Effective Fundraising Letters By Being Conversational (Includes Examples & Samples

... halting sentences punctuated with "ya knows" and "like, you know what I mean?" And if you usually write fundraising letters that are signed by someone else, your executive director, for example, then you need to write the way that person ... Read Read: Write Effective Fundraising Letters By Being Conversational
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By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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Effective Fundraising Letters Are About People, Not Projects (Includes Samples & Examples)

... to payroll, yet in a way likely to inspire and motivate donors. Your role as a writer of effective fundraising letters is to always be looking for the human interest story that lies beneath your immediate financial needs. Capture that, and ... Read Read: Effective Fundraising Letters Are About People, Not Projects
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By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail
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Where to Look for New Donors for Your Fundraising Letter Appeals

... , with their gift coming right out of their pay each payday. 5. Peer groups One organization I have written fundraising letters for is Doctors Without Borders. They are a group of volunteer doctors and nurses who deliver emergency medical ... Read Read: Where to Look for New Donors for Your Fundraising Letter Appeals

By: Alan Sharpe | 12/09/2005 | Direct Mail

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