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Sep 29, 2015

Fundraising & String Theory

String TheoryLast month at DMA-NY, the American Cancer Society presented the adverse effects on their fundraising when they pulled out of direct mail acquisition.

And though they received some undeserved criticism, I for one appreciated the fact they shared their results with all of us. They didn’t have to do that. So, a tip of the hat to ACS.

Here’s what we all learned: Pulling out of one media adversely affects the performance of other media. Or, as String Theory professes: everything is related.

For over a decade, fundraising consultants like me have been preaching the gospel of 360 integration. Though most organizations agree with this idea, sadly, most organizations don’t practice integration.

Now we have some hard data (learned the hard way) on the critical importance of integrating your organization’s messages across all media.

So the jury’s in. We don’t have any more excuses.

Integration now. Integration tomorrow. Integration forever.

Choose A1OI Rather than AI

Seems like everyone is talking about how ChatboxGPT (and AI in general) are going to transform the world. As Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said, “AI is probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on. I think of it as something more profound than...

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The Secret about Last Fall

We have been wading through buckets of data evaluating donor performance for this past fall. And while we still have a lot of data to get through, a clear narrative has been established: While fall 2022 was soft compared to the prior year, it is still way better than...

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Prevailing Over the Fear of Uncertainty

There is an awful lot of uncertainty in our world right now: war in Europe, recession, inflation, layoffs, and climate change. Adding to this environment of uncertainty are the recent Congressional rumors of major tax overhauls, entitlement cuts and government...

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