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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.

One More Gift from Sustainers

I think we’d all agree that sustainers are great. Having a group of donors that have committed to giving every month is like money in the bank. And, not surprisingly, a lot of organizations are careful to limit additional appeals to this group so not to alienate any...

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Early Returns

We are knee-deep in analyzing last fall’s results. While there is of course some variation in results by organization, the general narrative is that last fall wasn’t great . . . but it wasn’t awful either. It was just OK. What we are seeing is that overall revenue was...

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How Fundraising Will Evolve

In honor of International Data Week, I’m sharing how the future of fundraising will evolve. Many people are concerned about fundraising (I’m not btw). For nearly two decades, the “experts” have been predicting the death of direct mail fundraising. Eventually, the...

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