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5 (Very Simple) Steps to Build a Major Gift Program from the Ground Up

Major gifts are the “big win” in fundraising. We all want these wonderfully large gifts that help fund important programs and solidify your financial base. Major gifts enable transformational growth, and huge expansions of your work. Yes! The…

Can You Capitalize on the Golden Age of Major Gift Fundraising?

Major Gift Fundraising

What's the fundraising outlook these days? I think it is GREAT. Our future offers plenty of promising fundraising opportunities, especially if you are an enterprising nonprofit leader. I think we just might be approaching the Golden Age…

6 Ways to Nail Your Next Major Donor Visit

Here you are, prepping for your big major donor visit. Yay! As you walk into her office or home, should you be saying: "Yikes! What do I do now?" Don't fail in your next major donor visit. I’ve seen lots of people strike out when they finally…

5 Ways to Get a Meeting With Your Major Donors

Capital Campaign, Major Gift Fundraising

How do I get a meeting with my major gift prospects - particularly the ones who are wealthy donors? That's a question everyone always wants to know- how to connect with the most wealthy donors on your prospect list. And it's a difficult…

How to Sabotage (or Save) Your Major Gifts Program

Major Gift Fundraising

A solid major gifts program can be every fundraiser's pot of gold. Boards, CEOs, and fundraisers all dream of lovely major donors making big gifts that can fund important programs, solidify your financial base and even catapult…

Three Important Goals for Every Major Donor Visit

Major Gift Fundraising

When you are making a major donor visit, it’s always a good idea to know what you really, really want to accomplish. What are your ultimate goals? When you finally have the meeting with Mr. or Ms. Big Donor. What to do? How to handle?…

Top Facebook Marketing Blunders That Could Hurt Your Year-End Campaign

Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Oh my, Facebook is calling! What to do about all the social media opportunities out there? It's Social Media month here at Fired-Up Fundraising - and we're tackling the vast and changing world of social media. My focus is on how to use…

Tame the Social Media Content Monster: Create Impactful Social Content

Marketing & Communications

Today we have a guest post from social media expert Josh Hirsch, Director of Mission and Communications for Susan G. Komen South Florida. Josh is someone I'd call a "content king." He creates the coolest and most interesting stuff on…

Want a Winning Social Media Strategy? Take This First Step!

Marketing & Communications

It's Social Media month - and we're helping nonprofits craft a smart social media strategy! What do you really need to know? How can your social media strategy bolster fundraising? How do you use social channels to strengthen relationships…

What the Mountains at Machu Picchu Told Me

Inspiration

A good friend told me the strangest thing: “People who’ve taken the trip to Machu Picchu have returned and said it was “life-changing.’” “That’s odd,” I thought. “Life-changing. How could that be?” But as I was on the…

Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes In Your Fundraising Appeal Letter

Annual Giving, Asking for Donations, Fundraising Strategy, Marketing & Communications, Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Fundraising appeal letter mistakes - 5 key items to avoid Your year-end appeal letter just might be missing the boat. Here are some common fundraising appeal letter mistakes I see so very often: 1. Your call to action is weak. Lots…

#1 Tip to Create a Donor-Centered Appeal Letter

Asking for Donations, Donor-Centered Fundraising

Wish you could have been there: Sue was at her computer, struggling once again. She was trying to get the wording right in her fundraising appeal letter. "Dang, this is so hard," she thought. Trying to make it donor-centered was a serious…

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5 (Very Simple) Steps to Build a Major Gift Program from the Ground Up

Can You Capitalize on the Golden Age of Major Gift Fundraising?

6 Ways to Nail Your Next Major Donor Visit

5 Ways to Get a Meeting With Your Major Donors

How to Sabotage (or Save) Your Major Gifts Program

Three Important Goals for Every Major Donor Visit

Top Facebook Marketing Blunders That Could Hurt Your Year-End Campaign

Tame the Social Media Content Monster: Create Impactful Social Content

Want a Winning Social Media Strategy? Take This First Step!

What the Mountains at Machu Picchu Told Me

Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes In Your Fundraising Appeal Letter

#1 Tip to Create a Donor-Centered Appeal Letter

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