Step By Step Fundraising Newsletter

November 2008


In this issue -

  Donation Request Letter Examples

  Fundraising Examples from the Election

  Examples of Great Non-Profit Websites

 

One of the best ways to discover new fundraising strategies or improve our skills is to "learn by example." If you can take some lessons from another fundraiser's experience it can really help you achieve greater success and sidestep common mistakes.

Example Donation Request Letters

Many people find it helpful to look at example fundraising letters when trying to write their own.  It can give you ideas for how to format a letter, phrases for asking for donations or in general stir your creativity.

Regular readers my recall that I've been working on an update to the original "Sample Letters" guide that was first published in 2005.  I've added many new letters and more than doubled the sample sentences & phrases section (the first edition included 138 sample phrases; now there's 321!)

In this edition we have an all new step by step system that's not just letter writing, but also planning and preparation, mailing lists and more.

On December 4, 2008 the immediate download of the ebook and pre-orders for the print version of 7 Essential Steps to Raising Money by Mail will be available.

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Examples from the Recent Elections

This week Jim Berigan completed his two part series on What Non-Profits Can Learn from the Obama Fundraising Campaign.  There's a lot of great tips in these two articles:  Part 1 - the Campaign and Part 2 - the Internet

There are quite a few other articles and blog posts on the web that are relevant for fundraiser and non-profit volunteers and staff.  Here's a list of 33 Links to Wrap Up Election Season that I recently compiled.

 

 

Examples of NonProfit Websites

The very basic foundation for any online fundraising effort is a great website. Even when you rely on traditional fundraising methods a web presence supports your efforts.

When new prospective donors or even previous givers get your fundraising letter they are likely to go online to find information before writing a check.

At a recent conference I gave a presentation about online fundraising and showed several websites during the session.  Here's a listing and description of them: Example Websites & Blogs


To Your Continued Fundraising Success,




Sandra Sims
Editor & Publisher
Step By Step Fundraising

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