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Using Research to Raise More Money

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

You can search broadly for something like “fundraising,” “nonprofit marketing,” or, “nonprofit donor motivation” and see what comes up. Or you could get specific and search, for example, “nonprofit direct mail strategy” or “nonprofit animal shelter fundraising” and find something more targeted. .

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Why fundraisers feel stuck in the middle between Administrators and Donors

iMarketSmart

But the job is to raise money from donors motivated by their own hero story. She can feed the administrator-hero story back to the administrators and out to the donors. Their hero story causes them to misperceive donor motives. This can lead to bad messaging and bad management. This begins with empathy.

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Agitator Cliff Notes: “Hacking Marketing”

The Agitator

From my dog-eared pages: What is the template for the donor story? Last week, I talked about the jobs-to-be-done framework to look at donor motivation. This asks what is the donor hiring your nonprofit to do at an emotional level ? As you can tell, there’s plenty of meat on these bones.

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How to build deeper connections with your donors using surveys

iMarketSmart

Philanthropy & Education, 2 (2), 1-28. [45] Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 28 (4), 437-452. [47] 48] When a current gift to fund an endowment is too large for the donor, a virtual endowment might work. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 28 (4), 437-452, 447. [52] [44] James, R. 51] James, R.