Charity begins at home: Raising support among your staff and volunteers

Internal fundraising campaigns from within an organization

Fundraising letter response rates

Boost your fundraising response rates by watching these five key statistics.

E-mail campaigns and fundraising

The components of a successful email fundraising campaign.

Digging deeper: The evolution of the prospect research field

Wanted: a passionate, inquisitive, analytical, proactive thinker with a well-developed sense of curiosity, good judgment, the capacity to persevere, and strong computer skills – for prospect research.

Using the Direct Approach to Reach Donors

A look at a few Canadian organizations and their direct mail fundraising programs in 2001.

So whose labels are you using?

Personalized address labels can be effective vehicles to bring in new donors. But they’re only cost-effective for large organizations that can buy supplies in bulk, and programs must be closely monitored to ensure their continued effectiveness.

Measure the might of your mail

While telemarketing, direct response television, door-to-door solicitation, planned giving, special events, gaming and gifts via the Internet are important revenue sources, direct mail continues to be the mainstay for most charities.

Thirteen reasons we love direct marketing

Direct marketing is: “An interactive system of marketing which uses one or more advertising media to effect a measurable response and/or transaction at any location.”

Purging your house list

Size counts! The bigger it is, the better it is! That’s your house mailing list I’m talking about, but the statement is true only up to a point. Your list might be too big!

Ten tips on how to work with your direct mail provider

Clip and tape this checklist someplace you can see it- every time you prepare a mailing project. Will it bullet-proof you against every contingency? Probably not.