Soapbox Engage Blog

Issue 197

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Great Fundraising Posts

How to Take a Successful Email to the Next Level

Steven Screen (The Better Fundraising Co.)

In the world of fundraising, it’s important to take note of what works well. However, you don’t want to just repeat the same appeal over and over. In this blog post, Steven shares how you can improve on a successful email to take it to the next level.

Making Sense of Endowment and Your Capital Campaign

Andrea Kihlstedt (Capital Campaign Pro)

You may have a goal of raising money for your endowment through a capital campaign. However, for a variety of reasons, this can be tricky. In this blog post, Andrea explains how to work around this trickiness to make raising money for your endowment via capital campaign a more fruitful endeavor.

Do AI Images Work in Fundraising?

Jeff Brooks (Future Fundraising Now)

At this time, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an unavoidable part of industries, and nonprofit fundraising is no exception. But what are the limitations? Will using AI images be successful? Jeff explains how to approach AI images in fundraising in this blog post.

How to Build a Better Nonprofit Budget in Less Time and with Less Stress

Andrew Horrow (The ENGAGE Blog)

Like a good recipe, your nonprofit budget requires high-quality ingredients, easy-to-follow steps, and a knowledgeable cook or two to put it together. This blog post features a few simple steps to help you create a solid budget that helps your organization allocate resources effectively and makes your budgeting process easier.

3 Grammar Rules You Can’t Break in Fundraising Copy (and Some That You Can)

George Crankovic (NonProfitPro)

There’s a definite tension in copywriting for direct response fundraising between being conversational and being grammatically correct.Good copywriting is informal and conversational. Still, there are some grammatical rules that you can’t break. This blog post outlines three of those unbreakable rules.

Are Donors Even Reading Your Emails? 13 Pro Tips to Help You Write Better Emails

Jeff Schreifels (Veritus Group)

Email is one of the most powerful tools you have for fundraising. But only if your emails are actually being read. In this blog post, Jeff offers 13 tips to help you write better emails for better fundraising results.

The Study That Opened My Eyes – and It’ll Open Yours Too

Jeff Brooks (Moceanic)

The world of fundraising is always changing, so it’s important to pay close attention to what works—especially when it comes to donor acquisition and retention. In this blog post, Jeff outlines a study that can provide some key takeaways to help your organization’s fundraising.

Fundraising’s Worst Oversimplification

Jim Langley (MarketSmart)

There is a lot of advice floating around about fundraising. But not all advice is created equal, and sometimes people are oversimplifying the actual process. In this post, Jim talks about fundraising’s worst oversimplification, and how to make sure you don’t fall prey to it in your fundraising.

Top 5 Mistakes: #1 Stopping New Donor Acquisition

Bill Jacobs (Analytical Ones)

There are a lot of mistakes that different nonprofit organizations fall prey to over and over again. One of them is stopping new donor acquisition. In this post, Bill explains why you might feel moved to do so but why you should avoid it.