Dear Ohdeuk,
You’ll probably read only a small portion of this newsletter’s contents. I know that’s likely since just a small percentage of our readers click on the PDF version, which includes a lot of valuable information you won’t find in this e-mailed edition.
Here’s what you’ll miss in this issue if you only scan the summaries on this screen:
- Insightful findings from studies of e-mail’s impact and the need for frequent and consistent online contact
- 20 years worth of insight about how to choose a list manager for your donorfile
- Full-color reproduction of an outstanding legacy promotion package
- Plus short items on giving after retirement, changing patterns in the public’s acceptance of using credit cards online, and the interplay between e-mail and direct mail
We put a lot of time and elbow grease into each issue, and we’re eager for you to get the very most from it. Try the PDF version. You won’t regret it.
Cheers,
SPOTLIGHT
1. Online insight
BY DEBORAH BLOCK AND PAUL KARPS
The trends in online giving—as well as its advantages and disadvantages—have certainly become a popular subject among direct marketing fundraisers far and wide. We’re all...
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EXTRA!
2. Learning from politics
BY TOM BELFORD
With the 2008 presidential campaign underway, candidates like McCain, Clinton, Romney, Obama, and Edwards are already dueling for the “best Internet campaign” honors. Nonprofits should...
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HANDS on
3. Do e-mail silences matter?
BY KAREN MATHESON AND EVE FOX
Are you one of the many e-mail fundraisers, organizers, advocates, or marketers who view their online statistics with a sigh? Do you fantasize about sky-high open, click-through, and response rates...
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WHAT's WORKING
4. International Rescue Committee
BY DEBORAH BLOCK AND PAUL KARPS
You’ve probably seen those planned giving packages some nonprofits mail that make you want to lie down and take a snooze. Full of technical mumbo-jumbo and copy-heavy brochures...
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ON LISTS
5. Choosing a list manager
BY SUZIE MCGUIRE
Don't confuse a list manager with a list broker. The latter helps you select appropriate prospect lists for your acquisition program; you’ll need a broker...
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COPY CORNER
6. Hidden real estate
BY DEBORAH BLOCK AND PAUL KARPS
For most New Yorkers, every square foot of space in their cramped abodes is considered treasured real estate. That’s also the case here in the pricey San Francisco Bay Area, where we live. The same can be said for a direct mail fundraising package...
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TIDBITS
7. Tidbits
Will Boomers contribute after retirement? Do women between the ages of 25-44 read more direct mail or online appeals? To get the scoop click here.
WHERE'S MAL?
To track the whereabouts of our very own direct mail fundraising guru click here.
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