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All About Direct Mail
What is direct mail, and how can it help your organization?
- How direct mail can benefit your organization
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Acquisition: finding new members
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Resoliciting and Renewing Your Donors
- 31 ways to cultivate your donors
- Mailing smarter means segmentation
- 9 steps to setting up a giving club
- 12 things to write in thank you letters to your donors
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- How long should your renewal series be?
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High-dollar fundraising
- 8 keys to raising $1,000 gifts
- Spending money to make money
- How to cultivate major donors
Using Monthly Donor Programs
- Myths of monthly donor programs
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Copywriting
- 8 steps to writing successful fundraising letters
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Raising Money by Phone
- 12 ways to combine DM and telephone fundraising
- Choosing the right donors to call
Planned Giving
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The Big Picture
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Fundraising and Marketing on the Internet
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