Award Winning Blog - Agitator

Thank You, Agitator Readers

The Chronicle of Philanthropy just released its latest annual survey of the largest 176 US nonprofits regarding their online fundraising. Apparently they asked respondents to identify their favorite "blog about the nonprofit world" and — we’re pleased to report — according to this "word cloud" report, The Agitator ranks as most popular! Granted, it’s […]

Learn More April 20, 2010

Improve Your Fundraising Odds

On Thursday, May 20, FundRaising Success will offer its very first virtual conference and exhibition, Engaging, Enlightening, Empowering Donors. It’s seven hours of sessions offering the latest and most effective fundraising strategies, tips and tactics for your organization. Fundraising Success has assembled an impressive line-up of fundraising professionals to share their insights, including we humbly […]

Learn More April 19, 2010

Classic “Chicken Or Egg” Question

eMarketing & Commerce reports on a study of Facebook fans and their brand loyalty, as published in the March Harvard Business Review. In this case, the study examined the behavior and attitudes of customers of Houston’s Dessert Gallery cafe chain who became the company’s Facebook fans. According to the study, as compared to regular customers, […]

Learn More April 16, 2010

Giving: How Much Is Enough?

Seth Godin raises a provocative question in his recent post, Fear of Philanthropy. Here’s the gist of it: “Marketers at good causes have a real challenge as they try to raise money from people who aren’t billionaires. As they approach people with $10,000 or $100,000 in the bank, this fear of not seeing a limit […]

Learn More April 15, 2010

See? Relevant Thank You Works

Last week we talked about going the extra mile to recognize donor loyalty. Here’s an illustration I didn’t want you to miss from Jessica Harrington at Schultz & Williams … "We’re absolutely doing this! For one organization’s first renewal, we personalized the letter to the year the donor first joined and what was happening then […]

Learn More April 14, 2010

Too Much Nonprofit Competition?

Awhile back I saw this LA Times article about a new website/organization (is there a difference these days?) launched by Chris Hughes, one of Facebook’s co-founders and online organizing whiz for the Obama campaign. But as I read about the site — Jumo, promoted as a venue for connecting causes/charities and interested volunteers — I […]

Learn More April 13, 2010