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No New Donors!

Seth Godin did one of his trademark "short but sweet" — and provocative — posts the other day, titled, No New Customers. Here it is in its entirety … What if a rift in the time-space continuum changed the universe and it was suddenly impossible to get new customers, new readers, new donors or new […]

Learn More May 4, 2010

Digital Issue Advocacy

Our friend and digital marketing consultant Nick Allen of DonorDigital developed this issue advocacy site — http://doilookillegal.com — for folks to express their opposition to Arizona’s new racist anti-immigrant law. Clever way to get folks engaged and use social media to spread the word. Nick, you deserve a raise! Tom

Learn More May 3, 2010

Coming Meltdown in Higher Ed

Since The Agitator has heaps of readers with .edu email addresses, I thought I’d pass along a blog post by Seth Godin especially for you! It’s called The Coming Meltdown in Higher Education (as seen by a marketer), and while it gives Godin’s full critique of today’s higher ed offering, here’s an especially pertinent excerpt […]

Learn More April 30, 2010

Haiti “Fundraising” Revisited

Back when the Haiti disaster struck, and $35 million was donated via mobile text, I was castigated by various Agitator readers (including my esteemed colleague Roger Craver), for questioning: "But is this really fundraising?" Today I rest my case. I urge you to read the entire post by Kristin Ivie on Social Citizens blog from […]

Learn More April 29, 2010

Create A “Passion Panel”

Starbucks uses its "Passion Panel" to come up with new products and line extensions. This is a group of Starbucks’ best customers who respond to online queries in return for perks. [What, you say, Starbucks doesn’t have enough variations on the Frappuccino already?!] Maybe your nonprofit could use a Passion Panel of your own best […]

Learn More April 28, 2010

Understanding Boomers

This post won’t help you raise more money tomorrow. However, it deals with a demographic and attitudinal shift that will affect nonprofit fundraising for decades to come. There are lots of "Boomer experts" touting their insights … you might say it’s a booming business. My favorite, because he’s so deeply grounded in data, which he […]

Learn More April 27, 2010