by Ephraim | Aug 5, 2024 | building relationships, email, newsletter
I manage two inboxes, one personal and one business. Let’s take a quick live look into them: That’s right. No emails. I’m a big believer in Inbox:Zero. I don’t want emails cluttering up my inbox. I want emails to come in, read them and then deal with them. The longer...
by Ephraim | Jun 16, 2024 | building relationships, fundraising, strategy
I was in my dream job. CEO and fundraiser for a nursery and kindergarten which were unique- children with and without disabilities learning together. I was at the top of the pyramid. It was also 2007, right before the bottom of the financial world fell out. You all...
by Ephraim | May 14, 2024 | building relationships, email, fundraising
It’s election season in the U.S. Yippee! I’m sure all of you are VERY excited for nonstop, 24/7 coverage of the federal and state elections. You probably can’t get enough of it! Sarcasm folks, sarcasm. The election cycle is here and it’s gonna dominate the news...
by Ephraim | Apr 8, 2024 | building relationships, foundations, grants
In general, my blog posts are based on my reactions and thoughts to something I’ve read or heard. Today’s post is sponsored by Last week’s blog post and the feedback I received A very large project I’m working on related to grants that will be publicized in just a few...
by Ephraim | Jan 22, 2024 | building relationships, fundraiser
Window shopping. We do it all the time, especially in areas with expensive shops. You can’t afford it but you look in the window anyway. A chance to dream for a sec about wearing that $3,000 outfit. But what would happen if the storefront window didn’t have mannequins...
by Ephraim | Dec 10, 2023 | branding, building relationships, fundraising
I’m back with part two of my annual Giving Tuesday (GT) email review. (Read part one part three and part four for more fundraising and marketing takeaways.) Plenty of topics to cover in this post and throughout I’ll be sharing fundraising and marketing takeaways to...
