by Ephraim | Dec 9, 2024 | email, fundraising, newsletter
Welcome to my 2024 Giving Tuesday Endless Emails Review! (Here’s part two and part three of the 2024 GT email review.) Each year I open, read and analyze all the Giving Tuesday (GT) emails that arrive in my inbox. And this year was no different. 627 emails from...
by Ephraim | Oct 6, 2024 | email, fundraising, pictures
I’m a Gen Xer. Nostalgia will always put a smile on my face. Where’s the beef. Rubik’s Cube. Foofy hair. The Breakfast Club. MAD Magazine. I had a run of close to ten years where I bought every single MAD Magazine that was published. I also bought a few of their...
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 | Jul 31, 2024 | data, email, marketing
I do my best to stay on top of the latest fundraising and marketing data. It’s important to know what the current trends are and how that affects the communications coming from nonprofits to their audience. And then I impart the data to you. This article shares 45...
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 | May 6, 2024 | data, email, fundraising
The yearly M+R Benchmarks report is one of my favorite to dive into. A ton of relevant and useful fundraising and marketing data! This year’s report didn’t disappoint. Below I share with you some of the findings from the report and my insights into the various stats....