End of Year Giving Appeals? Already?
Can you believe it?
We are in the last quarter of the year! Soon, we’ll be in the full throes of the end-of-year giving campaigns.
Here are 10 best practices to help you create successful content for your upcoming campaigns.
- Show gratitude – tell donors how grateful you are for what’s happened this year.
- Have a spirit of anticipation– share with you dollars what’s coming.
- Honor the season– use thematic illustrations and photos.
- Accentuate the positive – donors are motivated to help you change the world, not help you get out of the red.
- Don’t preach– but do provide concrete examples of donors’ dollars at work using a Biblical Theme.
- Tell stories– people care about what happened because of their donation.
- Make it personal– handwritten notes go a long way.
- Be concise– readers are skimmers.
- Ditch the traditional language– embrace familiarity in your stories.
- Show the impact– pictures are worth 1000 words.