7 great ideas for email subject lines

Source: Nonprofit Times
 
“Urgent.” “Requiring immediate attention.” “Chance of a lifetime.”
These are just a small sample of the kind of messages that appear in the Subject line of an email. Some will get the recipient to open the message. Others are likely to go directly to Trash without being read.
Online and email fundraising are proving to [...]

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14 ways to write winning email

Email has become one of the most important means of communication today. And, it will grow in use in the future. However, with the ease and inexpensive nature of email has also come some misuses.
Check out these recommendations to improve your messages:

Your own email address says a lot about you. If you are [...]

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Expand your fundraising with e-newsletters

Need a consistent and inexpensive way to get your fundraising message out? e-Newsletters are an answer.
Every year, Karen Frost from CKUA Radio is tasked with meeting new people, drawing in more donations, and literally keeping her listener-supported radio station – herself included – afloat. Not an easy job when methods of communication are limiting, marketing [...]

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Ten tips for raising money through email

When you are trying to raise money online from your members, visitors, or other constituents, keep these ten tips in mind:

Ask for money for special projects or other hot items, not for general support – and set a deadline. It’s generally easier to raise money for something specific with a deadline than for institutional support. [...]

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Using email to build your organization

Email is the killer app on the web! Without a doubt, the use of email is the more commonly used and highest responded to use of the Web. Of the 63% of U.S. citizens who use the Web regularly, a full 93% read email nearly every day.
There is such a thing as the “Email Savvy [...]

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Winning steps to using email for Holiday and year-end giving

Email is an awesome tool to use in your Holiday and year-end fundraising appeals. Writing good email starts with the basics of writing good copy – you must have a story to tell, offer a compelling reason to give, and use clear and persuasive language. Here are five steps to writing email that [...]

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Use email to build your organization

Email is the killer app on the web! Without a doubt, the use of email is the more commonly used and highest responded to use of the Web. Of the 63% of U.S. citizens who use the Web regularly, a full 93% read email nearly every day.
There is such a thing as the “Email Savvy [...]

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