The Fundraising Academy

If your charity raises under $10mil/year, you should be able to plan your whole fundraising year on one page. If you've never tried before, here's a short action plan: 1. Fill in ask, celebrate and report first. Ideally 1x each quarter. 2. Then fill out listen and engage. Ideally 1x each year to start. Does yours fit on one page?

There are some really scary tales out there this time of year.....

Spooky season is upon us....

BIG NEWS: Announcing The Fundraising Academy x NextAfter We’ve partnered with the good folks at NextAfter to give all Fundraising Academy members FREE access to some of the best courses on digital fundraising out there. Including: ✏️ How to write fundraising copy that converts more donors and inspires people to give generously – again and again. ✏️  How to craft can't-miss fundraising emails that boost response rates and build long-term affinity with your org. ✏️ A step-by-step process for acquiring droves of new donors online – starting today – without wasting your budget. ✏️ How to supercharge your donation pages so that your donors CAN'T WAIT to support your cause – year after year. ✏️ How to plan and execute your highest-grossing year-end campaign ever, without relying on guesswork and "what we've always done." ☝️ that’s all the knowledge you need to crush—and surpass—your fundraising goals. But how do you put it into action? We've got you. In the Fundraising Academy, you get live, weekly feedback from our coaches on all your fundraising copy and strategy, including: → your fundraising emails → your donation landing pages → your Meta ads and strategy  → your direct mail  → your monthly, mid-level and legacy giving marketing → your major gift strategy You’ll also join a vibrant community of “your people”—other fundraisers growing revenue from new and current donors, who understand what it’s like to be in your shoes.

Yes. Many donors give at year end. AND If you’re depending on December to do the heavy lifting for you…there’s a better way.

The (free!) Summer Revenue Boost Challenge starts soon! Details here if you don't want to miss out 👇

Summer cash-flow troubles don't have to be a part of your charity's life. If you want to build a simple plan to raise more money this summer. AND You want to hang out with our BuildGood team and make some new fundraising friends. Join us in the Summer Revenue Boost challenge. Register here! 👇 https://lnkd.in/gGWDxFTb

To you, wonderful fundraiser. With so much love and appreciation for the important work you do!

There's no school for #nonprofit fundraising. You can’t get a degree in how to build a monthly giving program. No English class that focuses on effective fundraising copywriting. No accounting class that teaches you about response rates, and testing and optimizing. There isn’t even a playbook for how to become a fundraiser and grow in your career. And that’s exactly why we’ve created The Fundraising Academy. It’s a membership program for fundraisers based on 3 key benefits for you. 1 - COMMUNITY There’s a discussion forum to share ideas, get feedback on fundraising strategy, ask about what other charities are doing, or even vent about what’s going on at work. This is a place to ask questions you wouldn’t ask on linkedin, and you’ll get insights that you won’t get on Google. But it’s much more than a discussion forum. It’s a place to turn to whenever you get stuck. Our team is in here every day, reviewing fundraising emails, direct mail appeals, sharing examples of what’s working with our clients right now, etc. So help is always close by. 2) TRAINING + TEMPLATES We’re building out a library of short trainings with real life examples, results and templates. So next time you go to write a direct mail appeal Or create a fundraising email Or when it’s time to build out your monthly giving program, You can turn to a library of examples and proven practices. A video training is one thing, but what about *real time* coaching? We’ve got that too. 3) LIVE FEEDBACK & COACHING This is what makes the Fundraising Academy so valuable and so different. Every single week we have multiple LIVE zoom calls you can join to workshop your fundraising or come solve for a fundraising challenge you’re facing. With different coaches—ranging from copywriting to strategy to mid level and major donor fundraising. Plus, a few times per year, we host build-a-thons where we all work together to build out a key part of your fundraising program—like a year end campaign, or a monthly giving program. -- If you want affordable expertise, and a community of support, the Fundraising Academy is the place to be. And we’ve made it 100% risk free to join. We want to make this a no-brainer for you. So we created a 0-risk-to-you, 90-day, 100% money back guarantee if you don’t find value in it for you and your nonprofit. And in those 90 days, you will already have created a one year fundraising plan that you can feel great about—and you will already have taken some massive steps to grow your fundraising. PS: The Fundraising Academy is only getting better. This is just the beginning. We’re investing in making this the best resource out there for individual giving fundraisers. #fundraising #nonprofit  

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