by Bill Jacobs | Jul 9, 2024 | Direct Mail, Donor Retention, Non-profit, Nonprofits
This post co-authored by me and long-time friend and former colleague, Jeff Brooks, the most vigilant blogger in fundraising I know. One of most counterintuitive truths about fundraising is this: The more recently a donor gave, the more likely they are to give now....
by Bill Jacobs | Sep 5, 2017 | Donor Retention
If you could summarize the consultant chatter over the past decade into one phrase, I would nominate “donor engagement” as the winning phrase. But what does that mean exactly? As a donor behavior scientist, I am a firm believer in what Peter Drucker said: “If you...