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Why the best marketers know very little about the technical aspects of planned giving

By Greg Warner On September 09, 2015

There's an acronym — K.I.S.S. — that seems like it might have been developed just for marketers:

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4 amazing quotes about how to treat your donors (from the Fortune 500)

By Greg Warner On September 02, 2015
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3 reasons to run an OPT-OUT campaign

By Greg Warner On August 31, 2015

Yes! I said you should run an OPT-OUT campaign. Not an opt-in campaign.

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How to get great fundraising advice without reading an entire book

By Greg Warner On August 26, 2015

I love to sit down and read about marketing and fundraising. I often find myself ordering books from Amazon because I like the titles and I truly want to read the books. But, unfortunately, I don't have enough time.

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6 best practices for delivering progress reports to your major gift and legacy supporters

By Greg Warner On August 24, 2015

Tony Robbins, author of Money: Master the Game, discussed 'How Progress Equals Happiness' earlier this year on Oprah's digital web-show - #OWNSHOW.

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24 amazing benchmark reports on fundraising all in one place

By Greg Warner On August 21, 2015

If you're like me, you like to noodle data and scratch your head a lot.

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8 posts that will help you develop a solid planned gift marketing strategy

By Greg Warner On August 17, 2015

Here's a sort of "Greatest Hits" list. Each post containing outstanding tips that will help you develop a solid planned gift marketing strategy.

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15 telephone call don't's for major and legacy gift fundraisers

By Greg Warner On August 14, 2015

Two days ago I outlined my "do's". Today, here are my "don't's". Both can be found here on this cheat-sheet.

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15 telephone call do's for major and legacy gift fundraisers

By Greg Warner On August 12, 2015
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Know anyone needing a pick-me-up?

By Greg Warner On August 10, 2015
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