June 12th, 2013Posted by Mazarine
Have you ever been frustrated by your nonprofit’s e-newsletter? Is it that you’re not allowed to write it without a committee? Is it that no one opens it? Or you don’t know if anyone does? Are you frustrated that few people give through your e-newsletter? Do you want to solve [...]
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June 4th, 2013Posted by Mazarine
Roger Craver lays it down with this podcast with Jeff Brooks! He says a lot of interesting things! He’s been fundraising longer than I’ve been alive, and he has so many tidbits of wisdom. Here are my favorite parts of Roger Craver’s interview: He says social media is bullshit! (And I actually agree, it’s bullshit [...]
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May 1st, 2013Posted by Mazarine

Have you been frustrated with trying to raise money online?
Have you tried Razoo, Kickstarter or Indiegogo with little success?
Have you tried emailing people to get them to give, with few results?
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April 24th, 2013Posted by Mazarine
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April 22nd, 2013Posted by Mazarine
If you missed my webinar on how to get more people to open your nonprofit e-newsletters last year, it’s coming up again on June 6th! Click here to learn more. For a free preview of what you’ll learn, check out these slides here: If you’d like to learn more about how to write an e-newsletter [...]
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April 19th, 2013Posted by Mazarine
In this 90 minute webinar you’ll learn:
- How to create a group for your nonprofit, step by step
- How to create a page for your nonprofit
- Getting people to give testimonials for your nonprofit on LinkedIn
- How to use Groups to drive traffic and signups for your events
- How to auto-post to your LinkedIn profile
- Getting more people at your events by integrating LinkedIn with other forms of promotion
- Using LinkedIn’s new Board Member Connect Feature: What you need to know
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April 10th, 2013Posted by Mazarine
Today we are answering fabulous hardworking fundraiser reader questions! I recently got a question from a fantastic environmental fundraiser named Erin, who asked about brochures. She writes, ———————————————————————————- Dear Mazarine, I’ve been wondering about something and I have attempted to search online for resources but thought you might be able to direct me. So, my [...]
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April 4th, 2013Posted by Mazarine
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March 4th, 2013Posted by Mazarine
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January 3rd, 2013Posted by Mazarine
When I first started blogging to build an audience for my book, I read Yaro Starak’s blog. He said that the way he got tons of website visitors and built up his traffic was by commenting on 10 blogs per night. So in 2010, that is what I did. I got tons of traffic and [...]
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