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Sunday, October 10, 2010

If your nonprofit organization isn't in the mail or inbox by now ...

You still have a couple of weeks to hit the sweet spot of the fundraising season in the mail. And mail, of course, no longer just means paper in mailboxes, but can now mean e-mailings, e-newsletters, blogs with links to your donations page, or a mashup of social networking posts with video or audio.

Communication is key in this pressured economy, sending a missive like a missile that penetrates the blather of advertising and appeals with a sharp call to make a difference to real people.

Here are some organizations that get it right, the mix of direct mail, Facebook, Twitter, blog, website, e-newsletter, and donation page that is the media mix we all live within:

Project Open Hand

Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano

Walnut Creek Library Foundation

And here's one that has a little too much going on, and could use a Facebook page and Twitter link. But they have a good first page and print mailing program, plus an e-mailing program:

Center for Early Intervention on Deafness

I've received print mailings from these nonprofits recently that point to their web presence, linking all the forms of communication a donor might be comfortable with, giving them options for responding.

Note that the first screens of their sites link social networking, donations pages, and offers to sign up for e-newsletters and e-mailing lists, along with their basic mission statement, in easy-to-spot locations. One-stop donations shopping for the holidays!

Your thoughts? I'd like to hear about your experience in the mail this season, your mashups, and other forms of successful fundraising communications.

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