S5 Ep. 7: What I Would Do To Get New Donors

S5 Ep.7  What I Would Do To Get New Donors

Building strong relationships with major donors is essential for nonprofits looking to sustain and grow their impact. Major donors provide significant financial contributions, but more importantly, they become long-term supporters and ambassadors for your cause. In this episode, we’ll cover the key strategies to attract and cultivate these high-value donors.

 What You Will Learn:

- How to identify potential major donors and understand their giving motivations.

- Effective ways to build relationships and engage with prospective donors.

- The importance of personalized outreach and storytelling.

- Strategies for hosting events and creating exclusive donor experiences.

- How to follow up and maintain long-term donor relationships.

Attracting major donors requires a strategic and relationship-driven approach. By understanding donor motivations, crafting personalized outreach, and offering meaningful engagement opportunities, your nonprofit can build a strong network of committed supporters. Implement these strategies consistently, and you’ll create lasting partnerships that fuel your mission for years to come.

Quotes from the episode 

 ”Yes lives in the land of no, and many of us are not willing to traverse the land of no. We don't like hanging out in the land of no. “

“LinkedIn is where business owners are. LinkedIn is where career people are. LinkedIn is where there is the highest percentage of millionaires. on any social media platform. They're on LinkedIn”

 ”This is how I would build 20 new major donors from scratch, from nothing. It's not like you're asking your board to post about you on LinkedIn, which would be amazing, but you're not dependent upon anybody else for this.

It really is about you and the control that you have over your time, your copywriting, your storytelling, how you communicate your impact, your message. Your unique positioning as an organization, how you tell the story every single day. “

 ”All I can control is what I'm doing and my output So I'm going to track that and learn from my results.”