Comments on: Bye bye boring thank you letters

By: Claxon Marketing – Stop recognizing your assets

Claxon Marketing – Stop recognizing your assets — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:41:47 +0000

[…] and talent–you should be showering them with love and gratitude! It’s like the auto-magically generated super boring thank you letters that most organizations send out–it goes out, you check off the box, and then move on to the […]

By: Appreciation Is Not A Process | #fundchat

Appreciation Is Not A Process | #fundchat — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:17:13 +0000

[…] Burk says that they are the first step to a next gift. Katya Andresen weighs in. Erica Mills has advice. Lisa Sargent… well, enough said there! Do you think about your thanks before you […]

By: Claxon Marketing – What NOT to do in your year-end appeal

Claxon Marketing – What NOT to do in your year-end appeal — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 21:23:07 +0000

[…] not saying to be boring with your appeals (or your thank yous). I’m simply saying: unless you’re Google, keep the holly and turkeys away from your […]

By: Claxon Marketing – The quest for the perfect word (and other useless endeavors)

Claxon Marketing – The quest for the perfect word (and other useless endeavors) — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:35:25 +0000

[…] yours–fall into this trap when it comes to words. All the time. Constantly. Thus all those boring thank you notes. Thus yawn-worthy newsletters. Thus homepages that you have to read twelve times in order to even […]

By: Claxon Marketing – Most of the places you “should be marketing” don’t matter

Claxon Marketing – Most of the places you “should be marketing” don’t matter — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:44:24 +0000

[…] who give to your organization, you find that a good old-fashioned, hand-signed thank you note (the non-boring variety) means a lot to them. And while you could reach these folks by Twitter, a “Thanks peeps […]

By: Claxon Marketing – Big hug or lame handshake–which are you dishing up to donors?

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:33:54 +0000

[…] no law that says your tax receipt has to be boring. Kiss boring bye bye and instead make the donor feel like their gift was a great, big, huge deal. Because it […]

By: Appreciation is not a Process « FundraiserBeth

Appreciation is not a Process « FundraiserBeth — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:18:42 +0000

[…] letters. Penelope Burk says that they are the first step to a next gift. Katya Andresen weighs in. Erica Mills has advice. Lisa Sargent… well, enough said […]

By: Claxon Marketing – Bye bye boring thank you letters | Nonprofit Management | Scoop.it

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:05:50 +0000

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By: Claxon Marketing – First time donors…kind of like that first date that never calls back

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:02:45 +0000

[…] knows I like me a well-done thank-you note. But I also appreciate that Mathew helps us look beyond the thank you note, calling our attention […]

By: Israel

Israel — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:22:41 +0000

Superb blog post!