offer: the key to success in fundraising

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Offer:The Key to

Success in

Fundraising

Jeff Brooks

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What is a

fundraising

offer?

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Offer:• Call to action (ad lingo)

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Offer:• Call to action (ad lingo)

• What you want the donor to do

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Offer:• Call to action (ad lingo)

• What you want the donor

to do

• The entire purpose of

every fundraising message

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What brings in your fundraising dollars

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40% 40% 20%

Audience Offer Creative

What brings in your fundraising dollars

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40% 40% 20%

Audience Offer Creative

Who What How

What you want

donors to do matters

more than how you

ask them to do it.

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What you want

donors to do matters

more than how you

ask them to do it.

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Twice as much!

Fundraising

Offer:

a 3-Legged

Stool

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Specificity:

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Specificity:

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An action or item that the donor pays for

Specificity:

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An action or item that the donor pays for

Not a concept or abstraction

Specificity:

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An action or item that the donor pays for

Not a concept or abstraction

“Photographable”

Specificity:

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An action or item that the donor pays for

Not a concept or abstraction

“Photographable”

If you can’t take a picture of

what you want the donor to

pay for, you don’t have a

fundraising offer.

Cost:

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Cost:

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Price tag

Cost:

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Price tag

Specific amount “purchases” something

specific

Cost:

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Price tag

Specific amount “purchases” something

specific

Right amount for donor: The Goldilocks

Amount – “Just right”

Cost:

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Price tag

Specific amount “purchases” something

specific

Right amount for donor: The Goldilocks

Amount – “Just right”

Ask a $50

donor for $50!

Impact:

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Impact:

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A good deal

Impact:

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A good deal

The gift accomplishes a lot

Impact:

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A good deal

The gift accomplishes a lot

The donor’s generosity multiplies:

$1 = $2 (or more!)

Impact:

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A good deal

The gift accomplishes a lot

The donor’s generosity multiplies:

$1 = $2 (or more!)

Donors respond

to bargains!

Urgency:

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Urgency:

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Why giving now is better than giving later

Urgency:

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Why giving now is better than giving later

Deadline

Urgency:

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Why giving now is better than giving later

Deadline

Negative consequences of failure to

respond

Urgency:

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Why giving now is better than giving later

Deadline

Negative consequences of failure to

respond

Some common non-offer offers

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“Support our cause.”

Some common non-offer offers

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“Support our cause.”

“Provide hope.”

Some common non-offer offers

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“Support our cause.”

“Provide hope.”

“Join us.”

Some common non-offer offers

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“Support our cause.”

“Provide hope.”

“Join us.”

2 real-life examples

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2 real-life examples

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Specificity

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Cost

Impact Urgency

Specificity C

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Cost C-

Impact C- Urgency D

Specificity

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Cost

Impact Urgency

Specificity A

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Cost A

Impact A Urgency B

A great

fundraising offer

lets your donor

change the world

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Interested? Want help crafting

great fundraising offers? Let’s talk:

Jeff Brooks

Email: jeff@jeff-brooks.com

Blog: futurefundraisingnow.com

Twitter: @jeffbrooks

LinkedIn

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