Eight Sample Donation Thank-You Letters

By Alan Sharpe (February 2005) E-book  $9.99

Learn how to say “thanks” in ways that win the long-term friendship and loyalty of your donors.

Increase Your Income and Boost Donor Loyalty with Donor-Centered Newsletter Stories

By Alan Sharpe (January 2005) E-book  $9.99

Reap the long-term benefits of putting donors first in your donor newsletters.

31 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Ask Anyone for a Donation with a Fundraising Letter

By Alan Sharpe (March 2009) E-book  $9.99

Increase your chances of success by answering the vital questions that leading fundraisers ask before writing a single word.

Boost Your Revenues and Donor Loyalty with Effective Donation Thank-You Letters

By Alan Sharpe (February 2005) E-book  $9.99

Master the most important letter in fundraising.

 

51 Ways to Write Original Donation Thank-You Letters (with Sample)

By Alan Sharpe (February 2005) E-book  $9.99

One of the hardest  jobs in fundraising is crafting original thank-you letters. You want to be thankful.  But you also want to be fiscally responsible. You cannot afford to write a unique thank-you letter for  each of the thousands of donations you receive each year. But you also cannot afford to send out impersonal thank-you letters, either.

53 Simple Ways to Raise Money with Your Donor Newsletter

By Alan Sharpe (January 2005) E-book  $9.99

The secret to raising funds with a donor newsletter is to strike a balance between informing and asking. After all, it is a newsletter, not an appeal letter. This practical, hands-on guide describes over four dozen simple steps that you can take today to make your donor newsletter more productive at generating gifts. 53 Simple Ways to Raise Money with Your Donor Newsletter is the first Handbook in the Hands-On  Fundraising Series, published by Andrew Spencer Publishing.

The Fundraisers’ Book of Quotations

By Alan Sharpe (January 2006) E-book  $29.99

Inspire and motivate your donors with over 2,700 quips, proverbs, aphorisms, witticisms, zingers, epigrams, quotes, one-liners and words of wisdom from actors, writers, activists, philanthropists, artists, scientists, philosophers, poets, humorists, novelists, inventors, journalists, kings, queens, magnates, presidents, dissidents, preachers, paupers and others, famous and infamous, living and dead.

Lucrative Donor Newsletters

By Alan Sharpe (January 2009) E-book  $29.99

How to create, write, design and distribute donor newsletters that  recruit supporters, renew donors, retain members, inspire action, build community and raise funds. The secret to your long-term success as a non-profit organization is keeping the  donors you have. Acquiring donors and members is of no use if they give you one  gift and never give again. Revenue follows retention. The cost-effective key to donor retention is a donor newsletter. When your  newsletter inspires, informs and involves your readers, they look forward to  hearing from you—and gladly participate when you ask for a donation in an appeal letter.

Seeing through a Donor’s Eyes: How to Make a Persuasive Case for Everything from Your Annual Drive to Your Planned Giving Program to Your Capital Campaign

By Tom Ahern (Febuary, 2009) Paperback $29.99

“Why should I give you my hard-earned money?” Effective fundraisers answer this essential question every time they ask for a gift. What’s their secret to success? They have a winning case for support. As Tom Ahern makes clear in his new book, Seeing through a Donor’s Eyes, a case isn’t some fancy argument you only develop for capital campaigns, when you’re chasing millions.

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