Bernie Sanders is a gadfly no more. By raising almost as much money in the third quarter as Hillary Clinton, he showed that his campaign will have serious resources on-hand when we move into the primaries. At least as important as how much he raised...
Regular Epolitics.com contributor and digital strategist Laura Packard (of PowerThru Consulting) is back with us, this time to help folks take the plunge into digital fundraising. This post first appeared the PowerThru blog. “We’re a...
Thank you, Scott Walker, for confirming what shall henceforth be known as “Dakin’s Law”, in honor of its author Shaun Dakin. If you’ll recall, Shaun noted at the time that Rick Perry’s campaign began emitting the sweet...
Yesterday we got good advice from Brett Schenker about keeping our emails out of spam filters, and today Jerimee Richir follows up with some tips to boost your email performance that may seem counter-intuitive to some. Jerimee is a “community...
New Epolitics.com constributor Brett Schenker is currently the Email Deliverability Specialist at EveryAction, where he educates national nonprofits, associations, and labor unions on email best practices and future trends. Nonprofits have never had...
Update: A couple of Loyal Readers sent in articles about a Rand Paul fundraising video released Friday that may have broken Senate rules by using footage from a speech on the Senate floor. Oops! Still, that error doesn’t take away from the...
Jeanette Russell’s post originally appeared on the Attentive.ly blog. Social listening gives organizations unprecedented insight into their donors’ lives and an opportunity for richer engagement through personalization. Far beyond...
Regular Epolitics.com contributor and digital Laura Packard (of PowerThru Consulting) is back with us, this time to help you survive the onslaught of cell phones and other mobile devices. Did your website survive Mobilegeddon? What should you be...
Regular Epolitics.com contributor and online fundraising pro Laura Packard joins us again with some key best practices to help you optimize your digital giving campaigns. Laura and her PowerThru Consulting colleagues have learned these lessons...
We in the online advocacy business are no strangers to asking for money online — and whether you write fundraising appeals yourself or not, your inbox probably clogs up every day with email appeals from clients, competitors and other...