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		<title>(Local) Content is King</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us have small-town, township or rural county newspapers we count on for listing kids on the honor roll, town council meeting details and garage sale notices. Big newspapers as a media platform may be fading, but they are still very appealing to older audiences &#8211; and I’d venture that these smaller, local versions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=innovativefundraising.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6457301&amp;post=291&amp;subd=innovativefundraising&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online sales trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your charity have a gift shop? ANYthing for sale? If its not online, then you&#8217;re missing out. Check out this great infographic on where online sales are compared with onsite sales today: Filed under: Difficulty - expert, Making the case, online sales<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=innovativefundraising.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6457301&amp;post=285&amp;subd=innovativefundraising&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retreat. Renew. Rejoice.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[catholic retreat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[franciscan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oldenburg]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://innovativefundraising.wordpress.com/?p=281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pretty excited about my involvement in the new marketing and fundraising efforts for the Oldenburg Franciscan Center in Oldenburg, Indiana. The Center has been around for a while and has produced some pretty impactful programming, but they are just now refocusing efforts to attract more visitors. The sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=innovativefundraising.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6457301&amp;post=281&amp;subd=innovativefundraising&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stay Positive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A wide net]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://innovativefundraising.wordpress.com/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What did mom repeat to us over and over? If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. I worked in a bookstore for most of my college years. One of the biggest sections, and one with the most sales, was self-help. Next biggest is usually Christian inspiration. After that&#8230; probably&#8230;romance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=innovativefundraising.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6457301&amp;post=275&amp;subd=innovativefundraising&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Double Negative Makes A Positive</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[clik 'n donate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forming communities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steal this Idea]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this campaign. Their homepage is slick. The videos are emotional and relevant. And, the donation goal is visible and interactive. Add to that the full use of Facebook&#8217;s cause-page tools and you&#8217;ll see a center for wellness gain some notoriety both locally and nationally. How can your organization eliminate the negative in your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=innovativefundraising.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6457301&amp;post=270&amp;subd=innovativefundraising&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prediction: Among the People, Donations will Rise</title>
		<link>http://innovativefundraising.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/prediction-among-the-people-donations-will-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[widgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bump]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://innovativefundraising.wordpress.com/?p=233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you think the people at Bubble Yum get paid? (Yeah, I think about these things.) I don&#8217;t think anybody is purchasing gum through the mail. It&#8217;s unlikely that Amazon.com is shipping out a lot of gum in bulk. Where do you buy it? At the grocery. At the gas station. I&#8217;d say 95% [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=innovativefundraising.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6457301&amp;post=233&amp;subd=innovativefundraising&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A List of Ten</title>
		<link>http://innovativefundraising.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/a-list-of-ten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A wide net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ten best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ten worst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top ten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://innovativefundraising.wordpress.com/?p=226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re writing for new audiences in direct mail acquisitions, on your website, or on the social media interwebs, it&#8217;s a good idea to include a few lists now and again. These days, before delving into the real story, people just want the highlights. There&#8217;s an implied accessibility to a list. The reader doesn&#8217;t feel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=innovativefundraising.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6457301&amp;post=226&amp;subd=innovativefundraising&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Mission Gone Mobile</title>
		<link>http://innovativefundraising.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/your-mission-gone-mobile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A wide net]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extraordinaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[give by cell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mGive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile commons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonprofit marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slowly, nonprofits are finding ways to tap into the mobile medium for donations. We&#8217;re seeing the national organizations finding success (and press). But that doesn&#8217;t mean local or smaller orgs can&#8217;t tap into their mobile public. mGive the platform that processed more than $37 million in donations for the Red Cross is surprisingly affordable. But, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=innovativefundraising.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6457301&amp;post=220&amp;subd=innovativefundraising&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tout your success, Not your challenges</title>
		<link>http://innovativefundraising.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/tout-your-success-not-your-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bandwagon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donor message]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[informed donors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When I once became sure of one majority they tumbled over each other to get aboard the band wagon.&#8221; ~Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt People are joiners. In the mid 19th century, P.T. Barnum got crowds to come to his circus by putting a band on a wagon and riding through town making a bunch of noise. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=innovativefundraising.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6457301&amp;post=208&amp;subd=innovativefundraising&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Steal this Idea: increase participation online</title>
		<link>http://innovativefundraising.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/steal-this-idea-increase-participation-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A wide net]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago Public Radio ran one really cool campaign last summer to increase all of the following: Flickr friends Twitter followers Facebook fans Blog readership Fundraising revenue Most importantly, they solicited participation. People like to be challenged. Look at the crowds in last night&#8217;s football games for a reminder of our our inherent competitive nature. You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=innovativefundraising.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6457301&amp;post=204&amp;subd=innovativefundraising&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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