SPOILER: it’s not good. Sure—you know you’re writing an email to 5,000 people. But your task is to make your reader feel like you’re writing only to them. When ‘broadcasting’ language slips into our writing,...
4 minute readSPOILER: it’s not good. Sure—you know you’re writing an email to 5,000 people. But your task is to make your reader feel like...
Keep readingWhat draws people to your cause? What motivated your supporters to take their first action? What did they feel when they first donated? Why do you exist? The answer to all these questions is the same. And...
4 minute readWhat draws people to your cause? What motivated your supporters to take their first action? What did they feel when they first donated?...
Keep readingIf we want to get the most out of email, we need to make it personal. If every message we send sounds like it was spat out of a template, it’s going to be hard to...
7 minute readIf we want to get the most out of email, we need to make it personal. If every message we send sounds...
Learn moreWe have Homer Simpson to thank for the term that perfectly describes a communication model that turbocharges action requests with urgency. Because of this, it’s been adopted by all the most successful online action platforms...
2 minute readWe have Homer Simpson to thank for the term that perfectly describes a communication model that turbocharges action requests with urgency. Because...
Learn moreMost organizations want to grow their online audience. Some of us rely entirely on our supporters to fuel actions and fundraising—the organizational mission depends on it. In this case, list building is literally mission critical. You...
3 minute readMost organizations want to grow their online audience. Some of us rely entirely on our supporters to fuel actions and fundraising—the organizational...
Read thisIf your action email has one job—to get your supporter to click through to a destination—then what’s the quickest way to get them there? In the history of Animals Australia’s (several thousand) email broadcasts, there’s no...
2 minute readIf your action email has one job—to get your supporter to click through to a destination—then what’s the quickest way to get...
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