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2. Do you see what they see? Have you gotten the kind of traction you’d like on your marketing or donor pages? You need to reassess—the kind of content you’re offering, of course, but its placement as well. Eye-movement-tracking studies aren’t just for menu-makers and newspaper editors. Hubspot’s nifty infographic breaks down exactly where website content should be placed for maximum efficacy.
3. You have 15 seconds or less.
- Long-form content is fine for telling your organization’s story,
- But do your daily readers have the attention span to read it all the way through?
- Shorter is better.
- Use headlines, bullets, and short paragraphs.
- It will make your information stickier, and your multi-tasking, short-attention-spanned readers will thank you.
4. Needle in the data haystack. When it’s time to fish for new donors, no one has the patience to cast the wide net anymore. RelSci’s Power Search tool helps you find exactly the kind of supporters you need by combing 3.5 million profiles filtered by industry, title and donor history. That leaves you plenty of time to sort leads and create customized lists for your fundraising team. Writing out the thank you cards after that first batch of donations? Well, that’s on you.
5. Hidden meanings. Firing an employee is always an unpleasant experience. Don’t make it worse for either of you by resorting to cloak-and-dagger euphemisms like these.
