In today's episode, Joe talks to Michelle Frechette of GiveWP, the perfect online fundraising platform to increase your online donations, manage donors, and gain insight on your effort — all from directly within your WordPress website.

Michelle enthusiastically retells her fundraising expertise at GiveWP. She shares her fool-proof strategies on getting recurring donations and sustaining a good relationship with fundraising donors.

Episode Resources:

• Visit GiveWP
• WP Coffee Talk podcast
• Tweet GiveWP
• Tweet WPCoffeeTalk
• Leave an Apple podcast review or binge-watch past episodes
• Send questions to [email protected] for the next Q&A pod
• Visit the WPMRR website

What to Listen For:

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:18 Welcome back to the pod, Michelle!
• 04:36 What's unique about WP Coffee Talk podcast?
• 05:50 Having thoughtful guests and a few long pauses
• 09:07 What is a recurring donation?
• 11:16 Tips to keep recurring donations
• 16:03 Is a regular email reminder ideal to keep donations coming?
• 19:53 First donation and 30-second videos
• 22:22 Payment processes should stay on site to retain trust
• 26:22 On-site payment: one-time versus recurring
• 28:53 Different features for donors at GiveWP
• 32:16 Other payment options
• 35:06 GiveWP is not a full functioning CRM
• 37:26 Active assistance for customers
• 39:06 Is GiveWP headed to being a CRM?
• 41:16 Where to find Michelle online