When we completed the 2020 donor survey for CoMoGives, we found that 35% of our respondants had NO IDEA what a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign is!  So I've asked RagTag staffer and successful peer-to-peer fundraiser Stacie Pottinger to explain what it means and share what makes her peer-to-peer campaigns so successful: https://mayecreate.com/blog/multi-color-hair--personalizing-peer-to-peer-fundraising/

Those of you who have been hanging out with me for a while have probably met Jamie Freidrichs before. Because Jamie is a great resource of mine. She tells it how it is and I love that about her. She and I sometimes have slightly differing opinions because I'm a marketer, and she's a fundraiser… but at our core, we feel the same way about a lot of things. And so we felt like we would have a semi therapy / semi rant session today about busting a myth; the myth that you have to give something away  (a.k.a. “premium”) to get a donation. 

For a fully-formatted article version of this episode, head over to our website: https://mayecreate.com/blog/podcast/myth-buster-embracing-no-premium-fundraising-with-expert-guest-jaime-freidrichs/

I started this business at 25 in a teeny-tiny apartment with no air conditioning with not much more than peanut butter and a computer to my name, so I know a thing or two about achieving big goals with limited resources!  Today, I am going to give a part pep talk and some advice, all from the heart, about how you can do the same.

To view this podcast on our website, head on over here: https://mayecreate.com/blog/year-end-giving-achieving-big-results-with-limited-resources/

I interviewed two special guests recently: Jan Meese with the Columbia Audubon Society and Jacky Gingrich - treasurer of The Wardrobe. Both ladies did an amazing job of running year-end giving campaigns for their nonprofit organizations and reaching their goals through ComoGives. So I invited these two to share their stories about how they ran their campaigns. They don’t have huge organizations with armies of volunteers to raise money, but they still manage to do great things with the people they do have. So if your nonprofit organization is considering a year-end giving campaign, or you ran one last year and want some ideas, hopefully you’ll find some inspiration to make your year-end giving campaign even better.

For a fully-formatted article version of this podcast, head over to our website: https://mayecreate.com/blog/podcast/all-volunteer-and-all-awesome-celebrating-the-wardrobe-audubon-society-with-guest-jacky-gingrich-guests-jan-mees/

The wise and knowledgeable John Baker, Executive director of the Community Foundation of Central Missouri, joins me as we review the data collected from our 900+ participant yearly CoMoGives donor survey. We share what we learned from the survey and what keeps donors returning to support our community's annual year end giving campaign, CoMoGives.

For a fully-formatted version of this podcast, head over to our website: https://mayecreate.com/blog/what-we-learned-from-our-900response-donor-survey---with-expert-guest-john-baker/

My special expert guest, Bruce bishop, is a professional drone videographer and owner of Big Muddy Motion. The suggestions he's going to share with you will apply to any type of video excursion, even if you're just shooting video with your iphone. Because remember folks - we all start where we are. You may not be able to have a professional videographer right now but that doesn't mean you don't need a video! And it doesn’t mean your video has to suck. I want you to adventure into new things to tell your story and with these tips from Bruce you'll be starting off on the right foot.

For a fully-formatted article version of this episode, head over to our website: https://mayecreate.com/blog/setting-the-stage-for-great-video/

Building an events section can seem intimidating and well, it is and it isn’t. It’s not life or death, but if you get it wrong, small children may cry. (I’ll honor you with that story later.)

Anyway-

If you are revamping your event section, you don't like how it works right now, or you're updating your whole website, you’re in the right place.  Because I’m going to dissect it for you today.

For a fully-formtted article version of this episode, head over to our website: https://mayecreate.com/blog/dos-and-donts-of-an-events-section-website-planning-series-part-4/

You used to be able to pop up a photo and a few words and you were good to go. Now social media is becoming a more integrated part of sales and marketing, forcing a good social media manager to wear a variety of hats. So, which traits are the most important ones for a good social media manager to have?  Sit down - I'll tell you!

For a fully-formtted article version of this episode, head over to our website: https://mayecreate.com/blog/podcast/who-should-be-doing-your-social-media/

When I first started my business, I began as a designer/developer and it never occurred to me that I would have to sell anything until a year later when my business partner left.

I was not comfortable talking about money. It made me feel yucky. I hear those same words from nonprofit volunteers, executive directors and development professionals.

So I was really excited when Danielle Locke of Lock Step Partners agreed to share how to ask donors for multi figure donations.  She calls it dating...

For a fully-formtted article version of this episode, head over to our website:

https://mayecreate.com/blog/podcast/dating-your-donors/

Google Ads Grants are not magic but they are still pretty stinking awesome. For those who don't already know what a Google Ad Grant is, this is your lucky day.

I’m here with Grant Hensel, CEO of Nonprofit Megaphone, who is going to tell you all about what a Google Grant is (yes, Grant is here to talk about grants… the irony is not lost on me).

He also explains who is a good candidate for a Google Grant, how much money and what results a nonprofit organization can expect, what the approval process is like and so much more!

For a fully-formatted article version of this episode, head over to our website:

https://mayecreate.com/blog/podcast/google-ad-grants-with-grant-hensel