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New free guide to direct mail fundraising published
Howard Lake | 2 December 2004 | News
Bristol-based DRF Group Ltd has published a new free guide to direct mail fundraising.
The guide, downloadable from DRF Group’s Web site, covers the key techniques involved in successful direct mail fundraising for a charity.
DRF Group’s Chief Executive Chris Stoddard says that “the know-how provided in the guide is distilled from more than 2000 separate direct mail fundraising campaigns for
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charities of all kinds and sizes.” It contains “no woolly ‘seminar
speak’, just tips and techniques that are all proven to work.”
The guide’s seven chapters cover:
- Selecting good mailing lists
- Creating a strong proposition
- How much to ask for
- Key elements of eye catching design
- Strong copy structure to keep donors reading
- How to get it all printed and mailed
- Analysing the excellent results of your mailing
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.