Fundraising is a specialized form of communication. It’s just plain odd in many ways. In this first part of a three-part series on the conventions and norms of fundraising, we look at the the way fundraising copy is written, and why it contains so much of these things:
- Urgency
- Emotion
- Low-grade reading level
- Repetition
- A P.S.
- Length
- Conversational approach
- Direct style
If you’re someone who must okay fundraising copy, if you’re writing fundraising copy, or if you hope to do either some day, this podcast will be a goldmine of practical information for you.
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Jeff Brooks has been serving the nonprofit community for more than 35 years and blogging about it since 2005. He considers fundraising the most noble of pursuits and hopes you’ll join him in that opinion. You can reach him at jeff [at] jeff-brooks [dot] com.
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