Tim Bete, nonprofit marketing consultant and copywriter, discusses how to better understand your donors and why understanding their needs will transform your organization.

1. Tim Bete President & Chief Copywriter What do your donors really want? www.EnergizedCopy.com

2. Are you in touch with your donors? non-profit consultant and copywriter www.EnergizedCopy.com Tim Bete

3. What are your donors thinking and feeling? What do they want to have? What are they trying to avoid? non-profit consultant and copywriter www.EnergizedCopy.com Tim Bete

4. Those questions will transform your non-profit. non-profit consultant and copywriter www.EnergizedCopy.com Tim Bete

5. Crowdsourcingis the act of taking tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing them to a group (crowd) of people in the form of an open call. Crowdsourcing leverages the mass collaboration enabled by Web 2.0 technologies to achieve business goals. Source: Wikipedia non-profit consultant and copywriter www.EnergizedCopy.com Tim Bete

6. Don't convince people to say what YOU want. Listen to what they say andmimic it. non-profit consultant and copywriter www.EnergizedCopy.com Tim Bete

7. “Tim’s work speaks directly to the client, in their language, about their needs, their fears, their hopes. Tim provides great results and an amazing value.” -- Carl Brown, president Impact Marketing non-profit consultant and copywriter www.EnergizedCopy.com Tim Bete

8. “I’m a PC and Windows 7 was my idea.” non-profit consultant and copywriter www.EnergizedCopy.com Tim Bete

9. Get donors to become ambassadors for your mission and services non-profit consultant and copywriter www.EnergizedCopy.com Tim Bete

10. Tim Bete President & Chief Copywriter Questions? Contact me at Tim@EnergizedCopy.com www.EnergizedCopy.com