Beginner's Guide, Marketing

Beginner’s Guide to Finding Prospective Donors

Create a Prospective Donor Campaign Integrating Mail with Digital Channels and Get Results We’ve come full circle. For decades, the best channel to recruit prospective donors was through the mail.…

The Plus Podcast

Real-World Strategies and Tactics to Boost Fundraising

Learn 4 strategies to boost your fundraising efforts including omnichannel tactics, cloning your best donors with marketing attribution, and our favorite nonprofit case studies.…

The Plus Podcast, Digital Plus Post, Case Studies

37: Our 5 Favorite Nonprofit Case Studies

In February of 2020, we hosted the CLE Nonprofit Summit here at Midwest Direct. We had a full house and a contingency of live stream viewers. The goal was to introduce proven marketing strategies used…

Marketing

Direct Mail Color Theory For Nonprofit Organizations

Have you ever noticed that different colors make you feel different emotions? Do Target®’s bright red advertisements give you a sense of urgency? Do McDonald’s® bright yellow advertisements make you…

Mail

How to Qualify for Nonprofit Mail Rates

What is Nonprofit Mail? Nonprofit organizations want lower-cost postage, but not all will qualify. Organizations that wish to mail their USPS Marketing Mail at a lower rate must apply for and receive…

Case Studies

Good Work for a Good Cause

Midwest Direct and Wigs for Kids, a local charitable organization, have a long-standing relationship. Midwest Direct founder, Jim Gebbie, and Wigs for Kids founder, Jeffrey Paul along with many…

Data, Mail, Marketing

How to Get More Results With Direct Mail for Nonprofits

Ten years ago, nonprofits sent out the same types of direct mail pieces in droves, and they hoped that the message would stick. Now, with the decline of success in email-based marketing, direct mail…