Year End Campaigns: Creating Email Content

24/10/2025 10 min

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SummaryIn this episode of Fridays 4 Fundraising, Kelly shares actionable steps for small nonprofits to enhance their year end email efforts. She discusses the importance of storytelling, effective messaging strategies, and the need for compelling email content to engage donors. Kelly provides practical tips on crafting emails, including the significance of personalization, hooks, and strategic asks. Additionally, she introduces resources and templates to streamline the fundraising process, encouraging nonprofits to take proactive steps towards success.TakeawaysCrafting a compelling message involves making donors feel and think.Storytelling is crucial in nonprofit communication.Emails should have a strong hook to engage readers.Asks should be placed above the fold in emails.Personalization in emails increases donor engagement.Subject lines should be catchy and avoid direct asks for money.Chapters00:00 Welcome to Fridays 4 Fundraising01:08 Making the most of email content02:08 Copywriting Best Practices04:40 Make Sure Emails are Opened and Read08:36 Do More with Less Time08:49 Getting Additional Support10:08 This Week's AssignmentKeywordsfundraising, nonprofit, email strategy, donor engagement, year-end campaigns, storytelling, messaging, templates, fundraising success, small nonprofitJoin Sustain & ThriveDownload the Year End Campaign Planner