A Podcast for Faith-based Nonprofits

Holy Donuts Podcast

Get game-changing strategies for your nonprofit's growth.

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A.I. For Good with Corey Unger

If you're in the world of solutioning whatever it may be, whether it's digital or it's working with donors, if you raise your empathy, you'll find that you start to understand the audience you're trying to reach. That counts for digital. It also counts for just about everything else.

February 6, 2025

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Unlocking the Power of Planned Giving with Christopher McGown

Inside: - Master the 92% of planned giving that's dead simple - Weave planned giving into your current donor talks - Grab new chances (and dodge risks) with donor-advised funds

December 13, 2024

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Unlocking New Donors Through Podcast Ads: with Kaitlynn Watkins from Cru

Learn how to reach donors under 40 through podcast advertising Steal her strategy for building monthly donor programs Get tips for leading creative development teams effectively

December 13, 2024

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Fundraising Gold: Top Tips for Nonprofit Success with Bryce Hillhouse

Inside: - Learn to build story-powered multi-channel campaigns - Steal his strategy for fast field updates using WhatsApp - Get tips for mixing digital and personal donor outreach

December 13, 2024

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What Dying Nonprofits Can Learn from Startups with Dane Barnett

Inside: - Build hero status for all donors, big or small - Craft personal donor experiences that boost value - Adapt now to what young donors expect

November 15, 2024

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Your Step-by-Step Meta Ads Blueprint with NextAfter Senior Media Buyer Eddie Laing

Inside: - Run quick, cheap Meta ad tests that work - Set the right budget to find new donors fast - Use lookalike lists to supercharge your Meta ads

November 15, 2024

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The Good and Bad of Digital Fundraising: Concerns and Hopes with John Walsh

The first thing is testing. A lot of organizations don't test and don't test enough.

November 15, 2024

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Integrated Marketing: The Key to Nonprofit Fundraising Success with David Schwab

Deliver content that builds relationships in the way people want to engage with content. And the way people want to engage with content is video, period.

November 15, 2024

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The Subcription Economy: How Recurring Donations are Changing Nonprofit Fundraising

Recurring giving has been around forever. This idea of a recurring gift is not a new concept, but what is new and what has really changed is the subscription economy and what's been happening, particularly with how consumers have changed their behavior, their expectations and their engagement with what banking industry calls discretionary automated payments.

November 15, 2024

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Leveraging Social Media Platforms for Deeper Engagement with Lauren Wright

If you treat people like a number, they will eventually return the favor.

November 15, 2024

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What Nonprofits Can Learn From Military Defense Companies with Corey Akin

All I can do is tell the story. It's up to the Holy Spirit to move somebody.

November 15, 2024

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Breaking the Old Paradigms: Rethinking International Development with Emily Blackledge

The thing that I've always struggled with on the marketing side is if I put the work that we do through a gospel lens, then the hero is always Jesus. And you need me at the table, and you need an African at the table, and you need a marketing person at the table. And all of us collectively are the workmanship and are the artwork that the Lord is crafting in Africa or in Haiti or in Philly, but it's not one or the other.

November 15, 2024

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How One NYC Nonprofit Quadrupled Clients with Empathetic Digital Transformation

Solid marketing outcomes come from listening and research. If you can listen well to your audience and get out of your own headspace of what you think they need and hear what they actually say they need, you'll be amazed at the areas of alignment and the places that maybe you thought there was no entry point, that they're actually wide open doors for entry points.

November 15, 2024

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Building Donor Communities Beyond the Screen with Carla Della Femina

"I think when it comes to marketing strategies, any marketing expert will tell you: Add value. Add value. Add value. However that may be!"

November 15, 2024

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Empowerment & Translating Dignity with Seth Hinz

If we did this, what would it look like? The key for us really is just starting with one. Let's not use the bigness of it as an excuse to not take action.

November 15, 2024

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Switching from Outputs to Outcomes with Nathan Mayo

As your programs become better, you measure your outcomes instead of your outputs and that makes a big difference to donors.

November 15, 2024

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The Unconventional Path to Nonprofit Growth with Chris Whitney

Obedience is the key to your walk with God. And it is the easiest and the hardest thing to do all in the same.

November 15, 2024

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The 3-5 Word Secret to Capturing Donor Attention with Mark MacDonald

We have to make sure that in order to rise above the noise and to also say it as quickly as possible, we've got to figure out what we call here the thread.

November 15, 2024

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Not Just Taking Donations, We're Rolling Out the Red Carpet with Jonathan Beck

"When people donate, they're purchasing something, actually, and they're purchasing meaning for themselves by giving and knowing that you're an agent of action behind some kind of positive thing that's going to happen in the world. You're purchasing a feeling that you're making a difference and that your life matters. - Jonathan Beck"

November 15, 2024

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The Art of Storytelling in Nonprofit Marketing with Brady Josephson from Charity:Water

Brand is more about the experience people have... Sometimes having no design is a better experience.

November 15, 2024

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Building a Loyal Community of Nonprofit Fans with Mission Increase

Make the first call to action at the top of your funnel really, really easy. like a super easy win, and then chain them together and walk them through a process.

November 15, 2024

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Beyond Monetary Gifts

Engaging donors is about serving them first and showing genuine interest in them, beyond their checkbook.

November 15, 2024

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Unleashing the Power of Monthly Partnerships

The depth of the relationship goes hand in hand with the involvement and strength of the relationship. When they see, get up close and know who you are and what you're doing, that's when the real impact happens.

November 15, 2024

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Authenticity in Content through Grace and Truth

I never loved my job more now because I am using my skills, and I never would have thought my technical skills would be used in a ministry. But they totally are. They're totally useful, especially in modern day ministries.

November 15, 2024

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Revolutionizing Nonprofit Fundraising with Drew Friedrich

Inside: - Learn how to balance complex ops with simple storytelling - Steal his strategy for bridging marketing and operations - Get tips for using AI to supercharge your content creation

November 15, 2024

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The Importance of Giver Relationships

Fundraising is a team sport. We're in this together. It's an abundance mindset. Donors appreciate thinking that way

November 15, 2024

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Scaling for Success with Sadie Brandon

AI can be great for generating new ideas, but you have to have self-control with how you use it and make sure you're spending your time where it's most profitable.

November 15, 2024

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Engaging Donors and Inspiring Action with Dina Sleiman

Nonprofits are not just blessing our recipients, we are blessing our donors. When someone donates to your organization, they're purchasing significance for themselves.

November 15, 2024

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Tech to Nonprofit: The Power of Traditional Marketing Methods with Matt Clement

Sometimes the answer is doing the small things consistently that don't seem like much. Like those just add up when you're doing them consistently over months and years to where all of a sudden you look back and you're like, wow, you just grew 50%

November 15, 2024

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Powerful Strategies for Organic Donor Engagement

People give to people, not to organizations. And so I think they love that personal touch, and it's less stress for you. Rather than trying to put together this really well worded, perfect email

November 15, 2024

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How to Build Strong Donor Relationships and Boost Fundraising Success in Christian Nonprofits

Inside: - Grow major donors fast with a people-first approach - Tap into global impact to keep new donors engaged - Shift from brand loyalty to ongoing relationship-building

November 15, 2024