I Wrote This Just for You
There's a danger in being smart, experienced, seen-it-all fundraisers. It's too easy to project our own sophistication onto our readers. We think that because we can see through seemingly transparent persuasion techniques, our readers will too.
They could if they came to the message with a high degree of doubt. But most of the time, they are willing to suspend their skepticism because they want to believe.
It's say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But you don't need to when the old ones work so well.
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Willis believes in expressive writing, exceptional fundraising, and exuberant living.
Willis Turner is the senior copywriter at Huntsinger & Jeffer. He was an experienced writer and creative director in the traditional advertising world for more than 20 years before making the switch to fundraising nearly 15 years ago. In his work with nonprofit organizations and associations, he has written thousands of appeals, renewals and acquisition communications for every medium. He creates direct-response campaigns, as well as collateral materials and communications, that get attention, tell emotional stories, and persuade people to take action or make a donation.
