Thanks to aggressive pitching, my TimesSelect series got out– mostly from people I personally know. UMass-Amherst's Bill Densmore spoke to me about it for an upcoming podcast; from Dan Gillmor: "prodigious work"; from Jonathan Dube: "very detailed analysis"; BusinessWeek Blogspotting's Stephen Baker passed it along as well.
Fundraising
The historic numbers behind the NYT’s October audience increase
by Jon Garfunkel on November 19, 2007. Media FundraisingPart 4: TimesSelect, the Business Case
by Jon Garfunkel on October 20, 2007. Media FundraisingIn the last part, I discussed how many of the reactions to TimesSelect were more driven by emotion than anything else. Just yesterday, Morgan Stanley announced that they were selling their 7.2% stake in the The New York Times Company. The reactions piled up ( “Another Grim Milestone,” “Getting out while the getting is bad,” and taking the cake: “Another Bullet in the Old Gray Lady's Ass”). More of the media bloggers have stronger backgrounds in reporting than in publishing, and thus don't naturally delve into the numbers.
Prix Foxe: The $850 Million Gift to Fox News That You Don’t Know About
by Jon Garfunkel on September 18, 2007. Broadcast FundraisingEvery cable network has a contract with cable carriers, not viewers, and thus it caught little attention outside the trade press that last October, Fox renewed its contract with Cablevision, the nation’s fifth* largest cable system, tripling its carriage fee from 25 cents a month per subscriber to 75 cents.
Not Exploiting the Homeless
by Jon Garfunkel on March 6, 2005. Fundraising CultureFundraising Links
by Jon Garfunkel on June 16, 2004. Politics Fundraising- From the Roots — for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSSC)– help the Democrats capture 51 seats in the Senate
- John Kerry Volunteer Center — one more month to raise money for Kerry for President.
Joining Rep. Jeff Sánchez on the May 23rd ALA Asthma Walk
by Jon Garfunkel on May 23, 2004. Fundraising Culture Greater BostonI’ll be doing the American Lung Association Asthma walk on the Charles River in two weeks, and I’ve joined team Sánchez. For a couple of simple reasons. One, my Dad has suffered from an asthma-like condition. The more direct reason is that Rep. Jeff Sánchez asked people to join his team at the recent Democratic Town Committee meeting. So I joined up, and I pledged to raise an additional hundred dollars. Sánchez’s district covers part of Brookline– not my part exactly, but just down the street, one of the places that I’m looking to buy a condo. Or just as well, Sanchez’s district may yet change thanks to a court-ordered redestricting of Boston’s legislative districts.
Phone Banking: First Impressions
by Jon Garfunkel on May 5, 2004. Election 2004 FundraisingYou’ll never guess who’s a friend of Boston’s Homeless
by Jon Garfunkel on April 28, 2004. Fundraising Culture Greater Boston- Friends of the Boston’s Homeless Benefit at Avalon: $20
- coatcheck, 2 coats: $6 (+$1 tip)
- Two drinks, $14 (+$2 tip)
- Winning the silent auction for two tickets to Swan Lake: $140 (anything to avoid ticketmaster charges)
- Taking in Jonathan Soroff’s presence for 5 minutes, for the second time in a week: cliche.
Next time we’ll show up early. Jamie and I missed the dinner (which only would have set us back another $30), missed the Mayor, missed meeting any new people, and missed much of Kendrick Oliver’s band playing– they played one song in the third set. The crowd really thinned out after the dinner; I haver never seen Avalon so empty. And once again, I get that feeling of winning a fundraising contest in weak competition. It would have been nice to learn more about the organizations my money went to. I hope I have the courage to look a homeless person in the face now.
Your Money’s Worth: My evening with some tall Kerry supporters
by Jon Garfunkel on April 23, 2004. Election 2004 Fundraising Greater Bostonand the real KerryCore March Madness winner is… anonymous
by Jon Garfunkel on April 21, 2004. Politics FundraisingAnd now I just learned (thanks to Matt Gordon) that somebody had in fact raised more money online– a lot more money: $75,000. He is the anonymous blogger Atrios, who pointed out on his blog afternoon that Kerry HQ had not included this contest entry until too late. This might also explain why the contest results were not readily publicized.
We Did It! Second Place in Kerry’s March Madness contest!
by Jon Garfunkel on April 13, 2004. Election 2004 FundraisingPush Campaigning: Datamart, the Voter Vault, and you
by Jon Garfunkel on April 7, 2004. Politics FundraisingI’ve written on length about Social Network Fundraising, which is so called because it pulls people in to the network. The nature of this “pull” campaigning is that a relationship ties each person into another person closer to the campaign.
Social Network Fundraising
by Jon Garfunkel on April 7, 2004. Politics FundraisingHow to donate to John Kerry– and get something for it
by Jon Garfunkel on March 16, 2004. Election 2004 FundraisingRNC reaches out to an unserved constituency– Massachusetts Democrats
by Jon Garfunkel on March 10, 2004. Election 2004 FundraisingDean has volunteers dial for dollars– but for me, he brings in the pros
by Jon Garfunkel on January 13, 2004. Election 2004 Fundraising
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