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Podcast | Voicemail: a Secret Weapon for Engaging Your Donors

Jeff Troyer, our Director of Business Development, was a guest on the Pursuant Go Beyond Podcast.

Is voicemail dead, or a secret, powerful engagement tool? When it comes to communication channels that nonprofit marketers and fundraisers use to engage their constituents, chances are you instantly think of direct mail, digital, events, and radio slash telethons. But our guest today has some insights around voicemail, or voice broadcasting, that might change the way you think about your fundraising communications.

Check out the podcast below or on YouTube.   You can schedule a consultation and mention the Pursuant podcast to receive a discount off our voice broadcast services for your nonprofit.

*Blog originally published with edits at https://www.pursuant.com/podcast/voicemail-a-secret-weapon-for-engaging-your-donors/

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"I was one of the first Exclusive Nationwide Insurance Agencies to adapt this technology.

I use ART’s Voice Broadcast Service to send personalized Birthday and Holiday greeting messages to my customers and they love them! In fact, I’ve had customers call our office back and say, “Thanks so much for my Birthday Greeting, it was such a thoughtful surprise.”

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Marie and Gary PelletierHillside Automotive Center, Hartford, CT
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During the pandemic, we were searching for additional ways to stay in touch with our church family and to let them know that they were not left alone or forgotten by us during this time.

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I encourage you to explore this opportunity to stay in touch as well.
Pastor, Rev. Jesse L. Williams, Sr.Mount Olive Baptist Church
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"ZERO Cancer gives our donors high-touch personalized donor communications, so we utilize the phone a lot. We end up spending hundreds of staff hours leaving messages during campaigns that could be better utilized in the field or generating new leads. Inevitably we are not usually able to call donors who give gifts under $100 but we know that those smaller gifts can add up quickly to significant revenue.

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