tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post6042849260444475456..comments2023-10-30T07:10:34.610-07:00Comments on Underbelly: Our Generosity and the Second Louis Conn FightBucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-42628633407248677512016-09-14T22:43:42.460-07:002016-09-14T22:43:42.460-07:00I wouldn't actually use that Louis-Conn coaste...I wouldn't actually use that Louis-Conn coaster as a coaster. It might be worth a few bucks.chris9059https://www.blogger.com/profile/05429250821150121973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-16238228374214450142016-08-22T20:02:28.839-07:002016-08-22T20:02:28.839-07:00Ah hah! You've touched on one of the great dil...Ah hah! You've touched on one of the great dilemmas of direct mail fund raising — how to make someone feel thanked and important and flattered without breaking the bank sending costly tchotchkes to contributors instead of putting their money to use doing good works.<br /><br />It should be noted that there are two kinds of fund raising gifts. First is the pre-contribution gift, used to stimulate your guilt. Here are a dozen precious labels with your return address on them. Surely now, you won't turn us down for a generous gift of fifty million gaboozalas.<br /><br />The other is the thank you gift.The folks at the charity or their ad agency would jump out of the mailbox and give you a big hug. <br />That would do it, but it's not scaleable, as the silicon people say. If the folks at your charity send you that Porsche, they'd certainly manage to impress you with their gratitude, but they also would go to prison. If they sent you a ball point pen, you'd probably say, "How trite." And even if you didn't, their competitors in the industry would.<br /><br />So pour yourself a beer, put your damn glass down on the damn coast, and shut up.<br /><br />Yours very crankily,<br />The New York Crank<br /><br />The New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.com