It's been a long road...
Ack, I think I have just committed the first sin of blogging- thou shalt post on a regular schedule.
The thing is, I've been incredibly busy traveling the last few weeks as we are in the middle of what we call 'conference season'.
The most recent conference was in Chicago, Illinois for the National Catholic Development Conference. We've been exhibiting there for years, so it was great to talk to all of our existing clients as well as meet new prospects that are looking for a better solution.
One of the features that grabbed attention is our new "Moves Management" module. Based on proven principles of cultivating your major donors, this new module will make it easy to plan, forecast, and execute your major donor gift program. Look for it in our upcoming newsletter soon!
As for the conference, I now understand some of the reasons why DonorPerfect is able to keep our costs low and our value high for our clients. At the conference, Internet hook-ups were available to vendors at $900/day. That's not a typo- the conference/hotel wanted to charge $900 each day for Internet Access (even though it was free a hundred feet away in the lobby!!!). It's simply not reasonable. As a result, we were able to load our software on our individual laptops- an Internet connection was not necessary to conduct a demonstration.
Perhaps why our competitors charge so much is that one of them had no problem paying for the connection, even though they don't even offer a web-based version. I don't know about you, but I'd rather save $2700 and walk 100 feet to get my email and surf the web. I guess we have a different way of doing business here at DonorPerfect, one that keeps our costs low and enables me to sleep easy at night.
The thing is, I've been incredibly busy traveling the last few weeks as we are in the middle of what we call 'conference season'.
The most recent conference was in Chicago, Illinois for the National Catholic Development Conference. We've been exhibiting there for years, so it was great to talk to all of our existing clients as well as meet new prospects that are looking for a better solution.
One of the features that grabbed attention is our new "Moves Management" module. Based on proven principles of cultivating your major donors, this new module will make it easy to plan, forecast, and execute your major donor gift program. Look for it in our upcoming newsletter soon!
As for the conference, I now understand some of the reasons why DonorPerfect is able to keep our costs low and our value high for our clients. At the conference, Internet hook-ups were available to vendors at $900/day. That's not a typo- the conference/hotel wanted to charge $900 each day for Internet Access (even though it was free a hundred feet away in the lobby!!!). It's simply not reasonable. As a result, we were able to load our software on our individual laptops- an Internet connection was not necessary to conduct a demonstration.
Perhaps why our competitors charge so much is that one of them had no problem paying for the connection, even though they don't even offer a web-based version. I don't know about you, but I'd rather save $2700 and walk 100 feet to get my email and surf the web. I guess we have a different way of doing business here at DonorPerfect, one that keeps our costs low and enables me to sleep easy at night.
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