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  • Growth... A Continuing Theme
    The New Year also brings a new client to the Brewer Direct family. Hiway 80 Rescue Mission Ministries in Longview, TX has tapped Brewer Direct to take their fundraising and overall marketing programs to a whole new level. More>>
  • New Team Member Joins Brewer Direct
    In November Brewer Direct welcomed Alison DeVriendt to our growing team as as Client Support/Project Manager.  She is charged with managing our growing number of client jobs and projects, evaluating our processes and launching new systems, recommending traffic and project scheduling More>>
  • 4 Steps to Keep and Renew Your New Donors
    New Donor Acquisition is the lifeblood of a healthy and growing direct mail fundraising program.? It is generally believed that 80% of a charity's income is generated from 20% of the donor file.? Obviously, this varies and the more diverse your income sources the healthier your charity will be.? But for the direct mail dependent organization, new donor acquisition is absolutely necessary. More>>
  • Stories that would make your hair stand on end
    In the 15+ years she's worked with Rescue Mission all over America, Cindy Courtier says she's "heard it all". "A big part of my job is making sure we're using information that is specific to each client. That means visiting them to learn about their programs and interviewing the people who are in those programs." More>>
  • Meet the Brewer Direct Team - 3,060 Hits!
    If you Google Lenny Esposito, you'll get over 3,000 hits. You can visit his Twitter page, his webpage, reach him on his Blackberry, by e-mail or find him on ZoomInfo or LinkedIn... truly a guy who's on top of what's happening in today's electronic world.So it's only natural that BDI would turn to this expert in new media to help clients maximize their e-marketing presence. More>>
  • Brewer Direct Welcomes Two New Clients
    "What goes around comes around." That is certainly the case with Open Door Mission of Rochester, NY which was one of BDI President/CEO Randy Brewer's first clients at "another agency".  New Orleans Mission faced a different problem: the number of homeless people in their community doubled while many of the agencies who used to serve along side them are no longer in existence. More>>
  • "Revealing the Needs of a Broken World"
    "There were two books I read at an early age which God used to change my life and direct me to this exciting field of helping people through photography", says BDI's glob-trotting picture taker, Greg Schneider, The Real Book About Photography and Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. "But it wasn't until years later that God, through Jesus Christ, revealed himself to me and showed me the good works that he had prepared, in advance, for me to do, in order to bring him Glory and help my fellow man." More>>
  • Brewer Direct Celebrates Milestone Anniversary
    Brewer Direct, Inc. is celebrating a milestone on May 7, 2009. The agency, founded by long-time non-profit marketer Randy Brewer, is five years old and growing stronger by the year. More>>
  • Two New Clients Tap Brewer Direct
    Randy Brewer, President of Brewer Direct, Inc. has announced that two new clients, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Los Angeles County Alliance and Springs Rescue Mission of Colorado Spring, CO have selected the agency to provide marketing and fund raising services. More>>
  • Award-Winning Marketing: AGRM recognizes achievements of BDI clients
    Two Brewer Direct clients received accolades at the 94th Annual Association of Gospel Rescue Missions Conference in Atlanta for two very different direct marketing programs. In both the newsletter and Web site categories, Brewer Direct clients were recognized for their excellence in design. More>>