O supports the Iowa Legislature’s ruling that ALL Iowa campaign reporting must be done on-line by the year 2009.
Beat the rush by preparing now. When reporting deadlines arrive, Campaign Finance Manager effortlessly generates an accurate account of your donations, expenses, and loans. Campaign Finance Manager’s interface to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board’s (IECDB) on-line reporting system saves time and improves compliance.
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O eliminates duplicate data entry chores
Entering contributions and expenses into one of the popular, standard accounting programs works well ... until it is time to report all of those transactions to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board. Not only does the IECDB require transaction amounts and dates, they want the name and address of each contributor and vendor. So you keep that detail in a notebook, and find yourself typing or writing the information on an official report form. Or you re-enter all the information directly into the Iowa Web Reporting System. And if you are blessed to have high-speed Internet access, you will be finished in less than two days!
You no longer have to do that. Enter Contact and Vendor names and addresses one time in Campaign Finance Manager 2008. Contributions and expenses are entered specifically for each Contact or Vendor. User friendly reporting features designed specifically for the Iowa Web Reporting System upload all your transaction information for you at the click of a button!
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O analyzes the profitability of each campaign event so you can consistently spend your dollars where they do the most good.
Campaign Finance Manager 2008 provides Cash Flow reports for specific sets of criteria, including specific campaigns, fundraising events, dates, and locations and types of potential contributors. This type of granular reporting gives you hard data that you can leverage to your benefit as you plan future events.
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O targets mailings and e-mail to Contacts and Volunteers with your specific criteria
Use Campaign Finance Manager 2008 to set up your campaign mailings and e-mail communications. Flag Contacts and Volunteers that can receive mailings with a simple check mark. Use many types of criteria, such as “Affiliations”, “Interests”, “last contribution date”, “city”, “last contribution amount”, etc. to communicate with just the right group of people.
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O provides analytical reports that let you see at a glance who, and where, your top individual contributors are.
After financial transactions have been entered, Campaign Finance Manager 2008 lets you generate either detail or summary reports, using many different kinds of criteria, including city and precinct. Use these reports to gauge the effectiveness of your campaign fundraising events and mailings.
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O builds historical information that you can leverage for your next campaign.
Data only becomes more valuable with time. Leverage the information obtained and stored in Campaign Finance Manager 2008 during this campaign to plan, focus, and successfully execute the next campaign. You will have the hard numbers to prove which fundraising efforts work and which don’t. You will know who your faithful contributors are, and where most of them are located. You will know what their interests are, and how they are willing to help. You will know who can volunteer and how. And they will all appreciate your personal attention to them, making your campaign more fun and effective.
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