Allocate 10% of your working time” on an ongoing basis to relating to your supporter team.
Funding the family business :: The Book
Funding the Family Business was first the name of the 'Handbook for Raising Personal Support'. Published by Stewardship, it is packed with 25 chapters covering almost everything you need to know to establish a support base.
Early chapters look at the principles of giving, "if you are going to receive financial support, someone needs to give it, and because you can’t receive until they give, it is important to understand what the Bible says about being a giver before exploring what it means to be a receiver". The clear message is that because "it is more blessed to give than receive", support raisers are helping others to experience God’s blessing and reticence to approach potential supporters can deny them this privilege.
Later chapters deal more with the practicalities of finding supporters and asking for their commitment; "You want to make sure that those on your support team know why you want them to be your supporters, what being a supporter will involve and how they can be the best help to you in following Gods' call on your life".