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Breakthrough Multichannel Fundraising for NTC 2012 Conference, 12ntc,12ntcfundr
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Breakthrough Multichannel Fundraising#12NTCfundr
Annalise Briggs, Mercy CorpsSarah DiJulio, M+R Strategic ServicesClinton O’Brien, Care2
Multichannel donors are valuable!
Offline (no email)
Offline (with email)
Online Multichannel0
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Annual Revenue Per Donor
* Ratios from Target Analytics donorCentrics data for international relief organizations
So, what the heck is “multichannel
fundraising,” anyways?
Multichannel MarketingWhat: MessageWhen: Timing
Where: ChannelWho: Audience
Holistic, Supporter-Centric Approach
Mobile
Telemarketing
SocialNetworks
Television (DRTV)
Face-to-Face
Websites
YourSupporter
YourSupporter
Takeaways
1. Methods to find and on-board donor leads for multi-channel cultivation approaches.• Meh
2. The latest and greatest multichannel approaches that are yielding donor conversions, including monthly sustainers, and producing strong fundraising results.• Yes!
3. Methods for leveraging behavioral and demographic data to enhance targeting and results from multichannel campaigns.• Meh
Slide 8SESSION TITLE
Multi-Channel Fundraising
A Mercy Corps Case Study
Annalise Briggs
Slide 10
Mercy Corps exists to alleviatesuffering, poverty and oppressionby helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
Who We Are
BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
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Is Multi-Channel Value a Myth?CY11 Revenue Per Donor Actuals
Slide 12BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
Multi-Channel Fundraising:A Case Study of Monthly Giving
1.Identify the Obstacles
2. Provide Three Takeaways
3. Reveal the Results
Obstacles: Silos
Slide 13
• Staff
• Budgets
• Fundraising Campaigns
• Donor Experience
• Monthly Giving Programs
• Databases
BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
Slide 14BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
1.Give For Kids
2.Heroes Against Hunger
3.Partners In Mercy
Obstacles: Multiple Programs & One Channel
Slide 15BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
The Journey:3 Methods of Migration
Integration Cultivation Communication
Takeaway 1: Integration
Slide 16BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
Reorganized
Staff
Budgets
Fundraising Campaigns
Donor Experience
Monthly Giving Programs
Databases
Takeaway 2: Cultivation
Slide 17BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
Takeaway 3: Communication
Slide 18BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
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Results
ZEROCancellations
Changes in Communication Preferences
Slide 20BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
Two Multi-Channel Campaigns:Conversion & Upgrade
Results:Growth in All Metrics
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““
Thank you for the little wool ram & note card about Elena.
It has greatly personalized my sterile, monthly donation made through my credit card. I have the little ram hanging on my work cubicle wall to enjoy and to remind me of why I’m making a monthly donation. The world just became a little smaller.
- Lynn
Results: Testimonials
Slide 23BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
““Dear Dan,
I love the name “Partners In Mercy” and thank you for your letter. Mercy Corp’s effort in keeping donors aware of the work you do and the way our donations are spent is well worth it. I wish I could give more and am so grateful that my small monthly donation is helping children around the world.
Best wishes,
Wilma
Results: Testimonials
Slide 24BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
Multi-Channel Fundraising:A Mercy Corps Case Study
1.Overcoming Silos
2. Integration, Cultivation & Communication
3. Growth in All Metrics
Slide 25BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
Multi-Channel Fundraising
Lessons from Care2 and OurNonprofit Clients
Clint O’BrienCare2
How Care2 and our 19 M Members Benefit Nonprofits
VISIBILITY & TRAFFIC
• 16 M unique visitors/mo., ranked 115th in USA
• 150 M additional citizens reached via our our network of media partners
Slide 27
VICTORIES for CAUSES
• #1 petition site in the world, with 90 M petition signings over 12 years
• 60K new petitions created each year
DONORS• Pioneer and leader in online, behaviorally
targeted, permission based recruitment of multichannel donor leads for nonprofits
• 750+ major nonprofits use Care2 as a trusted source to find new, prequalified donors
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Telemarketing
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Multi-Channel Fundraising:Some Actual Donor Conversion Results
Months Since Start of 22-Month Acquisition Campaign
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Multi-Channel FundraisingCase Study
Nature Conservancy Canada (NCC) is a leading environmental charity that conserves and protects areas of natural diversity
• Channels Used– Email, Direct Mail and Telemarketing
• Goals:
• Generate actions in support of NCC’s mission and to build loyalty
• Generate new donors• Including new monthly sustainer
donors
Case Study
First welcome email
Online Acquisition & Welcome Email Series
8,000 new supporters acquired from
Care2 in Feb-Mar 2011
Most recent newsletter
Donation appeal. Tested two
versions: “Opportunity” and “Threat”
Survey
0 4 wks2 wks
Direct Mail and Telemarketing
4 wks 6 wks
Direct Mail Prospecting pieces
Telemarketing calls
5 wks
Cost to acquire = $20,000Cost of DM and TM outreach = $34,284Total Cost = $54,284
Total Revenue so far = $28,219 (as of 2/28/2012)
Net Annualized Cost Per Donor Acquired: $35.39Net Annualized Cost Per Sustainer Acquired: $195.06
Average Gifts:Single: $47.53Monthly: $16.28 / month
Telemarketing & DM6.1 % conversion rate•Includes single donors and monthly sustainers (≈10 gifts/yr)•There are 88 monthly sustainers so far
ResultsCase Study
Slide 34BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
Parting Shot #1
Speed (Recency) Matters
• Human Rights Campaign reported donor pledge rates via telemarketing were more than 30 percent higher for newly acquired online leads if phone outreach took place within the first four months after acquisition.
Source: 5700 phone contacts (over 12 mo.) with HRC supporters who were recruited by Care2 in April-May 2010.
Slide 35BREAKTHROUGH MULTI-CHANNEL FUNDRAISING
Parting Shot #2
Donors and Information from One Channel Can Feed Another Channel
• HRC’s acquisition campaign with Care2 included an optional field for people to indicate if they were themselves LGBT or not. This information enabled HRC to do targeted Direct Mail pieces
Campaign Package Approach ResponseApril 2010 Traditional 0.26%
September 2010Targeted 0.61%
Traditional 0.35%
February 2011Targeted 0.57%
Traditional 0.12%Grand Total 0.32%
• DM packages with targeted (straight vs. LGBT) messaging strongly out-performed the non-targeted packages
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Parting Shot #3
Adding anEnd-of-Funnel
Fundraising Ask
…to an Online Donor Lead Acquisition
Campaign
Combined List Growth + Fundraising Campaign for HSI
• Pledge campaign for HSI to identify and recruit Care2 members who are passionate about ocean conservation
• Conducted Feb/Mar 2012
• Screen after supporter signs up invites them to take extra step of donating to HSI, using secure donation form / widget
Form and donation processing via Engaging Networks
partnership
Combined List Growth + Fundraising Campaign
Benefits:• Some “instant” donors• Faster payback on acquis’n campaign• Good donor cultivation
• Sends signal to all newly acquired supporters: You should expect to be asked for money sometimes
Multichannel Hypotheses
Sarah DiJulio,M+R Strategic Services
Hypothesis #1New Prospect Conversion
to Donor
Telemarketing Calls
Telemarketing Data Overlay
Not HRC’s data!* Response rates skewed due to small sample sizes!
Telemarketing Data Overlay
Not HRC’s data!
Telemarketing Data Overlay
Not HRC’s data!
Results?
We piloted this strategy with three nonprofit clients:
• Human Rights Campaign
• Mercy Corps
• Oceana
For Online Acquired Prospects
• Email Welcome Series – THUMBS UP!
• Telemarketing – Thumbs Down / Meh
• Direct Mail – Double Thumbs Down
For Face-to-Face Acquired Prospects (HRC only)
• Email Welcome Series – Thumbs Down (may be warm-up effect?)
• Telemarketing – THUMBS UP!
• Direct Mail – Double Thumbs Down
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What we learned
Email prospects are valuable
• Even without the multichannel conversion, acquisition of new email prospects from sources like Care2, Change.org, and other vendors is paying off for many nonprofits, within 12-24 months.
• The email “welcome series” works, but is very labor intensive. Only worth it if you are acquiring large volumes of new recruits OR you can automate it!
If your constituency has a festival or face-to-face opportunities, collect names and test telemarketing those people.
We can still convert to multichannel donor on the followup, once we’ve got their first online gift.
This strategy may still pay off if you have puppies, an emergency, and/or a huge brand name.
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Hypothesis #2Direct Mail “Chasers”
Results & Learnings
Results
• Referencing DM piece in the email had little to no effect on the performance of the email.
• We don’t know what the impact was on the performance of the mail.
• It’s hard to track the impact of multichannel marketing!
What We Learned
• If you are sending email and DM at the same time, there’s certainly no harm in referencing the mail piece, but this IS extra work.
• Get your tracking in place before you test this!
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Hypothesis #3Post-TM Email to
Pledgers, Hedgers and Refusals
Pledgers Sample Email
Dear <first-name>, Thank you so taking the time to speak with us on the phone, and for pledging a generous monthly gift of $X. Please fulfill your pledge here using our secure website.
Hedgers Sample Email Dear <first-name>, Thank you so taking the time to speak with us on the phone, and for considering making a monthly donation. Here at Nonprofit X, we rely on the support of members of our monthly giving program to provide critical assistance to families and children in desperate circumstances around the world – including families who rely on our help to survive the brutal hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa. Please help rush critical aid to people who urgently need help in Horn of Africa and around the world – make a monthly gift now on our secure website.
Refusals Sample Email Dear <first-name>, Thank you so taking the time to speak with us on the phone. We deeply appreciate your support for our mission and your commitment to helping children and families in most desperate need around the world. Here at Nonprofit X, we rely on our supporters to help provide critical assistance to families around the world – including families who rely on our help to survive the brutal hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa. Supporters like you are making a crucial difference by helping send food, clean water, medicine, and much more to people fighting for survival in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, where 12 million people are at risk after a devastating drought. We’ve been able to help over 1 million people in drought-affected areas. But the needs are great, and children are continuing to starve to death each day. We will continue to keep you updated on the situation as it progresses, and as we continue to rush aid to the people who need it most. Again, thank you so much for your support during this critical time. Sincerely, Signer PS – If you’d like to make a gift in the future, you can help save lives of people in the Horn of Africa and other desperate places around the world by making your monthly gift on our secure website.
10 Sustainers37 Donations
11 Sustainers
15 Donations
Results for sustainer revenue assume 24 lifetime gifts per sustainer.
What We Learned
This works! Produces a 3.5% lift on sustainer revenue and 6.5% lift on one-time revenue from the TM calls.
But it’s a lot of work.
If your TM vendor can do this easily, highly recommended.
If it’s not easy to implement, though, probably not worth it!
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In Conclusion
No reason NOT to do multichannel marketing when it’s easy. Shared visual, message, timing.
When it’s hard, really evaluate the potential ROI. If you spend $5,000 in staff time to implement a strategy that nets an additional $3,000 in revenue, it’s not worth it. Do the math before you start.
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