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More Than a Thank You: Building a relationship with a first time online Donor Presented by: Cassandra Koenen Director, Online Campaigns and Marketing IFAW Jeff Patrick President, Common Knowledge. Know Your Audience : The goal is to understand WHO you are talking to – on
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More Than a Thank You: Building a relationship with a first time online Donor Presented by: Cassandra Koenen Director, Online Campaigns and Marketing IFAW Jeff Patrick President, Common Knowledge
Know Your Audience: The goal is to understand WHO you are talking to – on your website and in your email campaigns– in order to improve HOW you talk to these audiences.
What kind of information should you be asking? • Awareness of Organisation & Programs • Site Visit Frequency • Source: Learn about Your Organisation & Site • Purpose of Visit • Value of various site features • Missing info/services on web site • Primary Role • Giving History • Reason for Not Giving (if not a donor) • Giving Channel Preference • Online Action History • Reason for not taking action (if not an online advocate) • Interest in Volunteering • Preferred Language • Preferred Communication Channel • Preferred Giving Contact Frequency • E-Newsletter Recipient (Y/N?) • Value of e-Newsletter • Preferred frequency of e-Newsletter • e-Newsletter Elements Interest Level • Print Magazine Recipient (Y/N?) • Value of Print Magazine • Preferred frequency of Print Magazine • Age • Marital Status • Gender • Ethnicity • Country of Residence • ZIP Code (if USA) • Income • Number of Children • Political Point of View
Survey Overview - Questions All Survey Respondents
US. Respondents CAN Respondents All Survey Respondents Non-donors Donors
All Survey Respondents Plan to give more Plan to give less No Change All Survey Respondents
All Survey Respondents 1 or more None
All Survey Respondents Have visited Have not visited All Survey Respondents
Interesting Findings Online web form by e-check (4.4%) Online web form by credit card (42.4%) Regular mail by credit card (2.2%) Regular mail by check (31.2%) Phone by Credit Card (2%) I do not plan to make a donation (17.9%) When you donate to in the future, how would you prefer to give?
Once a month (11.6%) Every 6 months (22.8%) Two times per year (15.9%) One time per year (33.1%) Never (17.2%) 18- How often would you like to be contacted about donating?
Goals of the “Welcome Series” • Get a 1st gift from new subscribers as quickly as possible (current target: 45 days) via a targeted email stream • Maximize the size of the 1st gift • Maximize the lifetime value of new subscribers • Use automated email queue and send to minimize cost of managing email stream
Campaign Statistics Start Date: July 1, 2007 New US Subscribers: 20,601 New Canadian Subscribers: 3,926 New UK Subscribers: 2,677 New subscribers receive a total of 10 emails over the course of the first 40 days from when they join IFAW’s email list.
Campaign Goals Results by Country Site:
Why bother with segmentation? To increase the targeting of email communications to increase the overall response rate to advocacy and fundraising appeals. Result: More actions, more $$ raised. Result: Lower email churn i.e. fewer lost email subscribers. Balancing gain and loss provides the highest possible ROI.
There are two main areas that you can choose to segment the list: • By Issue • The issue they came in on. For example if a group of Care2 activists were recruited on a whaling issue they will be associated with the whaling interest segment. • They have taken 1 or more actions on the same issue. For example a member signs one or more petitions on the whaling issue. • They have donated on an appeal linked to a particular issue. • By Giving History • Recency: How long since the supporter gave their most recent gift – up to 24 months ago? • Frequency: How many gifts has the supporter given in the last 24 months? • Monetary: What is sum of all donations by the supporter in the last 24 months?
Possible Segments • RFM Segments • Recency: Most recent gift was: • R1: <6 months ago • R2: 6-12 months ago • R3: 12-24 months agoFrequency: The number of donations in the last 24 months: • F1: 1 • F2: 2 • F3: 3+ • Monetary: The sum of all gifts made in the last 24 months – • M1: $10-$35 • M2: $35-$75 • M3: $75+