NetWits

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

direct mail) you’ll increase the lifetime value of that donor from $128 dollars to $197 dollars – An increase that any nonprofit organization would love to see. Over time, dropout rates are low and predictable, so organizations can rely on future income more safely than upcoming direct mail or telemarketing efforts.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) noted that while 2020 saw an overall increase in giving, that year’s donor retention rate dropped by 4.1 Check your belly: Donors are still giving up at rapid rates. The overall donor retention rate was 43.6% , a 4.1% drop from the 2019 rate of 45.4%. . You can do it! .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Being thanked for my previous gift was much more persuasive than receiving multiple emails and direct mail letters. Donor and dollar retention rates have averaged well below 50% for over a decade, and it’s been getting worse over time. Learn more in my free Donor Thank You Calls eBook + Script. People give.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

Research shows only 19% of new donors give again, but if you can get them to make a second gift they’ll renew at a rate of 61% — that’s triple! Then orient callers around the evening’s purpose, review a suggested script you’ve shared in advance, and answer any questions. Begin with an ice breaker to make it fun.

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

You keep mailing out newsletters and fundraising appeals. Your response rate falls from 60% to 40% to under 30% over time. You keep adding new donors, new prospects and your mailing lists get larger. Have you done the math on returned mail? Year after year you gather information about donors. Donors lapse. Some move away.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc).

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Greater Giving

APRIL 16, 2021

This, in turn, can lead to higher open and click through rates and initiate more engagement with your organization because you’ve delivered the exact information the selected donors are most interested in receiving. Messages could have a bigger impact if they are scripted to address their preferred type of commitment.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2014

With new threats being introduced daily, it is important to use multiple antivirus engines in order to increase the rate of detection and reduce the window of vulnerability. For instance, by converting a Word file to PDF, any potentially harmful scripts can be removed. Use a Multi-Antivirus Scanner. Check Internal Emails.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Result: 63% more donations, 55% higher conversion rate and a 2X ROI. Had a 55% increased conversion rate. Result: 119%-203% higher conversion rates. Average click-through rate (CTR) of 3.4%. conversion rate) to donate $10.00 Result: 45% increased conversion rate. Custom Facebook Audiences. That’s it.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Here's how it worked: Step 1: Develop script for inbound call center representatives; compile a list of frequently asked questions; and create an online form through GetActive to take donor information. The mobile activists who received the text message on the 30th responded to the final email ask at a rate of.55% CONCLUSION.

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United States Mobile Test Advocacy 44

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 11, 2008

This 58-page book provides all of the information you need to host a house party including a pre-party checklist, a sample fundraising "ask" script, and sample thank you notes and invitations. Direct mail? It also has an order form in the back of the book with bulk purchase rates (25+ copies for $15.95 An ad in the paper?

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

The rate of supporters who donate for a second time after they’ve given once to a nonprofit is only around 20% according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters. Donor Appreciation for Recurring Donors.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

The rate of supporters who donate for a second time after they’ve given once to a nonprofit is only around 20% according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. Create a script that your development team can follow during these follow-up conversations with your new supporters. Donor Appreciation for Recurring Donors.

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Ideas Donor Strategy Create 134

Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I’m going to share some website tweaks to help you boost your conversion rate for online gifts. They do the mailing. Maybe you send one email, and you don’t do any direct mail. Maybe you do like, you know, five emails and like four direct mail pieces. So type your questions in any time today.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. And then look at first-rate performance and impact. But you really want to script it, you just don’t want to have some.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

And so I’ll do like a script with them. And so that’s great that you want to do a script, but then, once you have that script down, you have to throw it away and you have to really gauge how the conversation is going by the person that you’re speaking with. Have an agenda in your head but not written down.

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