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New Email Tests Improve Clicks, Slow Exiting

The NonProfit Times

Average 2023 clickthrough rates were nearly identical to what they were in 2022 for GivingTuesday. However, the unsubscribe rate was nearly 25% less than what it had been the previous year despite the six emails being twice the total of three sent a year earlier. “I And the only way to know is to test.” Research backs this up.

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The Phone Test

Tech Soup

Here's an idea from our friend Laura at Idealware: what if you measured any communications method by whether it would have more or less impact than spending the same amount of time calling donors on the phone? People want to volunteer, wanted to ask you something, and, not coincidentally, donate at considerably higher rates after.

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An Inside Look at Crafting a Strong Nonprofit Marketing Plan

Allegiance Group

Personalization has many benefits, from enhancing supporters’ experiences with your nonprofit to improving conversion rates and engagement. You or your marketing agency may conduct interviews with target audience members, share surveys, create audience personas, perform A/B tests, and more. Performing audits.

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How to Use AI Fundraising Tools to Boost Donor Engagement

sgEngage

Your team tests the new solution with new data points to see how it responds and the accuracy of its outputs. You’ll further test and refine the tool over time the more you use it to support your fundraising. You might send a feedback survey to donors at all levels and track email open rates for messages related to this campaign.

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How to Get Leadership Buy-in for Streamlining Your Grantee Application

sgEngage

You can also look at the response rates, completion rates, and error rates of your application to see if there are any issues or challenges. Does it ask for information that helps you measure your progress, evaluate your impact, or learn from your failures? Does your application align with your vision?

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

For nonprofits, this means rigorously testing different emotional appeals, stories, and calls-to-action and then reusing what proves most effective. This opened Ogilvy’s eyes to how direct response advertisers carefully test and optimize tactics for immediate action and sales conversion rather than just broad messaging.

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Before Publishing Your Annual Appeal, Ask Yourself These 5 Questions

Bloomerang

Here’s a “you test” you can use from Bloomerang that also incorporates the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level reading test. This is why there are all sorts of readability tips you want to keep in mind, beginning with the Flesch-Kincaid Grade level test. It appears the incoming class looks swell and that bar pass rates are good.

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