TWEET YOUR FEEDBACK: #APPFORUM15 The Best Practices Conference for Selling Implementing & Producing Marketing Solutions www.appforum.org Not-for-Profit Campaign Implementation Joseph Manos Executive Vice President MindFireInc
Aug 07, 2015
TWEET YOUR FEEDBACK: #APPFORUM15
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Not-for-Profit Campaign Implementation
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Presentation Overview
Preparing for a successful implementation of the integrated, multi-channel marketing campaign D e fi n i ti o n o f d e l i v e r e d s e r v i c e s P r i c i n g m e t h o d o l o g i e s C a m p a i g n b r i e f p l a n n i n g t o o l
Services Deliverables Campaign Planning & Architecture Design & Set-up of the Campaign Three actual campaign implementation examples Q & A
This vendor-led session will provide a demonstration example of how to actually implement an integrated, multi-channel, relevant marketing campaign using MindFire. The objective is to provide an understandable example of how to implement the concepts presented in the earlier sessions to demonstrate how they can be implemented for Not-for-Profit campaigns
Service defi niti on
Provide a solution to help the development officer achieve improved results across all donor categories
• Annual campaign planning including analysis• Creative development• Campaign execution including production• Call training
Best practice is to bundle the services together as one price ranging from $50 - $150K. The programs could also be sold separately. raise money from alumni
Soluti on for Success – how our customers make it work!
Price the campaign so clients pay an annual fee vs. having separate line items for each service
P r o v i d i n g e a c h l i n e i t e m c a n g e t c o n f u s i n g f o r t h e c l i e n t a n d m a ke s g e n e r a ti n g a h i g h p r o fi t m a r g i n m o r e d i ffi c u l t
M a n y c a m p a i g n s t a ke 1 - 2 p h a s e s t o b e g i n b u i l d i n g m o m e n t u m
N o t g e tti n g a n n u a l b u y - i n g i v e s t h e c l i e n t t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o d r o p t h e c a m p a i g n b e f o r e a n y m o m e n t u m i s c r e a t e d
Campaign Brief Overview This document is a planning
document
It enables you to gather all of the critical elements for the project
It identifies what the customer needs to provide you to get started and when you need it
Preparing for Campaign Success
This is an example of a basic campaign brief. For more complex
programs, the list of required planning data increases!
Test, Test, Review, Test Again
Test all parts of Program What to test
E v e r y t h i n g ! Tr i g g e r s L i n k s P a y m e n t A p p s S o c i a l s h a r e
Review with customer prior to launch
Revise, Test, Review, Launch
Services deliverables
Solicitation Planning
• Solicitation calendar
• Solicitation architecture
• Segmentation strategy
• Analysis of past results
Creative Development
• DM and email design
• Landing pages• Strategic
content assets – videos and other relevant content
Campaign Execution
• Programming all of the components
• Production of DM and Email
• Solicitation analysis
Call Training & Follow-up
• Call prioritization
• Stories/call scripts
• Role playing/ Zenarate
Best practices: Campaign planning
Strategic focus is on retaining current donors and trying to identify and develop target list of new donors
Analysis of giving behaviors of donors at the beginning of each fiscal year to identify giving trends
W h e n a r e t h e y g i v i n g ? H o w a r e t h e y g i v i n g ? D i d t h e y g i v e b e f o r e a n d s t o p ?
Create deeper segmentation and drive relevant communication across all touches
• I n t e g r a t e t h o r o u g h s t e w a r d s h i p p r o c e s s s o t h a t d o n o r s a r e c o n s i s t e n t l y b e i n g u p d a t e d w i t h t h i n g s h a p p e n i n g a t t h e i n s ti t u ti o n b e c a u s e o f t h e i r g i ft
Best practices: Campaign Architecture
Database
Outbound channels
• Messaging must be consistent in all outbound channels and integrated into a seamless campaign
• Direct mail continues to be largest driver of response• Relevant direct mail and e-mail can’t replace ALL efforts (phonathon, personal
solicitations, etc.). Relevant tactics should complement other efforts
Best practi ces: Campaign Architecture
What types of print pieces are we sending to each segment? Ev e r y o n e o r j u s t LY B U N Ts & S Y B U N Ts ? I s E n d o f y e a r r e c e i p t s ( E O F Y ) a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f
y o u r c a m p a i g n ?
What is your email strategy? H o w o ft e n d o w e s e n d t h e m ? W h o r e c e i v e s t h e m ? H o w a r e t h e y ti e d i n t o t h e r e s t o f t h e s o l i c i t a ti o n
c a l e n d a r ? A r e w e s e n d i n g s o m e e m a i l s w i t h o u t a h a r d a s k f o r a
g i ft ?
Contact information
Variable ask amount
Donor Status
Major Athletics
Best practices : Creative development
Variable video or image
Variable copyContinuous countdown
Social Media link
Best practi ces: Creati ve development
Personalized microsites to allow better tracking and ease of donation
Best practices: Call training
Have they defined the key stories they need to use to make phone calls?
Are the callers practicing the stories so that they gain confidence and can handle all the objections
Use engagement and donor history to prioritize phonathon calling schedule to maximize ROI
Annual Appeal Campaign
Overview: M o r r i s H a b i t a t f o r H u m a n i t y A n n u a l a p p e a l c a m p a i g n u s i n g t r a d i ti o n a l d i r e c t m a i l S t a n d a r d P a c k a g e :
# 1 0 o u t g o i n g e n v e l o p e G i ft C a r d B r o c h u r e R e s p o n s e e n v e l o p e
F o r t h e i r 2 5 t h A n n i v e r s a r y A p p e a l P r o g ra m t h e y d e c i d e d t o l e v e r a g e a n i n t e r a c ti v e , m u l ti - t o u c h , p e r s o n a l i ze d c a m p a i g n t o m a x i m i ze t h e i r e ff o r t s a n d i n c r e a s e t h e i r o v e r a l l r e t u r n o n i n v e s t m e n t
Goal: 25% Increase in Donations!
Objectives: M H F H w a n t e d t o r a i s e t h e b a r i n a b i g w a y G o a l : 2 5 % i n c r e a s e i n d o n o r s a n d a v e r a g e g i ft a m o u n t R a i s e $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 L e v e r a g e C h a l l e n g e G r a n t o f $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 ( r e a c h $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 )
Target List: I n - h o u s e l i s t o f 1 2 , 5 2 8 S e g m e n t e d i n t h r e e g r o u p s :
D o n a t e d o v e r a c e r t a i n l e v e l P r e v i o u s g e n e r a l d o n o r s S o l i c i t e d – n o d o n a ti o n m a d e
Messaging Strategy for three groups
Strategy: E a c h g r o u p a p p r o a c h e d w i t h m i x o f m e d i a M i x o f Tr a d i ti o n a l a n d M u l ti - To u c h Te c h n i q u e s Te s t a n d e v a l u a t e t h e e ff e c ti v e n e s s o f e a c h m e t h o d D e m o n s t r a t e m e a s u r e a b l e r e s u l t s
Joe’s Coaching TipT h i s i s a g r e a t a p p r o a c h t o r e d u c e t h e r e s i s t a n c e o f y o u r c u s t o m e r t o n e w a p p r o a c h e s . B y c r e a ti n g a d y n a m i c p r o g r a m t h a t u s e s t h e b e s t p e r f o r m i n g e l e m e n t s o f p a s t p r o g r a m s , a s w e l l a s , n e w i n n o v a ti v e a p p r o a c h e s , y o u a c h i e v e t h e b e s t o f b o t h w o r l d s ! I t m a ke s i t e a s i e r t o g e t t o a Y E S , l e t ’s d o i t !
Creative Strategy
Building Hope…Changing Lives. Yesterday…Today…Tomorrow.
M e s s a g i n g t o t a r g e t a u d i e n c e v a r i e d b y g r o u p T h e m e a n d o v e r a l l l o o k r e m a i n e d t h e s a m e f o r a l l E a c h v e r s i o n :
E x p l a i n e d t h e g o a l s N o t e d p r e v i o u s d o n a ti o n a m o u n t s E n c o u r a g e d d o n o r s t o i n c r e a s e b y 2 5 %
E m o ti o n a l i n c e n ti v e – t o l d o f t h e $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 c h a l l e n g e g r a n t
The Offer
Two Offers: To p l e v e l d o n o r s w e r e o ff e r e d a l i fe ti m e d i s c o u n t
a t t h e R e S t o r e R e c e i v e a c a r d f o r u s e
T h e r e s t o f t h e g r o u p 2 5 % d i s c o u n t c o u p o n a t R e S t o r e D o w n l o a d a b l e a ft e r c o m p l e ti n g a s u r v e y o n l i n e
Results
Well designed program delivers desired results! S e g m e n ti n g t h e d a t a b a s e a l l o w e d f o r s i m p l e ,
c o n s i s t e n t , y e t h i g h l y e ff e c ti v e m e s s a g i n g t o e a c h g r o u p
O v e r a l l d o n a ti o n s i n c r e a s e d 8 4 % T h e a v e r a g e g i ft i n c r e a s e d 7 0 % To t a l n u m b e r o f d o n o r s i n c r e a s e d 2 8 % R e v e n u e g o a l w a s a c h i e v e d C l e a r l y t h e c r o s s m e d i a a p p r o a c h h a d a m a j o r i m p a c t
v e r s u s s i m p l y r e c e i v i n g a l e tt e r i n t h e m a i l We h a v e v i e w e d s i m i l a r i m p r o v e d p r o g r a m r e s u l t s
a c r o s s o u r e n ti r e c u s t o m e r b a s e
Level 1 L e v e l 2
L e v e l 3 L e v e l 4
L e v e l 5
Level 1 L e v e l 2
L e v e l 3 L e v e l 4
L e v e l 5
Summary Not-for-Profits are searching for the “secret sauce” for Big Results
Integrated, personalized, multi-channel marketing programs are delivering significantly higher results versus Traditional Programs
Groups and associations will partner with innovative service providers
With the right partner, these programs don’t take an army to build for your customers
Find a partner that can help you achieve success!
Thank You!For more information or help…
Joseph ManosExecutive Vice President
MindFireInc
Mobile 916-284-8112