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Digital Stewardship and Cultivation: Moving Donors Up the Ladder Online
PRESENTED BY: SALLY HEAVEN, SENIOR CLIENT SUCCESS LEAD, [email protected]
ADVA PRISO, MANAGER, ONLINE MARKETING, WORLD WILDLIFE [email protected] / @advapriso
MARK ROVNER, FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL, SEA CHANGE [email protected] / www.seachangestrategies.com
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We all do better when we all
do better #bbcon
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About BlackbaudAbout Blackbaud
www.blackbaud.com
For the past 30 years, we have been developing software
and services for nonprofits. It’s a great market to work in, and
we are immensely proud that our expertise is helping our
29,000+ customers accomplish their missions. They serve as
a constant source of inspiration to us, and give purpose to
our work.
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Mid-Level Giving – What Is It?
WHAT ISN’T IT?
• It’s not annual giving
• It’s not major giving
$10,000
$1,000
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Mid-Level Giving
• An anecdote
• Culture clash?
• Value proposition
www.seachange.com/missing-middle
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Major Giving and Direct Marketing
SUCCESSFUL MID-LEVEL GIVING PROGRAMS COMBINE
• The analytics and scalability of direct marketing
• The stewardship of major giving
• The best practices of sustainer programs
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Growth
• Luminate Online Benchmark Report
• Sustainer revenue grew 18%
• Average sustainer gift size grew 1.21%
• Number of sustainer gifts grew 15%
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World Wildlife Fund’s
Digital Mid-Level Donor Program
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About World Wildlife Fund
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Partners in Conservation
• $1,000-$24,999 level donors
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Unprecedented Online Growth
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65%
124%
271%
Overall $1000+ $84+/Mth Sustainers Renewals
Partners Digital Revenue % Increase FY12 to FY15
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Three Keys to Program Success
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© Shutterstock
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#1: Long Term Investment
• Model fundraising strategy on Lifetime Values with Bequest potential of a
donor
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60%
40%
$25k+ Rest
70%
30%
$10k-$24k Rest
75%
25%
$1k-$9k Rest
% of Donors with First Gift <$1000
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#2: Collaboration
© Steve Morello / WWF-Canon
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#3: Personalized Experience
• Segment and conditionalize fundraising
and stewardship emails:
• Message donor groups uniquely
• New/Active/Lapsed Renewals
• Custom ask strings
• Ask often!
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#3: Personalized Experience
• Integrated web presence:
• Include high value program
• Use cookies
• Custom URLS for direct mail
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What’s Next?
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© Martin Harvey / WWF-Canon
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No More ExcusesTen Affordable Ways to Cultivate and Steward
Middle Donors
MARK ROVNER, SEA CHANGE STRATEGIES
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TWO WORDS OF CAUTION
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ONE:Higher dollar, lower tech.
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TWO:
Your job is to make them feel good,
not to stuff their heads with
information.
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1. Give them your card.
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2. Pick up the damn phone!
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3. [Gulp] Hand write a note.
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4. Share your clips
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5. Host a virtual get-together
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“By having this forum, we have been
made to feel like our opinions matter
and we are helping to create
something--so in the end, are even
more involved. Nice job!”
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6. Do a Telephone Town Hall
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Outgoing Phone Call +
Radio Call In Show +
Conference Call +
Data-rich interactive conversation
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Another happy customer
“Earlier tonight I listened to Erica, Eric
and the Q&A on the call, which I
received “cold”…This motivated me to
donate monthly… and brought me up
to speed on all the wonderful work
you’ve done with our donations.”
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7. Bust a silo (like Sierra Club)
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8. Close your mouth and open your ears
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9. Give them candy
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10. Show them you know them