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Fundamentals of New Donor Acquisition: Basic Steps to Creating a Strong Direct Mail Program Kim Walker Director of Direct Mail Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS 90%
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POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS 90% TRANSACTIONS 10% DOLLAR TOTAL
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The evolution of a donor $999$25K$1M Direct Mail Annual Giving Major Gifts Principal Gifts POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS
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Plan your approach $999$25K$1M Direct Mail Annual Giving Major Gifts Principal Gifts POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS Planned Gifts may happen at any time, from any segment.
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Planned Giving and Direct Mail 93% of MSKCC bequest Donors were acquired through DM 8 Year average length on file before bequest 6
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Even though new donors are expensive, not recruiting donors to replace those we lose would cost our organizations much more. POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS — Ken Burnett, 2012
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If you stop Acquisition for just one year it could take five years for your file to regain the number of lost donors. If you have a 60% retention rate, you lose 40% of your donors each year. POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS
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What Happens Without New Donors? American Cancer Society 9
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WHERE TO START? POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS Direct Mail Acquisition
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You could mail an empty envelope to the right person and you will get a gift. You could send the perfect package to the wrong person and not get a gift. It is a combination of package and list that makes a great Direct Mail Program 11
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Choosing an Direct Mail Agency Most important part of the team You should consider them a true partner Must have analytic as well as creative abilities 12
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Full Service Agency Consultant Print Production House Plus and minus for each Types of Agencies
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Choosing a List Broker Knowledge of Non-profit Industry Broker vs. Broker/List Manager Price Negotiation 14
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And Merge/Purge Vendor Customer Service List Hygiene NCOA Deceasing Flexibility 15
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POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS Cleanliness IS NEXT TO Godliness! Most Important Part of Merge Process! Bring all changes back into your database!
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Three types of new donors POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS
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Three areas of new donors POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS Regular Direct Mail High-Value, Likely to Upgrade Potential Planned Giving
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Three areas of new donors POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS Regular Direct Mail High-Value, Likely to Upgrade Potential Planned Giving
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Three areas of new donors POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS Regular Direct Mail High-Value, Likely to Upgrade Potential Planned Giving
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Additional Populations Patients Deeply Lapsed Donors Thrift Shop Donors Alumnae Notified Parties 21
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Upgrade Conversions POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS Direct-Mail ACQUISITION HANDLED USING ANALYTIC TOOLS
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Models vs. Modeling 23
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Models Use your house file to segment outside lists to find donors most like the donors on your file Abacus – Wyland - IBehavior 24
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Modeling Use demographic information on your file to find the best existing donors on your file. Perfect tool for Lapsed Recapture 25
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TESTING NEW POPULATIONS POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS
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Multi Channel Marketing 27 TypeResp RateAvg Gift Both -- Email & Mail6.37%$83.73 Email Only2.13%$83.20 Mail Only4.01%$29.26
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Care2 POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS Email Appends
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The Package TEST THEN TEST AGAIN!
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33 Packages Today POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS
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34 Different people, Different packages POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS
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Engagement tools are a must › Thank You/Welcome packages › Label Acknowledgement › Telemarketing › Personalized Thank You Cards Over $100 – First Time Gift & Lapsed
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Hand Outs TMT Analytics American Cancer Article Tips 38
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ANY QUESTIONS? POPULATION OUTSIDE LISTS PACKAGES MODELS TOOLS
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