3. People like to feel you know them personally
Build segments from:
• Last donation amount
• Time since last donation
• Type of donation
• Gift completed / not
• Other website actions
• Region
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4. An example
PETA France
• Email included either
fundraising ask or
campaign ask depending
on segment
• Segment based on activity
level and donor capacity
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5. segment profile number
donor: lapsed 0 512
donor: moderate 0-24 months / 0-99 € 552
donor: high 0-24 months / 100-200 € 20
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6. segment click through response
donor: lapsed 10.83% 1.17%
donor: moderate 20.86% 1.99%
donor: high 25.00% 5.00%
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7. segment average amount € gross €
donor: lapsed 28.33 € 170.00 €
donor: moderate 20.91 € 230.00 €
donor: high 150.00 € 150.00 €
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8. Interesting…
What does this tell us?
• Relevant, personal content =
• Higher conversion rate
• More donations
• Higher average gift
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12. We tested and found that
36% of recipients read on mobile
• If your email doesn’t work on mobile, your readers will
abandon it
• We know this because only 1% look at email on
desktop as well
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14. To avoid this…
Make sure you:
• Keep the format simple – one or two columns only
• Have a view in browser option at the top
• Make a single ask
• Have text links as well as image links
• Have a text only alternative
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15. To avoid this…
Make sure you:
• Optimise landing pages and donation forms as well
• Use payment providers that support mobile
•TEST!
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16. For more tips in our report…
Email me:
rachel@engagingnetworks.net
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Notes de l'éditeur
Asking a donor who gave £250 to give an extra £10 is insulting; the reverse would be worse Why not request donation amounts that are slightly larger than your donor's previous gift, or see if they'd be willing to set up a regular amount that's lower? Why not present a different extra message depending on when your donor's last gift was? Correlating the things your supporter has looked at on your website is also powerful. This tells you what they are interested in and thus helps you to understand how to talk to them.
Relatively small segments, but results have borne out in other appeal emails that PETA have sent.
Carry through personalisation if possible. No point personalising an email if the landing page then screams ‘I have no idea who you are!’ Both email and landing page should say ‘I know you.’ Mention the same story and appeal on the donation page; suggest what will happen as a thank you Prefill the donor's name and details in the form. This doubles conversion rates.
A client without mobile optimised donation pages had 3% of total pages converted on a mobile device. When they added a mobile optimised page the donation page conversion increased to 4.6%.
you could be losing up to 36% of potential donations by sending out emails that appear sub-standard on mobile devices or fail to work
There’s so much more to say about email, including about the power of email triggers and sequences, storytelling and use of emotion. Email me to get a report and more tips if you haven’t already signed up.