After analyzing more than 1 million Facebook updates, software developer Applum says posting updates using a third party application, such as Hootsuite, reduces response by 70%. For better response rates, update manually (at least until the algorithm changes). Apparently Facebook’s internal algorithm discounts posts by third parties. MORE

It always frustrates me to hear fundraisers or their consultants concern themselves with vanity metrics like response rates for lead generation efforts. . Way too often, we (at MarketSmart) find ourselves being asked about our response rates resulting from our outreach efforts to our customers’ supporters. But, I wonder, “What difference does it really make if we garner a 1% response rate or 20%?” 25% response rate VS. 100 great leads? MORE

50 each in the mail: Response rate. Almost certainly the $50 donor: Their retention rate will be higher. Let’s look at the same example above with this metric filled in: Response rate. Differences in retention rates among groups. MORE

Not only did it win, it crushed the others garnering a response rate that was nearly 3 times better than the control with gift amounts almost 17% higher. MORE

Response rate vs. average gift: This one is the most obvious. If you measured only response rate, someone could reduce the ask string and lower the heck out of the amount of the ask in order to spike response rates. MORE

Reference their interest area (“as a member of our Safer Schools rapid response team”). ” Did we get a higher average gift by sending certain donors to a different landing page, without sacrificing the overall response rate? MORE

Good — here we go with the results**: Response rate. For some, that may turn them off (although the decline in response rate wasn’t statistically significant). The matches increase response rates, but the average gift was significantly lower in all of the matches. MORE

And get this: we found a positive correlation between email fundraising response rate and unsubscribe rate. The high unsubscribe rate on your fundraising email may be a sign that people are paying attention. More response, more unsubscribe. That goes along with the old direct mail correlation of more response, more complaints. MORE

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Get these 5 Donation Page Blunders That Kill Fundraising Response Rates fixed before year-end fundraising begins. MORE

8 blogs will observe that direct mail response is declining. 7 blogs will observe that email direct response rates are declining even faster. Yes, it’s another year. When 2013 began last January, who could have anticipated that, a mere 12 months later, we would be doing this all over again? Not the news media, apparently, judging from the gusher of year-end reviews and new-year predictions filling our eyes and ears. Can you stand one more? MORE

Here’s an example: Integrated online/offline messages will yield higher results in regard to money raised, average gift, and response rate (both online and offline) than will unrelated online and offline messages. Response rate (measured separately by channel and then combined). MORE

For example, the report shows that open rates, click-through rates, and response rates were down in 2015. Last week, the 2016 M+R Benchmarks Study was released with an emphasis on what’s changed since 2006 when this study was first released. MORE

Goal: Engagement Metric: Overall Engagement Rate. Amy recommends setting metrics around the responses a post receives. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and even Instagram now report on engagement rates right within their native analytics so be sure to figure out how these numbers are represented. To help boost engagement rates, Amy suggests using rich media like graphics and video, asking questions, and creating content that's just begging to be shared. MORE

What is a successful response rate for acquisition direct mail appeals, in which you ask strangers for a first gift? [ ].125% Another Tom Ahern gem arrived the other day. MORE

Here are my 7 ideas for better response rates. Too many articles and sidebars and buttons and images will overwhelm the reader and lower your conversion rates drastically. Tightly sticking to a theme and reducing the options for action to one (or at most two) will boost response rates. Want to increase donations through your email outreach? Have a subject line that makes you want to read more. . MORE

The answer, as you can see, is to ask immediately: Every 30 days that passed before a solicitation went out after the patient’s first visit dropped response rate by 30%. Every 30 days that passed before a solicitation went out after the patient’s final visit cut response rates in half. MORE

This anchoring can help boost average gift, often without the significant negative effects on response rate you see with other interventions. This is not a response rate booster. MORE

Response rates keep going down and most planned giving marketing firms (not mine!) Michael Rosen and some others contributed to this article on my group on LinkedIn (Smart Planned Giving Marketers). I thought the information was very smart and thought I’d share it. MORE

In the Information Age, social media and other digital avenues now constitute the majority of fundraising efforts. MORE

For perspective, the next most comment response accounted for four percent of comments. As Spiderman’s Uncle Ben would have said if he were a direct marketer, “with great consent comes great response rates.” Asking permission also increases opt-in rates. MORE

What is a successful response rate for acquisition direct mail appeals, in which you ask strangers for a first gift? [ ].125% Another Tom Ahern gem arrived the other day. MORE

If one acquisition mail package has a response rate of 1.1% and an average gift of $28, you’d pick that over another with a response rate of 1% and an average gift of $25, right? MORE

Open rates, fundraising click-through rates and page completion rates for both fundraising and advocacy all went down. More importantly, nonprofits have integrated social media more tightly with their other digital and direct response channels. Email messaging drove 28% of all online revenue in 2017, coupled with a decline in the fundraising email response rate by 6%, to 0.06%. boost in their conversion rates. MORE

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The Direct Marketing Association notes in its recently released 2012 Response Rate Report that direct mail response rates have dropped nearly 25% over the past nine years. Even so, direct mail pulls a better overall response than digital channels. MORE

So, they went through all of my posts from 2015 and pulled the blog posts that generated the highest response rates from all of you. I love my staff!! They are so thoughtful! MORE

To improve your response rate, you must send highly targeted, relevant offers and information to your prospects. Although direct mail requires printing and postage, we still include it in our marketing plans because it can be effective if you do it right. Don’t discount the traditional methods. MarketSmart has generated millions of dollars for clients with direct mail. Combine online and offline channels. Often it is best to combine direct mail with an Internet landing page. MORE

Fundraising and advocacy campaign open rates hold steady, but response rates rose for advocacy campaigns. Not clear what that means in terms of ultimate response. Fundraising and advocacy campaign open rates hold steady, but response rates rose for advocacy campaigns. MORE

The study, ba sed on analysis of 55 large nonprofits, including the American Red Cross, Sierra Club, American Lung Association, AARP and Human Rights Campaign , exam ines trends on fundraising response rates, email m essaging, soci al reach and mobile. . MORE

Copywriting tips that will guarantee you better response rates. Each year we round up the most popular blog posts from the prior year to create a book for our readers. I’m excited to share that the 2017 digest is ready to ship and you can get it for FREE by simply going here. MORE

Copywriting tips that will guarantee you better response rates. Each year my amazing staff grab the best, most popular blog posts from the prior year to create a book for our readers. . At last, the digest is ready to ship and you can get it for FREE by simply going here. MORE

So if you put your house up for sale and your real estate agent sent out thousands of postcards promoting your property, would you be concerned about the “response rate”? So do you worry about response rates or, rather, do you worry about generating solid leads for highly qualified buyers? So, when your planned giving marketing effort only garners a.0001% response rate, don’t make a rookie mistake by focusing on that. MORE

Here’s what you’ll learn in this 60-minute online training: How to segment your email list to boost response rates. If you’ve mastered the very basics of online fundraising campaigns – goals, story arcs, deadlines, etc. MORE

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Average open rate. Average click rate. Average donation rate. Average unsubscribe rate. Donation page completion rate. Email performance per message (number sent, open rate, click rate, action rate, unsure rate, total raised, average donation, number of donations). MORE

Doing so could boost response rates. December is done. Looking for your next great fundraising campaign? Try a member month campaign. MORE

Here are my 7 ideas for better response rates. Too many articles and sidebars and buttons and images will overwhelm the reader and lower your conversion rates drastically. Tightly sticking to a theme and reducing the options for action to one (or at most two) will boost response rates. Blog reader Marla Grant of the Florida Blood Services Foundation recently sent me a copy of her newsletters ( you can see them here ), which are chock-a-block with great stories. MORE

Response rates for advocacy email declined , dropping 17% from 2015 levels. Fundraising email response rates experienced a small decline , dropping 8%. Share your responses – and better yet, what you’ll DO about them – in the Comments. MORE

MomsRising recently tried this tactic and achieved an astounding 15 percent response rate on an after-action popup – 15 percent of the advocates who took the action also made a donation. Just to put that number in perspective, the average response rate for an email appeal is.06 MORE

One of the first crises/campaigns to get noticed for its use of text was the the American Red Cross’s response to the earthquake in Haiti. The annual churn rate for text lists was 30.7 The benchmark text message unsubscribe rate was 0.69 MORE

The response rate was just OK, as were donations. Monica Turner. Today, Monica Turner reminds us if you run annual appeals (like the Mother’s Day appeal Monica discusses today), don’t just send the same thing year after year. Kristina. Guest Post by Monica Turner. MORE

Email software firm Boomerang looked at the response rates for over 350,000 emails, most asking for some sort of reply. Believe it or not, those three words — Thanks in advance — have magical properties. MORE