by Bill Jacobs | Feb 11, 2019 | Events
Not surprisingly, one of our favorite quotes at Analytical Ones is from Peter Drucker: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Most people in direct response fundraising agree. Perhaps that’s why the fundraising field is filled with metric...
by Bill Jacobs | Feb 2, 2019 | Donor Stewardship
Here’s a crazy out of the box idea. We all know the power of the donor who gives month in and month out. This idea will both save you money in the long run and could possibly generate a lot of monthly revenue for your organization. But it is also a bit risky....
by Bill Jacobs | Jan 29, 2019 | Direct Mail, Uncategorized
I’m taking a different approach in today’s blog to discuss a problem I continue to run into when I am working with clients. And that is testing whether the response rates in a direct mail test are meaningful. Now response rates are relatively uncomplicated to test....
by Bill Jacobs | Jan 23, 2019 | CRM
A festering trend of the past decade is many of our clients have migrated from micro-computer based fundraising databases to CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) cloud-based databases. And for 10-years we continue to see too many of these organizations’ ability...
by Bill Jacobs | Jan 18, 2019 | Donor acknowledgement, Donor Stewardship
I woke up this morning with the need to cease using the term donor engagement. It needs to be laid to rest. This is a serious personal drag because it now means I need to remove all those blogs we have written on the topic. But nonetheless, I am retiring the word from...
