by Bill Jacobs | Jan 17, 2020 | Direct Mail, nonprofit analytics, Uncategorized
Here at analytical ones we have identified three key ways to grow revenue: Win more donorsLift the performance of the donors you already haveKeep more of the donors you already have We talk a lot about winning, acquisition and reactivation, but we don’t often talk...
by Bill Jacobs | Jan 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but I received far fewer direct mail appeals this fall (between October 1st and December 31st.) Last year, I received an even 50 direct mail appeals. This year, I received only 30. That’s a 40% decrease in volume, which is significant. During...
by Bill Jacobs | Nov 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
As I’ve shared before, one of our most common analyses, sadly, is projecting what happens to a donor file’s active counts if an organization decides to discontinue new donor acquisition – after all, new donor acquisition is just too expensive. Well, today’s graph is...
by Bill Jacobs | Aug 26, 2019 | Donor Acquisition, Market Research
Not to be a Negative Nelly, but do y’all remember last December? Last December we had the triple-downer of: a sharp stock market decline;a government shutdown; andgeneral political divisiveness. The net effect was one of the poorest performing fundraising Decembers of...
by Bill Jacobs | Aug 19, 2019 | analytics, Market Research
In a blog last month, I challenged you peruse the A.I. articles in your LinkedIn account, and I predicted that the articles would fall into two categories: A.I. will save us!A.I. will doom us! Anyone who has read my blogs knows that I tend to Andy Rooney like on new...
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