by Bill Jacobs | Dec 17, 2018 | Donor Acquisition, Donor Stewardship
Check this out! This graph shows the the five-year value of a donor based on how quickly an organization converts a new donor into a second gift donor. The correlation is astounding. New donors that give a second gift within the first 3-months have LTVs nearly twice...
by Bill Jacobs | Feb 5, 2018 | Donor Acquisition, Non-profit marketing
Many people that work in the numbers business, including us, have been saying for a while now that the stock market is overcooked, and a big correction is inevitable – so the major dive in the Dow Jones yesterday was not a huge surprise. No matter where we end...
by Bill Jacobs | Mar 28, 2017 | Donor Acquisition
This may sound heretical, but counting donors isn’t as important as counting dollars. Here’s why: donors are not of equal value. For far too long in fundraising, there has been this assumption that “more donors are better.” This would be true...
by Bill Jacobs | Dec 21, 2015 | Direct Mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor Retention
I’ll be darned. Direct mail acquisition seems to be making a comeback. OK, perhaps not to the degree of a Star Wars $250MM opening weekend comeback. But as I am reviewing recent acquisition (and reactivation of deeply lapsed donors) results, I was pleasantly surprised...
by Bill Jacobs | Jul 30, 2015 | Direct Mail, Donor Acquisition, Non-profit
This graph is beautiful. One look at the correlation between the age that a donor is acquired and their LTV is like taking that first sip of coffee in the morning. Ahhh. The r² on this relationship is over 0.85. That means that age alone accounts for 85% of the...
by Bill Jacobs | Mar 31, 2015 | Donor Acquisition, Donor Retention, Market Research
In my last blog, I talked about the Public Religion Research Institute study that detailed the changes in the demographic landscape of America. But before the full measure of those changes take place, we still have a few years to maximize the fundraising techniques...
