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9 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR ONLINE SUCCESS IN 2011Session 3 of 3
Presented by Zach Anderson
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Zach [email protected]
• Located in San Francisco• Manager of Online Strategies• Talks to RE clients everyday about
online strategy
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HOUSEKEEPING!
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QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY?
Please feel free to type your question into the Q&A chat box:
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Listen and Connect
Social Media
SEO
Engage and Inspire
Website Design
Interactive Giving Options
Online Events and Peer-to-Peer
Fundraising
Cultivate and Retain
Personalization
Integration
Analytics
INTRODUCING THE 9 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS SERIES
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AGENDA
What do they mean?
Why do they matter?
Who's doing it well?
What can YOU do today?
Personalization Integration Analytics
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PERSONALIZATIONMake it relevant
Stewardship
Connect
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Customization• You as a constituent
change the way the page looks to include or not include certain items
Personalization• You as an organization
change the type of information you present to constituents online based on their previous actions
PERSONALIZATION – WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
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Using personalization can drastically improve:• Your response rates• Increase the value of your communications for the recipient
• Help reduce unsubscribes• Prevent list fatigue
WHY PERSONALIZE?
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PERSONALIZATION
There is not a one size fits all model when it comes to your organizations website.
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PERSONALIZATION
Your audience looks more like this…..
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I have some bad news……your constituents are spoiled.
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PERSONALIZATION
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PERSONALIZATION – AT ITS FINEST
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• Build a relationship that encourages the constituent to return
• Better stewardship• Provide customized experience• Target each individual supporter differently by
providing one-to-one marketing• Predict customer needs• Identify supporter characteristics by initiating 2 way
communication• Make the interaction efficient and satisfying for both
parties
NEED FOR PERSONALIZATION
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CUSTOMIZATION
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•Prioritize content•User Controlled content•Customized Look & Feel for each user
NEED FOR CUSTOMIZATION
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• Demographics and Lifestyle – these are observable and traceable metrics such as location, age, region, marital status, etc.
• Preference and Opinion – this is something that you can survey or poll your donors on, and collecting this information via an online portal is a great idea.
• Behavior – again, this is observable and traceable, and is based upon prior actions and not intentions or preferences.
BASIC RULES OF PERSONALIZATION
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PERSONALIZATION – START SMALL
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LET THEM PERSONALIZE THINGS TOO
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AID AT L ANTA
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PERSONALIZED GIVING
Standard Donation Form Personalized Donation Form
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PERSONALIZATION – WHAT CAN YOU DO TODAY
• Show your supporters that you are listening - Email?- Website?
• Personalize with giving and events- Make sure they can see that you know where they gave or attended
• Start Small- Try a few segments, how would you tailor your message?
• Test! There is no right answer, test, try, test, try again
• Listen to your supporters- Survey them, who are your audiences?
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INTEGRATIONLets Re-define integration
Multichannel
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INTEGRATION – WHAT IS IT?
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Most people think its about eliminating data entry and dual entry
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You would be 50% Right
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EXAMPLE CAMPAIGN
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The other 50%is about
knowledge
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Offline Persona
• Dr. Robert Hernandez
• Giving this Year: $2,500
• Regularly responds to direct mail appeals with gifts of $200 or more
Online Persona
• Dr. Robert Hernandez
• Giving this Year: $1,000
• Subscribes to the weekly newsletter, sends eCards for family holidays
AN INCOMPLETE VIEW GIVES AN INCOMPLETE UNDERSTANDING
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Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hernandez
Consistent, loyal relationship across many dimensions
Lifetime Commitment: $27,000 since 1995
Offline Interactions: His company sponsors the annual event every year, regularly responds to direct mail appeals with an average gift of $200 or higher, multiple event tickets purchased
Online Interactions: Sends eCards, Visits pages on Planned Giving and Volunteering, high open rate on “Will and Bequest” emails.
Network Interactions: His daughter volunteers and his son-in-law’s brother was a program beneficiary who has promoted your organization on his blog
…AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES WITH THIS SUPPORTER AND OTHERS
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MULTICHANNEL
Constituent
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First Year Retention is 29.3% for single channel donors
First Year Retention is 51% for multi-channel donors
WHY IT MATTERS
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Compared to $88 for offlineCompared to $170 for online
Median revenue/donor: $339
First year retention: 51%
30% for offline donors22% for online donors
Multi-year donors retained: 75%
59% for offline donors52% for online donors
MULTICHANNEL IS HOT … !
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EXAMPLE CAMPAIGN
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EXAMPLE CAMPAIGN
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• Focus on being multichannel • Simplify the process• Treat every online communication with the same care you would treat a direct mail piece – segmentation, etc
• Do what you can to get a 360* view of your constituents
• Don't send an email without considering their offline history
INTEGRATION – WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY
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ANALYTICSWhat should we track?
Educate yourselves
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• The field of data analysis. Analytics often involves studying past historical data to research potential trends, to analyze the effects of certain decisions or events, or to evaluate the performance of a given tool or scenario.
ANALYTICS – WHAT DOES IT MEAN
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87% of Internet users use search engines like Google to find information.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marciookabe/
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WEBSITE VISITORS
• How many people are visiting your website? • How long are they hanging around for?• How many return?
Aim for visitors to engage with your site for 2 minutes or more
Aim for a bounce rate of under 30%
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ANALYTICS
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WHAT CONTENT IS POPULAR? WHY IS THAT?
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EXAMPLE CAMPAIGN
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ANAYLTICS – WHAT SHOULD YOU TRACK
Step one – Define some goals
Average gift online
Number of transactions
Conversion rate (visitors vs. those who take action)
Email click through
Email conversion
Value per email
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INCREASE HOUSEFILE: EMAIL ADDRESSES
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INCREASE DONATIONS: NUMBER OF GIFTS
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AVOID THE SILOS!
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• You probably have meticulous analytics with direct mail programs
• Start doing it online! • Start using Google Analytics TODAY!
- Its Free
• Set Goals• Establish Benchmarks• Think about Social Media• Take a Holistic Approach
ANALYTICS – WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY
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• NetWits Think Tank – the best and the brightest at Blackbaud share tips, tricks, and resources related to nonprofit internet strategy
• The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving – view revenue trends of 1,412 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.
• Friends Asking Amy – “I created Friends Asking Amy to be a resource for event fundraisers. With help from my fundraising friends, we’ll be sharing ideas you can implement into your events, updates and information on current trends we’re seeing in the marketplace and answering your questions”
NONPROFIT TOOLS AND RESOURCES
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WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE?