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social media and fundraising
personally
money
communicate
raise
communication patterns have changed
communication patterns have changed
some tools don’t work as they used to
social media and fundraising
personally
money
communicate
raise
Personal
real people, not names on a list
• Efficient • Personal• Enjoyable• Empowered
•Abandoned facebook pages•2 year old blogs•hundreds of unverified emails• Same information shared in
the same way on facebook, email, a blog, in a paper newsletter
we love to shout!
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not
timetailoring
tailoring
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•Competition for attention•Scanning than reading•Preferences & channels•People raising money
•Impersonal •Anonymous•Infrequent•Annoying
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Two students trust Christ
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Same amount of time
Thank you for partnering with us in reaching students around the world for Christ! Your investment encourages us to continue to
trust God to change the world!
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prayer requests
November 2011
we had family pictures taken before winter set in. although aubrey and i were not sure if the photographer captured any good shots we were pleasantly surprised with the results!
thebarelafamily.com/november
t wo students trust christ
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read more about Tyler and Susie:
scannable picture
header
link to blog
T1
T3
T2
P1
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scannable picture
branded header
uses a linkintegrates video
T1T3
V1
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Website
header
embedsvideo
can clickon linksto readmore
V1
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scannable picture
large imageas lead
invitation to read moreon blog
“liked”
comment wa link to blog
P1
V1
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Mobile Devices
brandedheader
uses a link
easy to read on small screen
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• Same amount of content but broken up among communication channels
• More focus on tailoring and complementing other communications
God at work in my ministry
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not
timetailoring
mastering email
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Email From a Personal Account
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Email From a Personal Account
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Email From a Personal Account
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Email From a Personal Account
“Sorry for the late delay in getting back with you. Work has been crazy with year-end stuff and your email kept
getting buried in the other 300+ emails!”
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• Cannot track who opens and clicks• Not mobile/tablet friendly• PDF attachment duplicates paper letter
for some• Hard to keep list up to date• Can be perceived by donors as
impersonal
Email Sent From A Personal Account
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•Enhances•Personalizes•Analyzes
Email Service
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•Sends email on your behalf•Looks the same to your recipients•Sender can customize the design•Sender can track who opens & clicks•Many other features: See www.mailchimp.com/features
Email Sent From A Service
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•EnhancesEmail Service
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track
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Email service allows you to measure interest beyond financial gift
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Coaching New Staff/Interns•Do NOT substitute email for paper•Make email different with links and “real time”
•“Save as a stamp” = “Lose Money Later” •Direct mail can be postcards, thank-you’s, and gifts
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Coaching New Staff/Interns
Facebook is NOT an email
replacement!!!
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Senior Staff Who Have Large Segment who do not receive email and direct mail
• Start linking to blog more frequently• Segment group into givers, non-givers• Makes sure you have husband and wife’s
email • Track how many people click on the link
to your prayer letter
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Must Do’s for email
• Make title & length mobile friendly• Change the title EVERY time• Alternate ministry & personal focus• Link to your blog often
only link to your blogconsider segmenting list
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Beginner• Try Mailchimp with top 20 supporters• Try using email together with your website • Spend 2 extra minutes on your title
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•Create one additional segment•Enhance design to visually match website•Regularly link to your website•Seek to increase open rate by 5% within
three months
Intermediate
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•Add 2 segments (new, top 10)•Increase click rate by 10% within 3 months•Use data from email to tailor financial
increases and special gifts
Advanced
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Questions?
mastering facebook
the newsfeed!
the website?
Facebook is a
“feed”
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Website Facebook
• Posts information• Sorted by a person• Spoke on a wheel• Local grocery store• “Surf the web”
•Groups information•Sorted by people•Hub of a wheel•Walmart•“Scan the newsfeed”
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facebook page statistics
1/500.002%
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• Every fan does not see every post• 90% of people never return to a facebook
page once they “like” it. • The time in which an update is posted
matters. • Likes & comments increase the chances
fans will see the update
250 Million
90 Billion
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not
timetailoring
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Ideal Post on Facebook•Upload a photo•Comment with a link•Like the post
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Coaching New Staff/Interns• Avoid using Facebook for transactions • Email still best place online to
communicate with donors 30 years old and over (SMS 2nd)
• Do not create a Facebook page • Create a Facebook list of supporters, and
communicate with them via profile
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• facebook.com/bookmarks/lists• Create List • Name the list • Add friends
How to create a Facebook list
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Use a Facebook list to “listen” to your supporters
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Must Do’s for Facebook
• Post more about you and your family than your ministry (2-1)
• Remember that most people are scanning Facebook, not reading it.
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Beginner• Add every person in database as a friend• Take screenshots of students/people to
use in prayer letter, email, website. • Like and comment on donor’s updates
5x a month
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• Set up a list• Use list to send updates and like/
comment on updates• Seek to use a photo in EVERY update
Intermediate
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Advanced• Like and comment on your supporters
updates 10x a month. • Create additional lists for potential, new,
and top supporters.• Use updates to complement financial
asks, prayer letter, email, and website
mastering websites
social media and fundraisingYour Online Home
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•Control of how it looks•Ownership of the content•Opportunities for interaction•Detailed statistics
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Ideal Blog Post• One large picture
• 2-4 sentences
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Coaching New Staff/Interns• Hold them accountable to updating their
website 1x a week first and foremost. • Caution them against producing videos
unless they are under 1 minute and captured with a smartphone or webcam.
• Wordpress.com if they are creating a website. “2011” theme--default
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Beginner•Start a free blog on wordpress.com •Post 2x a month•Switch/start using “2011” theme
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•Redesign/Simplify header image•Embed Videos on website•Post 1x a week
Intermediate
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•Use data from mailchimp and facebook list to guide your updates.
•Seek to have 2/3 of website content in images, 1/3 in text.
Advanced
youtube & linkedIn Charlie bit my finger!
Add you to my professional
network, I’d like to...
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•Keep it short--1 Minute• Use Your Smartphone or
web-cam• Experiment with unlisted
videos•Embed on your website
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“Unlisted YouTube Videos”
• Only people who know the link can view it• Will not appear in search results• Do not need a YouTube account to view
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“Unlisted YouTube Videos”
• Create personalized videos with ease• Can use their name and title in video• Can use email, text, facebook to share
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Beginner• Shoot a 1 minute video update with
smartphone & upload to YouTube.• Link to a video in an email communication. • Learn how to embed a video on their
website
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• Record an interview someone from ministry or on location
• Embed a video 1x a month as a website update
Intermediate
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• Experiment with personalized videos: as a thank you for a large gift, to introduce yourself to a potential supporter, as a follow up after an appointment.
Advanced
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• Get to know potential supporters before appointment
• Only add as a connection after you have met
• Great for getting to know professional side
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Communicating with Young Donors• Explore many channels to find their
preference. • Takes much longer to “close”• Micro-donations as path to larger gifts
down the road. • First gift much more important than size
of gift
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Signs of Ineffective Social Media• Anonymous requests for financial
support through facebook or twitter updates.
• Repetitive asks for support through facebook and twitter.
• Spending more time on Facebook or Twitter than email
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Effective Use of Time on Social Media
• Enhancing design/content of email • Updating blog (1 large image + 2-4
sentences)• Segmenting and tailoring
communications
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personally
money
communicate
raise
• Efficient • Personal• Enjoyable• Empowered