by Bill Jacobs | May 2, 2024 | analytics, Direct Mail, Donor Acquisition, Uncategorized
I have been analyzing the fundraising business for nearly three decades and over the years I keep seeing nonprofit organizations making the same mistakes. These errors hold organizations back. If you are new to fundraising, please commit yourself to avoiding these...
by Bill Jacobs | Apr 25, 2024 | Donor Acquisition, Nonprofits
I have been analyzing the fundraising business for nearly three decades and over the years I keep seeing nonprofit organizations making the same mistakes. These errors hold organizations back. If you are new to fundraising, please commit yourself to avoiding these...
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 16, 2019 | Direct Mail, Donor Acquisition
On January 27, first class postage is going up to 55 cents, a 5-cent increase. This is the largest increase in almost 30-years. As this article states: “The Postal Service lost $3.9 billion in 2018, attributing the losses to drops in mail volume and the costs of...
by Bill Jacobs | Jan 14, 2019 | Direct Mail
Allegories for Unintegrated Direct Mail Acquisition Testing Activities: • Tailor fitting a funeral suit • Climbing a tall ladder on a building that’s on fire • Planting orange trees above the freeze line Don’t get me wrong. I love direct mail. But sometimes, context...
