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Bloomcom Presents
All You Need to Really Know(really) [yes, really]
by Tom Ahern | Jan 14, 2015
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Shanon Doolittle2
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The world’s most profitable insight:
Donor communications aren’t really about your organization. They’re really about the donor.
3TOM AHERN © 2014
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The world’s 2nd most profitable insight:
Donor communications are a customer service experience.
4TOM AHERN © 2014
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The world’s 2nd most profitable insight:
Donor communications are a customer service experience.
5TOM AHERN © 2014
“I liked that!”“I liked that!” “I didn’t like that!”
“I didn’t like that!”
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The gift of joy
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The gift of joy
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Editor: Michelle BrinsonTOM AHERN © 2014
The gift of joy
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What story are you telling me about me?
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Communications are a mirror held up to donors. They see themselves in
what you say.
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KINDCARING
COMPASSIONATEHELPFULFRIENDLY
FAIRHARD-WORKING
GENEROUSHONEST
Source: psychologist Jen Shang, quoted in the NY Times 2012
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You’re in my home:
“Why are you here?”
Bad guest or good?
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To make ME To make ME feel good!!!feel good!!!
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Important!
Wanted!
Needed!
Proud of myself!
Happy!
Pleased!
Entertained!Surprised!
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18 bits of jargon to eschew
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Source: Katya Andresen, Nonprofit Marketing Blog, Network for Good
1. Capacity2. Empower3. Enhance4. Indigenous5. Partnership6. Development7. Systemic8. Community9. Innovation
10. Superlative11. Outcomes12. Support13. Sustainable14. Resources15. Dignity16. Facilitate17. Diversity18. Fostering
Tom Ahern | © 2014
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18 bits of jargon to eschew
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Source: Katya Andresen, Nonprofit Marketing Blog, Network for Good
1. Capacity2. Empower3. Enhance4. Indigenous5. Partnership6. Development7. Systemic8. Community9. Innovation
10. Superlative11. Outcomes12. Support13. Sustainable14. Resources15. Dignity16. Facilitate17. Diversity18. Fostering
Tom Ahern | © 2014
“Huh?”“Huh?”“Why are you dragging this tone-deaf, insider
rubbish into my home?”
“Why are you dragging this tone-deaf, insider
rubbish into my home?”
“Can’t you please understand? Jargon prevents empathy!”
“Can’t you please understand? Jargon prevents empathy!”
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You have your long story.
You have your current stories.
They are all donor stories.
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Yes, I donate....
Jane | Age 89 | Widowed
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visionenemyhero
servedSource: Stephen Pidgeon and Tangible
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visionenemyhero
servedSource: Stephen Pidgeon and Tangible
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Every 15 minutes someone in the UK begins to lose their sight. Today, with your help, we can give them the practical support needed to rebuild their shattered lives.
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Source: Stephen Pidgeon and Tangible
Vision
Hero
EnemyServed
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hero defeats enemy
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donors make sad happy
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“Humans are driven by a will to establish meaning in their lives. They need purpose.”
That’s your real job, in donor communications:to bestow purpose in exchange for support.
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Source: Neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, via the For Impact blog
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If there are no problems to solve, donors have nothing to do.
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Joy!
Need
Joy!
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Need
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Welcome tothe family
27TOM AHERN © 2014
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St. Jude’s welcome package
• #10 envelope: THANKS! Your St. Jude welcome materials are enclosed.
• Personalized, one-sided letter (for $10 gift) gushes, “I’ve just received the marvelous news – you’re the newest member of the St. Jude family.” Marlo Thomas
• P.S.: “I know there are many worthy charities that ask for your help. Please know how honored we are that you’ve chosen to support the work of St. Jude.”
• Inserts: thank you from patient, thank you from parent, small notepad, reply slip with a gentle ask for “extra gift”
28© Tom Ahern | © 2013
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70+% of first-time donors in the U.S. do NOT make a second gift.
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Appeals, thanks, & newsletters work together.
You ask. You thank. You report.You ask. You thank. You report.You ask. You thank. You report.
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The virtuous circle...
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Appeals, thanks, & newsletters work together.
You ask. You thank. You report.You ask. You thank. You report.You ask. You thank. You report.
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The virtuous circle...
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The part the charity cares about
The part the donor cares about
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And by the way...
You ask (and flatter).You thank (and flatter).You report (and flatter).
You cannot flatter too much.
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Source: Neuromarketing blog
“Even when people perceive that flattery is insincere, that flattery can still leave a lasting and positive impression of the flatterer.”
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Beginning of mail
End of mail
Elapsed time: 1-3 seconds
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Thousands of messages.Three piles.
1. Can’t ignore.2. Can safely ignore.
3. A bit interested.
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40TOM AHERN © 2014
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ABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT USABOUT US
ABOUT US ABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT USABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT US ABOUT US ABOUT US
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ABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT USABOUT US
ABOUT US ABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT USABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT US ABOUT US ABOUT US
ABOUT THE
DONOR
42TOM AHERN © 2014
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To some, this might come as a shock:
You’re in sales.43© 2014 Tom Ahern | www.AHERNCOMM.com
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Fundraising’s customer is the donor.
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Unified theory of donor communications in 2 words:
Customer satisfaction
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“Fundraisin’s no aboot the Munnie, Lassie!”
Alan Clayton most recently; from Ken Burnett; from Harold Sumption, “architect” of Oxfam
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“Please stop staring at my wallet. You’re making me
uncomfortable.”
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