Specimen #8
Turning around a 5-Year Decline
2011
$104,290
2012
$99,645
-4.45%
2013
$83,834
-15.87%
2014
$73,060
-12.85%
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Client’s Presenting Problem: This nonprofit had experienced a 4-year decline in giving. They needed to change the direction of this year-over-year trend. They needed a spark to their program. They needed new growth to the file as well as recapturing their lapsed supporters.
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Our Diagnosis: We implemented the following strategies to grow their file and turn around the downward trend:
- Retain existing members – we decreased retention loss by 2.5%
- Reactivating lapsed members – over 15,000 members were reactivated through an ongoing cultivation strategy; as such, we were able to lower the cost of acquisition.
- Roll out of major direct acquisition program – generated 80,000 free trial memberships that converted at a rate of 12% to new members
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The Results: Constituency grew by 6.5% during a span of two years following a four-year steady decrease in membership. Our digital marketing philosophy and technological tools assisted us in generating this two-year growth curve — acquiring new supporters and cultivating existing members to see the reach and engagement of this organization increase with their members.