There are many components that make a year-end appeal successful — an engaged audience, a compelling story, an integrated approach, a motivating “ask” — to name a few. Many of these pieces can’t readily be cultivated overnight, which makes it all the more fruitful when you’ve done the work and can put all the pieces into place.
The Transforming Center’s 2018 year-end appeal was one of these cases, built on the strategic efforts of several years, successfully exceeding the fundraising goal three-times over. Yep, you read that right – three times the goal!
For the past several years, Spire2 has worked with the Transforming Center to grow and maintain their list. And beyond that, we’ve helped them leverage audience segmentation and use variable data to deliver more relevant messages to existing and potential donors. This campaign used four different reply card messages based on the recipient’s level of involvement with the Transforming Center.
Once the direct mail dropped, we coordinated several email campaigns which tied back into the messaging and visuals of the mailed campaign.
Are you prepared to capture the attention of the next generation of donors?
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