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Everything I know in
10 Minutes
Tom Ahern
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Source: Jeff Brooks reporting on AMA Journal of Marketing Research, 2011
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Source: Dan Ariely, Duke U., 2010Direct Mail | © 2014 Tom Ahern | www.AHERNCOMM.com
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The virtuous circle...
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.”
© Tom Ahern | © 1249-2015
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4%
11%
17%
22%
47%<3535-4445-5455-6465+
Donors by age (percentage)
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For eyes over 60...
AIGA recommends 14 pt. for body copy.
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What do “readers” really see• Artwork: 80 percent• Photos: 75 percent• Headlines: 56 percent• Briefs: 31 percent• Captions: 29 percent• Text: 25 percent*
*This number is abnormally high, according to Poynter Institute researchers. They tested prototypes rather than actual publications. Prototypes invariably produce higher, more positive numbers than real publications. Source: Ann WylieDonor Newsltr-Kivi-1 | © 2015 Tom Ahern | www.AHERNCOMM.com
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Dr. Adrian Sargeant:Why donors stay loyal
You’ve established a personal link
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The first gift you ask for is my attention.
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“Are you hogging the credit or giving it to
your donors?”
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Corporate communications are about how great the organization is. Favorite pronoun:
we
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Donor communications are about how great the donor is. Favorite pronoun:
you
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Thanks to youand other generous donors like you,
we were able to turn...
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Donor comms 101
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“We support a charity or a soccer team or a perfume because it gives us a chance to love something about ourselves.”
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Source: Seth Godin
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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...
The part the charity cares
aboutThe part the
donor cares about
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Your thanks and your newsletters are your HUG!
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“Donors are staggeringly ignorant of the causes they
support.”--
Richard Radcliffe
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DONORS MAY BE IGNORANT, but what they DO have in abundance are their own personal values, interests, beliefs, connections, experiences, upbringing, lost loves, secret passions, regrets, fears, angers, hopes, and built-in empathy [except for psychopaths]...
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You’re in my home:
“Why are you here?”
Bad guest or good?
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The first gift you ask for is my attention.
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The average attention span of an adult
human in 2013 was 8 seconds.
We’re #1!
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I pay attention to what interests me.
And what interests me most is me. Ask anyone.
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