Suppose I told you there's a fundraising tool that will do these things:
- Gather information on what motivates your best donors to give, so you can speak more personally and relevantly to them.
- Meaningfully increase your number of monthly donors.
- Help you find and upgrade mid-value and major donors who've been "hiding" among your general donors.
- Find donors who are ready to put your organization in their Wills -- resulting in a revenue windfall that will play out for years to come.
I'm not blowing smoke. This is a real thing, a project you can easily put to work now.
It's called the Supporter Connection Survey. It's a specific type of survey that can be fielded by direct mail or email (preferable both) to find out what individual donors think about your organization and the cause you share.
Connecting with individual donors is the key. This is not a research survey to uncover what "the file" knows and believes. You will not get statistically valid findings about your donor file with a Supporter Connection Survey, In fact, you will almost surely lead yourself astray if you try to use it to get valid research.
It's also not a fundraising "push" survey. You know that kind that basically gets the reader to agree with your values, leading up to a fundraising ask. These work well for some organizations, but they are not at all what we're talking about here!
Here are the types of questions in a Supporter Connection Survey:
- Questions about their connection with you and their motivations for donating. These questions are highly qualitative and aimed at giving you specific insight into that donor -- why she cares and what matters most to her
- Question about being a high-level. This helps uncover donors with capacity to give at a higher level than they have before. It almost always finds "hidden gold" in your file.
- A question about being a monthly donor. This one helps you find donors who are ready to make the leap into this high-value group.
- A question about bequests. This is the "money" question because it surfaces bequest leads, which can result in huge revenue in the coming years.
- A question about the donor's "loyalty" -- highly tested to find donors who feel most connected with you, regardless of their current giving level.
- Donor facts that help you build a better relationship, like email and phone number (if they're willing to share); mailing address, in case you have it wrong; birthdate and other demographics that can help you connect with them more.
In case you're thinking, "There's no way we could field such a complex survey" ... I have good news for you. You can do a Supporter Connection Survey.
I've seen it done by fundraisers at every level of experience. At very small organizations, huge global organizations, and everything in between. For all types of causes and in every part of the world.
Interested? Two things ways you can find out what to do:
- The hard way: Google it, ask around, do a lot of research, and you can probably discover what you need to know to field a solid Supporter Connection Survey.
- The easy way: Schedule a quick (free) 25-minute session with me, and I'll show you the next steps. Just Click here to schedule a session with me.
Either way, I highly recommend you explore this amazing tool!
from Future Fundraising Now http://bit.ly/31rB1dK
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