Are your donors giving out of fear?
I was de-briefed on some research a while ago. During one of the workshops a female donor had said that she dreaded canceling a direct debit because she knew that she’d get a phone call asking her to start again. This fear was enough to stop her canceling. There was…
Not another bloody graph!
Yep. Another graph. But hopefully the last one for a while. I'll try to get back to humorous videos, anecdotes and lovely qually research as soon as possible. I'm not sure how useful this one is going to be, but it's pretty interesting all the same. Bill…
Pay what you choose
It seems the downturn in the amount of goods being donated to charity shops is continuing. David Moir, head of policy at the Association of Charity Shops, is reported in The Guardian as saying:
How do donors differentiate between charities?
Donors often struggle to describe what makes one charity different from another. I've seen people in research groups trying to prise child welfare organisations apart by talking about levels of "seriousness" or average age of beneficiaries. I've seen healthcare charities being discussed in terms of bedside manner….
Test results: Recession based copy reduces appeal income
I blogged about the effects of directly talking about the credit crunch in appeal copy in early December. I’m now able to share details about the test. It was undertaken with The Prostate Cancer Charity as part of their Christmas appeal. We mailed two packs that were virtually identical….
The trouble with The Guardian
Polly Toynbee in The Guardian on Saturday painted a grim picture of the current state of philanthropy. Read her article and you could be forgiven for pulling the duvet over your head and hibernating until spring 2010. There's Tom Hunter changing his mind about giving…
Results on credit crunch copy vs normal copy test
This is a quick heads up on one of the tests we've been involved with on the effect of directly talking about the credit crunch in DM packs. Same packs, same projects, same asks – but one version placed emphasis on the effects of the economic downturn. The other pack simply…
New Research on attitudes to cancelling direct debits
There is another piece of research available on the effect of the economy on giving to charity. This time it’s from Rapp and they have focused on attitudes to direct debits. We don’t have access to the whole report but the top line figures don’t…
37% of donors say they are less likely to give to new charities
During the recent rocky times, the fear amongst fundraisers has been of donors cutting back on giving, but every indication we have at Bluefrog is of something different happening. Money isn’t being stashed under mattresses or in biscuit tins in preparation for a financial apocalypse….
New research indicates 6 percent are now giving less
We have another piece of data to add to the ever-growing library on attitudes to giving in the current economic climate. I have already blogged on Bluefrog’s qualitative research and the September RNLI study As regular readers wil no doubt remember, ongoing Bluefrog qualitative research (amongst mid-value donors) is…
Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Essentials
‘Tis Halloween. Keep to the light and beware the Four Fundraisers of the Apocalypse!
Why do people give? The Donor Participation Project with Louis Diez.
A guide to fundraising on the back of a postcard
What does the latest research tell us about the state of fundraising?
How do donors manage their philanthropic budgets?