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Improving the Welcome Process for Regular Givers Michael Ward Database Marketing Coordinator. ThankQ Tech Forum 13 February 2013. Northcott: supporting > 11,000 people Limited Regular Giving Program pre-2012 Current target of 45 new RGs per week Three Regular Giving Products
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Improving the Welcome Process for Regular Givers Michael Ward Database Marketing Coordinator ThankQ Tech Forum 13 February 2013
Northcott: supporting > 11,000 people Limited Regular Giving Program pre-2012 Current target of 45 new RGs per week Three Regular Giving Products Customised communications Based on Source Code THE ORGANISATION
The Problem How things used to be
Three separate Mailings Manual Customisation Monotonous and prone to error Time consuming: 5 mins per donor = 4 hours for 50 donors THE PROBLEM
Specific Customisation Text & picture based on selected program Description of the Program Value of Monthly Donations Date of Donations Payment Type THE PROBLEM
The Solution Where do we go from here?
Pledge Acknowledgement Feature Combined use of text rules and merge fields Set up a Master Template THE SOLUTION
The Setup Preparing our ThankQ System
Step 1: Text rules THE SETUP
Step 2: Merge fields THE SETUP
Step 3: IF Statements in MS Word THE SETUP
Step 4: Create Master Template THE SETUP
The Process How we do things now
Create Pledges Create a new mailing THE PROCESS
Create Pledges Create a new mailing & Load Pledge Acknowledgements THE PROCESS
Create Pledges Create a new mailing & Load Pledge Acknowledgements Apply Text Rules THE PROCESS
Create Pledges Create a new mailing & Load Pledge Acknowledgements Apply Text Rules Merge to Master Template THE PROCESS
Create Pledges Create a new mailing & Load Pledge Acknowledgements Apply Text Rules Merge to Master Template View and Print THE PROCESS !
Create Pledges Create a new mailing & Load Pledge Acknowledgements Apply Text Rules Merge to Master Template View and Print THE PROCESS
So what does this mean? The impact on daily workflow
Simplified, automated process No chance of error Time and cost saving Approx. 20 times more efficient WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Thanks for watching. michael.ward@northcott.com.au