It Isn’t Only About “Young” People
A recent article in The Economist predicts that 2020 will begin the decade of the “young old” (or “yold”). This refers to a Japanese term used to classify people aged between 65 and 75. We tend to think of “young” audiences as people below the age of 40 but many of us have audiences where the average age is above 70. We can’t forget about the people in between. The yold are more numerous, healthier ...
Spoiler Alert: Multichannel Communications Work Best With Donors
If you’ve been reading my posts over the years, you know that I’m an advocate of multichannel communications campaigns. It is important to communicate on a variety of channels (social media, email, direct mail, etc) because each channel reinforces the others and strengthens your content. Your patrons will likely see your message on more than one channel before they take an action. A recent article in Forbes provides data that shows that shows existing donors ...
Ticket Buyers Are Shoppers
A blog post recently published by the folks at dotdigital shares ideas on how to turn holiday shoppers into year-round buyers through email communications. As I read it, it struck me how these things are pretty much exactly the same for ticket buyers. Our events are products and our ticket buyers are shoppers. (Our websites are e-commerce engines as well. But I digress…) Let’s not forget this. I recommend that you read the post in ...
Thank you for the authoritative read on this issue. To me, being able to actually see the icon in the…