Innovation, testing lead to exponential program growth

Challenge

Brigham and Women’s Hospital was looking for a way to shake up their direct response program in 2017. As their partner, we began digging into their data, creative and offers to find key areas for optimization across channels.  

Our Role

Direct Mail

Digital

Multichannel Strategy

Creative Direction

3,151.2%

Increase in revenue

61.8%

Lift in revenue per donor

26.8%

Increase in retention rates

Solution

Thanks to our strong partnership and the organization’s willingness to run tests and try new things, we were able to introduce the following areas of optimization and innovation over the last five years: 

  • Testing aggressively in acquisition to confirm controls 
  • Modeling patient names to create a pipeline for donor conversion 
  • Focusing on recapturing deeply lapsed names 
  • Introducing a monthly rolling patient acquisition program, timing communications with recent hospital visits 
  • Completely remodeling their renewal program, introducing tests to find the right offers and packages 
  • Introducing co-op models for prospecting to increase donor pool 
  • Relaunching the Brigham Circle Society, BWH’s mid-level program 

Results

Through our work, Brigham and Women’s Hospital has experienced exponential growth! Since FY17, the hospital has seen an increase in total net revenue of $1,559,447, or 3,151.2%. Our emphasis on retention has driven program-wide revenue per donor up by 61.8% since FY17. Our engagement strategy has increased retention rates by 26.8%.  

“As football is a game of inches, so is Direct Marketing fundraising–many mini-breakthroughs have added up to create a more efficient and effective program. It is only through our partnership with RKD that this has been possible. From mail to digital, from monthly giving to mid-level, RKD has been right there with us on all levels of the program, helping us build, grow and improve.”

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