A top 10 non-profit international development organization with programs in 50 developing countries reached out to us to execute an integrated marketing campaign for a Nepal disaster relief appeal. The appeal centered around the two devastating Nepal earthquakes that occurred on April 25th and May 12th, 2015, affecting thousands of communities and families. Reacting quickly to the crisis, we rapidly implemented a marketing plan that included direct mail, display advertising, display media buys, email marketing, and paid search advertising, and executed on this strategy over the course of three months. The goals of this campaign were to:
- Generate $100K in total revenue.
- Raise awareness for the organization’s mission and Nepal disaster relief, looking specifically at new donor acquisition.
- Increase qualified traffic and engagement on the website, examining the source and medium of traffic.
- Create compelling email content and stories, with targeted messaging and calls-to-action to donate.
Only a month into the Nepal campaign, we drove a +6,606% month-over-month increase in revenue and a +5,778% increase in transactions from email alone, with a 26% donation conversion rate resulting from email in April 2015. Although in the past direct mail had accounted for an overwhelming majority of donations to the client’s emergency disaster relief efforts, we saw that digital channels drove 53% of the total revenue for Nepal. The total revenue generated amounted to $426,673, over 4x the initial goal.
+6,606%
month-over-month increase in revenue
26%
donation conversion rate