How using a faux forward on a high urgency campaign impacts donor conversion rates
Experiment ID: #116778
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Experiment Summary
Timeframe: 11/29/2022 - 11/29/2022
Giving Tuesday is generally a big day of giving for many non-profits. In order to cut through the noise, non-profits generally use a variety of tactics for their afternoon and evening resends, the most common of which is a faux forward. But does it really work?
For the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, we put that question to the test. For the PM version of their Giving Tuesday emails, across multiple email and donor segments, we tested whether a resend of the AM version (same copy, same subject line) would have as much impact as a faux forward, where the sender is from a different person and it looks like that person is forwarding the original, AM email.
Research Question
We believe that using a faux forward for giving tuesday donors will achieve a change in donor conversion rates.
Design
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Results
| Treatment Name | Conv. Rate | Relative Difference | Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C: | Resend | 0.06% | ||
| T1: | Faux Forward | 0.10% | 73.1% | 100.0% |
This experiment has a required sample size of 34,004 in order to be valid. Since the experiment had a total sample size of 270,150, and the level of confidence is above 95% the experiment results are valid.
Flux Metrics Affected
The Flux Metrics analyze the three primary metrics that affect revenue (traffic, conversion rate, and average gift). This experiment produced the following results:
0% increase in traffic
× 73.1% increase in conversion rate
× 0% increase in average gift
Key Learnings
For the Oblates, the question of whether using a faux forward tactic, during a time of year when everyone is receiving hundreds of emails, works has been answered. There was a huge increase in donor conversion rates from the faux forward, with a 73% increase and a 99.9% level of confidence.
Additionally, this experiment wielded the following interesting points:
- While open rates are not a great metric to use for comparison, one of the main points of a faux forward is to get the reader to open the email. The treatment version averaged a 31% open rate, compared to 27% for the resend.
- When looking at performance by donor type (donor, recurring donor, non-donor) the lift continues. The donor segments saw a .61% response rate for the faux forward version versus a .5% response rate on the resend. Non-donor response rates also saw similar performance, with a 0.1% response rate on the control versus 0.2% response rate on the faux forward version.