Theo - We sent the same number of waves of email this year as last year. But we asked a little less. We asked past donors twice. (Taking out anyone who donated.)
And we emailed this year's donors and ask them to share our email with a friend. That is exactly 9945% fewer emails than any other major non-profit that relies on donations sends to their donors, which I think is cool. Zack On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Theo10011 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Zack > > I have a questions. I donated in the past, so I saw some donation request > emails also came in. Are there likely to be more emails between now and the > end? > > I understand the point about efficiency and maximizing the revenue, but a > heads-up before the team tries something new might also be helpful. > > Regards > Theo > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Zack Exley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone - > > > > It's a trade off between doing things that might annoy some people in the > > banners vs. reducing the number of days we need to run banners at all. > It's > > hard to find the right balance. > > > > We're always trying to find the least annoying banners that make the most > > money so that we can run them the shortest possible time. > > > > We reduced the fundraiser from 50 days to 46 this year. Next year we hope > > to shave more days off again. > > > > The alternating message banners work really well on the last couple days > > because there are two different very effective messages in those days. > But > > we're always looking for a better way, so maybe next year we won't have > to > > do alternating messages at all. > > > > Zack > > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Theo10011 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > 2011/12/31 geni <[email protected]>: > > > > > We appear to have actual blinking ads. Unfortunate. Still I suppose > > > > > the occasion should be marked. > > > > > > > > They are not blinking in a manner that is even remotely obnoxious. > And > > > > they are also used for displaying bilingual messages, which is very > > > > useful for areas in which you can't be sure whether people prefer > > > > English or the local language, like India. > > > > > > > > > Actually, no. They are obnoxious in any language and area. Also, the > most > > > widely viewed banners are in English in India. > > > > > > We see the same blinks with the same pair of eyes as the rest of the > > world. > > > Content of the blink-ads, doesn't change what they are. > > > > > > Regards > > > Theo > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Zack Exley > > Chief Community Officer > > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Zack Exley Chief Community Officer Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
