Re: [Wikimedia-l] Second Fundraising experiment on Facebook

2018-06-18 Thread Caitlin Cogdill
*Hi Jim,Thanks for the suggestion. We’re only focusing on Facebook for this first series of tests. We know its user base is both vast and global which makes it an attractive option. We may consider testing other platforms in the future.In regards to posting metrics, we will be releasing our annual

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Second Fundraising experiment on Facebook

2018-06-15 Thread James Salsman
Caitlin, Are we planning to compare the costs and outcomes of donation appeals using other internet advertisers? I predict Nextdoor.com have a substantially lower cost per donation than Facebook, but there is only one way to find out. I would say the same for Google Adwords and Bing ads, in that

[Wikimedia-l] Second Fundraising experiment on Facebook

2018-06-15 Thread Caitlin Cogdill
Hello all, A year ago, the WMF Fundraising team ran an experiment showing donation appeals on Facebook. While the experiment was valuable, we need more experience and data to properly assess Facebook’s viability as a potential revenue channel. This is important to us because leveraging Facebook’s