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Alzheimer’s Research UK wanted to recruit a cohort of very high value donors, so we developed a high value campaign to help fund its ongoing research to find a cure for Alzheimer’s.

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I need a new address

May 9, 2011

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I was reminiscing the other day about the joy of writing and receiving letters and my friend lamented that people send emails nowadays. Well that seemed pretty obvious – yeah, I suppose they do.But just looking at my personal email inbox today I can’t find any messages from people I know; every single one is a marketing message of some description.

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The old volume vs value debate is always ongoing and is as pertinent as ever with the arrival, and spread, of social media. But the way people communicate has changed, the tools we have are different, and so the debate has moved on…

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  I read this article from Third Sector magazine about Michael Naidu of Mencap, who is also vice-chair of the PFRA, asking that attrition rates from all channels of fundraising be published.  Currently it is only face to face (F2F) fundraising that reports attrition levels (I’m guessing this also includes door to door). I agree [...]

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Evolution of virtual gifts

January 10, 2011

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Last year, beautiful world was invited to pitch for Centrepoint’s virtual gifts campaign, to launch in the run-up to Christmas.
Our approach was both innovative and radical and, in the end, saw off three other experienced digital agencies.

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Action on Addiction needed to raise funds to support their M-PACT programme to help families with children suffering from the fallout of a family member’s addiction.

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The Four Fifths Rule

August 5, 2010

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I was sent a link to this article yesterday by a friend (who works as a fundraising consultant). She asked me what I thought about it ‘from a data perspective’. Given that the sample was so small, did I think it was indicative of anything useful to know?

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After analysing 60 million transactions from the last five years, we developed a budgeting and forecasting system for RSPCA to show where to allocate budget for the best return on investment in the short, medium and long term.

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This piece is based around the idea of a children’s story for grown-ups. It features a beautifully-illustrated booklet, with seemingly cute pictures contrasted against the harsh story of a teenage runaway.

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Most people automatically zone out of any part of a newspaper page showing an advertisement. This simple, type-led execution about dementia has an interactive hook.

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