Hmm. We need change strategy. Banners work well, but without changes - you know.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
przykuta
Time to use community input? There have been lots of suggestions and ideas on banners on eta...
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Przykuta przykuta@o2.pl wrote:
Hmm. We need change strategy. Banners work well, but without changes - you know.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
przykuta
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Yes. IMO - we need change in few days and comeback before Christmas with face on the banner of course (Jimbo, Sue ;). Maybe with gift box icons or something...
przykuta
Time to use community input? There have been lots of suggestions and ideas on banners on eta...
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Przykuta przykuta@o2.pl wrote:
Hmm. We need change strategy. Banners work well, but without changes - you know.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
przykuta
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I think it's important to point out that we are, in fact, using community input :)
For instance, the editor appeals that are being tested were suggested by community members and written by community members....
pb
On Dec 1, 2010, at 4:39 AM, KIZU Naoko wrote:
Time to use community input? There have been lots of suggestions and ideas on banners on eta...
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Przykuta przykuta@o2.pl wrote:
Hmm. We need change strategy. Banners work well, but without changes - you know.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
przykuta
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On 01/12/10 11:39, Przykuta wrote:
Hmm. We need change strategy. Banners work well, but without changes - you know.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
Don't know if anyone posted it before, but the current banner made it into "popular culture":
http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1811041
Cheers, r.
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Robert Stojnic rainmansr@gmail.com wrote:
Don't know if anyone posted it before, but the current banner made it into "popular culture":
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/please-read-a-personal-appeal-from-x-founder-y
-- Fajro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emFZa6ghijk&feature=player_embedded
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:37 PM, Fajro faigos@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Robert Stojnic rainmansr@gmail.com wrote:
Don't know if anyone posted it before, but the current banner made it into "popular culture":
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/please-read-a-personal-appeal-from-x-founder-y
-- Fajro
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On 2 December 2010 03:34, Mono mium monomium@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emFZa6ghijk&feature=player_embedded
Amazing. That is pure awesomeness!
(pity about the discussion after the 2minute mark, oh well).
And here's the link to buy it on iTunes if you really want :-) http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/jimmy-wales-wikipedia-appeal/id405852286...... wonder if he gives a portion of profits to the fundraiser?
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:39 AM, Przykuta przykuta@o2.pl wrote:
Hmm. We need change strategy. Banners work well, but without changes - you know.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
przykuta
I'm not sure that the drop can be attributed to a lack of effectiveness in the banners. I expect us to raise significantly more this year due to an increase in readership, but I think most people that wanted to contribute in the past with the less-than-optimal banners eventually did. Now that we have a much more effective personal appeal, those who want to contribute do it sooner rather than later.
- Brian
Hmm. We need change strategy. Banners work well, but without changes - you know.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
przykuta
I'm not sure that the drop can be attributed to a lack of effectiveness in the banners. I expect us to raise significantly more this year due to an increase in readership, but I think most people that wanted to contribute in the past with the less-than-optimal banners eventually did. Now that we have a much more effective personal appeal, those who want to contribute do it sooner rather than later.
- Brian
But look on the "Christmas days" in 2008 and 2009... The banner was changed.
przykuta
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Przykuta przykuta@o2.pl wrote:
Hmm. We need change strategy. Banners work well, but without changes -
you
know.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
przykuta
I'm not sure that the drop can be attributed to a lack of effectiveness
in
the banners. I expect us to raise significantly more this year due to an increase in readership, but I think most people that wanted to contribute
in
the past with the less-than-optimal banners eventually did. Now that we
have
a much more effective personal appeal, those who want to contribute do it sooner rather than later.
- Brian
But look on the "Christmas days" in 2008 and 2009... The banner was changed.
przykuta
That fits with what I said - a more effective banner will cause some people who would have donated at another time with a less effective banner to donate now. It's certainly true that a more effective banner will draw in some new donors, but with a more effective banner system the donation rate we are seeing makes sense. We convinced everyone who usually donates to donate right away, and now there are fewer donations per day as a result.
- Brian
We certainly do need a holiday push, though - there are plenty of great suggestions that would really bring things in.
How about trying something different?
Mono
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Brian J Mingus brian.mingus@colorado.eduwrote:
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Przykuta przykuta@o2.pl wrote:
Hmm. We need change strategy. Banners work well, but without changes
you
know.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
przykuta
I'm not sure that the drop can be attributed to a lack of effectiveness
in
the banners. I expect us to raise significantly more this year due to
an
increase in readership, but I think most people that wanted to
contribute
in
the past with the less-than-optimal banners eventually did. Now that we
have
a much more effective personal appeal, those who want to contribute do
it
sooner rather than later.
- Brian
But look on the "Christmas days" in 2008 and 2009... The banner was changed.
przykuta
That fits with what I said - a more effective banner will cause some people who would have donated at another time with a less effective banner to donate now. It's certainly true that a more effective banner will draw in some new donors, but with a more effective banner system the donation rate we are seeing makes sense. We convinced everyone who usually donates to donate right away, and now there are fewer donations per day as a result.
- Brian
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Hey gang,
We're testing editor appeals right now. We've got the click throughs where we need them, it's just a matter of polishing the letter. :)
Once we've got that, we're in good shape there, and can move on to our next phase, which is a campaign update, probably from Sue, with the introduction of a graphical thermometer treatment (though this is all fairly preliminary)....
This is exactly as we expected... we knew there would be several phases to this campaign, and we're hitting them just almost exactly when we thought we would.
:)
pb
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On Dec 1, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Mono mium wrote:
We certainly do need a holiday push, though - there are plenty of great suggestions that would really bring things in.
How about trying something different?
Mono
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Brian J Mingus brian.mingus@colorado.eduwrote:
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Przykuta przykuta@o2.pl wrote:
Hmm. We need change strategy. Banners work well, but without changes
you
know.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
przykuta
I'm not sure that the drop can be attributed to a lack of effectiveness
in
the banners. I expect us to raise significantly more this year due to
an
increase in readership, but I think most people that wanted to
contribute
in
the past with the less-than-optimal banners eventually did. Now that we
have
a much more effective personal appeal, those who want to contribute do
it
sooner rather than later.
- Brian
But look on the "Christmas days" in 2008 and 2009... The banner was changed.
przykuta
That fits with what I said - a more effective banner will cause some people who would have donated at another time with a less effective banner to donate now. It's certainly true that a more effective banner will draw in some new donors, but with a more effective banner system the donation rate we are seeing makes sense. We convinced everyone who usually donates to donate right away, and now there are fewer donations per day as a result.
- Brian
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