I just wanted to add that I like all of Erik's ideas. One more thing I would like to see is how much we are earning in subscriptions, so that we can expect income monthly. Have we passed $1000 a month yet? $5,000?
Danny
--- daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
I just wanted to add that I like all of Erik's ideas. One more thing I would like to see is how much we are earning in subscriptions, so that we can expect income monthly. Have we passed $1000 a month yet? $5,000?
Only 45 subscriptions set-up so far (linking contributing membership to that and sending people wampum - t-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, etc - for donating at certain levels will increase that).
Counting both monthly and yearly/12 we can expect to gross:
257.50 US dollars per month + 26 pounds (46.92 USD) per month + 52 euro (63.82 USD) per month = 373.24 USD per month*
*PayPal data only (I'm not sure if Moneybookers allows for subscription payments...).
Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia CFO
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daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
I just wanted to add that I like all of Erik's ideas.
Indeed.
One thing he didn't focus on is our writing style. I find that we are frequently way too wordy and NPOV in our own marketing efforts. I'm not suggesting that we go overboard with garishness, etc., but we should recognize that many or most donations will be "impulse purchases" and to inspire that, an emotional connection is best.
If we go back and read my "open letter" for our first ever fundraiser, it was a fairly emotional appeal. (I can't actually find it online right now, did it get lost?)
--Jimbo
Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales wrote:
If we go back and read my "open letter" for our first ever fundraiser, it was a fairly emotional appeal. (I can't actually find it online right now, did it get lost?)
http://taurus.kake.info.waseda.ac.jp/wikip/joyful/joyful.u.cgi?mode=res&...
English/Japanese
Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales a écrit:
daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
I just wanted to add that I like all of Erik's ideas.
Indeed.
One thing he didn't focus on is our writing style. I find that we are frequently way too wordy and NPOV in our own marketing efforts. I'm not suggesting that we go overboard with garishness, etc., but we should recognize that many or most donations will be "impulse purchases" and to inspire that, an emotional connection is best.
If we go back and read my "open letter" for our first ever fundraiser, it was a fairly emotional appeal. (I can't actually find it online right now, did it get lost?)
--Jimbo
It's here Jimbo...http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto/0409/Fr
See also http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto/0409/Fr-2 (in french)
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto/0409/En-2 (in english)
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto/0409/Pl-2 (in polish)
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto/0409/Zh-2 (in chinese)
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Quarto/0409/Ja-2 (in japanese)
Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales a écrit:
daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
I just wanted to add that I like all of Erik's ideas.
Indeed.
One thing he didn't focus on is our writing style. I find that we are frequently way too wordy and NPOV in our own marketing efforts. I'm not suggesting that we go overboard with garishness, etc., but we should recognize that many or most donations will be "impulse purchases" and to inspire that, an emotional connection is best.
If we go back and read my "open letter" for our first ever fundraiser, it was a fairly emotional appeal. (I can't actually find it online right now, did it get lost?)
--Jimbo
I mean your last fairly emotional open letter is here :-)
(still looking for a decent french translation of your introduction, emotions are hard to translate)
Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales a écrit:
daniwo59@aol.com wrote:
I just wanted to add that I like all of Erik's ideas.
Indeed.
One thing he didn't focus on is our writing style. I find that we are frequently way too wordy and NPOV in our own marketing efforts. I'm not suggesting that we go overboard with garishness, etc., but we should recognize that many or most donations will be "impulse purchases" and to inspire that, an emotional connection is best.
If we go back and read my "open letter" for our first ever fundraiser, it was a fairly emotional appeal. (I can't actually find it online right now, did it get lost?)
--Jimbo
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