Social Networks Fundraising & Advocacy ROI Calculator http://www.frogloop.com/social-network-calculator If you’re expecting to use social networks to raise money with minimal work, you can expect to see a -90% ROI against time spent by staff. This is a conservative estimate using widely published benchmarks for online marketing, and an hourly wage of $10/hr.

Trade-off of Grow vs. Buy If the cost of growing your email list through in-house marketing is higher than $2-3 per email address, your organization is instantly losing money and lots of time.

Calculating Cost Per Email Total cost per email = $5.20 Instant loss!! = $2.20-$3.20 Staff Salary + Benefits (+30%) Annual Email Subscribers $40,000 + $12,000 10,000 email addresses

Save Darfur: 10 Days to $415,000 In June of 2007, M&R helped Save Darfur raise $415,000 via email in 10 Days Over 6 months on Facebook Causes, Save Darfur raised $15,000 from nearly 1 million “ friends” = $.02/friend

In June of 2007, M&R helped Save Darfur raise $415,000 via email in 10 Days

Over 6 months on Facebook Causes, Save Darfur raised $15,000 from nearly 1 million

“ friends” = $.02/friend

Long, long tail of Facebook Causes 1000’s try, > 90% fail Likely to get between $0-$30 ROI on time invested is negative Average donation/supporter is $1.24 No way to communicate with donors en-masse Frogloop.com/facebook-causes-analysis

1000’s try, > 90% fail

Likely to get between $0-$30

ROI on time invested is negative

Average donation/supporter is $1.24

No way to communicate with donors en-masse

Frogloop.com/facebook-causes-analysis

MySpace: a Place for Donors? http://www.frogloop.com/myspace-analysis

Who Should Try Social Networking Campaigns? Groups that have already maximized their email marketing strategies Groups with lots of volunteers Groups with huge email networks and budgets to experiment Groups with dedicated staff for care and feeding

Groups that have already maximized their email marketing strategies

Groups with lots of volunteers

Groups with huge email networks and budgets to experiment

Groups with dedicated staff for care and feeding