Direct Mail campaigns during Covid-19

Hi everyone, given the situation with Covid-19 and the reduction of physically handled communication, how is everyone approaching the direct mail element for their fundraising campaigns this year?
Like most, we scaled this back heavily throughout 2020. I’d love to gain some insights into how organisations are choosing to balance this moving forward into 2021...
Thanks in advance for sharing your approaches!
Cheers,
Leonie
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  • We were cautious with our first few mailings closer to the start of the pandemic, but our direct mail results were the highest they've ever been.  Best conversion rates and highest donation average in the 14 years of full data we have in Tessitura.  Our acquisition mailing in the fall to recent subscribers and ticket purchasers generated a 6% conversion rate with an average gift of $124.  The ROI on the campaign is absolutely crazy for an acquisition mailing, and all of our renewal mailings are performing at almost double results compared to the previous year.

    My recommendation from our experience and Canadian studies that have happened is don't pull back unless you absolutely have to.  This is the time when people are willing to support Arts the most!

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  • We were cautious with our first few mailings closer to the start of the pandemic, but our direct mail results were the highest they've ever been.  Best conversion rates and highest donation average in the 14 years of full data we have in Tessitura.  Our acquisition mailing in the fall to recent subscribers and ticket purchasers generated a 6% conversion rate with an average gift of $124.  The ROI on the campaign is absolutely crazy for an acquisition mailing, and all of our renewal mailings are performing at almost double results compared to the previous year.

    My recommendation from our experience and Canadian studies that have happened is don't pull back unless you absolutely have to.  This is the time when people are willing to support Arts the most!

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