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Rashid for Illinois

A texting and ads program that runs between elections

A fundraising partnership with State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid, running his texting program and paid ads.

1,000+

donors gave through our ads and texts

The challenge

The campaign needed consistent donor acquisition and re-engagement across channels, without losing money doing it.

What we did

We run the campaign's SMS program and digital ads together: ads bring in new donors, texts bring them back, and we keep testing creative, audiences and messages month over month.

How the program unfolded

  1. Texting program launches

  2. Digital ads added to bring in new donors

  3. Ads and texts run as one program between elections

The result

A program that raises money year-round, between elections as well as in the final weeks before one.

  • 1,000+ donors gave through our ads and texts

How every gift is traced

Every ad and every text gets its own refcode on the donation link. When a gift comes in, it's matched to the exact ad or text that raised it, and recurring installments stay with the message that started them. Money we can't match is counted, never guessed.

  • TextThursday 6:00 PM“Polls close in 48 hours…”Credited $54.00
  • AdDoctor video, 15sVideo ad, square and verticalCredited $10.00
  • No refcodeDirect to the donation pageNo link we can traceCounted $50.00, not credited

Select a gift to see where its credit goes.

Example of how donations are matched to ads and texts. Select a gift to see which source it is credited to.
RefcodeSourceGiftStatus
Text · Thursday 6:00 PM$27.00Matched
Ad · Doctor video, 15s$10.00Matched
Direct to the donation page$50.00Counted, not credited

This $27 came through the link in Thursday's text, so it's credited to that text.

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  • Video & creative

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