The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

How adding a book to the image of a Facebook Ad increases donations

Experiment ID: #28784

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate are a Roman Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded after the French Revolution by St. Eugene De Mazenod to work among the poor. Today there are nearly 4,000 missionaries working in more than 60 countries around the world.

Experiment Summary

Ended On: 03/03/2020

We offer many eBooks and wanted to test showing a picture with a book on our Facebook Ads.

Research Question

We wanted to see if we would get more donations from simply adding an image of a book to our eBook Facebook Ads.

Design

C: Generic Photo
T1: Book Image Added

Results

 Treatment NameConv. RateRelative DifferenceConfidence
C: Generic Photo 0.05%
T1: Book Image Added 0.09%67.4% 97.5%

This experiment has a required sample size of 44,813 in order to be valid. Since the experiment had a total sample size of 113,136, and the level of confidence is above 95% the experiment results are valid.

Flux Metrics Affected

The Flux Metrics analyze the three primary metrics that affect revenue (traffic, conversion rate, and average gift). This experiment produced the following results:

    0% increase in traffic
× 67.4% increase in conversion rate
× 0% increase in average gift

Key Learnings

We found out that adding a book to the photo increased donations. Because of the increase in donations we also saw the revenue go up. The generic image had $710 and the book image had $1384 in revenue. It also had a higher click rate on Facebook. Adding the book seems to have caught peoples attention and showed them what they will be receiving by clicking through the ad and signing up.


Experiment Documented by Rebekah Josefy
Rebekah Josefy is an Optimization Director at NextAfter.

Question about experiment #28784

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