Personal Invitations
Here are recent stats (June - September '08) on how first-time guests found Five Oaks. The numbers below represent households, not individual guests.
Hudson Campus:
- Impact Cards – 19 (We did a Hudson only mailing to Hudson and surrounding communities in May or June)
- Web-site – 3
- Invitation from Friend/Family – 18
- Other – 3 from Woodbury campus, 1 – Billboard, 1 – Newspaper
Woodbury Campus:
- Web-site – 37
- Invitation from Friend/Family – 91
- Drive-by – 7
- Other – Phone book – 1, Henry’s blog – 2, Heard from people – 1, Knows EFree-1, GPS - 1
It's important to note that the retention rate from personal invitations is higher than any other category, as indicated by surveys we do of our entire congregation from time to time.