GiveForward - Fundraising Made Simple

When you are fundraising, the great majority of your donations come from family, friends and friends of friends so it’s up to you to promote the heck out of your project.  Mostly you’re going to promote your fundraising page through emails, a Facebook group if you’ve created one and perhaps even the good old fashion way of face to face interaction.

But what do you do in those rare moments when you are not emailing/calling/facebooking the world to let them know about your awesome fundraising efforts?  Well, you should keep the fact that you are fundraising for a good cause at the forefront of your friends’ minds by adding your fundraising page’s link to your Facebook, Gchat, or AIM status message.

Just so you know, you aren’t going to get a ton of new people to donate just by putting a status message up.  But putting up a message will serve as a good reminder to the people you’ve already emailed/facebooked to donate if they haven’t already done so.

Here are a few examples of things you can try:

The True Update

“Just reached 25% of my fundraising goal to cure childhood cancer.  Thanks everyone for contributing.  http://www.giveforward.org/adioscancer”

The Bribe Update

“Raising money for cancer research. The next 50 people to contribute will be entered into a raffle to win a high five from yours truly. Hooray!! http://www.giveforward.org/adioscancer”

The Quasi-Spanish Update

“Cancer = No bueno, amigos. Please Donate.  Muchos Gracias.  http://www.giveforward.org/adioscancer”

For more AWESOME fundraising tips and how to use Facebook and the Interwebs to promote your fundraiser, check out USAFundraising.com

Mucho bueno!