Online Fundraising & the Social Web: A Primer « Chrissie Brodigan
Online Fundraising & the Social Web: A Primer Social Assets (Facebook Fan Page, Twitter, YouTube Channel, etc.) are marketing channels that help you get your organization’s message and content out to your audience. Facebook and Twitter alone won’t get you contributions! Facebook and Twitter are awesome web 2.0 supplements to your fundraising strategy to: * Raise awareness * Connect with...
Read MoreNon-Profit Generating Revenue Through Facebook & Twitter « Mike Holden’s blog
The non-profit teaching certification program I work for ran a small promotion on Facebook and Twitter last week and we saw some nice results, bringing in over $12,000 in revenue in one day. The promotion also helped us gain new followers, particularly on Facebook, where we’ve gained about 100 new fans since we first announced the promotion about two weeks ago. Here’s what we did…it’s...
Read MoreFacebook fundraising = How it might help you ! – lots2play’s blog
Relatively unknown since 2007, fundraising on Facebook is still in early stages of development, but leads the way in charitable web applications. Charity presence on Facebook originated in standard profile pages which users could join as a 'friend', but is getting increasingly sophisticated, with charities taking online donations and launching their own applications to...
Read MoreAfter Slactivism: Causeglobal
Share Who says social advocates can’t raise big money and forge lasting donor relationships online for their causes? Today’s South by Southwest (SxSW) panel on slacktivism — more elegantly and formally called Debunking the Myth of Social Media Fundraising — offered a rousing antidote to the notion of ineffectual, click-and-give philanthropy. Urban Dictionary defines...
Read MoreOptimize your Online Giving for the Social Web (Day 9) – Johnhaydon.com
This is day 9 of the 31 Day Challenge To Optimize Your Blog With Social Media. Yesterday Grant Griffiths spoke about optimizing your email and RSS feed, today my good friend Frank Barry talks about optimizing donation pages. __________________ As the web becomes more social in nature people grow to expect more social behavior on your web site. Have you thought about how that affects you? Or how...
Read MoreTip of the Month: Fundraising With Piryx on Facebook in 5 Easy Steps.: Tomserres.com
Share Monday, January 25, 2010 at 3:32PM Christmas has come and gone, and January has been yet another busy month for Piryx. In last month’s “Tip of The Month” we covered the “Give a Gift” feature. Feel free to read up on that, and be sure to watch out for new enhancements in the coming weeks! As part of January’s tip of the month, we’re going to...
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