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 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 MoreMake your next campaign a social media success
Share March 3rd, 2010 by Elizabeth Ricca Looking for inspiration for your nonprofit’s next social media campaign? Look no further than the Robin Hood Foundation’s “I Fed” campaign, a volunteer-driven, social media fundraising effort to provide 120,000 meals to New Yorkers in need over the 2009 holiday season. The six-week campaign played out on Facebook and Twitter, mobilized...
Read Morelots2play: How to use your Twitter page to support your #fund raising? and other socail media sites!
How to use your Twitter page to support your #fund raising? and other socail media sites! Twitter, along with Facebook, Myspace, Bebo and others, is one of the most popular and fastest growing social media websites these days. There are millions of users already on Twitter so chances are good that some of your supporters/donors/friends are already registered and tweeting away. The nice thing...
Read More10 Tips for Successful Twitter Fundraising: Mashable.com
Share 10 Tips for Successful Twitter Fundraising Courtesy of Mashable.com Twitter fundraising has steadily been on the rise in the last two years. Twitter has been used to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities and charitable causes, and has been used to spread awareness about social issues. But it takes more than posting multiple tweets a day to get the job done. We talked to a...
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