Think of your crowdfunding campaign like a big project launch opening party. If you were throwing a party, you wouldn’t keep it a secret until the day of – if you did, no one would show up! Treat your crowdfunding campaign like an event that you’re selling tickets to – build momentum and get buy-in before your launch date. Spend …
LinkedIn is integral to telling your nonprofit organization’s ‘professional’ story. With over 400 million professional users, LinkedIn is a great resource for potential donors and potential partner corporations. Think of LinkedIn as a constant, virtual networking event at your disposal. You want to be on your A-game so you can: Share your organization’s elevator pitch with the professional world Share …
People are quick to like the causes they care about on social media. They’ll dole out the likes, shares, and retweets with abandon, but getting your followers to step up and support your cause with their hard-earned money requires more work. The good news is that if they’re already engaging with you on social media, they’re more likely to donate. …
Sponsorship provides an opportunity for brands to spread the word about their company while rewarding your donors. For example, Restaurant.com sponsorship is available for FundRazr campaigns based in the United States.
I’m willing to bet this has happened to you or someone you know – let us know if you’ve heard this one before. You see an article online on a news website about a family, nonprofit, or project that needs help. The article says that the cause has raised a certain amount of their goal, and names the website that …
Aprons for Gloves uses FundRazr’s sub-campaigns to easily track who’s raising money for the cause while making it as easy as possible for contenders to engage their audiences with Aprons for Gloves-branded content.
With sub-campaigns you enable influencers and affiliates to use the content from your master campaign (images, videos, your brand story) and put their own spin on it with their own content and perks, allowing you to track exactly which campaign your contributions are coming from.
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY: Nicolle Hodges – I woke up from a dream, and in it I was drowning. When my eyes opened, I wasn’t drenched in sweat or gasping for air. I was simply lying on my back, looking up at the beige, cracked ceiling of my West End apartment. There was nothing special about the moment that indicated something …
Promotion is one of the most important aspects of any crowdfunding campaign, regardless of whether its philanthropic or entrepreneurial. Here are three places you can promote your FundRazr campaign that you likely hadn’t thought of before.
Teenagers Jemima and Imogen know a thing or two about crowdfunding success from their project to raise money for breast cancer awareness in China.