27 Jan 2012 No Comments
Over the course of the week we have been discussing how to best share your fundraising page online. Here is a brief recap of this week’s series. The 5 “Don’t”s of sharing your fundraising page on Twitter Make sure your Twitter followers have a clear idea of what you are trying to do in [...]
23 Jan 2012 1 Comment
This week, we’ll be doing a “Sharing your fundraising page” series to go over some best practices around sharing your fundraising pages through social media. We’ll kick things off today with Twitter and discuss how you can best share your fundraising page online. Be sure to check back throughout the week for more sharing [...]
10 Mar 2010 No Comments
As of today we are offering an easy way for your supporters to raise awareness about your cause, and help ask for donations. You can find icons on your supporters fundraising page that link directly to their Facebook and Twitter accounts. We’ve also added a feature for donors that allow them to “share” the page [...]
05 Aug 2009 1 Comment
Attention fundraisers using twitter – tweet your fundraising page with a Twibbon for extra impact. Whether you’re raising money online for a cause you care about or working for a nonprofit organization to build your online fundraising community, Scotland-based company Storm Ideas has something for you! They recently released an application called Twibbon, which lets [...]
23 Mar 2009 No Comments
Last week a bunch of fundraisers and non-profit organizations participated in our Twitter contest. They tweeted their fundraising pages, and we chose four winners at random. Here they are: Tom (@greenjungle) is raising money for the Florida International Teaching Zoo. You can read about his Earth Day event and see some excellent Flickr photos that [...]
16 Mar 2009 No Comments
Thanks to all you folks out there on Twitter, we’ve just surpassed 1,000 followers. And to celebrate, we’re sponsoring a Twitter contest this week. You could win a donation to your fundraising page! Here’s how: 1. If you don’t already have one, sign up for a Twitter account and follow us. Otherwise, skip to step [...]
02 Mar 2009 No Comments
Not too long ago, we hosted a free webinar on “Using Social Media to Expand your Fundraising Horizons.” If you missed it, you can view the video here. And there’s also a lively discussion, with Q&A from the webinar, happening on Facebook. One topic that comes up a lot in the social media discussion is social [...]
20 Nov 2008 1 Comment
Are you a travelblogger? Or just full of wanderlust? Need some long underwear for your next travel adventure? Pam and some of her fellow travelbloggers have put together a travel-inspired initiative to raise money online for Heifer International. Each 10 dollar donation to their fundraising page enters you into the raffle for one of the [...]
31 Jul 2008 2 Comments
Here at Firstgiving, we really believe in the power of connecting people to raise money for the causes they believe in. And social media – blogs, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, social networking, etc. – is the latest way to connect people for a cause or any reason. So we’re running some donation promotions to help people [...]
29 Jul 2008 3 Comments
Back in June, we wrote about how people are using Twitter to promote their fundraising efforts. To help our fundraisers and NPOs get more comfortable using social media tools to raise money online, we’re offering the chance to win some donation dollars for your cause just by using Twitter. Here’s how: 1. Follow Firstgiving on [...]
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