Group Fundraising Online is Easy for Group Fundraisers to Raise Money
Do you belong to a group that needs to run some group fundraising activities in order to raise money for your operations, projects, or other needs? Are you trying to think of new ways to raise money for your cause? Try going online! When you move your campaign efforts to a social media giving platform, you can transform your group fundraisers from a campaign that makes a just few dollars, to a campaign that makes ten times as much, or more.
Offline methods are becoming less and less effective: canvassing door to door takes time and can be dangerous in certain neighbourhoods; bake sales and candy sales bring in only a few dollars and are very time consuming and costly; car washes and event dinners can also be time wasters. Bringing your group fundraisers online will help you get your cause out to the masses and bring in donations from people and places you’ve never even heard of, while allowing you to spend a little time.
It’s very simple to get your group fundraiser started up online. All you have to do is register for free at the online fundraising platform of choice; set up your campaign, which usually takes only a few minutes; then with the click of a mouse your campaign can be sent to tons of your contacts via email and on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, and more. The online fundraising platform should be free to use with no set up, monthly, or annual fees and should also do their part by sending your campaign to websites across the net that they have partnered with; this gives your campaign a more exposure and it can be seen by thousands of people in a very short time.
Managing your group fundraising campaigns is equally as simple. Just log in to your account that you created, and you will instantly have a dashboard where you can see your total donations, who donated to your cause and where they came from. This allows you to analyze your data and optimize your efforts. All donations are collected and processed by the online fundraising platform, so accuracy can be assured. Keep in mind, that a small fee for donations processing is typical. You can even manage more than one fundraising campaign, even if you have several going on at one time. You can keep everything organized and work more efficiently.
Social media is here to stay and there is no better way to connect with the world than the Internet and harnessing the power of sites like Facebook, Twitter, StumleUpon, Reddit, Digg, and others to get your message out to and engage the masses. Your group fundraisers will be more successful and you will be able to raise more money than you ever thought possible. You’ll be able to repeat the process with ease and efficiency whenever you need to.