Comments on: Fundraising on Facebook: A Beginner’s Guide

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:07:28 +0000

I heard there was a way to do this and set up a link or something on that page where people can actually give money. Maybe it is something connected to paypal or something. We are trying to get the instructions down for our college class at church to set up fundraising pages because they are going on a missions trip to Kosovo. We would like for people to be able to pay immediately.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:57:30 +0000

Great ideas! Wish I knew them when I was fundraising…. Might have reached my goal! Happy with my $10,000 anyway!

By: John

John — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:22:31 +0000

I love the last suggestion. The idea of “donating your status” is a great one and I can see how that could be a simple and effective way to market it on Facebook. People’s status updates are extremely valuable.

John
http://www.givingsports.com

By: Shai Coggins

Shai Coggins — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:58:21 +0000

Thanks, Ethan. Great stuff! Just posted this in my week’s Top 10 favourite resources round-up – http://www.connectingup.org/blog/connecting-up/top-10-technology-and-social-media-resources-nonprofits-this-week

By: Sandra Sims

Sandra Sims — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:30:30 +0000

Here's a great post from John Haydon about groups and pages: Facebook Pages And Facebook Groups – The Ultimate Nonprofit Cheat Sheet

By: Ethan Austin

Ethan Austin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:01:44 +0000

We’ve seen that our users have been a bit more successful with Facebook groups than pages, but either a page or a group would work! I suggested a group just for simplicity sake.

By: Sue Anne Reed

Sue Anne Reed — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:52:21 +0000

Why do you suggest setting up a group and not a page?

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:27:10 +0000

Great ideas for fundraising using the Facebook platform. Thanks for sharing some of the things that work. We’ll help spread the word with people we work with.
An additional note: We are happy to help anyone who does wish to do some fundraising, particularly using Facebook friends and contacts. Special program in place that is attractive to Singles around the world and to anyone who travels locally or internationally, thus it’s easier to garner support for your charity. If you want our help to raise funds using FB (and/or other methods!), feel free to contact me. jan@shisymbol.com or skype id shi.symbol

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