Firstgiving’s Account Management Team has been on the road for the past few months, talking with our nonprofit partners about how to raise more money online and listening to your feedback.  One thing you’ve told us is how helpful it is to receive an automatic email when someone creates a new fundraising page for your nonprofit.

But have you ever asked yourself, “What should I do next?”

Not to fear. . .This week we bring you #2 in our countdown of top 10 ways to use your page creation auto emails.

Number 10- Thank each fundraiser personally for creating a page

Number 9- Lead by example, create a page of your own to show off to fundraisers as an example

Number 8- Get inactive pages ACTIVE

Number 7-  Don’t count only on support from individuals, ask businesses too

Number 6- Make sure fundraisers know your goal and how possible it is to reach it

Number 5- Invite fundraisers to join your Facebook page and set up a widget

Number 4- Give fundraisers who might be timid some ideas about who to ask for donations

Number 3- One week is plenty of time

Number 2- Send a thank you and wrap up summary of the event!

We can’t stress our #2 enough: Thank your fundraisers!  You probably have a good handle on thanking your donors, which is very important for building a community around your work.  But we don’t want you to ever forget about your fundraisers.  In reality, your fundraisers have become little development officers for you.  They have asked their own friends and families to get involved with your nonprofit’s work, and most of those people would not have donated if not for their relationship with the fundraiser.

Here are some ideas to get you rolling:  after the event, send out an email blast thanking everyone for their fundraising efforts.  Often it is beneficial to let fundraisers  know how much money was raised, and to which projects, equipment or needs the money will be going.  It is a very rewarding feeling to know that that as a single fundraiser, you have made a difference in the big picture.  Invest your fundraisers and you will build strong relationships for future partnership!

Happy Fundraising!