Top 10 ways to use your page creation auto emails #3

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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 #3 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!

Your event is only 7 days away, and you still have 20% of your fundraising goal to raise–don’t fret!  One week is plenty of time to raise funds.   Reach out to your fundraisers and offer some last minute fundraising tips to bring in the rest of those donations.  Many donors wait to donate until the event date is upon them–remind your fundraisers to send out one final email asking for donations.

You can also remind your fundraisers of unique ways to display their pages, such as:

  • Add your FirstGiving page URL to your email signature
  • Post your FirstGiving page on your twitter account
  • Blog about your fundraising

Sometimes fundraisers approach donors timidly, when these donors would be enthusiastic about donating!   A “soft ask” eliminates the awkwardness that can sometimes come with asking for donations.

So to recap.. Send out an email to fundraisers encouraging them to use some unique methods to spark donations at the last minute, and remind them it is never too late to ask!

Happy Fundraising!

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