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Justgivings Top 10 Fundraising Tips (Marathon Edition)
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Justgiving’sTop 10 fundraising tips(marathon edition)
Sophie, Gemma and Jonathan7th and 8th February 2009
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Worried about reaching your target?
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It’s OK - we’re here to help!
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Follow our tips and you’ll have no worries…
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Top 10 tips:
1. Think about your personal message – turn it into a story.
2. Put a video and extra photos on your page. Keep it up to date so people come back and send it to their friends.
3. Talk to your charity. Find out how your money will help them so you can tell your supporters.
4. Email people in groups and personalise your message. Get generous donations on your page first. Send the email around pay day!
5. Put your page address in your email signature. Use a donate badge.
6. Promote your page with social media tools like Facebook, Flickr and Twitter.
7. Give out your page address on cards - like Moo minicards.
8. Get your page featured in the local press. Send a press release to your local paper and radio station - include your page address.
9. Send fun reminder emails asking people to donate. Update your page and keep fundraising after the event.
10.Thank people - on your page, in an email, with a card, on your blog, Facebook or Twitter – make them feel good for supporting you!
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1) Think about your personal message
Why are you running the marathon?
Why are you running the marathon for your charity?
How much effort are you putting in?
How long is 26.2 miles?
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Is your personal message like this?
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Are you telling your story?
http://flickr.com/photos/umjanedoan/496707576
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Are you telling people why they should donate?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goddess-arts/2929672944
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2) A picture speaks a thousand words…
and a video speaks even more!
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Spot the difference…
Lovely photo
Regularly updated
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3) Talk to your charity
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Find out how your money will help them and explain that to your friends and family
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www.justgiving.com/sophiatolfree
Explain how the money will help on your page
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Write about the charity
www.justgiving.com/billymckay
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4) Don’t email the same message to everyone at once
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrtopf/1541527579/
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Email people in groups – parents first?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unclebumpy/108780542/
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Send a different one to friends…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nubui/2373999868/
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Use Facebook friend lists…
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Oh, and think of when pay day is…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/superrabbit/319538167
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5) Put your page address in your email signature
I’m running the London Marathon! Please sponsor me at www.justgiving.com/yay
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…or link to your page with a Justgiving badge
See www.justgiving.com/help
So every email you send encourages people to donate!
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6) Aha! Social media…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbarefoot/1814873464
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Try our Facebook app: http://apps.facebook.com/justgiving
Over 100,000 people have!
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Try Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27717319@N06/2581829969/
http://www.justgiving.com/simondeacon
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Try Twitter…
http://twitter.com/bekibutton/statuses/1073997779
http://twitter.com/nickellison/statuses/1130745394
http://twitter.com/iwooty/statuses/1139569610
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Try our widget!
www.justgiving.com/widget
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Widget in the wild… (and a great blog too)
http://www.marathonmitch.com/
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7) Give out your page address on cards
Moo.com lets you put your own photos on the back…
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…like this:
http://flickr.com/photos/fstorr/2202454676/
http://www.justgiving.com/francisstorr
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Or, if you’re feeling skint…
…Print your page address on A4 paper and cut out slips!
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8) Get your page featured in the local press
• Use our press release template: www.justgiving.com/tips
• Include your page address
• Add interesting facts – tell your story!
- Where are you from?
- What do you do?
- Is it your first marathon?
- Why are you running?
- Who are you running for?
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…and on your local radio station too
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9) Send fun reminder emails
• Say even a small donation helps
• Include a photo or video
•Make them laugh with training stories
• Tell them what you’re looking forward to
•…and what you’re not!
Keep fundraising after the marathon! Your page stays open for 3 months and
20% of donations come in after people finish their event!
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10) Manners cost nothing*… so say thank you
*as my Mum says
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On your page…
www.justgiving.com/6legs3hearts2reasons
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On your blog…
http://pinkandsmiley.blogspot.com
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On On
Just by email…(or by snail mail!)
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We’ve made a video to recap… Visit www.justgiving.com/londonmarathon and www.justgiving.com/blog
Follow us: twitter.com/justgiving
And good luck!
www.flickr.com/photos/justgiving/2655815442