Watch out for Part 2…
Your best bet will be to create a public campaign with a donation page that gives people easy access to multiple ways to support your cause. FundACause very easily takes care of this for you and comes highly recommended.
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Now, I don’t mean a house address. Have an online platform where your campaign can be found. This allows you to account easily for all funds, while your donors can easily find your ‘purse’.
4. Choose a SINGLE public place where donors can find you
The idea is to be creative and find ways that will help you connect emotionally with your donors.
Reaching your target audience is key. Hence, be open to exploring multiple channels including social media, phone calls, house calls, emails, letters, short videos, and fundraising events.
3. Reaching your Target Audience
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All these will help you manage and monitor your campaign more effectively and efficiently.
Based on your goals, clearly define how much will be needed to achieve your purpose. Having a campaign target helps you pace yourself and monitor progress. Also, define your target audience and set an End Date (that is, the maximum period when the funds must be raised to meet the need).
2. Come up with a workable plan
Being able to articulate these will help you keep your eyes on the prize and enable you to coin the right title or name for your campaign.
Having a clear answer to this question is key. Ensure your ‘why’ will resonate with donors. Define your goals, expected outcomes, and the purpose of the funds.
1. Why are you fundraising?
BEFORE you set up a campaign on FundACause
3. After setting up your campaign
2. Setting up your campaign
1. Before setting up your campaign
These guides will be categorised into 3 stages.
Guides to Consider for a Successful Fundraising
Therefore, successful fundraising for causes that matter to you will require winning strategies. The first winning strategy is raising funds via FundACause. Read on for the other needed strategies.
In other words, fundraising is simply about asking people for money, which may be intimidating considering the several complexities in our present economy.
Fundraising is an art and like almost every other good deed, it requires different components to achieve a successful outcome.
By Debbie Wale-Temowo
