4 Easy Tips By Fundraising Experts To Raise Funds Online Quickly

☑️ Brainstorm through fundraising ideas, check! 

☑️ Select a crowdfunding platform, check! 

☑️ Start a fundraiser, check! 

Now, are you wondering how to keep its momentum going? No worries, you have come to the right place. At ImpactGuru, we have curated a list of tips that can help your fundraiser raise money and ensure a steady growth for the same. Read on for tips from our experts!

Expert Tip #1: Set Up Small Goals

Starting off with the mindset to raise the full target goal amount is the number 1 requirement for a successful fundraiser, yes, - but it is setting up small milestones that  help you and your audience be motivated to maintain a steady momentum for your fundraiser. 

Break down the target amount into small attainable goals - 10%, 25%, 50% and so on. And once the campaign reaches a certain goal, share it more aggressively with potential donors. 

#ProTip: Try to include an update for your donors everytime you reach a milestone. Give them something new to read, remember and connect to so that they know that their support is helping your fundraiser progress well. Also, people are more likely to support a campaign knowing it just needs a small push to raise the full target amount.  

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Expert Tip #2: Share It On Social Media

Social media can do wonders for your campaign. It holds the capability to give your campaign unimaginable exposure if used in the right manner. Share your fundraiser on social media platforms through different means and tools. This tip starts to work even before the campaign has gone live. You can follow it with the help of steps mentioned below:

Step -1 Sharing The Campaign’s Preview Before It Goes Live

Before starting the campaign on a fundraising website, share a small preview with the help of different social media features mentioned below:

• Instagram stories: These stories last for 24 hours on social media and has a live update kind of  feel to it

• Facebook stories: Similar to Instagram stories, it however caters to facebook audience giving the fundraiser more exposure

• Instagram’s countdown feature: You can put a countdown for when your fundraiser will go live, allowing people to receive an automated update of it.

Once you do that, it creates some sort of anticipation in the users’ minds. And from thereon you can build the momentum for your campaign. 

Step -2  Sharing Updates Using Different Social Media Platforms

After it goes live, share regular updates as to how the campaign is doing in terms of funding and how much more it needs in order to attain the goal amount. Such successive steps will ensure: 

• The fundraiser gains a steady momentum where more and more people get to know about it each passing day. 

• It can subsequently reach potential donors where they can come forward to support the cause. 

#ProTip: There are various fundraising sites, such as ImpactGuru that share the fundraisers on their social platforms as well. You can also refer to such efforts of crowdfunding successes online. 

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Expert Tip #3: Take Help From Existing Donors

Once the fundraiser starts moving towards the goal amount, do not hesitate in asking for help from your donors. It can be made possible through following ways:

• Urge them to share it among their circle of friends and family. 

• A donor donates to a campaign when they believe in the cause stated or sympathize with the campaigner with regards to the cause. And if they do that, they probably would be open to gathering more supporters for the campaign. 

#ProTip: This has to be done very politely and subtly so that it can significantly help you sustain the steady momentum that the fundraiser is picking up without losing your goodwill with the donor. 

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Expert Tip #4: Leverage Your Social Circle

Friends, family, neighbors - the entirety of your social circle is one such space that can help your fundraiser immensely. Know how:

• Each individual has some sort of trust built within their social circle, and if you introduce the fundraiser to them, there’s a high possibility that they will come forward to donate to the cause through the funding platform. 

• However small or big they may be, such donations help to keep the fundraiser momentum going.

#ProTip: You can also ask your close friends and family to share your fundraiser within their social circle to give it maximum exposure.

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Hope this blog was helpful! If applied in the correct manner, your fundraiser will raise the goal amount in no time with the help of these tips. We wish you luck with your fundraising efforts and hope you raise the goal amount as soon as possible!

*Please note that any views expressed are those of the authors’ and do not reflect the beliefs or opinions or views of ImpactGuru.