FundRazr was designed to give anyone the ability to raise money quickly and easily using their social network. Although much of FundRazr creation process is automated, there are still some simple things you can do in order to get the most out of your FundRazr campaign.
Title & Description
Have a call to action in the title that grabs people
1 “Please help Steven Irving beat cancer!”
Say what you are raising funds for
2 “Steven needs assistance paying for his cancer medication”
Give a specific dollar amount to quantify what the donations go towards.
3 “His medication costs $25 per day”
Ask them for a specific donation
4 “Please donate at least one days worth of medication to help him recover from this awful disease!”
Image
Use an image that matches the subject appropriately
5 We chose a picture of Steven and his son to remind people he is a family man
Currency & Goal
Set the currency to that of the country you expect to donate the most money
6 We chose USD because the majority of Steven’s friends and family live in the United States of America
Set a goal when you have a specific amount of money you want to raise under $2000
7 We chose to have no goal as the amount of time Steven’s will need help with medication expenses is undetermined
Payment Amounts
Add a payment amount that matches your network and cause appropriately
8 We chose to add $25 as a payment amount as that is one day of medication cost for Steven and most people in his network can afford that donation easily
Sharing
Click Save & Share once you are satisfied with your FundRazr
9 This posts your FundRazr to your wall and into the news stream of your friends
Comment on your FundRazr requesting that others share your FundRazr by clicking on the Share link below your FundRazr
10 This posts your FundRazr to their wall and into the news stream of their friends
Send mail to friends requesting that they share your FundRazr by clicking on the Share link below your FundRazr
10 This posts your FundRazr to their wall and into the news stream of their friends
By using these simple guidelines you can greatly increase the chances of people donating to your cause. If you have any questions or comments regarding this post or FundRazr please feel free to contact us via:
So you’ve installed FundRazr and set up an organisation. Now you want to set up a campaign to fundraise or sell tickets.
We’ve designed FundRazr to make this a very simple process, with easy steps to follow.
Here are the essential ingredients you need to create a campaign in less than 10 minutes:
Create a FundRazr Campaign
At any time click on the image on the right to enlarge it and see the first campaign screen on our FundRazr application.
Step 1: Compelling Campaign Title
Something short and catchy that tells people exactly what this campaign is all about, e.g ‘Help Isabel Travel the World’, `Make an impact, take action’, ‘Come groove at our 70s party’, `Save our School Gym’.
Step 2: Enter Campaign details
This is includes entering a fundraising goal (optional), a default donation amount (optional), a campaign start and end date, whether you want to sell tickets or not and the PayPal account you want your money to go into. Choose from your existing one or go to Home>Settings>Accounts to set up a new one.
Step 3: Select a fantastic video
The success of your campaign is boosted by having an excellent video. We’ve integrated YouTube direct into our campaign set up so you can sign in to your YouTube account and select one of your videos, OR use the `search’ function to find one that works with your campaign.
What if I don’t have a video?
Then you can create a video specifically for your campaign. We recommend using Animoto. Below is an example of a video I created in less than 10 minutes today.
It’s free to sign up and create 30 second videos and realistically that’s all you need to get people interested in your campaign.
You just need some photos and it does the rest, including free music tracks to place with your video. Below I’ve turned 4 simple powerpoint slides into jpegs and added them into the mix to slot in an appropriate message.
Promote your Campaign to the World
Once you’ve added those key ingredients you can choose to save your campaign or publish it right away. At any time you can pause or activate your campaign. Just go to Home>Campaigns to and click on the notepad icon to edit an existing campaign, or the play or pause button to start or stop one – see the example below.
Editing your Campaign
Or if you’ve visited the page or profile to see your campaign in action, you can click on the admin icon (highlighted in red below) at any time to go in and edit your campaign and organisation. Also make sure you bookmark FundRazr, and share your campaign to your wall and stream. Get others who donate or buy tickets to do the same.
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