The fear of asking for money and tips to overcome it
As far as roadblocks to digital fundraising go, the most common one is the fear of asking for money. The underlying fear may not be…
I’m ConnectionPoint‘s copywriter and strategy coach for campaigns on all of our platforms (such as FundRazr, Crowdfundr, and CoCoPay). Helping passionate people write and market effective digital fundraising campaigns is a true joy, and I love how every project is unique!
Look out for the random animals that pop up in my articles.
When I interviewed with ConnectionPoint founder and CEO Daryl Hatton, he did not ask me even one typical interview question. He asked about me. My life. My passions. My story. Barely anything about job experience, as far as both he and I can remember.
Daryl called me the next day (Friday) and asked if I could start Monday.
He knew he wanted to work with me because I effectively pulled him in and kept him intrigued with my stories.
I knew I wanted to work with him because he was one of the few potential employers I’d met who cared about what drove me and excited me in my career.
As it turned out, he knew what that was even though I didn’t.
Over the next two years, Daryl would teach me what I love is actually storytelling.
People come to our platforms because they are passionate about something that needs funding. On FundRazr and here at the Fundraiser HUB, those projects are mostly caused-based:
Through posts, webinars, toolkits, chats, and all other resources in this HUB, we’ll help with all of the whos, whats, whys, and hows of effective digital fundraising for a cause.
And as one of our company values is generosity, these resources are all free for everyone. Your success is our success, after all.
So let’s get fundraising!
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