Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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NetWits

AUGUST 31, 2012

You might be reading this and thinking to yourself, “I’m one of the small guys” Whether you’re in the top 30 event fundraising programs or not, it’s very likely you’re always looking for ways to improve your event and raise more money. 3 Reasons Why Your Participants Aren’t Raising Enough Money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Elements that add fun and excitement to your event, like hole-in-one contests, are also a prime sponsorship opportunity (and cover the contest’s fixed costs). GolfStatus’s golf event management and fundraising platform streamlines and simplifies golf fundraisers, offering solutions that save time and raise more money.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The ROI for us is measured in lives saved more than just the money raised to do so. Have you been able to use these tools to raise money online? In the past year we have raised over $47,000 in an online Razoo contest and $25,000 as prize money in a Facebook contest sponsored by Chase. Please summarize your ROI.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 7, 2025

Redboxs revenue declined to around $250 million in 2021, and the company was effectively out of money by early 2022. million a year following the Redbox acquisition, despite the fact that Redbox was losing money hand-over-fist. These fees allegedly ballooned to $18.4

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NetWits

MAY 25, 2011

Supporters raise significant amounts of money and bring new donors to your organization. Not only do teams raise more money for your organization, they add camaraderie and competition to fundraising. Hold contests. Create contests that reward fundraising activity. Allow your fundraisers to raise restricted money.

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NetWits

MARCH 8, 2012

Most nonprofits need to raise money to survive. Fundraising Results: Close to 18,000 people participated in this online fundraising contest resulting in over $2 million dollars being given to 1,200 participating nonprofits. 148,000 in prize money contributed by five foundations. It’s a day-to-day fact of life.

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NetWits

JUNE 2, 2011

The UGA Relay for Life Chapter offered additional contests the week of the event, with prizes ranging from a Smartphone to airline tickets. We also know that convincing your higher ups that you want to spend more money might be a challenge. Raising More Money Online with Independent Fundraising Events.

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The Verge

AUGUST 18, 2020

Contests are free to enter , and you don’t have to be a T-Mobile customer (though you do need to be a US resident). The publication notes the bots appear to have impacted “a relatively small amount” of actual prize money. A disproportionate number of the public winners were located in the tiny township of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2020

It’s a staggering proportion, considering that 3 in 4 Americans are likelier to volunteer than to donate money, and that 1 in 4 Americans volunteered in 2017. The “best” definition is pretty straightforward – it is a nonprofit which received the highest number of applications during the contest period. And yet, from the 1.5+

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

For example, adding hole-in-one or other contests (putting, closest to the pin, etc.) 8) Organizers Will Seek New Ways to Save Time & Money. Fortunately, there are a ton of options to build-in revenue enhancers that add fun and excitement without incurring prohibitive costs. make the event more fun and more memorable for golfers.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Although they do cost you money, if you have an important message that need to be communicated it may not be a bad idea to shell out the necessary dough to make one live. One way to keep your followers engaged is to hold a weekly or bi weekly contest that entices users to interact with your page and other users following your page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 23, 2021

Galas, contests and performances went virtual. For a fully virtual event, you don’t need to rent a space, spend money on tables, chairs, A/V equipment and much more. Athletic events and luncheons went virtual. Many thought it couldn’t be done, but nonprofits did it, and often with incredible results.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” And the better you get at the whole suite of donor engagement, the more money you’re going to raise. And that gets you, again, much more money in the long run. . Well, good afternoon, everybody.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

What are you going to do with this money?” The two contestants in MrBeast’s newest video, Suzie Taylor […] © 2023 TechCrunch. A woman in a blue tracksuit is on the floor of a bright asylum-like room, stretching in a pigeon yoga pose when she turns to the stranger she plans to live with for 100 days. All rights reserved.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Impressions: Your nonprofit is creating great content on its blog, and running exciting contests on its social media feeds. Therefore, if your nonprofit is not spending money advertising on Facebook, differentiating between paid reach, organic post reach, and organic reach just doesn’t matter.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

HotStreak , a web3 platform for daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests, is wagering that the decentralized nature of the blockchain makes it an ideal solution for DFS platforms. Polychain puts its money on HotStreak to streamline sports betting using blockchain by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 21, 2019

It creates a more holistic approach to raising more awareness, increasing your reach, and raising more money for your cause. Use peer-to-peer fundraising to leverage your supporters to raise money on your behalf. What you can do is layer social fundraising onto everything you’re already doing. Leaderboards. Challenges.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

They offer a chance to dress up, get together with others, and have a good time — while also raising money for a good cause. Activities such as performances, live entertainment, and sit-down dinners regularly attract a large audience and generate significant money for charity. 15) Brand design contests. 22) Awards ceremony.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

"This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy. "This contest was the culmination of a two-part "vote for me" cause marketing strategy that started in November and has been rife with controversy.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

"Their money, our votes." " In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Contests that are designed to select winners based on popular votes only and huge dollar amounts inspire scarcity thinking. " pleas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. On behalf of your organization, investigate ways to receive money that the organization may not have in place already. Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Try these 13 successful, yet underutilized strategies to help you raise more money and create stronger relationships this year-end. Peer-to-peer fundraising , a community-driven fundraising technique, is a way to energize your supporters and get them to support your cause, not just by giving money, but their time and efforts.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

She co-founded Hope Runs , a non-profit organization in Kenya and is is a published author writing on such diverse topics as social media strategy , saving money , and natural living. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanford and Oxford Universities and was a Skoll Foundation Scholar. Find her on Twitter – @claired.

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NetWits

JUNE 22, 2011

Create team-specific communications and contests. Award team prizes for the largest team, best t-shirt, most money raised, best costumes, and other offbeat ideas. What’s going to motivate them pay a registration, give up part of their weekend and ask friends for money? Nonprofits need to do their part, though, to make teams fun.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Dr. Mani Children Heart Foundation : To raise money using social media as part of your strategy, you need a group of champions with tight connections to your mission and voluntary opt-in email works well for this. Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2010

This is their second online competition that encouraged people to leverage their social networks to raise money and awareness and recruit supporters for the causes they care about most. We look forward to more lively discussions and sharing of ideas about online contests. Tags: Philanthropy case foundation online contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Note from Beth: I've been writing about online contests that use social media and crowdsourcing techniques. In December, I wrote about Pepsi's bold move of not spending money on Super Bowl ads for Pepsi beverages but using the money for lethal generosity through its Pepsi Refresh Project.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

But the reality is that people don’t even need to buy the scientific case for climate change to take actions that address the issue: wouldn’t everybody like to save money on energy efficiency if it was painless or easy? Zerofootprint supports the running of contests between schools (or whatever unit you want to pick).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. One of the case studies I shared was about NTEN’s recent social fundraiser to raise scholarship money for NTC conference attendance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2014

In the next 24 hours, over 7,000 nonprofits will share the work of their organizations, attract new donors, raise money for their programs, and have a lot of fun doing it. This guest post highlights some of the techniques Knight Foundation grantees are using to attract attention. Most, like this one , were full of humor.

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The Next Web

MAY 8, 2016

Host of the number-one rated business podcast The Top Entrepreneurs in Money, Marketing, Business and Life, Nathan’s entrepreneurial journey began at the age of 19 when he founded Heyo, a Facebook contest and lead-generation app. At 26, Nathan is already a bonafide startup icon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Lots of research shows that donors don’t want the organization to spend money on free merchandise. Sometimes the recognition is transparent and transactional, like when the money is in the form of a sponsorship from a company’s marketing budget. Offer surprise drawings and contests during the year. You get the idea.

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Classy

JUNE 21, 2021

Host a Contest With Multiple Ways to Participate. Hosting a contest can be an effective way to raise funds and encourage participation, but it’s important to remember that friendly competition isn’t for everyone. If you registered for the dog surf contest, a fundraising page was automatically created for you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In other cases, you might want to have a contest, where anyone who renews before the due date is entered to win a prize. While you don’t need to give out a lot of money, these rewards can be a great way to raise awareness about the upcoming renewal dates. For example, some organizations might offer a discount on renewal fees.

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The Verge

JULY 3, 2020

After watching contestants keep their fingers attached to a phone screen for more than 70 hours, YouTube creator Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson called an early end to a massive competition originally designed with one winner and a $25,000 prize in mind. Despite Donaldson’s calls for players to “go to sleep,” a couple contestants kept going.

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OneCause

DECEMBER 4, 2024

We’ll start with our 10 favorites: Mulligans Donation Appeal Hole Sponsorship Hole-in-One Contest Putting Contest Helicopter Drop Pink Ball Contest Logo Accessories Drink Tickets Discounted Foursome Ticket Packages Once you’ve covered these, make to sure to explore the rest of our golf fundraising ideas , too.

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