1. Set a clear goal: Set a specific fundraising goal for your campaign and make sure your goal is achievable and realistic. People appreciate sincerity and are more likely to give to campaigns that are achievable to reach the goal.
2. Tell a compelling story: Create a powerful narrative that communicates the impact of your charity’s work.
How will the funds be used?
Who or what is going to benefit from this support?
Why is it important?
Donors expect transparency and you can build a better relationship with people who genuinely care about your work if you educate them at the same time.
3. Post on social media frequently: Utilise social media platforms to reach a wider audience. Share your campaign on your organisation’s social media channels and encourage your supporters to share it with their networks.
Don’t be afraid to share the same campaign at least once a week and tag people in the comments. This helps build more awareness and is critical to success.
Little Phil’s AI assistant can help you write compelling social media posts that are optimised for engagement.
4. Provide different donation options: Offer various donation options, such as one-time donations, recurring donations, and the ability to choose where the donation goes. This will make it easier for donors to give in the way that works best for them.
5. Offer incentives: Provide incentives for donors to give, such as matching donations or prizes for the highest donors. This can motivate people to donate and help you reach your fundraising goal faster. Maybe one of your supporters can donate some prizes or a major donor would like to offer matched giving to encourage smaller donors to give.
6. Show appreciation & Provide Updates: Show your donors how much you appreciate their support. Send a thank you message and don’t forget to provide an update to your campaign on the Little Phil platform. A picture of the school playground you said you were going to build with the funds goes a very long way with building a lasting relationship with donors and building trust.
7. Track and analyse: Keep track of your fundraising progress and analyse the results. Use this information to improve future campaigns and make them even more successful. Did you get too busy and forget to share your campaigns on social media or through email to your supporters? Did you try to set a high fundraising goal and scare donors? The best thing is that you can test and learn with different campaigns. If you set a smaller goal and reach that faster, you can always provide an update to how additional funds raised over the goal will be used.
8. Patience and Persistence: We all know it can be demotivating if you are sharing on social media and don’t get many likes. The key thing here is patience and persistence.
Little Phil is dedicated to providing non-profits with affordable solutions to save time and money, and achieve their organisations goals. Once off donations, regular monthly giving, access to corporate giving and e-commerce integrations help to provide a vast range of fundraising tools to help all nonprofits find innovative ways to fundraise.
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