How Do I Encourage My Followers To Contribute To My Charity?

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Pat Flynn

Business Advice, Marketing, Podcasting, Getting Started, Business Strategy, Business, Small Business, Passive Income, Online Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 638 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2015

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Today’s question comes from Gary, who wants to know how best encourage his social media following to contribute to his charitable cause. Gary’s site is http://www.545miles.com. I mention my videographer, Caleb Wocjik (http://diyvideoguy.com/), as well as Edgar (http://meetedgar.com/), Buffer (http://bufferapp.com/), and using image posts on Facebook. The campaign sites that allow fundraising are Indiegogo (http://indiegogo.com/) and GoFundMe (http://www.gofundme.com/). Do you have a question about promoting your cause? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/. Thanks to today's sponsor, SkilledUp, who helps you find the online courses you need to build your skills. Go to http://www.askpat.com/skilledup to download the free toolkit for web entrepreneurs. Thanks also to our other sponsor, 99Designs. Go to http://www.99designs.com/pat to get a Power Pack upgrade for free. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:10.8	What's up, everybody?
0:12.0	Patflin here and welcome to episode 285 of Ask Pat.
0:15.4	Thank you so much for joining me today.
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1:24.9	Hi, Pat. I'm a big fan of your show. I teach entrepreneurship at Florida College, and your podcast and websites are always part of my curriculum. I have a question about online fundraising. I'm participating in my fifth AIDS life cycle. It's a 545 mile bike ride from San Francisco to L.A. I've got a fundraising website at www.545miles.com, and in my social networks, I have about
1:49.9	1,000 Facebook friends, 1,500 Twitter followers, and approximately 900 contacts on LinkedIn.
1:55.4	I posted lots of messages about fundraising for the AIDS lifecycle, but I don't think I'm
1:59.3	getting to everyone.
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