7 Secrets to Facebook Fundraising @ #BarcampAfrica

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Presented by Sara Waller Produced by Andres Varela Good news! we have free Facebook Fundraising Tips for you.Go tap deeply into your ROI with a copy of our free presentation from the Barcamp Africa day at Mountain View. You'll get additional tools and strategies for marketing your Facebook Page wrapped within an incredible fundraising application and NGO case study in this free presentation.

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What we presented…At

www.facebookfundraisingtips.com

apps.facebook.com/Coinjars

sara@sarawaller.com

While we set up…

7 Secrets of FacebookFundraising

and how Silicon Valley can help Africa

Soft Power Education’s volunteers build and fund schools and community projects

Supporting Pre-schools…

Soft Power Education’s volunteers build and fund schools and community projects

…Primary schools like Buyala St Paul’s, Jinja

Before… & After

Soft Power Education’s volunteers build and fund schools and community projects

Amagezi Education Centre helps kids…

Soft Power Education’s volunteers build and fund schools and community projects

…and the wider community.

Soft Power Education’s volunteers build and fund schools and community projects

Hi, the original presentation included video from me, Sharon Webb from Soft Power Education, you can find it now at YouTube

http://snipurl.com/4g7ca

7 Secrets of FacebookFundraising

available at: www.facebookfundraisingtips.com

Move from a Profile or Group to a Facebook Page1.

Facebook Profiles andGroups are capped at5,000 members.Open an unlimited Facebook Page:http://www.facebook.com/business

Jazz the Facebook Page up with a few of these tips.2.

Install cool applications

Import your blog to Facebook default App ‘Notes’

Invite your Profile & Group friends to become fans (don’t forget your actual friends too)

Add the Page Manager application

Share the page link with your own Profile and invite friends (again) to too

Drive traffic to your Facebook Page3.

Email & Tweet

Bloggingpost

promoteprowl

How to migrate your existing Facebook Group database to a Page

4.Ask your friendly Facebook Admin:

www.new.facebook.com/help/contact_generic.php

Give the URLs of your Group and Page (and don’t forget to say please)

Limit to TEN email invites per dayRephrase and Reformat messages

Alternatives: Event Updates, Social Ads, Marketplace Listings and Status Updates

Comment on: Notes, Birthday Messages Videos and Photos

5. How to avoid a spam warning/alert

Avoid the sillier applications – so try:Static FBML, Simply RSS, Profile Web Address,

Business Cards, Free Conference Calls,You Tube Box, Flash Player, Kyte

Only upload relevant photos & video

Add ‘Looking for Networking’ to profile

Coinjars: http://apps.facebook.com/Coinjars

6. Take advantage of third party apps

Update the page regularly

Write on fans’ walls

Create Events with timeframes

Post links in Groups and Pages(even out of Facebook @ Twitter!)

Keep commenting

7. How to maintain interest

www.facebookfundraisingtips.com

apps.facebook.com/Coinjars

sara@sarawaller.com

Be sure to come

up and talk to

me, right now

or through the

day!

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So get out there and help!