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If you are a blogger who endorses a worthy charity, there are many ways you can integrate your support for your favorite non-profit into your blogging. Here are 11 ideas you may want to start using:
1. Theme. You could use a ‘theme’ for your blog that reflects the cause or mission of the non-profit you support.
2. Link. By prominently placing a link pointing to your favorite non-profit’s website, you could send some of your blog’s visitors there – and some of them may become donors or supporters.
3. Banner or Button. You could display a graphic with a message supporting your charity’s work and purpose.
4. Post. From time to time, you may blog about the work your non-profit is engaged upon, giving the reasons you are so passionately supportive of it, and telling your readers why they should consider helping too.
5. Donations. You could host a ‘Donate Now’ button for your charity. Or a volunteer sign up form. Or create a more elaborate process to collect contributions from your blog visitors who share your support for the cause.
6. RSS Feeds. You could display an RSS feed from your non-profit’s own website or blog, displaying the latest news about their activities on your blog where your audience can see it and keep up to date.
7. Events. You could run seasonal or annual events to support your charity. Every year I hold a 24-hour blogging marathon, the ‘Heart Kids Blogathon’, to raise funds for my non-profit.
8. Photos. A picture is worth a thousand words. A captivating or emotion-kindling photograph related to your non-profit’s activities, with a caption including a call to action can work wonders.
9. Video. If photos work well, videos can work even better! By embedding a video about your non-profit, you can deliver a powerful message and evangelize the cause you are supporting.
10. Widgets. Many neat tools can be included in your blog’s sidebar or structure which promote audience engagement. If the widget ties in with your non-profit’s work, it can serve a dual purpose – educate while entertaining.
11. Games. Online games also involve visitors and hold their attention. If the game itself delivers a subtle message about your non-profit, you win big time.
Do you know of any others? Please share them by leaving a comment.
And if you’d like to support “A DAY FOR HEARTS : Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day”, you could use any of these ideas to spread awareness about heart birth defects – on your blog!
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Dr. Mani – don’t forget stories! Stories about the outcomes of your work — esp if it is one person, one child, or whatever. Storytelling is key to fundraising success. More on that later. Have to get on a plane.
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