Online Fundraising Idea #3

Microgiving offers you the opportunity to showcase nearly any cause or project for free. They offer any group or individual who needs to raise money a free web page where they can outline their needs and appeal to donors through text, video or both. The page also allows supporters to make donations directly by credit card.

Fundraisers can easily keep track of how much they've raised to date with a convenient fundraising thermometer that graphically displays the amount raised so far, and how much remains to reach their goal.

Further, a list of donors and the amounts they donated are shown on the same page. This is a nice addition that encourages the competitive spirit to help boost earnings.

You can even link to an existing website or Facebook profile from Microgiving, which will help give your site more credibility to visitors and to search engines, and could also help boost your traffic.

There is a small fee involved, but it's only charged if you raise money. so you really have nothing to lose.

If you need to raise money, you should sign up for this. It's easy and free, and you'll get a lot of exposure for your project or cause that you wouldn't be able to get otherwise.

Go here to sign up with Microgiving

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