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Fundraising with Meta


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Hello!

We recently ran an annual campaign to fundraise for our nonprofit. It was our first year using meta fundraiser. We did not see any success. I made sure to schedule weekly content (reels, tiles, stories). Using the strategy of posting a reel or tile, followed by posting 2-3 stories and reposting the reel or tile at the end. I did this 3 times a week and only included a link in of the post and one of the stories. Content included storytelling, impact stories, stats and evergreen content. The engagement was decent but below our average. This campaign did take place in the middle of the meta sizing change and the adjustment to the Instagram algorithm. Has anyone else experienced a drop in engagement during a fundraising campaign? Or any suggestion of how to better promote a fundraiser using social? 

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kate.meyers emery
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Fundraisers are always challenging when they are done by the organization itself. While folks follow a nonprofit to support them, they still prefer content that is more educational and insightful rather than calls to action. 

A possible experiment would be to invite other people to run the fundraisers instead of you, and then highlight those individuals on your channel. Perhaps you could ask your core volunteers or board members to do it! I wouldn’t ask staff, but other supporters would be able to leverage their network more than you can. Invite them to share a personal story of how your nonprofit helped them or is helping the community, and have them make the ask! It’s basically peer to peer giving, which can be more effective on social networks. 


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Thank you very much! We are going to adjust our digital marketing for next year to include this. I greatly appreciate your feedback!


kate.meyers emery
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Glad it’s helpful ​@alyssa-russette!


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