I couldn't find the appropriate thread where we talked exclusively about Twitter, but this post is about Twitter donation outreach and mobile txt messaging.
I'm volunteering for Dave Gobel at MF just recently, and what he is looking for that org, imminst could be looking for, for our purposes too.
There are some non-profits that use their Twitter accounts to donate, being a script that others click on to donate, on the Twitter page.
I'm trying to learn more about how to do this, and if any of you have discussed, and know how to donate on Twitter itself, that could really help imminst. I know you can always click on a link to the org itself, but perhaps aesthetically this would look better and would obviously be quicker and easier to interface.
The other donation idea is through mobile phone texting donations like the Red Cross did with Haiti.
Here is a link to the best summary of how this works:
http://mobileactive....ile-fundraisingIn that summary they talk about the way the money gets to the orgs, the contractual agreements, fees, and 7 steps to get started including the best way to go about it for your org.
I talked with an employee at Causecast, an ASP, (Application Service Provider, and it seems like they have the cheapest deal, but it's still 99 a month, while also the org itself would take out 50 cents per donation.
So, if anyone here knows a way to do this much cheaper, or if we don't have to use an ASP, that would be really important to know. In fact not having to go through an ASP would be ideal.
But, obviously Haiti raised many millions of dollars, so it's something definitely worth considering.
Brokenportal,
I know you are big into fundraising, so if you happen to know about these two things discussed that would be fantastic.
edit: Causecast is not an ASP, they're some other provider, still it's all very expensive.
Edited by dfowler, 26 March 2010 - 10:50 PM.