Use Facebook to maximise your sponsorship

Many people use Facebook to communicate with friends, family and colleagues but it can also serve as a great tool for fundraising. Here are some tips to get you started.

Keep people up to date by posting regular updates and photos.

Credit: WaterAid / Charlotte Biddle

Status Updates

Start by adding weekly updates to your page about your training or fundraising. Funny and inspiring ones are likely to spur on conversations and create awareness about your event!

Post a link to your Justgiving page in your status updates and ask people to use Facebook's 'share' link to tell their friends and family.

Upload the Justgiving application to your page

Make sure you add the Justgiving application and ask all your friends to add it to their page. This is easy to do from your Justgiving page, just follow the 'share this page' link on the right side.

Post Photos

Upload photos of you training or fundraising and tag your friends. Try and capture your efforts on camera and upload pictures regularly. Make sure you also update your profile picture!

Create a video

Create a video asking people to sponsor you – try and capture your fundraising activities on film and explain why you are raising money for WaterAid. Share the videos in your newsfeed and post them on YouTube!

Join Groups

Make sure you add yourself to the WaterAid Facebook group, its a great way of networking and discussing ideas.

Why not also build your own group with pictures and a link to your Justgiving page and invite everyone to join it. Ask everyone you know to invite their friends, and then their friends, and watch your sponsorship grow!

Facebook Mail

Write to everyone and tell them what you are up to. Don't underestimate the power of writing to people individually and asking for their support.

Say thank you

Make sure you send regular thanks your contacts for supporting you. Try and write on people's walls thanking them for their sponsorship and after the event send a final thank you and update on how you got on.