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Ever since FB changed its Page features in April, I'm convinced it is a much more powerful tool and it's the way nonprofits can best present themselves. I've found that I was able to add the cause, add events, add videos, add a message board, add "boxes" to customize with HTML (still haven't used that yet, but it's great
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A couple of things to keep in mind - anyone who becomes a fan will then see any posted items on your page's "Wall" - which is a really good thing. However I noticed that you have your settings such that the only wall items that show are ones you post. There is a setting you can switch so that the wall shows not only what you post but what
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I spent some time this morning tinkering with our Facebook page and was able to add the cause to the page. So now a box with our org's cause page is on our org's FB page. So, it can be done.
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Here's an update on my experience. I tried three different merchant accounts services (two were banks) and every one of them did require a personal guarantor for the merchant account. So I caution everyone to read the fine print because they do not explain that upfront (or at least it was not explained to me until I read the fine print - and there
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John, it's ironic that you replied to my post. I literally just downloaded your Twitter pdf about 10 minutes ago! We've got a group on Facebook too, with 2,100 members. Fan page has about 1,300 members. The group actually rocks - lots of activity.
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We're on Facebook and MySpace. We've got a cause page and a fan page on Facebook, and a MySpace cause page and a MySpace page. My experience is that we have lots of people becoming our "friend" or "joining our cause" but very few actually donate. Now having said that, our objective for establishing a presence on MySpace and FaceBook was more
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Keep in mind that any mass emailing you do needs to be in compliance with the federal CAN-SPAM Act. This means that all who are sent email from you need to have opted in for it, and you need to include a way to unsubscribe and a physical address for your nonprofit organization in the emails you send. If you use a 3rd party service like Constant Contact
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Our organization does a twice- monthly e-newsletter and it has one sponsor and several smaller advertisements. We control the mailing list and the subscribers. I am not sure what your objectives are, but it is in your best interest to grow your own mailing list and not rely on some other business' mailing list. Having said that, we are considering
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I have run into the same thing. Originally the bank where we did business said after our nonprofit had a 5 year track record we could apply for credit without a personal guarantor; I recently contacted them since our 5 year date from incorporation has passed and was told no, they don't do that anymore. I was able to obtain a Staples credit card
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Are you all finding that these merchant accounts require a personal guarantor?