Small business sometimes find themselves in need of donations. Maybe you run a local radio station, maybe you have a local magazine, or maybe you’re just a local band trying to make your way among so many other creatives that are also trying to do what they love for a living (or at least part-time). You could need money for any number of things, from buying merchandise to sell at your shows to paying for the next issue or paying for a new hire.
There are many ways you can accept donations online, but there are also some good reasons to consider doing something offline in order to garner donations. This could be having a benefit, hosting a silent auction, or running a donation drive. Here are a few things that might help you along the way.
Make It Appealing
Whether you’re running a crowdfunding campaign online or having people call into your radio station to make donations, you need to make it appealing to people. You need to make them want to give your business or organization money. Just begging or telling them to give you money isn’t going to be enough to convince many people.