Fundraise Online
Enter online and you will receive your very own web page to fundraise online. Our online fundraising system allows you to customise your very own web page and to collect donations
securely online.
Use your page to:
- Communicate your personal message & blog
- Send sponsorship & thank you emails
- Upload photos (or logos) into your photo gallery
- View all of your sponsors and their messages of support
- Manage all online and offline donations
- Ride for someone living with MS
The online system is a great way to track all your fundraising and keep your sponsors up to date on your progress. It also allows you to keep track of other riders fundraising as you see who is moving up the fundraising leaderboard. If you have already entered, find your page/team page here.
Six steps to online fundraising success
1. Set a fundraising goal - Your sponsors donate because you ask them to and they want to help you achieve your personal goal. Set your goal high as they want to feel part of the experience in helping you reach a personal achievement. If you went online to a friend's page, would you donate more if their goal was $100 or $10,000?
2. Personalise your page - Upload your photos, add a gallery of photos or company logos with titles to your page! Title your page and write a personal message of why you are asking for support. Show your sponsors why you are inspired to support people living with MS, this will inspire them too!
3. Sponsor yourself - "put your money where your mouth is" and make a personal donation upon entering or sponsor yourself online. If you are asking for donations, lead by example. The larger the first donation the more inclined sponsors will be to follow your lead.
4. Contact previous sponsors - If you fundraised online last year, simply call 1300 705 340 or email msc@msaustralia.org.au and we will email you a spreadsheet of your sponsors from 2011.
5. Send an email to all your contacts and ask for their support! People want to contribute and feel important if you personally ask them to help you achieve your goal. Email your friends and co-workers, clients and suppliers, people that know you or deal with you on a daily basis will want to help you. Most importantly remember to thank them!
6. Be creative! The more ways you promote your cause, the more ways people can support you. Add a fundraising banner with a link to your web page and a Facebook link on your email auto-signature and pin up the official MS Melbourne Cycle fundraising posters around your work place.
Click here for more fundraising ideas.
Need help?
If you require assistance with the online system, would like a list of sponsors from 2011 or have any questions, please call 1300 705 340 or email msc@msaustralia.org.au.