An EXCITING Surprise For The Wonderful WAHumor Internet Marketing Giveaway for Autism Research

October 18th, 2008 · No Comments ·

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Last night I confirmed it, but it happened during the Wonderful WAHumor Internet Marketing Giveaway for Autism Research fundraiser.

Someone mentioned to me in a DM (direct message) on Twitter that a friend had just made a donation that would “break my goal.”

No sign of anything in Paypal, nothing in my email…I didn’t think a lot more about it. A couple more messages, and then I contacted the alleged donor with no reply.

Yasterday, I received a message from this person who said that a copy of the receipt from Autism Speaks was sent to one of my email addresses that I don’t tend to check. So I checked…and then I choked.

The direct donation made to Autism Speaks was in the amount of $5000.00.

Because of my promotion of the event on Twitter for two weeks, the total for the fundraiser was now $6250.00.

AND it dragged on for a week, AND I was sick from Thursday into Saturday, AND I was involved in preparing (and surviving) a big party that weekend.

Moral of the story: Online promotion ROCKS. It’s all a matter of doing it, and not necessarily doing it well. I’m hardly a Twitter whiz (a Twhiz?) and look what happened to me.

There’s many different ways to promote yourself and your product, service or even fundraiser online. My advice: Start early, grow it over time and keep at it on a regular schedule.

As the planning and promotion for next year’s fundraiser unfolds, we’ll discuss it here. Your own two cents are always welcome too!