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Texting your supporters is a great way to recruit and motivate your peer-to-peer event participants. According to Campaign Monitor<\/a>, texts have an open rate as high as 98%. Outbound texts are a powerful tool to get your message in front of your supporters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The response rate to texts is also very compelling. The same\nCampaign Monitor report cites an average text message response time of only 90\nseconds. This means sending outbound texts is a strategy that can yield fast,\neffective results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you use texting to recruit event participants and raise more money? Use these 5 types of text messages to reach and motivate your supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event announcement texts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Outbound<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

One great way to earn early registrants to your peer-to-peer\nevent is to announce the event via text to supporters who opted into receiving\nmessages from you. When you announce your event, be sure to include a shortened\nlink to your event registration form. Users with smartphones will be able to\nregister directly from their phones upon receiving your text. The best part? If\nyou encourage them to invite family and friends, they can quickly share your\ntext with a simple copy and paste. This can lead to your registration numbers\ngrowing by leaps and bounds in a very short time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a bonus, you\u2019re able to grow your donor database by capturing the information of those who sign up for your event after receiving a text invite from your existing supporters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Send outbound texts with discount codes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Text<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Need your participants to recruit a team of fundraisers for\nyour peer-to-peer event? Send team captains a discount code their team members\ncan use to sign up at a reduced rate. You can even create unique signup keywords\nfor each team so you can easily determine which team captains did the best job\nrecruiting team members using the discount. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re offering early bird pricing, outbound texts can be\nused to quickly apply discounts or accept registrations at reduced rates. Text\nall the supporters who\u2019ve opted into receiving text alerts with a keyword or\nlink to a registration form with your special early bird pricing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to offer a discount or even free admission to certain participants (like monthly donors, giving society members, volunteers, etc.) text these contact lists a link to a private package they can use to sign up with free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text participants fundraising resource links<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Once you\u2019ve used outbound texts to recruit event attendees,\nget your fundraisers to raise more by texting links to your fundraising\nresources. If you\u2019ve got peer-to-peer fundraising tips to share, you can easily\ndisseminate this information to your fundraising participants by texting out a\nlink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people are wary of phishing scams or potential viruses\nfrom opening emailed attachments. Texting a link to participants eliminates the\nneed to send an email with attachments. They can follow the link from your text\nto access your fundraising resources and get to work implementing your suggestions\nfrom their smart phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to avoid links, too? No problem! Text your teams fundraising tips as part of a series. You can create a daily or weekly text series sharing one fundraising tip per message. This gives your participants time to try out your tips with no need to click a link! Need to motivate a team that\u2019s struggling to fundraise? You can text the team motivational messages and unique fundraising tips your other teams may not need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Send your fundraising updates via text<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Fundraising<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Your participants want to help you reach your fundraising\ngoal, and they want to keep track of their progress. You can instantly give\nyour fundraisers updates on your fundraising progress via text. When your\nfundraising thermometer hits certain milestones like the 25% or 50% mark, let\nyour supporters know the donations they\u2019re bringing in from their social\ncircles is making a big impact on your overall fundraising goal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can use these texts to congratulate and motivate supporters or let your fundraising teams know if they\u2019ve earned certain incentives associated with fundraising milestones. You can send fundraising updates as teams reach milestones in their team fundraising as well. Your fundraising teams will appreciate you taking the time to notice their progress toward personal fundraising goals. If you want to include a visual, link to an event page that shows the fundraising thermometer for the overall or team fundraising goal you\u2019re referencing via text. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use texts to spark friendly competition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Text<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If your peer-to-peer fundraiser includes awards for top\nfundraising individuals and teams, you can easily spark friendly competition by\nsending texts identifying top fundraisers and encouraging other teams to catch\nup to these early frontrunners. You can help teams kick their fundraising into\na higher gear by letting them know that the top fundraising award is slated to\ngo to someone else unless they catch up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there are other incentives or mini competitions for recruiting team members or soliciting donations, texting gets these mini fundraising competitions noticed and acted upon faster than other means of communication. Firing off outbound text announcements to determine who can raise the most money over a weekend can be an effective way to get teams to go even further to fundraise on behalf of your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonus Use: Text event details and reminders<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"A<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Want a quick and easy way to disseminate information about\nyour event? Text links to event information pages, FAQ pages, and event\nreminder announcements to your participants. Keep attendance high and confusion\nlow the day of your event by texting your participants everything they need to\nknow about your event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure your participants know where to park, what to wear, and more via a simple text message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sending texts to your event attendees can make a huge\ndifference in event attendance and fundraising participation. With a 98% open\nrate and an average response time under two minutes, texting your participants\nevent details, fundraising tips, and other useful information is a no-brainer! \n\nNeed an outbound text messaging tool? Check out\nQgiv\u2019s Mobile Suite<\/a>.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texting your supporters is a great way to recruit and motivate your peer-to-peer event participants. According to Campaign Monitor, texts have an open rate as high as 98%. Outbound texts are a powerful tool to get your message in front of your supporters! The response rate to texts is also very compelling. The same Campaign […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[266,262,261,267],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOutbound Texts: Key to Motivating P2P Fundraisers - Fundraising Blog for Nonprofit, Educational, and Faith-Based Organizations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Want a quick and easy way to attract and motivate peer-to-peer event participants to fundraise? 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