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GoFundMe advice
December 5, 2018 at
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I am NOT asking for money for my campaign. I am asking for brainstorming on how to get this going to help me get my family back on its feet.
I was the victim of a home burglary on Thanksgiving Day. I don't have Renter's Insurance (don't want to go into the reason why here) and lost pretty much everything. My GoFundMe to help my family get back on its feet hasn't really gotten anywhere. I am looking for advice on what to do to help it get out and spread and maybe find people that are willing to donate to the cause.
I have a former Playboy Playmate (from 1969) that opened the GoFundMe for my family. She has posted it on her Facebook fan page.
The campaign lists what happened, a list of some of the things that were taken and videos from the security system that were directly uploaded to the Internet that were completed before the network router was taken down. It has a list of things that needs to be replaced and an estimated cost. It goes into the background of each of us and what we have done for the community. There is a link to a "newsboard" type site where the issue is openly discussed and even mentions someone needs to do a GoFundMe but nobody did anything. The campaign states that there were other funds donated through another organization but that paid for the replacement of passports and a few other things not listed that are not part of this campaign.
There are photos of the police report with redacted sections of the full address, a couple of last names and signatures. I don't want people to know our full address nor the last name of a friend that helped us. Signatures were blocked out for obvious reasons.
Can you think of anything else that might be tried to help us?
I was the victim of a home burglary on Thanksgiving Day. I don't have Renter's Insurance (don't want to go into the reason why here) and lost pretty much everything. My GoFundMe to help my family get back on its feet hasn't really gotten anywhere. I am looking for advice on what to do to help it get out and spread and maybe find people that are willing to donate to the cause.
I have a former Playboy Playmate (from 1969) that opened the GoFundMe for my family. She has posted it on her Facebook fan page.
The campaign lists what happened, a list of some of the things that were taken and videos from the security system that were directly uploaded to the Internet that were completed before the network router was taken down. It has a list of things that needs to be replaced and an estimated cost. It goes into the background of each of us and what we have done for the community. There is a link to a "newsboard" type site where the issue is openly discussed and even mentions someone needs to do a GoFundMe but nobody did anything. The campaign states that there were other funds donated through another organization but that paid for the replacement of passports and a few other things not listed that are not part of this campaign.
There are photos of the police report with redacted sections of the full address, a couple of last names and signatures. I don't want people to know our full address nor the last name of a friend that helped us. Signatures were blocked out for obvious reasons.
Can you think of anything else that might be tried to help us?
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2. Did you know, my friend price ali-baba-band-ito-fark-you-smoking, is a billionaire. Just saying. Not to name drop or anything.
2. Did you know, my friend price ali-baba-band-ito-fark-you-smoking, is a billionaire. Just saying. Not to name drop or anything.
Did you see me put a link on here from my GoFundMe? Nope, you didn't. I was serious about not asking for $ on here. How can you say it is an attempt to scam when there is no link to the campaign?
2. Did you know, my friend price ali-baba-band-ito-fark-you-smoking, is a billionaire. Just saying. Not to name drop or anything.
HELL YEAH! I'm about to start a GoFundMe of my own!
HELL YEAH! I'm about to start a GoFundMe of my own!
Somehow, I don't think needing money for crack and ho's will be a very compelling story.....
virtually nobody has ever heard of her.
this will not end well for you.
you need somebody with a sizeable fan base.
500,000 followers (1 person with 500k, 10 with 50k, 20 with 25k, etc).
250,000 of them are actually paying attention
maybe 1/250 would give $5 (if your story were compelling)
you'd pocket $5k (minus gofundme's cut)
relying on some obscure "has been" from 1969 is not realistic.
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virtually nobody has ever heard of her.
this will not end well for you.
you need somebody with a sizeable fan base.
500,000 followers (1 person with 500k, 10 with 50k, 20 with 25k, etc).
250,000 of them are actually paying attention
maybe 1/250 would give $5 (if your story were compelling)
you'd pocket $5k (minus gofundme's cut)
relying on some obscure "has been" from 1969 is not realistic.
You should post it on your "How to beat a speeding ticket in CA" blog..