# Social Misfits Media publish free guide to crowdfunding by charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/04/05/social-misfits-media-publish-free-guide-crowdfunding-charities/
- Published: 2016-04-05T08:57:45+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Social Misfits Media has published ‘Make It Rain: Tips & Tricks for #Crowdfunding
Success’, a free guide for charities and not-for-profits.**

The guide is designed to inspire organisations and help them to start thinking strategically
about crowdfunding as a fundraising approach.

Sponsored by JustGiving and the Institute of Fundraising, ‘Make It Rain’ features
interviews and case studies of successful crowdfunding campaigns, including Not 
My Style, Hollaback!, The Royal Academy of Arts and Doctors of the World. It divides
the crowdfunding process into three stages – pre-campaign, live campaign, and post-
campaign.

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Designed as “a roadmap to ensure crowdfunding success”, the guide includes practical
recommendations from the Institute of Fundraising and JustGiving and video tips 
from staff at NuccoBrain. It helps organisations work out if crowdfunding is the
most appropriate course for them through a flowchart quiz.

[⌊View full-size flowchart - Should you crowdfund? Flowchart from Social Misfits
Media⌉⌊View full-size flowchart - Should you crowdfund? Flowchart from Social Misfits
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## Fifth guide from Social Misfits Media

This is the [fifth free guide for charities on using social media](http://www.socialmisfitsmedia.com/publications)
effectively. They published the first one, **About That First Tweet**, in 2012, 
and the most recent addition was **What’s Data Got to Do With It**?

[Make It Rain: Tips & Tricks for #Crowdfunding Success](http://www.socialmisfitsmedia.com/downloads/Make_It_Rain.pdf)
can be downloaded in PDF at no charge from Social Misfits Media.

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