The reality is that people don’t automatically just come to your website, you also need to go to them. All for Good spoke at this year’s Craig’s List Foundation Bootcamp.
Their message is simple: find volunteer activities near you and share those activities with your friends. You can also see what your friends are interested in and then track volunteer activities you care about.
They have open APIs to increase the number of third party apps; one such mobile app example is Catalista, and their developer community is growing.
Says Jonathan Greenblatt, “It’s a free tool on the web to bring people to non-profit sites. Think of it as a platform for getting people do good. Our mission is getting more people to serve and to volunteer.”
As for how you rank in their system? With a geek crowd like this, search rankings had to come up. Right now, geographic listings near you rank higher than virtual opportunities. Also opportunities that are current rather than in the past or future are also likely to come up higher. And of course, there’s standard keyword matching.
Check it out – it’s a great free tool to find out where you can make a difference.
Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.
She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.
Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.
Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.
