10 Sponsorship tips

Make your action successful! Here you will find useful tips to get your friends, family, colleagues and environment to support your achievement with a donation. Do you have any good tips? Let us know about them!

1. Personalise your campaign page
   An action page with a few personal photos and texts ensures more donations. Upload some photos that have to do with you and your action. And tell why you started the campaign. Most of your supporters will donate because they like you and are curious about your decision to start this campaign.
   
   
2. Put the link to your action page under all your e-mails
   Put the link of your action page with the appeal under your name/signature in all your emails so that everyone who emails you sees the action.
   
   
3. Send WhatsApp & group messages
   Create a WhatsApp group with many of your contacts who know each other. Ask your question and refer to your action page. In this group, thank the people who indicate that they are going to donate so that all group members see this. This increases the chance that others will also feel involved and will support your action. If one sheep crosses the ditch...
   
   
4. First a few donations, then spread the word
   Before you start telling everyone about your campaign, it is a good idea to have a few donations already. Ask your family and closest friends to donate personally before asking everyone else to donate. Good examples are often followed.
   
   
5. Send a "Tikkie"
   It is possible to receive donations with Tikkie. It's quick and convenient. You or the recipient of the Tikkie determine the amount. Please note: if you place a Tikkie donation on your page, it is not possible to see who made it, as only "Tikkie" is displayed on the donation page.
   
   
6. Convince verbally and with the help of your mobile phone
   Tell people at work, school, clubs, canteens and parties about the campaign you have started. And ask them to sponsor you straight away, and not to wait until they get home. Cash on the nail! Everyone can easily view and donate to your campaign with their smartphone. Bookmark your action page in your mobile's internet browser.
   
   
7. Use the "The Plank Challenge" action material
   As a participant of 'The Plank Challenge' you can easily download the action material by clicking on this link.
   
   
8. Post updates regularly and share them on social media
   You can easily add news items to your campaign page. You can then share these via social media. You can also use status updates to provide regular updates on your campaign. The power of a message lies in its repetition.
   
   
9. Involve your donors in your final sprint!
   Experience shows that the last two weeks of your campaign result in the largest number of donations. This is the final sprint for your campaign. So, set up your final sprint well and ask your donors for help. Because they will also want you to reach your target amount.
   
   
10. Hang in there: keep reminding people!
    Not everyone will donate right away. That is why you should send reminders by email or WhatsApp message if they have not yet donated. Perseverance wins!