Hi Michael, OK. Are there other options besides direct donations from FB? I'm thinking about adding a line item in a PEG budget request for advertising, which I think would be allowed under WMF Grantmaking policy. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks! Pine On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Pine, > > This has been an idea for a while. I'll refer you here to their strict > policy on not granting non-profits pro bono advertising as of the most > recent forum: > https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=225283317665390 > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Social Media folks, >> >> What I've heard from my colleagues is that Facebook is the best social >> media platform we have for recruiting people to come to in-person events >> like workshops and editathons. >> >> I'm wondering if Facebook has any free advertising that they're willing >> to give to small nonprofits like Cascadia Wikimedians. It would be great to >> promote our events, the UW Visiting Scholar position, etc with wider reach >> than the few clicks that we get to our existing page (probably because only >> a small percentage of our potential audience knows of our existence). Do >> you have any tips for how we might be able to get donated ad space from >> Facebook, and/or get in-kind donations for Facebook advertising? >> >> To the best of my knowledge WMF doesn't have a budget for social media >> ads that can be granted to affiliates, so I'm wondering what other options >> are available. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Pine >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Michael Guss > Research Analyst > Wikimediafoundation.org > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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