Overall, I think the idea makes sense. EA has a valuable message that likely could do well with more airtime.
On the object level of this post, I am concerned that you have neither thought through how to get the message across effectively in the long term, nor what you are actually asking of the people you message.
Your tone in the example message seems off; who are you to tell them what doing so will cost them, financially or reputationally? You want to piggy back off of their brand because they have done a better job than your non-profit at building one—respect that! Give information, not conclusions (or, show, don’t tell).
In the body of this post, you insinuate you are copy pasting the same or a very similar message between a bunch of channels/groups. This seems unlikely to lead to reaching the best conversions effectively. The channels that are likely to actually add a note are also likely mission aligned with your nonprofit but don’t know that yet. You should explain why this is true, in a curated fashion.
Again in the body you devote two bullet points as to how this is low cost to them, and probably helps their brand. Again, this is not your decision to make. They know how to build their brand better than you know how to build their brand. Further, you seem to be underestimating the reputational costs to them of shilling what are random charities in their viewers/readers eyes (both in annoyance factor and in terms of their relationship is now linked to yours).
Vibes wise, from this post I get the impression you are in good faith trying to get more people to spam popular people with their EA charity, and that does not seem well suited to good long term outcomes for EA.
I edited the post in accordance with your comment; thanks for commenting on how I can improve! It genuinely helped and pointed out things I didn’t know until you mentioned them.
1. Do you think I should do any more editing in accordance with your comment?
Unrelated to this post, but FYI I think some of the downvotes you’ve received on other posts are because generic productivity advice at least usually isn’t a category of post which this forum is intended for. (Also, most EAs are the types of people who are probably familiar with most e genetic productivity tips already).
Exceptions may be if it is a long list, or something that has been extremely novel or life-changing for you.
Your productivity tips may be better off being posted as Shortform instead of as Posts.
Executive summary: Asking public entities to publicize your non-profit or cause to their audience is a potentially effective fundraising strategy with several pros and cons to consider.
Key points:
Requesting publicity from public entities like media personalities or podcasts can be done easily by copying/pasting a request email.
The potential impact is proportional to the size of the entity’s audience, so targeting popular entities makes sense.
Pros include increased awareness even without donations, potentially being easier and more enjoyable than grant writing, and not competing with other causes for limited funds.
Cons include potentially seeming less professional, harming the public brand of the entity or your cause if seen as spammy or out-of-place, and reflecting negatively on associated movements.
Providing evidence of your cause’s legitimacy in the request is suggested to avoid being seen as spam.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, andcontact us if you have feedback.
Overall, I think the idea makes sense. EA has a valuable message that likely could do well with more airtime.
On the object level of this post, I am concerned that you have neither thought through how to get the message across effectively in the long term, nor what you are actually asking of the people you message.
Your tone in the example message seems off; who are you to tell them what doing so will cost them, financially or reputationally? You want to piggy back off of their brand because they have done a better job than your non-profit at building one—respect that! Give information, not conclusions (or, show, don’t tell).
In the body of this post, you insinuate you are copy pasting the same or a very similar message between a bunch of channels/groups. This seems unlikely to lead to reaching the best conversions effectively. The channels that are likely to actually add a note are also likely mission aligned with your nonprofit but don’t know that yet. You should explain why this is true, in a curated fashion.
Again in the body you devote two bullet points as to how this is low cost to them, and probably helps their brand. Again, this is not your decision to make. They know how to build their brand better than you know how to build their brand. Further, you seem to be underestimating the reputational costs to them of shilling what are random charities in their viewers/readers eyes (both in annoyance factor and in terms of their relationship is now linked to yours).
Vibes wise, from this post I get the impression you are in good faith trying to get more people to spam popular people with their EA charity, and that does not seem well suited to good long term outcomes for EA.
I edited the post in accordance with your comment; thanks for commenting on how I can improve! It genuinely helped and pointed out things I didn’t know until you mentioned them.
1. Do you think I should do any more editing in accordance with your comment?
2. Do you have any other feedback?
3. Generally, anything else?
Unrelated to this post, but FYI I think some of the downvotes you’ve received on other posts are because generic productivity advice at least usually isn’t a category of post which this forum is intended for. (Also, most EAs are the types of people who are probably familiar with most e genetic productivity tips already).
Exceptions may be if it is a long list, or something that has been extremely novel or life-changing for you.
Your productivity tips may be better off being posted as Shortform instead of as Posts.
thanks for the suggestion! Agreed; If I understand correctly, you’re suggesting I change them into a quick take?
Executive summary: Asking public entities to publicize your non-profit or cause to their audience is a potentially effective fundraising strategy with several pros and cons to consider.
Key points:
Requesting publicity from public entities like media personalities or podcasts can be done easily by copying/pasting a request email.
The potential impact is proportional to the size of the entity’s audience, so targeting popular entities makes sense.
Pros include increased awareness even without donations, potentially being easier and more enjoyable than grant writing, and not competing with other causes for limited funds.
Cons include potentially seeming less professional, harming the public brand of the entity or your cause if seen as spammy or out-of-place, and reflecting negatively on associated movements.
Providing evidence of your cause’s legitimacy in the request is suggested to avoid being seen as spam.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.