I’ve talked about it before, but will keep on talking about it because it is probably the easiest and possibly quickest method for obtaining additional votes.

Leverage the power of Twitter voting!

If you’re not on Twitter, I highly suggest signing up and posting the Twitter message offered on your causes share page. This simple task adds an extra vote right there. Easy Cheesy.

Once you’re on Twitter, here’s a strategy for getting even more votes -

Your whole goal is to reach out to people who have a common interest (your cause) and encourage them to vote. Twitter search is the perfect tool as it allows you to search peoples tweets for keywords. First thing you’ll want to do is identify what keywords you want to search for. These keywords should help you to identify tweets that are relevant to your cause.

For example: Say I really believe in the work done by the ASPCA, and have decided to rally behind their cause. I would start my Twitter vote campaign by searching Twitter for the term “aspca”.

Twitter will return a list of tweets that matched your search. Next step is to read through these tweets and based on their content, identify users who would be likely to cast a vote for your cause (highlighted tweets in image below).

Now simply craft them a message and send: @twitteruser Please RT! Help the ASPCA win a 25K social media makeover http://ow.ly/4pcs #cause0000 @communicause

** Please note the cause hashtag “#cause0000” for your cause will differ than what I’ve shown in the example. Make sure you find your cause’s share page and use the appropriate hashtag. Be sure to also include @communicause and our shortened URL http://ow.ly/4pcs (required for vote to count).

BTW, I would suggest slowly rolling this out, maybe 5-10 outreaches a day. Not everyone will ReTweet, don’t continue to ask them if they don’t. Ask once or twice and then move on.

Thanks for participating

Jeremy Hilton

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you have or for tips about promoting your cause via social media.

Email: jeremy.communicause@mindcomet.com
Twitter:  @jeremyhilton

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