#24 - A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PLEDGING

Some of you don't "get" how exactly one goes about making a pledge, versus making the donation. I hope this little primer will help out.

First, you do NOT have to have your credit card today to make your PLEDGE. The card is only needed to make your DONATION. The PLEDGE is just a "promise" to donate if we make it to the end of this.

I will post links to donation websites when the event is over, especially if you pledged under $10 (the FINCA Network for Good site doesn't take anything smaller than $10, but I found another network that did). If you pledged less than $5, please bump your donation up to $5 (via a second donation) or give the money to the charity of your choice instead.

Right. Here we go. Visit http://www.blogathon.org/ and click on the Register/Log In link on the left bar. This will take you to a registration page. (Alternately, you can just go straight to http://www.blogathon.org/blogathon.php?register ).

Fill out the requested info. The information is for tracking purposes only, and to notify you when the event is done. You've registered. Yay!

Now, log in by entering the User Name and Passoword you just created. Once you've logged in, visit our campaign page at http://www.blogathon.org/blogathon.php?campaign&id=235

Fill out how much you'd like to donate when the event is over. Remember the sites won't take anything less than $5 (sorry). YOU DO NOT NEED YOUR CREDIT CARD NOW. Need to wait for payday? That's cool, just get your pledge in now. Come on folks, let's get to Blogathon's goal of $50,000. You will get a reminder email when the event is done, and I will post a link here when the event is over for those who pledged between $5 and $10.

As I've said, we're blogging for FINCA International. Joe and Lisa will be following with some more inspirational success stories from this fantastic organization.

PS. I am starting a campaign to get us and Mango on the Blogathon main page. Write your congressman. Write your monitor. Write the Pope. Let's get it done, people.

PPS. My pictures killed the sidebar, so I took them down. Boo!