How to price a virtual race’s entry fee to maximize fundraising?

For a nimble charity, a virtual race creates multiple touch points and levers for fundraising—with none of a road-race’s hassles like renting porta potties, securing permits or risking a rain-out. While many charities try to maximize race proceeds by charging high registration fee, we hope this post persuades you that …

Womxn Run the Vote triggers a social media avalanche

After starting Blogads, the first social media ad network, in 2002, I got to work on viral campaigns for clients like PETA, the Obama campaign and Audi. And I helped movie studios do giant ad integrations on pop culture landmarks like PerezHilton. So I’ve seen a lot of viral marketing campaigns …

What’s the ideal lead time for announcing a virtual race?

We frequently get questions about best practices for virtual races. One question is particularly common: how much lead time is needed between announcing a virtual race and actually starting the race? That depends. At the one extreme, a group of tech-savvy athletes who know each other well and frequently communicate …

How can a charity use a custom virtual race to fundraise, connect with stakeholders and boost awareness?

For charities seeking to stage a fundraising event with maximum results and minimal investment of time and money, Racery’s custom virtual races are a powerful tool. Racery provides an interactive, virtual reality platform that inspires P2P fundraising, boosts public awareness, creates countless pieces of shareable social media content, and involves …

Hogwarts Running Club virtual race for the Trevor Project — WOW

When the dust finally settled, the Hogwarts Running Club raised more than $56k for the Trevor Project. Runners World summed the situation up beautifully when it described our virtual race as “an unusual but highly effective fund-raising effort.” The two week virtual race’s fundraising goal was $10,000. The fundraising sprint …