EDIT IN : Some people think that I’m trying to scam money and use this to scam you guys for tax breaks. I’m really sorry, but a couple hundred dollars is not doing to put even the smallest of dents into what I owe for taxes. I just wanted to think of a creative way to give to charity.
It’s time to start the first of hopefully more projects to help give back to others less fortunate than we all are. We are all very lucky (and smart) to be in this industry, and I think we’re all able to give 1/100 of what we do back to those who need it. So here’s the announcement of Charity Check Tuesday. I’ve wanted to do something like this for a while now, but wanted to wait until I had a decent readership to do so.
What is Charity Check Tuesday?
Well, the biggest motivation behind this comes from Shoemoney’s Free Shirt Friday. Basically companies send him shirts, and he’ll post a picture of himself with the shirt on and give the company some link love. I think it’s a great way to involve different people in your blog, but I wanted to do something with charity (unless you want to send me a pimp cup…which is sweet haha).
So what I’m asking is that instead of sending me t-shirts, I’m asking that companies send me checks. Every Tuesday I’ll post a picture of me holding a check that’s sent to me and do a little writeup on the company (or person) that sent the check. What I’ll do is every month have a poll, and you guys will vote for the charity of the month. Then at the end of the month, I’ll combine the checks and write one big check to the charity that you guys choose (I’ll take a picture of me holding it so you know it’s not fake). I’ll give it a week or two to let some checks come rolling in before I start to post up pictures. Why Tuesday? I have no idea…
The minimum check amount must be $15. If it’s lower than $15, it won’t be posted on this site. It’s not that I’m trying to get more money out of you, but I can’t go in and cash a hundred $1 checks every week, the bank would kill me and I think I’d kill myself. If a company decides to be awesome and sends a huge check, it will get posted priority before other ones. Other than that, they’ll all be posted as they’re received. In the memo of your check just put your website URL so people can see it on the picture and so I know what to post about as well. You can attach a small note about your company/website as well to help me out a little more. You’re getting some decent traffic and helping a good cause…who could ask for more?
Sound cool?
Mailing Information : if you want to send a check for Charity Check Tuesday, write the check to Paul Bourque and then use this as the address you send it to :
UberAffiliate
P.O. Box 81
Niagara Falls, NY 14304
Popularity: 2% [?]
It will be interesting to see what everyone is doing and how successful this will be next Tuesday :)
So are you going to match our donations at the end of the month? Say we all give you $200, you’ll match it with your $200 and give $400 to the charity the majority of us choose? If so thats a sick idea.
Not to be a yahoo or anything, but I noticed the more I give the more money I make. It’s weird how the universe works. So it’s a real good idea we get involved in something like this, though I only wish Paul would figure out away to increase transparency.
and this is why you will have 10,000 rss readers soon my friend :) keep it up, UberBlogger in disguise :P
You think UberAffiliate would steal $15 from everyone? He’ll send them all in.
LOL this is so stupid, why would we send you money so you can donate it to charity just to get a backlink. I could get triple the traffic spending my money somewhere else.
You make all these fucking posts about being an affiliate god, making 800k/month, and you expect us to send you money. The only reason people read this blog is because they don’t have enough money. Why don’t you donate all your blog revenue.
Of course this is a great idea! First, companies who donate will not only “look good” but will have a blog written about them. Secondly, charities receive much-needed money. Basically, it’s a WIN-WIN!!!
PS:
Paul won’t be stealing your money, that would be too easy! ha
Hey Paul
Great idea, ignore the negatives. If you have a good idea or have done a good thing, there will always be somebody who complains.
P.S. You’re doing a great thing with your blog by inspiring so many people. Keep doing what you are doing, believe me, this is way more than donating thousands to a charity.
Good luck with your charity campaign
Kirtok
Great stuff Paul, this charity thing!
At some point we must pay back to the community or others and realize that we are fortunate.
Haha, Im kind of thinking the same thing ;)
NickyCakes wrote:
“I give to charity because it’s the right thing to do and it makes me feel good, not because I want something out of it for me.”
Uuuhm, Nicky boy, that part where it makes you “feel good”….. that’s partly you getting something out of it. Maybe you playing critic all the time has made you lose track of how “good feelings” and altruism can be coincident.
Hey here’s an idea which is very original. There’s this site, http://www.mostexpensivedomainsold.com, Most Expensive Domain Sold for Charity where 50% of the sale of this domain will go to charity. The current ask price for is $1million. Affiliates who help to promote this sale will enter into a raffle where each visitor they bring in is worth 1 raffle ticket. 1st place winner gets 25%, 10% to 2nd, 5% to 3rd. You can sign up for your own unique id so the more visitors you bring in, the higher your chances of winning. The idea is that if the word gets out, someone might actually put a bid in … hey why not? 100% of their donation is deductible, s/he will get headline news attention since this will set a new record as this has never been done since the birth of the internet, s/he will end up owning this domain and hence can monetize it as it will receive tons of traffic due to news and affiliate links. 10% goes to the project owners of this site and if this doesnt get sold by 2010, it will be auction out so the affiliates who promote this site will eventually get their tickets into a raffle.
The reason why most fund raising fail is because the people behind sometimes are not ‘motivated’ enough. This is different in that the people promoting this might end up with some serious cash and its good for the soul. Winners will get the names on the news and record books as well as the buyer of this domain. The bottom line is that if this domain is sold for $1million in the name of charity, it will put some serious spotlight on charity and raise awareness about giving.
Hey, even if you send in one visitor, you’ll have 1 ticket for the drawing and yes…’you never know’.
Good luck Paul and good luck to those who want to help this noble cause. You guys are creative, so donate your creativity and spread the love.
Vivian
That’s my boy…. Thanks Uberaffiliate for the post about my friend Ruck