An amazing website for the socially minded.
Social Vibe is a site I just found out about. I was so impressed by it, I had to share it right away.
Tonight, a fellow Yuwie Yuwie friend told me about it and I decided to immediately check it out. While currently I don’t have enough money to give to charities, this does not mean that by simple efforts, I can’t help various important social causes. I thought it wouldn’t hurt to see what it was all about.
It is a completely free of charge program. This, of course, was music to my ears. By simply signing up for SocialVibe and taking about 10-15 minutes to answer questions like, what is your favorite music, you can become sponsored by your favorite brands. They also give you the option to choose the cause you feel most passionately about. I choose education as my cause and Victoria Secret as my sponsor. Within minutes, by signing up, I had raised $1, 745 for my cause! I was completely stunned!
Because of the incredible results, I thought, I wonder if I can be sponsored by more than one brand? So I investigated this possibility.
I choose Nike. After answering about 5 more minutes of questions, like magic, I had another sponsor! I thought well, why not try another? You never know what you can come up with if you don’t try. But, it appears that you can only be sponsored by two brands. I guess there had to be a limit somewhere in their program!
Now, the next step is to embed the html code for your brand’s logo on your MySpace or Yuwie page, or whatever social networking site you choose to.
SocialVibe rewards you for keeping their logo up for a certain amount of days with points that can be used for various items they specify. For me this part wasn’t as big of an incentive as knowing that I can be raising important funds, just by promoting my favorite brands. It’s a win-win situation for everyone and I’m always up for such opportunities. Just knowing that about 10-20 minutes of my time raised almost 2k for an important cause opened my eyes to the fact that there is so much we can do to better this world that, in the busy rush of our days; there are opportunities that are creative and convenient.
So remember everyone – take care of yourself and each other. Best wishes to all.
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March 1st, 2008 at 4:05 pm
That is a wonderful story Lianne, You did a good thing. When I have a minute I will check it out. Good luck. Ruby
March 1st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
SO TRUE. WE CAN DO MORE THEN WE THINK.
March 1st, 2008 at 5:40 pm
thanks for the heads up. I will definitely check it out.
March 1st, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Wow – this is very exciting.
March 1st, 2008 at 7:28 pm
What an awesome opportunity. Thank you for sharing.
March 1st, 2008 at 8:12 pm
This is really great..
March 1st, 2008 at 10:37 pm
This is terrific information, good to know. You’re always coming up with such diverse articles. They are all so very excellent!
March 1st, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I am definitely going to take part in this amazing chance to help causes, thank you for making this information available.
March 2nd, 2008 at 3:07 am
I have to check it out, you find some amazing things and I am pleased you share the info,thanks Liane.
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
What a wonderful article. It just goes to show how just a little kind thought can go a long way. Thank you for posting this, Liane.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
Great article. It sounds wonderful, and I’ll definitely check it out.
March 5th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Thanks for sharing this!Take care!
March 6th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
so who do you raise money for
March 7th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Thank you all so very kindly for reading and leaving your much appreciated comments.
Dear ranfuchs, the cause I am raising money for is education. I am proud to say that just by keeping it posted on my profile, I have now raised a total of 2.2K+. It’s an amazing, beautiful thing.
Best wishes to all.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:13 am
To those of you who are checking out the site and joining, please check back and leave comments. I would love to hear the causes you are raising funds for and who is sponsoring you.
Best wishes to all.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
March 18th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Thanks for sharing the article and contributing to the education of others! You’re a great person.
February 21st, 2009 at 5:03 pm
great article, I am a big fan of socialvibe.
i’ve been on there for a while.
I support TWLOHA, which i have written a few articles on,
but yes, thanks for sharing a great article (: