Gnosis Media Group Enters the Text-to-Donate Arena With New Text Message Driven SMS Fundraising Service

BEDMINSTER, N.J., Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Many nonprofits want to get into the text message fundraising arena, but find that it is cost prohibitive, cumbersome and confusing. Conventional SMS donation services often charge hundreds of dollars per month, plus exorbitant set up fees, just to own or rent a short code that registers donations. Add to that lengthy set up time frames, long, confusing contracts, lack of technical support and a host of other reasons, and it is no surprise that many legitimate, successful nonprofits find the barrier to entry just too high.

"They can take you months to even get approval as you wade through long, confusing contracts," Bryant said. "Nonprofits need a mobile texting service that makes getting started easy on them. We've worked for the past year to provide development directors with that solution. Our service is built and ready to go. With one short one-page contract and two small payments, we can have you fully operational in under 20 minutes."

To meet this need, Gnosis Media Group built an SMS-based, text-to-pledge service where donors can pledge a donation – via text message - to a nonprofit using their mobile device. The firm then sends the nonprofit's authorized representative the full contact information of those who have pledged ((including full name, phone number, email and pledge amount). Gnosis can also embed a link to a mobile checkout page or Paypal page so that those who pledge can complete the transaction right from their mobile device, or build a mobile formatted donation page using Google Checkout.

To find out more about this text donation fundraising service, visit the firm's website at http://gnosisarts.com/home/SMS_Fundraising or call 908.443.1665.

"If you've done your research, you know that most of the text message donation services out there are way beyond the budgets of the vast majority of nonprofits and charities," said Barbara Bryant, chief of operations for Gnosis Media Group. "Who has hundreds of dollars to spend for a setup fee? Who can afford astronomically priced monthly fees for a short code that you don't even know will generate any donations? Nonprofits need an SMS donation service that will work for your organization without demolishing their bank accounts. We provide that solution."

There is a desperate need for simplicity in the mobile giving arena, firm officials said.

"You've probably also noticed that many of the text-to-pledge or text-to-donate providers out there have information on their websites that make absolutely no sense to the average consumer," Bryant explained. "They present you with a lot of technical speak that sounds fancy, but you come away wondering what exactly it is they are offering. You need a text message fundraising service that doesn't require you to have a Master's in computer science to utilize. We've built that solution for you."

For more details or to sign up for the service, visit the firm's website at http://gnosisarts.com/home/SMS_Fundraising or call 908.443.1665.
 

Media Contact: Eric Bryant Gnosis Media Group, 908.443.1665, [email protected]

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