Using Social Media for Raising Funds

An excellent article describing how social media can be used to raise funds can be found here:

Using Social Media for Raising Funds

This includes many sites and tools to help someone get started on raising funds.  My favorite sites/tools, in no particular order, are:

1. Kickstarter
2. Chipin
3. Razoo
4. Artez
5. Care2
6. Convio
7. Piryx
8. Profounder
9. IndieGoGo
10. AppBackr

More information on crowdfunding can be found on Wikipedia here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding

Another top ten list for crowdfunding can be found here:

http://cashtostart.com/10-crowdfunding-websites-entrepreneurs/