SocialVibe’s Members Raised Over $100,000

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In the six months since its February 2008 launch in public beta, SocialVibe has surpassed the milestone of $100,000 charitable donations with a significant growth in membership. Additionally, SocialVibe has developed several new brand and charity partnerships, and has raised funds for 27 charities. Through partnerships, SocialVibe provides brands and charities solutions for engaging consumers and building loyalty.

it has helped members raise more than $100,000 in donations for charities. The platform mobilizes social media consumers to easily endorse the brands and causes they care about and distribute these alliances via a SocialVibe badge on social networks like Facebook, myYearbook, and MySpace; blogs; and personal web sites. By endorsing their favorite brands on online profiles, members earn points that direct donations to the charities they support.

Stand Up To Cancer, a cause dedicated to working with the top experts in cancer research, has recently joined the list of SocialVibe causes. “Partnering with SocialVibe has been a great way for us to reach new and influential supporters as well as increase our online presence in social media,” said Laura Ziskin, Executive Producer, Stand Up To Cancer. “We commend SocialVibe on reaching $100,000 in donations and feel very fortunate to be one of the charities that their members can support.”

SocialVibe’s causes include charity : water, Direct Relief International, Donors Choose, Invisible Children, HollyRod4Kids, One Laptop Per Child, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Surfrider Foundation, and World Wildlife Fund.

“SocialVibe is proud that its members have raised over $100,000 in charitable donations. The power an individual can wield for a good cause just by using their online influence is shown by the donations members have been able to raise in such a short amount of time. People are beginning to realize the promise of using social media for social good,” said Joe Marchese, founder and president, SocialVibe.

SocialVibe received venture capital funding led by Redpoint Ventures in December 2007. Redpoint Ventures partner Greg Martin joined SocialVibe’s board of directors as part of the financing.

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  • http://www.profy.com/2008/07/30/socialvibe-reached-100-thousand-in-donations/ Svetlana Gladkova

    This all sounds very good but I actually have a concern about the whole announcement. Don’t you feel that 100 thousand of raised donations is a little too small compared to $4.2 million of VC they raised for the company itself?