Hello Pine,

This has been an idea for a while. I'll refer you here to their strict
policy on not granting non-profits pro bono advertising as of the most
recent forum:
https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=225283317665390


On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Social Media folks,
>
> What I've heard from my colleagues is that Facebook is the best social
> media platform we have for recruiting people to come to in-person events
> like workshops and editathons.
>
> I'm wondering if Facebook has any free advertising that they're willing to
> give to small nonprofits like Cascadia Wikimedians. It would be great to
> promote our events, the UW Visiting Scholar position, etc with wider reach
> than the few clicks that we get to our existing page (probably because only
> a small percentage of our potential audience knows of our existence). Do
> you have any tips for how we might be able to get donated ad space from
> Facebook, and/or get in-kind donations for Facebook advertising?
>
> To the best of my knowledge WMF doesn't have a budget for social media ads
> that can be granted to affiliates, so I'm wondering what other options are
> available.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Pine
>
>
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