B4L Funding: donations and Amazon - 3 comments

It's not something we like to think about, but Bloggers4Labour needs money just to run, to free itself from one man's purse-strings (wallet, really), and it needs money to expand its services. As I'm sure you know, we're not funded by the Labour Party, or indeed any political organisation (let alone suspicious-looking regional industrial societies that don't talk much about industry), and frankly I don't see why our political opponents should be free to do the kinds of things they want to, and not us (this goes for the Labour blogosphere as a whole).

I think it's fairest to approach those readers and bloggers to whom Bloggers4Labour has already been of service, and suggest four ways by which they can help support us and our ambitions for the future.

1. Donate. You can donate using the PayPal link at the bottom of each page. I should clarify that Bloggers4Labour is an organisation in its own right, with a constitution that all Forum users can see, and proper bank accounts, so there's no question of me pocketing the proceeds and running off to somewhere less wet and windy with a bulging suitcase. Seriously, all donations are greatly appreciated, and the donor can expect a gracious email in reply.
2. Join our new Amazon Associates programme, and donate a small part of your sidebar to displaying advertisements (of your choosing) that will go to fund Bloggers4Labour. Please get in touch - just include your email address, and state who you are if you don't think I'll already know you - and I'll send you an invitation. Though it would feel more like a community effort if you were, you don't need to be one of our 337 bloggers, you just need to run a web site and have an Amazon login.
3. Tell other people on your own blog or web site about our fund-raising campaign, and display the logo that all B4L bloggers are entitled to show:
   
   
4. Last, but not least, you can volunteer your time to help us. I might have been a little vague about what our ambitions actually are, but Forum users will see no end of ideas and tasks which remain on the shelf for want of the investment of a little time and effort.

How can you help?