Supporters love reading updates on your cause, and donors appreciate seeing their donations in action. Updates are a great way to keep your donors, supporters, and visitors aware of your progress, while motivating them to help.

Use updates to rally support. Ask your supporters to share, and create community around your GoFundMe. An excellent side effect of these updates is continued momentum. If your supporters see your GoFundMe is making progress, they'll want to share again, to help you reach your goal!

All Updates Should Include:

• A thank you for the support so far
• An update on how things are going, or a celebration of something positive that’s happened.
• A call to action! (Like, share my campaign, donate to my campaign, send it to 5 friends.)

Pro Tip: Include photos and videos to engage your community, and encourage them to continue visiting your GoFundMe. See: How do I add pictures or videos to my campaign?

Here are some ideas for what to post an update about:

1. Let your supporters know how grateful you are for their help so far.
2. Give an update on how you (or your beneficiary) is doing - and share a photo!
3. Simply ask supporters to continue sharing the campaign to get the word out - this is the most important thing.
   
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4. Share some of the kind comments that donors have posted with their donations.
5. Let supporters know how much monetary progress you’ve made, and that even a $5 donation or share will get you closer to fulfilling your goal!

Pro tip: Post an Update every 3-4 days, or when something important happens around your cause. And, always post an Update at the end of your campaign thanking your supporters!Not sure what to say? See: 9 Message Templates to Share Right Now

Here is an Update, in action: 

Pro tip: When you post an Update, if you leave the green circles filled in, your Facebook, Twitter, and GoFundMe contacts (donors and subscribers) will be notified. Un-click the circles, if you don’t want that to happen. We recommend leaving these circles filled in, so you can share your content far and wide, and drive more traffic to your GoFundMe.

How do I post, edit, or delete an update? 

To post an Update from a computer or mobile phone, please:

1. Sign in to your account at www.gofundme.com/sign-in
2. You will arrive at the Update screen
3. Add your Update message in the 'post an update' box
4. Select the 'Email,' 'Facebook,' and 'Twitter' options to spread your Update beyond GoFundMe
5. Click or tap 'Post My Update'

To post an Update from the GoFundMe app, please:

1. Sign into your GoFundMe account in the GoFundMe mobile app
2. To start writing an Update, tap 'Update' at the top left of your screen
3. Once you start writing your Update, if you’d like to include a photo, tap the camera icon at the bottom left above your keyboard
4. You can choose who you would like to share your Update with by tapping the line above that says ‘To Campaign Supporters…’ Tapping that will let you choose where you’d like to post this Update
5. Tap 'Post' in the top right corner

To edit or delete an Update from a computer, please:

1. Sign in to your account at www.gofundme.com/sign-in
2. Click on the 'More' tab in the upper-right corner of your Dashboard
3. Select 'Updates' from the dropdown menu
4. Scroll until you see the Update you would like to edit and click on 'Options'
5. Click 'Edit Update' or 'Delete Update' and make whatever changes you would like

To edit or delete an Update from a mobile phone, please:

1. Sign in to your account at www.gofundme.com/sign-in
2. Scroll down to the Update you would like to edit or delete
3. Make the changes you would like and tap 'Next Step'
4. When you’re ready to save the changes, tap 'Save Update' at the bottom right corner

To delete an Update from the GoFundMe app, please:

1. Tap the 'Menu' button at the top left of the screen
2. Tap 'Updates'
3. You’ll see all of your Updates starting with the most recent. Tap the trash can icon or 'Delete' to delete one of them
4. Confirm you would like to delete this Update by tapping 'Yes'
5. The Update will now be deleted from your campaign, but this will not remove it from any other websites it may have been shared to
   
   

Did you know... Editing an update is not yet available on the GoFundMe app.

Remember to post Updates often, to sustain the momentum you create with your campaign. If you need anything, GoFundMe is here for you, 24/7.