Getting awareness and online community help

Supersplines

Hey guys,

Recently (middle of last year) I had a double lung transplant. I was born with Cystic Fibrosis and it all came to a crunch last year. Anyway, I had the transplant and it was a success, however, I live in Australia and my family lives in the uk. As they haven't seen me since the transplant, in fact they haven't seen me since 2009. I was thinking of creating a blog and seeing if I could raise some money to help get me over there. I don't need help creating the blog, but how do I get people knowing about the blog? How can I raise awareness? Are there charity websites I could post on? I am desperate to get over there in time for Christmas. I haven't had a Christmas with my family in years. I know I haven't left much time for this, but it's worth a try right? Figured you guys might be able to help. I am in the middle of creating a blog spot at the moment, but outside of creating the blog, what can I do to achieve this?

Thanks guys, appreciate your help.

Supersplines

Here is the blog address. [edit]
Any ideas?

ceres

Well, you can't really link it here like that, because then it's sitewhoring unless you're asking for specific advice related to the appearance of the site.

I don't know much about advertising in general, but on this forum the main thing you can do is link it in your sig and post as normal. We take a really dim view of self-promotion in general around here.

Supersplines

Thanks ceres. Appreciated. I guess I didn't really see it that way. Can you delete the thread for me?

ceres

I can delete it if you want, but you may still be able to get advice that doesn't involve funneling traffic from here to there, unless that's all you were looking to do.

Tef

Really glad to hear that the transplant went okay dude, cystic fibrosis is a motherfucker.

Have a look at ChipIn as means of raising money. I've used it a couple of times now for a fwe charity drives I've done and I found it very useful

Like Ceres said, a link in your sig to your blog/ChipIn would be the way to go for around here. Try getting in contact with Cystic Fibrosis Australia and they may be able to help. I've not had any experience with them, so I don't know what the chances are though

Other options include getting in contact the Lions Club and the Rotary Club.

Have you got your permanent residency here in Aussie? I'm not sure if that would affect anything if you weren't though

Good luck mate!