Various challenges encountered with regard to acquiring an online presence

There are various challenges that I encountered when it came to establishing an online presence. One of these is the lack of support. I am a person who is always willing to try new things, and I believe that hard work and perseverance are the most important factors that can be considered when it comes to building a successful blog. However, in this case, I had to rely on others to make this site successful.

Even though I had already done enough to establish this website, I was still not able to get enough followers and likes to make it a successful blog. This has been a challenging process, as it requires finding ways to get people involved and encourage them to support the site.

I never expected it to be as challenging as it was. One can only do so much, and I felt that I had done enough, yet I was still unable to consume sufficient followers/likes. Many times people see and hear, but we cannot make anyone do anything they don’t want to do, therefor it is important to find ways to get people involved and make them want to support, which has been a great challenge.

I have posted on the organisations social media accounts, I had posted on my own personal social media accounts, in the attempt to get more people involved, which helped, but not nearly enough. What had eventually helped me, was once I hosted the clothing/blanket collection event where I was able to personally engage with people and have an opportunity to interact and promote this NGO.

The support from donors were greatly appreciated. I believe that face to face interaction is a more promising and effective form of gaining support, because people are able to listen and sympathise, which leads them to wanting to help. My creativity is one I did not predict to be a challenge, it takes an enormous amount of creativity, and boldness to effectively attract any consumer base, my lack of creativity and finding new ways of promoting had also served as a challenge to me.

My lack of knowledge in understanding what it takes to run a non-governmental organisation has limited me to helping as much as I would have liked. The confidence and skills required, and also the natural need to want to help. Lastly, Time, being able to plan out events, run the social media accounts, keeping up to date with current events, and managing everyday life, has posed as a challenge. I worked through these challenges by using the ORM method, as a strategy to help crisis management.