Be a part of our campaign- deadline approaching!

I mentioned we would be trying out a crowdfunding campaign soon, and am excited to share an opportunity to be involved with it. A big part of the motivation to doing this crowdunding campaign is to spread awareness about what 7 Cups is to as many people as possible. One of the best ways to explain how we help is by telling real stories from our community.

We plan to choose a few stories about how 7 Cups has helped you through a hard time or situation. Stories selected will then be read on camera by an actor. The stories will be anonymous, we will just make clear it is an actor portrayal of a real user story.

What kind of topics:

Because it is going to be a broad reaching video, we want the topics to be relatable to most. So things like lonliness, sadness, bullying, relationship issues, identity issues, anxiety, etc are some great examples. If your experience is about a different topic that is okay too, you can still submit it!

These are my tips on what to include in your story, but you are welcome to tell it the way you like:

What issue you were struggling with and how it was impacting your life

How you found 7 Cups and why you decided to give it a try

Positive impact of using the site, preferably the listener chat feature

How it made you feel after you talked to a listener about your issue

It should tell a story- This and that was going on in my life and I had no one to talk to, I found this website and gave it a try. I was able to talk to someone who just listened. I finally felt understood and was able to do this and that.

Not sure?

If you would like to add your story but aren't sure if it would qualify, go ahead and send it to us.

What is next?

If you submit a story that meets the basic guidelines (appropriate language, makes sense/is readable, includes how 7 Cups helped you, etc) you will be awarded a very special badge: Cup Connect.

You may or may not hear from Alex to get more details about your story to help hash out some details or get more info.

If your story is used in the video we will also award you 500 cheers! Big time!

Want to submit your story? Click here. The deadline is Friday at 5pm Eastern, so don't delay!

Please provide the email address associated with your account when you submit the form so we can ensure it is really you.

This is a great way to help pay it forward to someone like you who may benefit from talking to someone at 7 Cups about a life challenge, please consider sharing your story and helping us launch Empower.

Want to help steer how we do the crowdfunding event? Check out this post!