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Everyone wants to raise a lot of money when it comes to their school fundraiser. The problem is that most people don’t really know how to effectively measure their success. Almost every fundraising coordinator only looks at the end result. In other words, if they raised $20,000 then they may or may not be pleased with that number. They may like it merely because it is a big number to them or because they were able to reach or beat last year’s mark.
Since we are approaching the holidays it seems appropriate to answer a question that seems to be on a lot of people’s minds. School administrators are wondering, with so much pressure to squeeze academics into the school day, how will they have time to have their student’s Big Event reward incentive for their recent school fundraiser? Perhaps a more appropriate question to ask is when is the best time to have our big event?
For the most part, there are typically two questions that high school fundraising groups consider before they do a fundraiser with a fundraising company:
Any good school fundraising coordinator is constantly looking for ways to make their school fundraiser more successful. If the school is doing a brochure fundraiser they already realize that the prize program that is provided by the fundraising company is not going to be enough by itself. Therefore, finding the right additional incentives that will motivate the students to sell will also be important.
Everyone wants their school fundraiser to be successful. The most valuable fundraising asset that you have is your students. The more students that you are able to engage in your fundraiser the more sales you will bring in. The key is how are you going to get your students involved? What follows are the promotional ABC’s that you will want to utilize that will help ensure that you are getting the maximum number of students to participate in your school fundraising program:
Everybody is looking for the best way to raise money while putting the least amount of work into it. Unfortunately, most people find that in order to make money they have to invest lots of time and energy. Picking the right product to sell for your school fundraiser is very important because if your potential customers won’t buy what you’re trying to sell them then you won’t be successful.
If you’re torn between whether you should show people items out of a catalog or simply sell candy bars for your next elementary school fundraiser perhaps the following information might help you decide:
You may have heard it said before. You don’t take ‘profit’ to the bank you take ‘money’. Fundraising coordinators often make the mistake by focusing too much on obtaining the highest profit percent possible for their school fundraiser when negotiating with a fundraising company. Some people won’t even consider working with a company that offers less than 50% profit. In some cases competing fundraising companies have had to go even higher in order to get the business. Is the school sacrificing in order to get a higher profit?
It’s that time of year and you have either already received or are getting ready to receive your school fundraising shipment. If you do your homework and follow a few simple preparation steps then receiving your fundraising merchandise should be simple and easy. Before you receive your product you should make sure that: