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Fundraising Success #53Fundraising Success - Issue #53 - Article: "Selling Raffle Tickets"; Supplier Spotlight: "Brick Markers" ================================================Fundraising Success #53 - April 2007 With only a couple of month's left in the school year, spring fundraising season is in full bloom. It's a great time of year for school carnivals, athlet-a-thons, jump rope contests, and other fundraising activities that give children a chance to run around like, well, children. The great thing about school carnivals is that it's getting a lot easier to add some big attractions in the form of inflatables. You can rent inflatable obstacle courses, moonwalks, sumo wrestling gear and much more. Here's a recent article on the topic: http://www.fundraiserhelp.com/school-carnival.htm Enjoy! Kimberly ---------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.fundraiserhelp.com/fundraising-sample.htm Happy fundraising! How to Sell Raffle TicketsA lot of groups need help with selling raffle tickets because there isn't much in the way of good ticket sales advice out there. So, here are some tips on how to sell raffle tickets that should double or triple your revenue. Sales targets
As you can see, the last group is by far the largest, so that's where you need to focus your sales efforts. Don't ignore the first two groups. They just need to be sold to face-to-face because it's harder to turn someone down when they're standing right in front of you. Have the raffle tickets in hand when you ask for their support. Hand them a flyer listing all the prizes, the ticket price, and the particulars about the prize drawing. It should also prominently state why you're raising funds. Don't over talk it. Just ask for their help and assume they are giving it. Use the assumptive close: "Need your help with our raffle fundraiser. How many should I count you in for?" The key point is not to explain everything, let the flyer do that by putting it in their hand immediately. Your task is to make the sale quickly and you do that by assuming they have already said yes. They'll either acquiesce and buy tickets or toss out a defensive objection that you can quickly counter. Raffle Ticket Sales To General PublicThe best place to sell lots of tickets is at high-traffic locations such as shopping centers, grocery stores, drug stores, home improvement stores, Wal-Mart, etc. Get permission from the store manager ahead of time to set up a sales table outside the entrance. Pick times when there's lots of shoppers and position your table so it's easily seen as people approach the store. Place signs in front of and behind the table explaining the reason you are raising funds and clearly stating the raffle ticket price. Example signage: "School Fundraiser Raffle - $10,000 Grand Prize"; "Help Us Buy New Playground Equipment." The purpose of the signs is to "pre-sell" people as they approach so they will be more receptive to your offer. Those who aren't interested will avoid eye contact and hurry by, the rest are your prime prospects that you want to approach and hand the raffle flyer. One more thing about selling raffle tickets. It's all
in how you present the raffle opportunity. It's actually quite similar to any
fundraising product sales pitch. 1 - Explain why you are raising funds Raffle Tickets Summary With the general public, it's all about leveraging high-traffic locations with sales tables, signage, and a two-sentence sales pitch. Use both of these sales strategies and you'll double or triple your raffle ticket sales. ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Excerpt from my book, Fundraising Success!) Supplier:
Brick Markers USA
This company profile is an excerpt from my book, Fundraising Success, which provides complete how-to information on all aspects of raising funds for schools, churches, youth sports teams, and nonprofit groups. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Recently, a consortium of institutions including the University College Northampton digitized a number of Dryden’s drawings, and subsequently placed them online here. Visitors can browse the materials by date, or by topics that include archaeology, arms and armor, and church architecture. The heraldry area within arms and armor is worth a look, as it contains some highly detailed renderings of various coats of arms and heraldic shields. Overall, the collection provides an interesting look into one man’s passion for the built environment and the world of 19th century Britain. http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/collections/HDC.html
Things to see: Drawing on the collections of museums in Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent (and others), the Workshop of the World website brings together some of the compelling inventions that came out of the West Midlands region in the 19th century. Visitors can look over several dozen of these inventions, including an automatic wood screw making machine, a button shank making device, and a rotative steam engine. Each object is accompanied by a photo or illustration, and a short essay gives detailed background information about the object’s importance and use. http://www.workshopoftheworld.co.uk/
That's all for this issue. See you next month. Related PagesNewsletters - All the Back Issues! Fundraising Ideas - Ideas for fundraising that focus on the best activities for high school, elementary school, sports teams, and youth groups to raise funds with events, activities, programs, projects and products. Fundraising Events - Three profitable event ideas for small group or school fundraisers - Fundraiser events that are quick and easy - Event ideas you can do in a month and that work anywhere from Canada to Australia. School Fundraisers - Easy fundraising ideas for schools that consistently produce excellent results. Includes articles on cheerleading, high school football, soccer, and band, plus more great youth sports team activities and events for other high school groups. Thank You Letters - Seven tips on writing thank you letters, notes, or simple donor recognition phone calls. Fundraising Letters - See what fund raising letters work for other non-profit groups. Fundraising Letter - How to generate the best response with your donation request letters. How To Write A Fundraising Letter - Advice and tips on what works and what doesn't. Nonprofit Software - Listings and descriptions of popular software programs for nonprofit groups. Donor tracking and recognition programs, nonprofit accounting, and capital campaign support.
Church Fundraisers - Church fundraising ideas for capital campaigns through donor recognition -
Christian fundraiser charity activities and events that produce quick results.
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