Friday, April 15, 2011

School Fundraisers That Works

 

Elementary School Fundraiser: Boosting Your Sales Effectively

            Success can be achieved if you act independently on the main strategy for your elementary school fundraiser. But if you want your fundraiser project to be more successful that you intended it to be, you should add in a few interesting stuffs on it. By doing so, you will have big financial returns at the end of your campaign which makes it more meaningful.

            In this article, we’ll discuss the different ways of boosting proceeds for your elementary school fundraiser. The first step that can raise your profits is through sidewalk sales. You can do this by setting up a table in a place where many people usually pass by like malls, parks and intersections as long as there is high traffic of people passing through. By doing this approach, the chance of sales is high and could generate a lot of profit. This strategy can go side by side with your volunteer team doing door to door sales. Not only will you distribute the tasks evenly, but your team will save a lot of time and effort in reaching your fundraiser’s target net profit. Group your team into small groups so that they can cover a lot of houses and at the same time watch over your sales booth. Be sure that they have their own schedules so that there will be no overlapping of responsibilities and they can eat their meals and rest. A two-hour shift on each team is highly recommended.

            The next strategy is to get ready for a no sale response, just in case if one of your likely customers isn’t interested in your offer. This strategy lets you know that it isn’t recommended to walk away from a potential customer even if he/she isn’t interested in your offer. In essence, an effective and successful seller should know how to persuade customers to purchase the product. You can remind consumers on the possible benefits as well as how they can help out with your fundraiser if they decide to buy your product. With this in mind, you can turn a negative decision into a positive one very easily. Giving away gift certificates is also a good application for this strategy. This way, your income will also increase. To have the best promising deal for your customer, the use of national merchants is advisable.

            By combining various fundraising ideas, you can also raise your income. For instance, if you want to plan for a movie night event, you can’t just sell only tickets; you can also sell snacks and drinks for your customers. Think of it as your profit booster. This way, you can combine your profits in selling tickets, snacks and drinks into one.

            When you receive your goods from your fundraising company, you can ask for discounts. You can ask them the price of their supplies and ask them if that’s their best offer. You can also ask them if there are discounts on bulk orders. With discounts, you are able to increase your income since you are able to sell your goods at a very reasonable price and can still earn from every product sold.

 



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