Fundraising
Ideas
The days of bake
sales as fundraisers are over, they have outlived their
usefulness, and we now need new fundraising ideas to move
with the times. That is easy to say, but often there just
isn't time to actually sit down and think what would be
good for your particular group.
This is where the internet comes in so
useful, as you have no doubt found out. You can sit and browse
all the information on this site and come up with lots of
different ideas that may be suitable for your fundraisers. For
more information go to the Free Fundraising
eBook for lots of information on all aspects
of fundraising.
An Innovative
Fundraising Idea
by: Matt
Eliason
Is your
school, church group, activity group, scout group or other
group looking fundraising ideas? Are you sick of sausage
sizzles, car washes and other high-energy
activities?
Coming up with new fundraising
ideas can be a challenge. However there is now a new
fundraising idea that makes it easy and it can be done simply,
easily harnessing your groups social and work networks and the
power of emaila digital caricature.
Caricatures provide a wonderful,
unique and personal gift that can be used in a variety of ways.
All of them mean that a cost effective gift that will be
treasured for years to come can be made with a minimum of
inconvenience.
The best part of all about a
caricature is that customers can easily order at home, or at
work. It also does not require lots of hours on the part of
your fundraising team over an extended period of
time.
Working from a photograph of one
or two people, the caricature artist creates an amazing digital
caricature. While most are done in a head and shoulders aspect,
there is a growing number of themes that can be selected, such
as business, sporting etc.
Caricatures can be used for
plenty of uses. For a full list just send a blank email to
tips@caricatureking.com . Because the image is digital, the
price can be kept low, meaning even when printed and framed, it
remains an affordable gift idea.
Here are
several easy steps to fundraising with Caricature
King:
1. Offer a simple caricature
service you provide the special link to our website where the
customer orders and we pay you 10% of every order. This works
very well with a group of people who can distribute the
information through social and work networks via email or
personal websites.
ACTION: Have the fundraising
leader sign up to our affiliate program in order to get the
link. The customer uses the link to buy. The earnings tally up
and then are paid out to you. We have a low payout
threshold.
2. For customers who may not have
a digital image of themselves, have a Portrait Day. This is
where you take their picture (or accepts a hard copy print for
scanning - or even a picture of a picture ;) ) and payment, and
you submit them through our system. The finished caricatures
will then be emailed to you. You handle final delivery to the
customer (by email again or on floppy disk). You can charge the
customer a 10-30% premium for this service, thus leveraging
your fundraising inflow.
ACTION: Have the fundraising
leader sign up to our affiliate program in order to get the
link. This link is then used to place the orders by the
fundraiser (not the customer). The earnings tally up and then
are paid out to you. We have a low payout threshold.
3. Value add provide
caricaturised products. Similar to number 2, except you may
work in with a local supplier who can put the image on paper, a
t-shirt, mug, frame etc. Again this offers the opportunity to
further leverage funds by adding a percentage for taking the
photo, plus a further percentage from the sale of the item (the
supplier will give you at least a 10% discount).
ACTION: Same as 2.
By harnessing the interest of
your local community, caricatures make a fun way to raise
funds. Not only do people get caricatures of themselves done,
they often get them done of their family and friends asa
Christmas, birthday or other special even
gift.
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